Vocational research and consulting institute for interdisciplinary technology design

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Vocational research and consulting institute for interdisciplinary technology design eV
(BIT eV)
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purpose Promotion of science, research, public health care, as well as public and professional education
Chair: Andrea Lange, Robert Schleicher, Tobias Berens
Establishment date: 1985 (VR 2125 - AG Bochum)
Seat : Bochum
Website: http://www.bit-bochum.de

The vocational research and advisory institute for interdisciplinary technology design is a registered, non-profit association that has been providing research, advice and qualification for humane work design in organizations and companies in the field of work, health and learning since 1985.

history

The association was founded at a time when the topic of new information and communication technologies (PC) threatened to be used to fundamentally shift the balance of power between employees and employers . The fears were characterized by images of the “ transparent man ” and the “deserted factory”. The founding members had set themselves the goal of developing framework conditions for how the new technologies can be used by the actors in the interests of all. For this, however, it was necessary to bring precisely these actors, interest groups, affected parties and developers to one table - the idea of ​​an interdisciplinary approach was born. To this day, the association is shaped by an interdisciplinary team of engineers, social scientists, psychologists, economists and ergonomists who work together for humane work in both company projects and state-funded research projects.

Research fields

In the early days, the topics of data protection , software customizing and software ergonomics were the main topics and fields of work. Since the late 1990s, the subject areas of BIT eV have visibly changed in the direction of occupational health and safety . With the Occupational Safety and Health Act , which came into force in 1996 , there was a need for action, particularly with regard to the humane design of work. The research context was therefore more and more characterized by implementation projects in the context of the design of changing working conditions, aging employees ( demographics ) and increasing digitization. Current research therefore deals with the topic of Work 4.0 and its impact on the existing occupational health and safety requirements.

Research projects (selection)

The institute conducts research for various state and federal ministries within the scope of its statutory mandate. The research content covers the areas of work, health and learning.

At work

The “ZuArbeit” project offers mechanical and plant engineering companies aids to successfully cope with the personal challenges of demographic and technological change in a modern working environment. This can only be done together - that is, in close dialogue between management, works councils and employees. The focus is on maintaining and promoting the employability of all workforce groups through work design and qualification measures - regardless of age, gender or hierarchical level.

textile-fit

The aim of the nationwide project is to maintain and promote the employability of employees and thus to secure the competitiveness of companies in global competition and in demographic change . A total of 11 companies from the textile and fashion industries took part and reported at the final conference.

CRAFT! T

With the project "Shaping the demographic change in the handicrafts and making successes visible", craft businesses (focus on metal and woodworking) were made fit for demographic change. The project was carried out jointly and in cooperation with the IKK within the framework of INQA.

Towards

In a nationwide survey of craft businesses it was investigated what need for support exists among owners and employees. The results of the survey show that existing support structures have so far been used to varying degrees. B. Help for self-help, information events, regional networks, individual advice and advice from health insurance companies. Craft businesses also have a strong interest in the further development of regional support structures. It is also noticeable that different focus topics could be identified depending on the region. The survey was carried out by the IKK classic health insurance company, the professional research and advisory institute for interdisciplinary technology design (BIT) and the Institute for Work and Health (ILAG), which also took on the project management. The project partners developed the content of the survey in close cooperation with representatives of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS), the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) and the Offensive Mittelstand, a network of the New Quality of Work initiative (INQA).

Quali steel

The aim and achievement of the project is to expand the training competence of the company social partners by

  • the employees as well as specialists and managers continuously participate in further training measures
  • the competence for learning-conducive and age-appropriate work organization is increased, tested in operational practice and becomes the practical knowledge of planners, designers and managers,
  • health promotion competence is strengthened,
  • new professional development paths and careers are designed and implemented,
  • Further training measures are target group-specific and carried out in an age-sensitive form and
  • a company training culture is firmly anchored in the company processes.

IG Metall is in charge of the project, BIT eV is involved as a project partner. The project is funded by the BMAS and the ESF as part of the "further education" initiative.

KobA - Cooperative in-company training

Many public statements point to the increasing shortage of applicants for in-company training. Many companies are looking for skilled workers and would train them themselves, but suitable candidates are difficult to find. A lack of personal performance and inadequate school qualifications are named in company surveys as the main reasons for vacant training positions.

Advice and qualification

In the same subject area, BIT eV therefore offers companies of different industries and sizes as well as public administrations a wide range of services, which is always operated with the aim of "helping people to help themselves". The motive has been the same since 1985: why do we need research, science and the acquisition of knowledge, if not to improve practical work. BIT eV is active for various educational institutions in the training and further education of employees in order to bring the idea of ​​humane and humane working conditions into the companies.

Publications

In the course of research activities and operational support, the association's employees have published numerous publications in their own publications or specialist journals.

