The thesis is focused on the evaluation system of employees in a chosen organization. The objective of this thesis is to assess the current system of the employee rating system and suggest some changes to improve this system. The evaluation of workers should interfere with the regular organizational planning and generally become a part of the whole organization management. The work elements of the 360 ° feedback method are used in the form of self-assessment forms. The summary of my findings is provided in the conclusion of this thesis.

Leadership development has become a focal area for most organisations today in an attempt to ensure that leaders are able to take them into the future and achieve a competitive advantage. Literature reveals that, among others, one of the most popular initiatives in leadership development includes the use 360-degree feedback. Due to the sensitivity and challenge of giving and receiving 360 degree feedback, it is essential to understand the subjective experience of manager's who have recently undergone the process as well as the factors which influence and are influenced by the process. To achieve this, a grounded theory study was conducted in a large manufacturing organisation. The data was collected through focus group interviews with a voluntary sample of senior managers who had participated in a 360 degree feedback process. The outcomes of the study include a definition of "subjective experience" as well as a substantive theory on the subjective experience of 360-degree feedback as a tool in leadership development. Findings indicate that individual's reactions coupled with the perception of both the accuracy and utility of the process are key contributors which form the essence of "subjective experience". Past experience, present information and context were further identified to be key intervening variables of a manager's subjective experience of 360-degree feedback as a tool in leadership development. A number of limitations within this study are explained and recommendations for future research and organisations are provided. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Comm. (Industrial Psychology)

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In previous studies, the ent-7-acetoxytrachylobane-18-óic acid (trachylobane-360), obtained from Xylopia langsdorffiana, showed activity in vitro, which aroused the interest to investigate their possible antitumor activity in vivo. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the antitumor activity and toxicity of trachylobane-360 through in vitro and in vivo assays. Initially, a pharmacological screening of twenty-one natural products, was performed against sarcoma 180 cell line, where the most cytotoxic were trachylobane-360, the ent-7-hidroxytrachylobane-18-óic acid (trachylobane-318) and the essential oil from leaves of X. langsdorffiana (O.E.X). IC50 values obtained from the tests of trypan blue exclusion and MTT reduction were, respectively, 54,28 and 53,28 μg/mL for trachylobane-360, 100,8 and 104,0 μg/mL for trachylobane-318 and 206,4 and 209,3 μg/mL for O.E.X. The trachylobane-318 was isolated in small quantities, being execution impossible of later cytotoxicity assays (Artemia salina and hemolysis). LC50 values obtained in bioassays with A. saline for trachylobane-360 and O.E.X. were, respectively, 245.3 and 10.05 μg/mL. CH50 values obtained in the experiment of cytotoxicity in erythrocytes (hemolysis), for trachylobane-360 and OEX were, respectively, 98.50 and 742.4 μg/mL. To evaluate the in vivo antitumor activity against sarcoma 180 was used trachylobane-360, because it was the most active in preliminary tests. The rates of inhibition of tumor growth were 45.60 and 71.99 % for treatment with trachylobane-360, 12.5 and 25 mg/kg, respectively, with no significant difference between the inhibition caused by the higher dose of this when compared to treatment with 5-FU (positive control). The toxicological analysis of the animals showed that the use of trachyloban-360 did not change spleen and thymus index, or the hematological parameters compared with mice-bearing, these changes occur with chemotherapeutic drugs used in clinical practice. Moreover, the trachylobane-360 did not modify liver index, nor it cause extensive microscopic changes in the heart, liver and kidneys of animals, corroborating with the biochemical parameters, wich remain unchanged. Necrosis area extensive, on tumors of different groups was observed, accompanied by a reduction in the number of mitoses, being these effects more pronounced after treatment with 25 mg/kg of trachyloban-360. Therefore, it is possible to infer that the trachyloban-360 has significant antitumor activity and low toxicity, this essential balance to its applicability as a pharmacological drug. / O câncer é uma doença do material genético de nossas células e a cancerologia experimental é de grande valia para se estudar os diversos aspectos relacionados aos processos neoplásicos. Muitas drogas usadas atualmente na quimioterapia foram isoladas de espécies de plantas ou derivadas de um protótipo natural. Porém, plantas medicinais possuem substâncias agressivas e, assim, sua toxicidade deve ser avaliada. Xylopia langsdorffiana é uma árvore conhecida popularmente como pimenteira-da-terra . Seu estudo fitoquímico caracterizou especialmente diterpenos, com atividades biológicas importantes. Diterpenos do tipo trachylobano são raros no reino vegetal, e, por isso, ainda apresentam poucos estudos de atividades biológicas. Em estudos anteriores, o ácido ent-7-acetoxitrachylobano-18-óico (trachylobano-360), obtido de X. langsdorffiana, mostrou atividade antitumoral in vitro, o que despertou o interesse para investigação de sua possível atividade in vivo. Diante disto, este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a atividade antitumoral e toxicidade do trachylobano-360, através de ensaios in vitro e in vivo. Inicialmente, uma triagem farmacológica, de 21 produtos naturais, foi realizada frente células da linhagem sarcoma 180, onde os mais citotóxicos foram o trachylobano-360, o ácido ent-7-hidroxitrachylobano-18-óico (trachylobano-318) e o óleo essencial das folhas de X. langsdorffiana (O.E.X.). Os valores de CI50 obtidos através dos ensaios de exclusão do azul de tripan e de redução do MTT foram, respectivamente, 54,28 e 53,28 μg/mL para o trachylobano-360, 100,8 e 104,0 μg/mL para o trachylobano-318, e 206,4 e 209,3 μg/mL para o O.E.X. O trachylobano-318 foi isolado em pequena quantidade, impossibilitando a realização dos ensaios de citotoxicidade (A. salina e hemólise) posteriores. Os valores de CL50 obtidos no bioensaio com A. salina para o trachylobano-360 e O.E.X. foram, respectivamente, 245,3 e 10,05 μg/mL. Os valores de CH50 obtidos no experimento de citotoxicidade em eritrócitos (hemólise), para o trachylobano-360 e O.E.X. foram, respectivamente, 98,50 e 742,4 μg/mL. Para a avaliação da atividade antitumoral in vivo frente sarcoma 180, foi utilizado o trachylobano-360, pois foi o mais ativo nos ensaios preliminares. As taxas de inibição do crescimento tumoral foram 45,60 e 71,99 % para o tratamento com o trachylobano-360, 12,5 e 25 mg/kg respectivamente, não havendo diferença significante entre a inibição causada pela maior dose deste diterpeno, quando comparado ao tratamento com 5-FU (controle positivo). As análises toxicológicas dos animais mostraram que o uso do trachylobano-360 não alterou índice de baço e timo, nem parâmetros hematológicos em comparação com o controle transplantado-S180, alterações estas que ocorrem com quimioterápicos utilizados na prática clínica. Ainda, o trachylobano-360 não modificou índice de fígado e rins, nem causou alterações extensas microscópicas no coração, fígado e rins dos animais, corroborando com os parâmetros bioquímicos, que permaneceram inalterados. Observou-se, ainda, extensa área de necrose nos tumores dos diferentes grupos, acompanhada de uma redução no número de mitoses, sendo estes efeitos mais pronunciados após o tratamento com 25 mg/kg do trachylobano-360. Portanto, é possível inferir que o trachylobano-360 possui significante atividade antitumoral e baixa toxicidade, balanço este essencial para sua aplicabilidade como droga farmacológica.

The main goal of this diploma thesis is to analyze the employee appraisal system in a particular company by comparing its practical application with a theoretical knowledge and consequently to assess the findings and propose the possible changes, which might improve the effectiveness of the company's appraisal system. This diploma thesis is divided into two parts -- theoretical and practical. The theoretical part includes the information about the meaning and purpose of the employee appraisal system, about the employee performance management and its connection to the employee appraisal system, the relation between the appraisal system and the employee reward and development system. Furthermore, it discusses the areas of the employee assessment, its methods and processes. The practical part of this thesis describes the observed company and the analysis of the appraisal system applied in the company. The analysis is conducted in the three steps -- the first step is the analysis of the current assessment system and its comparison with the general theoretical principles. The second step is the interview with the company's managing and operational employees to identify their level of satisfaction with the current appraisal system used in the company. In the last step results of the analysis are listed including identified strengths and weaknesses of the current system and the recommendations are proposed for future actions.

Multi-rater tools also referred to as 360-degree feedback tools, are frequently used in addition to traditional supervisory appraisals due to sources (i.e., supervisor, peer, direct report) unique perspectives and opportunities to view different aspects of job performance. Research has found that the differences among sources are most prevalent between self and other ratings, and the direction of agreement is related to overall job performance. Research has typically focused on one form of agreement, the direction of an individual's self-ratings compared to others' ratings. The current study expanded on past research on rater agreement using a data set (n = 215) consisting of multi-rater data for professionals participating in a leadership development process. The study examined the ability to predict job performance with three different measures of self-other agreement (i.e., difference between overall mean scores (difference), mean absolute difference across items (difference), and mean correlation across items (similarity)). The study also examined how the relationships may differ across performance dimensions. The final purpose was to explore how the importance of the performance dimensions, as rated by the participant, may moderate the relationship between self-other agreement and job performance. Partial support for study's hypotheses was found. The direction and difference measures of agreement on the overall multi-rater tool and performance dimensions accounted for a significant amount of the variance in job performance. The relationship between the similarity measure of agreement and job performance, and the moderating effect of importance were not supported in the current study.

Während sich im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs die Geschlechtergrenzen zunehmend verflüssigen, es ‘harten Wissenschaften’ wie der Medizin und der Humanbiologie zunehmend schwerer fällt, Männlichkeit und Weiblichkeit eindeutig zu definieren und die Rolle des Körpers (nicht nur infolge der Butlerschen Theoriebildung) immer umstrittener wird, verkünden die Medien nicht erst seit Eva Herman und John Gray, dass “Männer vom Mars” und “Frauen von der Venus” seien. Populärwissenschaftliche Publikationen scheinen umso höhere Auflagen zu erreichen, je mehr sie auf schlichten, oft ‘wesenhaft’-essentialistischen Definitionen des ‘kleinen Unterschieds’ beharren, und Bücher wie Robert Blys Iron John: A Book about Men (1990) oder Sam Keens Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man (1991) sind auch 20 Jahre nach ihrer Erstveröffentlichung noch lieferbar und nachgefragt.

[pt] A popularidade de plataformas para o armazenamento e compartilhamento de vídeo tem criado um volume massivo de horas de vídeo. Dado um conjunto de atores presentes em um vídeo, a geração de metadados com a determinação temporal dos intervalos em que cada um desses atores está presente, bem como a localização no espaço 2D dos quadros em cada um desses intervalos pode facilitar a recuperação de vídeo e a recomendação. Neste trabalho, nós investigamos a Clusterização Facial em Vídeo para a localização espaço-temporal de atores. Primeiro descrevemos nosso método de Clusterização Facial em Vídeo em que utilizamos métodos de detecção facial, geração de embeddings e clusterização para agrupar faces dos atores em diferentes quadros e fornecer a localização espaço-temporal destes atores. Então, nós exploramos, propomos, e investigamos aplicações inovadoras dessa localização espaço-temporal em três diferentes tarefas: (i) Reconhecimento Facial em Vídeo, (ii) Recomendação de Vídeos Educacionais e (iii) Posicionamento de Legendas em Vídeos 360 graus. Para a tarefa (i), propomos um método baseado na similaridade de clústeres que é facilmente escalável e obteve um recall de 99.435 por cento e uma precisão de 99.131 por cento em um conjunto de vídeos. Para a tarefa (ii), propomos um método não supervisionado baseado na presença de professores em diferentes vídeos. Tal método não requer nenhuma informação adicional sobre os vídeo e obteve um valor mAP aproximadamente 99 por cento. Para a tarefa (iii), propomos o posicionamento dinâmico de legendas baseado na localização de atores em vídeo 360 graus. / [en] The popularity of platforms for the storage and transmission of video content has created a substantial volume of video data. Given a set of actors present in a video, generating metadata with the temporal determination of the interval in which each actor is present, and their spatial 2D localization in each frame in these intervals can facilitate video retrieval and recommendation. In this work, we investigate Video Face Clustering for this spatio-temporal localization of actors in videos. We first describe our method for Video Face Clustering in which we take advantage of face detection, embeddings, and clustering methods to group similar faces of actors in different frames and provide the spatio-temporal localization of them. Then, we explore, propose, and investigate innovative applications of this spatio-temporal localization in three different tasks: (i) Video Face Recognition, (ii) Educational Video Recommendation and (iii) Subtitles Positioning in 360-video. For (i), we propose a cluster-matching-based method that is easily scalable and achieved a recall of 99.435 percent and precision of 99.131 percent in a small video set. For (ii), we propose an unsupervised method based on them presence of lecturers in different videos that does not require any additional information from the videos and achieved a mAP approximately 99 percent. For (iii), we propose a dynamic placement of subtitles based on the automatic localization of actors in 360-video.

