Ursula Schumm-Garling

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Ursula Schumm-Garling (born March 20, 1938 in Berlin ; † April 20, 2021 there ) was a German sociologist and professor . The focus of her work was problems of the working society, in particular the employment of women and industrial relations as well as organizational development.

Life

She studied sociology, philosophy, history and psychology at the Free University of Berlin . She wrote a diploma thesis on Lorenz von Stein and received her doctorate on the subject of "Dominance in industrial work organization". She was a research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in the project “Professional Preparation and Professional Autonomy”. From 1968 to 1974 she headed the automation and modernization policy department at the main board of the ÖTV trade union. From 1971 to 1976 she was a member of the Federal Government's Commission “Economic and Social Change in the Federal Republic of Germany” and from 1989 to 1995 a member of the ISDN State Commission of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 1974 until her retirement in 2003, Ursula Schumm-Garling was Professor of Sociology at the University of Dortmund and from 1981 to 1984 she was also the Managing Director of the State Institute for Social Research in Dortmund . She had lectureships at the Social Academy in Dortmund and at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main .

Her teaching and research activities focused on topics related to the world of work, primarily under the aspect of changes and their effects on employees, caused by the economic and social dynamics of a capitalist social order. The theoretical and empirical thematizations of work and work organization include the power of definition of men and women. The practical relevance of her teaching has always been important to her. She conducted cooperation seminars, excursions and company tours in addition to the university courses and motivated students to enter into dialogue with representatives from practice.

She was a liaison professor at the Hans Böckler Foundation , worked in the Forum Neue Politik der Arbeit and was a member of the advisory board of the Z. Zeitschrift Marxistische Erneuerung . Schumm-Garling was nominated for the 14th Federal Assembly by the party Die Linke in Hessen . From 2014 she was a member of the LEFT Council of Elders as well as a member of the discussion groups “Classes and Social Culture” and “Peace” of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation .

One of the daily media in which she took a position is the left-wing daily Junge Welt .

Publications (selection)

  • Dominance in the industrial organization of work. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1972. (published in two editions in 1983 and 1984 in Japan)
  • Commission for Economic and Social Change, Economic and Social Change in the Federal Republic of Germany. Expert opinion of the commission, Bonn 1976.
  • Sociology of the industrial enterprise. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1983. DNB 831195568
  • with D. Czech and G. Weiß: Rationalized processing in the banking industry. (= Humanization of working life. Volume 99). Campus Verlag, Frankfurt / New York 1988, ISBN 3-593-33712-6 .
  • Employees and unions. New trends and new answers. Bund Verlag, Cologne 1990.
  • with R. Martens and UL Fischer: Modern Times for Women in Management? A case study on women's equality in a department store group. In: G. Schreyögg, J. Sydow (Ed.): Empirical studies. Management Research, Volume 5. de Gruyter, New York 1995.
  • with BP Lange, K. Grimmer, F. Kaderali, R. Rock, H. Strunz and A. Baron: ISDN in companies and administrations. Trends, opportunities and risks. Final report of the ISDN Research Commission of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia May 1989 - January 1995. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1996.
  • with M. Jonas and S. Nover: Focus “Work” Initiatives for a future of work. Westphalian steam boat, Münster 2002.
  • Moral Deficits in the Neoliberal Market Economy. (= University of Dortmund SchriftenReihe. Volume 46). 2002. DNB 963806041
  • Women and precarious employment. Precarious work - precarious life. 2008.
  • Six theses on economic policy in times of upswing. Do we need alternatives? In: opposite aperture. 14/2012.
  • Precarious employment of the highly qualified. The example of cultural professions. In: opposite aperture. 17/2012.
  • Capitalism and sociology. The many faces of Wolfgang Streeck. In: Sozialwissenschaftliche Literatur Rundschau. 1/2012 SLR 64.
  • Changed gender relations? In: Z No. 100, December 2014.
  • For a new policy of work. In: Socialism. 7–8 / 2014.
  • Trade unions and the digital world of work. In: Z No. 103, December 2015.
  • Solo self-employment - future of employment !? In: Socialism. 4/2017.
  • Unequal pay for women - current issues. In: Z No. 110, June 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gegenblende.de
  2. ^ Title reference in the catalog of the German National Library
  3. ↑ gegenblende.de
  4. ↑ Strange coincidence, in: Junge Welt, December 16, 2019, p. 15.
  5. ↑ dgb20.wegewerk.org  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / dgb20.wegewerk.org  
  6. ↑ gegenblende.de
  7. ↑ gegenblende.de
  8. ↑ Sozialismus.de
  9. ↑ zeitschrift-marxistische-ernlassung.de
  10. ↑ Sozialismus.de
  11. ↑ zeitschrift-marxistische-ernlassung.de
personal data
SURNAME Schumm-Garling, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Berlin