  • Hans Szymanski: Age-appropriate work design - requirements, instruments, examples, in: Frerichs, Frerich (Hrsg.) (2016): Aging in gainful employment - perspectives on career design; Springer specialist media. Wiesbaden
  • Georg Kolbe, Wilhelm Termath, Imke Rademacher: Integrate demanding applicants early with in-company training preparation, in: Westhoff, Gisela; Ernst, Helmut (Ed.) (2016): Heterogeneity and Diversity in Vocational Education and Training - Concepts, Approaches and Instruments from Model Research Research; W. Bertelsmann Verlag. Bielefeld
  • Hans Szymanski, Andrea Lange, Georg Kolbe: Work design in corporate integration management, in: Feldes, Werner; Niehaus, Mathilde; Faber, Ulrich (Ed.) (2016): workbook BEM - operational integration management - strategies and recommendations for interest groups; Bund-Verlag. Frankfurt am Main
  • Andrea Lange, Frank Stöpel, Jürgen Voß: Competence: Training to become a BEM coordinator, in: Gute Arbeit, issue 12/2015, pp. 32–34
  • Andrea Lange: Integrating with the toolbox: Shaping good practice, promoting acceptance, in: Gute Arbeit, issue 3/2014, pp. 15-18
  • Tobias Berens, Ute Berbuir: The "landscape format" study concept - promoting interdisciplinary dialogue, in: Sicherheitsingenieur, issue 3/2014, pp. 14-17
  • Robert Schleicher: Experience from 15 years of assessing psychological stress. BIT eV 2014
  • Office of the Initiative New Quality of Work (INQA) c / o Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Ed.): The successful craft business - a practical guide for healthy and age-resistant work. Text: Robert Schleicher, Michael Bau, Christian Muszeika, Georg Hensel, Björn Stark, Mechtild Janssen. Berlin 2014
  • Robert Schleicher, Georg Hensel, Claudia Oldenburg: Shaping the demographic change in the skilled trades and making successes visible - the Handwerk Fit project, in: Society for Ergonomics (Ed.): Report on the 60th Congress of Ergonomics from March 12-14, 2014, Dortmund : GfA-Press, pp. 207-209
  • Wilhelm Termath: Competence development in the field of tension between individual and organizational learning, in: Gisela Westhoff, Klaus Jenewein, Helmut Ernst (Eds.): Competence development in flexible and creative training and further education; Series of publications by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Bonn 2012, pp. 265–271
  • Hans Szymanski: Age (ies) appropriate work design in the iron and steel industry, in: Stahl und Eisen 132 (2012), No. 12
  • Andrea Lange: In-company integration management: tailor-made and quality-assured, in: Personalwirtschaft, special issue 11/2012, pp. 23-25
  • Klaus Jenewein, Wilhelm Termath: Acquisition of Competence in Company Learning Locations - For the use of work and professional models for the recording and description of company action situations, expertise for the European Educational Institute for Work and Society; Magdeburg, 2011
  • Wilhelm Termath: New methods of learning and knowledge transfer: Use of virtual-interactive technologies: In: Michael Schenk (Hrsg.): 14th IFF Science Days 28. – 30. June 2011 8th symposium on digital engineering and virtual technologies; Conference proceedings pp. 229–235; Stuttgart 2011
  • Andreas Blume / Uta Walter / Ralf Bellmann / Holger Wellmann: Company health policy - an opportunity for participation. Potential, obstacles and support options. Hans Böckler Foundation (Ed.) - Research, No. 136, Berlin: edition sigma, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8360-8736-0
  • Andrea Lange / Hans Szymanski: The toolbox for operational integration management, in: Gute Arbeit 03/2011, pp. 18-20
  • Robert Schleicher: Risk assessment, in: Badura, Bernhard; Walter, Uta; Hehlmann, Thomas (2010): Company health policy. The way to healthy organization, 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg
  • Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Ed.): All good things come in threes! Age structure analysis, qualification needs analysis, age-appropriate risk assessment - three tools for a demographically stable company; Publication of the New Quality of Work initiative; Advice: Andrea Lange, Hans Szymanski, 1st edition, 2010
  • Wilhelm Termath / Stefan Kumetz: Training and further education of the maintenance staff, in: Schenk, Michael (Ed.) (2010): Maintenance of technical systems - methods and tools to ensure safe and economical plant operation, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg
  • Hans Szymanski / Andrea Lange / Tobias Berens: The accounting of instruments for shaping demographic change; Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Ed.): Research Project F 2167; Dortmund / Berlin / Dresden 2009.
  • Hans Szymanski / Andrea Lange a. a .: Virtual interactive models to improve internal communication and product ergonomics as well as to support efficient CE processes of machines; in: Landau, Kurt (Ed.): Productivity in the company. Proceedings of the GfA autumn conference 2009; Stuttgart: Ergonomia Verlag
  • Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Ed.): Reduce time pressure in care; Publication of the New Quality of Work Initiative (INQA); Text: Marlene Thomsen, Robert Schleicher; Dortmund, 2nd edition, 2010.
  • Andrea Lange: CE marking of machines - practical help for companies, in: VMBG-Mitteilungen 02/06, pp. 14–15
  • Hans Szymanski: The age-sensitive risk assessment - the basis for contemporary work design, in: REFA-Nachrichten 6/2006, pp. 20-25
  • Karin Jürgen / Andreas Blume / Robert Schleicher / Hans Szymanski: Occupational safety through risk analysis. An orientation aid for the implementation of a contemporary work environment protection, Berlin: edition sigma 1997

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BIT eV - ZuArbeit project homepage
  2. ↑ textile-fit project homepage
  3. ↑ Active online project (April 14th, 2016) “Textil-fit”: employees of textile companies uncover stressful work processes
  4. ↑ etem 5.2016 (page 22) Work healthily , stay competitive
  5. ↑ Deutsches Handwerksblatt 08 | 2014 HANDWERKFIT - PROJECT GOES INTO THE SECOND ROUND
  6. ↑ Institute Achievement Work Health Final Report HandwerkF! T
  7. ↑ KREIHA INFO April | May 2012 The “HandwerkFit” project still has places available
  8. ↑ Securing the future through support and competence development for the craft final report (INQA)
  9. ↑ BIT eV - Quali-Stahl project homepage
  10. ↑ BIT eV KobA project information
  11. ↑ Publications. In: bit-bochum.de. Retrieved March 7, 2017 .