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A few brief impulses from my almost three-hour lecture on the subject in an interview in the magazine of the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, Öffentliche Sicherheit: "They just tick differently"
and also recommendable the related article A challenge for management.
Full version - shortened article published by the German Society for Time Policy, Zeitpolitisches Magazin No. 36 July 2020 (ISSN 2196-0356, download here).
"We stand up for people's safety and provide help around the clock."1Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, Leitbild der Bayer. Polizei - Handlungs- und Orientierungsrahmen für die Zukunft, https://www.polizei.bayern.de/wir/leitbild/index.html/3249, accessed on 01.03.2020
This quote from the mission statement of the Bavarian Police undoubtedly applies to all police authorities - they guarantee security in a society around the clock. Although the work is 24/7224/7 stands for 24 hours, 7 days a week, i.e. the provision of work every day at any time. This is not a unique feature of police work, as around one in six employees in Germany works shifts (Radtke 2020), but it is characteristic of police work. In order to understand the (time) organization of police work and its impact on public safety, it is also necessary to understand the effects that shift work, which is necessary to ensure the constant availability of the police, has on people. Even if some police working time organizers do not seem to take this into account, police officers are also human beings and the organization of shift work has a significant influence on their ability to perform and act and thus directly on (in)security in public spaces.
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A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good LifeAs the title suggests, Manson wants his book to stand out from the usual life advice books. Because these usually emphasize what you could or should achieve - higher, faster, further (see, for example, the book "How to achieve more"). Game Changers). The downside, however, is that you are made very aware of what you have not achieved so far. You haven't achieved this or that, you're not exceptional. And the usual (American?) life guides are all aimed at helping you to finally be extraordinary and achieve all your goals.
In his book, Manson shows a different path to personal success. The book is also available in German ("The subtle art of shitting on it“ view at Amazon), but with this book in particular it should be almost impossible to convey the "spirit" of the book correctly in German. While "to give a fuck" is ambiguous in English and the author uses the expression creatively, that alone is difficult in German. Let's see if I have succeeded.
Continue reading „The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck“Comment of a scientist and police officer.
Published on 24.05.2020 in German Police, 06/20, p. 20 ff
Some of my presentations on Generation Z also deal with the private accounts of police officers on social media if they are recognizable there as a "cop". The handling of these so-called #instacops varies greatly depending on the authority and federal state. In some police forces, for example, photos with uniforms on a private account are subject to disciplinary review, as this photo must supposedly have been taken while on duty.
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Is there actually "DIE" Generation Z? A good question, especially once you have studied the Sinus-Milieus. The Sinus Institute (Sinus Markt- und Sozialforschung GmbH) has specialized in the complex analysis of society for over 40 years. And one thing becomes clear from this analysis: the world in which young people live is also very differentiated (as you would expect).
Researchers at the Sinus Institute survey various target groups in so-called life-world explorations with regard to their values, attitudes, life goals, lifestyle and social background, among other things. This data is analyzed and various clusters can be formed. These groups of like-minded people are referred to as milieus. In order to obtain a broader picture, quantitative data is also collected using a standardized questionnaire. In this way, an attempt is made to obtain as realistic a picture as possible of the socio-cultural diversity in the population under investigation, e.g. young people in Germany. Thanks to its many years of work in this field, the Institute can draw on a wealth of historical data and thus also highlight changes (longitudinal studies). The following short video provides a brief but very informative insight into the German milieus.
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Christian Scholz: Generation Z. What makes them tick, what changes them and why they infect us all.
If you look at generations, you constantly stumble across two names: Klaus Hurrelmann (Shell Study) and Christian Scholz. That's why a brief insight into the second author's book is essential, especially because I personally rate it as excellent. If I had to choose between all the works on Generation Z, I would pick this one.
Youth 2019 - 18th Shell Youth Study: A generation speaks out. By Click on the image to view the book on Amazon. By Mathias Albert, Klaus Hurrelmann, Gudrun Quenzel et al.
This is actually a classic when it comes to finding out what makes "young people" tick. The big advantage: it is a long-term study, i.e. the authors can compare their data over time and thus present developments and trends very well. For this reason, the study is also one of my main sources for the lectures.
Generation Z for HR managers and executives by Rüdiger Maas. Brief insights into the book. This article is recommended for anyone who would like to deepen their knowledge from my presentation or would like to review or rework some things. It is of course also suitable for newcomers who are not familiar with the lecture and are interested in Generation Z.
Rüdiger Maas' book on Generation Z is characterized in particular by the fact that the author always gets to the point quickly. The book is therefore ideal for anyone who has little time, i.e. as the title suggests, especially HR managers and executives ;-). I read the entire book in just under 2 hours, including the foreword and bibliography.
Continue reading „Generation Z für Personaler und Führungskräfte“A short article on the downsides of digitization including a video link.
A large proportion of Generation Z, also known as mobile natives, are experts at using smartphones - no wonder, they grew up with them. If you have children of your own, you have certainly observed that the little ones already know how to unlock smartphones and swipe around on them in their first year of life. That's how intuitive the system is. And right from the start, the children see how much time mom and dad spend in front of their little screens - on walks with the children or on the bench at the playground. In this way, parents are already shaping their children's relationship with the smartphone.
Incidentally, Generation Zers also differ from their predecessor generation, the millennials (also known as digital natives), who did not grow up with smartphones but "only" with PCs. On the one hand, many of Generation Z are considered multitaskers² and can work with up to five screens at the same time. Millennials still have two screens, so in this respect, Zlers seem to be a kind of Millennials on a natural speed.
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Smarter, faster and happier - the best life hacks from the 450 most extraordinary leaders, lateral thinkers and gurus. The 46 laws of success. Insights into: "Game Changers" by Dave Asprey.