Christine Aschbacher

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Christine Aschbacher (2020)

Christine Aschbacher (* 10. July 1983 as Christine Kowald in Graz ) is an Austrian entrepreneur and former politician ( ÖVP ). From January 29, 2020 to January 11, 2021 she was Federal Minister for Labor, Family and Youth of the Republic of Austria ( Federal Government Short II ).

Life

Christine Aschbacher comes from Wundschuh near Graz , where she attended elementary school. During her school days at a secondary school, she was elected head of the school and was involved in the Austrian Student Union , which is close to the ÖVP.

Education

From 2002, she studied management, organizational and personnel consulting, market communication and sales at the Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences . She completed her degree in 2006 as a Magistra (FH), supervisor was Karl Pinczolits . In addition, from 2011 she studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the Slovak Technical University , Faculty of Materials Science in Trnava ; She completed her PhD with a dissertation in August 2020 . (See below for the quality of the work.)

During her apprenticeship, she helped set up the educational mentoring network for school and university students. She herself was supported by the former ORF presenter Regina Preloznik .

Professional activities

From 2003 to 2006 she worked at Piewald Management Training, then until 2012 as a consultant at Capgemini Consulting . From June 2012 to December 2013, the end of the Faymann I government's term of office , she worked in the cabinet of Finance Minister Maria Fekter in the Federal Ministry of Finance . From January 2014 to October 2014 she was in charge of central risk management in this ministry. In October 2014 she became a member of Reinhold Mitterlehner's cabinet in the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy . She held this position until May 2015. She has been an independent management consultant since June 2015, and from September 2015 she ran the Aschbacher Advisory agency . In 2017 she became a member of the supervisory board of GBG Gebäude- und Baumanagement Graz GmbH .

politics

On December 31, 2019, in the course of the formation of the government in 2019, it was announced that she would become Federal Minister for Labor, Family and Youth in the Federal Government Short II . On 7 January 2020 she was sworn in as Federal Minister without a portfolio by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen , and from 8 January she was Federal Minister in the Federal Chancellery . On January 29, 2020, the Federal President swore her as Federal Minister for Labor, Family and Youth in the Federal Government Brief II following amendments to the Federal Ministries Act.

On January 9, 2021, Aschbacher announced her resignation from the ministerial office following allegations of plagiarism.

Private

Christine Aschbacher is married and has three children. Her sister Barbara Walch became mayor of Wundschuh in 2019 . Both father, Alois Kowald, was mayor of the municipality of Neudorf ob Wildon, her uncle Josef Kowald was a member of the state parliament.

Allegations of plagiarism

Thesis

On January 7, 2021, the plagiarism expert Stefan Weber pointed out deficiencies in Aschbacher's thesis , which she had submitted to Karl Pinczolits at the Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences. Among other things, according to Weber, plagiarism of ideas and texts were discovered. In addition to these deficiencies in academic honesty, Weber also pointed out linguistic deficits.

dissertation

Weber also criticized alleged plagiarism in the synopsis of Aschbacher's dissertation Draft of a Management Style for Innovative Companies at the Technical University of Bratislava . Armin Wolf wrote: “Not a single illustration and not a single one of the 61 quotations / references [...] [...] has [...] a specific page number for the quoted work. That would probably not go through at any VWA before the Matura . "Education Minister Heinz Faßmann (ÖVP) said on the matter" Guttenberg spontaneously , whom it hit very hard. "

A quote from the work that was only submitted in May 2020, which reveals major linguistic inconsistencies:

“Maybe, so it's strange that if there is any one phrase that is guaranteed to get me started, it's when someone says to me, 'Okay, fine. You're the boss! '"Says Branson." What annoys me is that 90 percent of the time, like what this person really wants to say is,' Okay then, I don't agree with you, but I will roll and do it because they tell me to. But if it doesn't work out I'll be the first to remind you that it's not my idea. "

The quote in the original:

"Perhaps, therefore, it is odd that if there is any one phrase that is guaranteed to set me off it's when someone says to me, 'OK, fine. You're the boss! ' What irks me is that in 90% of such instances what that person is really saying is, 'OK, then, I don't agree with you, but I'll roll over and do it because you're telling me to. But if it doesn't work out I'll be the first to remind everyone that it wasn't my idea. "

- Richard Branson

Another quotation, from a Forbes article, misrepresented the author's research as that of Aschbacher, in which she replaced "in my work" with "in this dissertation":

