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    Sensemaking from Actions

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    This study presents a method to establish empirically what drives organization members in their day-to-day behavior. The method starts from the sense employees make of their own actions. The approach consists of two steps: qualitative laddering interviews to determine the most central means and ends that play a role in the sensemaking of organization members, and a follow-up survey to examine in depth the organizational means-end structure. The method was validated by relating the results to independently observed indicators of what guides organization members in their behavior. Apart from the deeper insight it provides in the forces that drive day-to-day behavior in an organization, the method also provides management with a practical tool for addressing employee motivation and for developing credible communication toward stakeholders.employee motivation;laddering;means-end analysis;organizational action;sensemaking

    Tracking strategic alignment with EcQ - The Strategic Alignment Monitor

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    This article discusses and analyzes a new measure designed specifically to track employee alignment and its drivers, named “EcQÂź - The Strategic Alignment Monitor”. How can managers identify whether employees support the company’s strategic issues? The EcQ provides companies with a tool capable of measuring this alignment and reveals weaknesses and strengths in its drivers.Este artigo discute e analisa uma nova medida desenvolvida especificamente para mensurar o alinhamento interno das empresas e seus determinantes. Essa medida Ă© denominada “EcQÂź - Monitor de Alinhamento EstratĂ©gico”. Como identificar se os empregados estĂŁo alinhados Ă s questĂ”es estratĂ©gicas da empresa? O EcQ permite mensurar esse alinhamento e revela os pontos fracos e fortes de seus determinantes.Tiene por objetivo discutir y analizar una nueva medida desarrollada especĂ­ficamente para mensurar el nivel de alineaciĂłn interna de las organizaciones y sus determinantes. Dicha medida se denomina “EcQÂź - Monitor de AlineaciĂłn EstratĂ©gica”. ÂżCĂłmo se puede identificar si el comportamiento de los empleados estĂĄ alineado con los objetivos estratĂ©gicos de la empresa? El EcQ permite mensurar esa alineaciĂłn y revela los puntos fuertes y dĂ©biles de sus determinantes

    Sharing Risk:The Netherlands' New Approach to Pensions

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    Sharing risk:The Netherlands' new approach to pensions

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    The solvency crisis in 2001–2004 urged Dutch pension funds to reconsider their final-pay plans with de facto unconditional indexation. Most pension funds switched to an average-wage plan with solvency-contingent indexation. This pension plan redesign was the outcome of a new compromise between the major stakeholders of Dutch pension funds. The redesign is of interest as it results in a hybrid combination of DB and DC. This new setting indeed greatly improves solvency risk management. Moreover, the new plan structure appears to be welfare-dominant compared to other collective plan settings and individual alternatives, as it improves the conditions for intergenerational risk sharing. However, drawbacks of the new plans are the lack of transparency and potential welfare loss for individuals because of the inherent contingent claim structure of the new plan. Moreover, the plan redesign has led to value redistribution from older to younger plan participants

    ReprĂ©sentations et vĂ©cu d’adolescents et de leurs parents autour de la confidentialitĂ©: une exploration en clinique

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    Introduction : La confidentialitĂ© fait partie intĂ©grante des soins adaptĂ©s aux adolescents (youth friendly health care). Le mĂ©decin est Ă  la croisĂ©e entre l’adolescent et ses souhaits en matiĂšre de confidentialitĂ© et ses parents et leur souhait de connaĂźtre la prise en charge de l’adolescent. Il existe peu de littĂ©rature sur le vĂ©cu de la confidentialitĂ© par les deux populations parents et adolescents. L’on retrouve des Ă©tudes uniquement sur les parents ou que sur les adolescents. Le but de cette Ă©tude est d’explorer les reprĂ©sentations et perceptions des parents et des adolescents autour de la confidentialitĂ© dans un contexte clinique. MĂ©thode : Etude qualitative menĂ©e Ă  la DISA (Division Interdisciplinaire de SantĂ© aux Adolescents) au CHUV. Neuf entretiens semi-structurĂ©s de 1h-1h30 ont Ă©tĂ© conduits avec 4 dyades adolescentsparent et une adolescente. L’analyse des donnĂ©es a Ă©tĂ© effectuĂ©e en s’inspirant de la “grounded theory”. RĂ©sultats : L’analyse des entretiens a permis de mettre en Ă©vidence un thĂšme central : « l’ajustement dynamique face Ă  l’autonomisation ». Trois autres thĂšmes majeurs s’articulent autour ce thĂšme central : « la relation de soins », « l’influence du vĂ©cu antĂ©rieur » et « la perception des consĂ©quences de la confidentialitĂ© sur la santĂ© ». Discussion : Notre Ă©tude a permis d’identifier que l’ambivalence parentale qui peut exister au sujet de la confidentialitĂ© est en grande partie le reflet de la difficultĂ© face Ă  l’autonomisation de l’adolescent dans ses soins, avec d’un cĂŽtĂ© des adolescents en quĂȘte d’autonomie et de responsabilitĂ© et de l’autre des parents qui sont dans un processus de lĂącher prise et de transfert de responsabilitĂ©, ce qui semble ĂȘtre une tĂąche dĂ©licate pour plusieurs d’entre eux. Cette double transition face Ă  l’autonomisation des adolescents est marquĂ©e par un ajustement dynamique du vĂ©cu parental et adolescent, dĂ©pendant en grande partie de l’articulation du triangle relationnel adolescent-parent-mĂ©decin. Pour le mĂ©decin, la gestion de la confiance, de l’équilibre des rĂŽles et de la communication sont autant d’enjeux nĂ©cessaires Ă  la promotion d’un vĂ©cu positif des consultations confidentielles

    Was er een profit-squeeze in de Nederlandse industrie?

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