„Eine öffentlichkeitswirksame Umweltschutzbewegung in der Region Chemnitz ist offenbar nicht vorhanden." So der Eingangsbefund, der für Matthias Heyck Anlaß genug für eine Grundlagenarbeit über die Chemnitzer Umweltschutzbewegung war. Das Buch leistet einen Beitrag für die systematische Erfassung der Umweltschutzbewegung und deren Handlungsbedingen in den neuen Bundesländern und insbesondere in der Region Chemnitz. Hintergrund ist die Annahme, daß für eine erfolgreiche Umweltpolitik eine zivilgesellschaftliche Kontroll- und Korrekturfunktion erforderlich ist. Die neuen Bundesländer sind aufgrund der 1989/90 stattgefundenen Wende mit einem fundamentalen Wandel der Umweltsituation und der -bewegung von besonderem Interesse. Der Forschungsansatz der neuen sozialen Bewegungen wird hinsichtlich der Anwendung auf eine in der Transformation befindliche Region überprüft. Die Geschichte der DDR- Umweltschutzbewegung muß hier besondere Berücksichtigung finden. Der Autor zeigt die aktuellen Reaktionen und Strategien der Umweltschutzbewegung in einer aufgrund der Umbruchsituation prekären Situation auf, die von Überalterung, Erfolglosigkeit und einer staatlichen Übermacht geprägt ist. „Wir sind nicht Greenpeace!" ist der Ausspruch eines der Interviewten, der die Unterschiede zwischen Greenpeace und regionaler Umweltschutzbewegung deutlich macht. Die Arbeit zeigt auf, daß eine Struktur und Arbeitsweise wie die von Greenpeace nicht unbedingt zur Lösung lokaler und regionaler Umweltschutzprobleme führt. Matthias Heyck begnügt sich nicht mit der Analyse der Situation, sondern gibt den Akteuren für ihre tägliche Arbeit Handlungsempfehlungen: Hierbei plädiert er aufgrund der Heterogenität der Probleme und Akteure für eine Koordination der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und für eine kritischere Prüfung von staatlichen Angeboten und Vereinnahmungsversuchen.

Das Thema Trennung und Scheidung ist in der heutigen Gesellschaft so gegenwärtig wie nie zuvor. In den Medien wird über aktuelle Scheidungszahlen berichtet und häufig das Gefühl vermittelt, dass das Beenden einer Ehe zur Normalität geworden ist. Vordergründig werden dabei oftmals die betroffenen Paare oder minderjährige Kinder thematisiert. Informationsträger wie Presse, Hörfunk und Fernsehen bewirken in der Gesellschaft somit das Bild, dass Kinder lediglich im Kindes- oder Jugendalter mit einer Eheauflösung der Eltern konfrontiert werden. In den wenigsten Fällen werden die Aspekte einer späten elterlichen Trennung oder Scheidung betrachtet, bei der die Kinder bereits erwachsen sind. Ihrem Umgang mit dieser Thematik wird folglich zu wenig Beachtung geschenkt. Aufgrund dieser Gegebenheiten befasst sich die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit schwerpunktmäßig mit jungen Erwachsenen und hinterfragt, wie sie die Trennung ihrer Eltern erleben.:1 Einleitung ............................................................................................................ 4 2 Ausgangssituation ............................................................................................... 5 2.1 Persönliches Interesse an der Forschungsfrage ............................................. 5 2.2 Formulierung, Zielsetzung und AdressatInnen der Forschungsfrage ............ 6 3 Begriffserklärungen ........................................................................................... 8 3.1 Ehe ................................................................................................................. 8 3.2 Scheidung und Trennung ............................................................................... 9 3.3 Junge Erwachsene ........................................................................................ 10 4 Forschungsstand ............................................................................................... 11 4.1 Eheauflösungen in Deutschland ................................................................... 13 4.2 Einfluss einer elterlichen Trennung auf minderjährige Kinder ................... 14 4.2.1 Querschnittuntersuchungen ................................................................... 15 4.2.2 Längsschnittuntersuchungen ................................................................. 16 4.3 Einfluss einer elterlichen Trennung auf bereits volljährige Kinder ............. 18 4.3.1 Deutschsprachige Literatur ................................................................... 19 4.3.2 Englischsprachige Literatur................................................................... 21 4.4 Eltern-Kind-Beziehung im Erwachsenenalter ............................................. 27 5 Theoretische Hintergründe .............................................................................. 30 5.1 Wandel der Ehe und Gründe für Ehescheidungen ....................................... 30 5.2 Das frühe Erwachsenenalter ........................................................................ 33 5.2.1 Unterschied zwischen jungen Erwachsenen und Erwachsenen ............ 33 5.2.2 Entwicklungsthemen ............................................................................. 35 6 Zugang zum Feld und Auswahlkriterien ....................................................... 43 7 Die Erhebung .................................................................................................... 46 7.1 Einleitende Worte zum problemzentrierten Interview ................................. 47 7.2 Grundpositionen des problemzentrierten Interviews ................................... 48 7.3 Instrumente des problemzentrierten Interviews ........................................... 51 7.4 Gestaltung des problemzentrierten Interviews............................................. 52 7.5 Eigene Erfahrungen mit der Methode .......................................................... 54 8 Die Auswertung ............................................................................................... 55 8.1 Einleitende Worte zur Qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse...................................... 56 8.2 Techniken der Qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse .................................................. 57 8.3 Vorgehensweise der Zusammenfassenden Inhaltsanalyse .......................... 58 8.4 Computerprogramme für die Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse ............................. 60 8.5 Exemplarische Darstellungen der Auswertung ............................................ 61 8.6 Eigene Beurteilung der Methode ................................................................. 63 9 Darstellung der Ergebnisse .............................................................................. 65 10 Diskussion der Ergebnisse ............................................................................. 78 10.1 Vergleich mit der Literatur ........................................................................ 78 10.2 Konsequenzen für die weitere Forschung .................................................. 92 10.3 Konsequenzen für das praktische Handeln ................................................ 94 10.4 Gütekriterien .............................................................................................. 95 10.4.1 Kommunikative Validierung ............................................................... 96 10.4.2 Triangulation ....................................................................................... 98 10.4.3 Nähe zum Gegenstand ......................................................................... 99 10.4.4 Verfahrensdokumentation ................................................................. 100 11 Fazit ............................................................................................................... 101 Literaturverzeichnis .......................................................................................... 105 Anlagenverzeichnis ............................................................................................ 114 Selbstständigkeitserklärung ............................................................................. 144

Gemeinden (Kommunen) und Kantone (Bundesländer) monieren öfters, dass in vielen Pflegeheimen ein nennenswerter Anteil von Bewohnerinnen und Bewohnern mit Pflegestufe 0 bis 2 lebten und dass es für diese günstigere Wohnformen geben sollte. In der Tat hatten im Kanton Zug 2014 26.6 Prozent der Pflegeheim-Bewohner/innen die Pflegestufe 0 bis 2 (insgesamt 12 Pflegestufen) und in den Alterszentren der Stadt Zug waren es Mitte 2015 22.3 Prozent (54 von 242 Bewohner/innen). In dieser Studie wurden mit Interviews die Situationen ermittelt, welche zum Einzug in ein Zentrum (Pflegeheim) führten. Daraus wurden die Leistungen abgeleitet, welche diese Bewohner/innen benötigten und alternative Möglichkeiten ermittelt, um einen Heimeintritt zu vermeiden.:Zusammenfassung 1 Ziel, Vorgehen und Beteiligte 2 Die Situation in Zahlen 3 Die Situationen der wenig Pflegebedürftigen beim Einzug 4 Art der benötigten Leistungen 25 5 Fallbeispiele zum Überprüfen & Generieren des Angebotes 6 Beispiele von Alternativen zum Pflegeheim Schlusswort