“Assumptions are like barnacles on the side of a boat; they slow us down. This dissertation worked with hundreds of teams - from C-suite executives to college graduates to middle-level executives and frontline workers - to develop some simple but powerful techniques that leaders can use to break assumptions. "

The quote in the original:

"Assumptions are like barnacles on the side of a boat; they slow us down. In my work with hundreds of teams, ranging from C-suite executives to graduate students to mid-level managers and front line employees, I've developed some simple but powerful techniques to help people blast away at assumptions. "

- Robert Tucker

As a result of her resignation, doubts have been raised as to whether the interviews cited in the dissertation actually took place. One of the managing directors of the Urbas company explained that nobody “is [...] making such a joke with us”. A second company reported via an interview passage: "The content obviously has no relation to our company and our business."

Web links

Commons : Christine Aschbacher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Christine Aschbacher on the website of the Austrian Parliament . As of December 15, 2020, accessed on January 10, 2021.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Christine Aschbacher. In: meineabmachen.at. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Michael Jungwirth: I didn't hesitate long. In: New Vorarlberger daily newspaper online. NEUE Zeitungs GmbH, January 15, 2020, accessed on January 11, 2021 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Christine Aschbacher - Minister for Compatibility. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . December 31, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Conrad Seidl, Andreas Schnauder: Minister for Labor, Family and Youth: Christine Aschbacher. In: DerStandard.at . December 31, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Aschbacher becomes Minister of Labor and Family Affairs. In: ORF.at . December 31, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Another woman for the new government: Styrian becomes ÖVP family minister. In: Wiener Zeitung . December 31, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  8. ^ New government: Kurz and Kogler presented an agreement. In: ORF.at . January 1, 2020, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  9. ^ Speech by the Federal President on the occasion of the appointment and inauguration of the new Federal Government. In: bundespraesident.at. January 7, 2020, accessed January 7, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Aschbacher resigns from office. In: orf.at. January 9, 2021, accessed January 9, 2021 .
  11. ↑ Labor Minister Aschbacher resigns after allegations of plagiarism. In: The Standard . January 9, 2021, accessed January 9, 2021 .
  12. ↑ Thomas Wieser: Christine Aschbacher: The Family Minister from Wundschuh. In: Small newspaper . January 8, 2020, accessed January 9, 2020 .
  13. ^ Styrian Aschbacher becomes the new ÖVP minister. In: krone.at. December 31, 2019, accessed on January 13, 2020.
  14. ↑ Man with a connection to youth. In: neueland.at . January 26, 2018, accessed on January 13, 2020.
  15. ^ A b Massive allegations against the diploma thesis by Minister Aschbacher. In: kurier.at. January 7, 2021, accessed January 8, 2021 .
  16. ↑ Stefan Weber : Plagiarism, false quotations, insufficient knowledge of German: Diploma thesis by Austrian Minister Christine Aschbacher undercuts all scientific standards. In: plagiatsgutachten.com. January 7, 2021, accessed January 8, 2021 .
  17. ^ Stefan Weber: Aschbacher diploma thesis: Serious plagiarism in the final chapter. In: plagiatsgutachten.com. January 7, 2021, accessed January 8, 2021 .
  18. ↑ Stefan Weber: Serial plagiarist: Serious plagiarism also discovered in the dissertation exposé of Minister Christine Aschbacher. In: Plagiatsgutachten.com. January 8, 2021, accessed January 8, 2021 .
  19. ^ A b Jan Michael Marchart: The "scientific catastrophe" around Minister Aschbacher is expanding. In: The Standard . January 9, 2021.
  20. ↑ Drake Baer: 22 Brilliant Insights From Richard Branson. In: Business Insider . July 30, 2014, accessed January 9, 2021 .
  21. ↑ Christine Aschbacher: Draft of a leadership style for innovative companies (page 55). Retrieved January 11, 2021 .
  22. ^ Robert Tucker: Six Innovation Leadership Skills Everybody Needs To Master. February 9, 2017, accessed January 11, 2021 .
  23. ↑ New allegations against Aschbacher: Doubts about interviews with business representatives - derStandard.at. Retrieved January 11, 2021 (Austrian German).
personal data
SURNAME Aschbacher, Christine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kowald, Christine (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entrepreneur and politician (ÖVP)
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz