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Besser entscheiden
(2021)
Unüberschaubar viele Vorschläge des systematischen Entscheidens führen bei bestimmten Rahmenbedingungen zum Erfolg. Die berufliche Praxis weicht aber zumeist stark davon ab, daher sind viele Methoden unbrauchbar. Wie kann man dennoch seine Fähigkeit zu Entscheiden verbessern? Man orientiert sich an grundlegenden Handlungsmaximen.
Back to the future of gaming
(2014)
A new software tool, called AWG-Wuckler, is developed to calculate geometric parameters of arrayed waveguide grating structures for telecommunication and medical applications. These parameters are crucial for a AWG layout which will be created and simulated using commercial photonic design tools. The design process of AWG is very complex because its geometric dimensions depend on a large number of input design parameters and other input design parameters. Often geometric constraints require an adjustment of the input design parameters and vice versa. Calculation and adjustment of the geometric parameters is a time-consuming process that is currently not fully supported by any commercial photonic tool. AWG-Wuckler tool overcomes this issue and offers a fast and easy to use solution. The tool was already applied in various AWG designs and is technologically well proven.
By a simple femtosecond laser process, we fabricated metal-oxide/gold composite films for electrical and optical gas sensors. We designed a dripple wavelength AWG-spectrometer, matched to the plasma absorption wavelength region of the composite films. H2/CO absorptions fit well with the AWG design for multi gas detection sensor arrays
A new software tool, called AWG-Channel-Spacing, is developed to calculate accurate channel spacing of an arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG) optical multiplexer/demultiplexer. This tool has been developed with the application framework QT in the programming language C++. The tool was evaluated with a design of 20-channel 200 GHz AWG. The achieved simulated transmission characteristics prove the correct functionality of the tool.
The electricity demand due to the increasing number of EVs presents new challenges for the operation of the electricity network, especially for the distribution grids. The existing grid infrastructure may not be sufficient to meet the new demands imposed by the integration of EVs. Thus, EV charging may possibly lead to reliability and stability issues, especially during the peak demand periods. Demand side management (DSM) is a potential and promising approach for mitigation of the resulting impacts. In this work, we developed an autonomous DSM strategy for optimal charging of EVs to minimize the charging cost and we conducted a simulation study to evaluate the impacts to the grid operation. The proposed approach only requires a one way communicated incentive. Real profiles from an Austrian study on mobility behavior are used to simulate the usage of the EVs. Furthermore, real smart meter data are used to simulate the household base load profiles and a real low voltage grid topology is considered in the load flow simulation. Day-ahead electricity stock market prices are used as the incentive to drive the optimization. The results for the optimum charging strategy is determined and compared to uncontrolled EV charging. The results for the optimum charging strategy show a potential cost saving of about 30.8% compared to uncontrolled EV charging. Although autonomous DSM of EVs achieves a shift of load as pursued, distribution grid operation may be substantially affected by it. We show that in the case of real time price driven operation, voltage drops and elevated peak to average powers result from the coincident charging of vehicles during favourable time slots.
Demand-side management approaches that exploit the temporal flexibility of electric vehicles have attracted much attention in recent years due to the increasing market penetration. These demand-side management measures contribute to alleviating the burden on the power system, especially in distribution grids where bottlenecks are more prevalent. Electric vehicles can be defined as an attractive asset for distribution system operators, which have the potential to provide grid services if properly managed. In this thesis, first, a systematic investigation is conducted for two typically employed demand-side management methods reported in the literature: A voltage droop control-based approach and a market-driven approach. Then a control scheme of decentralized autonomous demand side management for electric vehicle charging scheduling which relies on a unidirectionally communicated grid-induced signal is proposed. In all the topics considered, the implications on the distribution grid operation are evaluated using a set of time series load flow simulations performed for representative Austrian distribution grids. Droop control mechanisms are discussed for electric vehicle charging control which requires no communication. The method provides an economically viable solution at all penetrations if electric vehicles charge at low nominal power rates. However, with the current market trends in residential charging equipment especially in the European context where most of the charging equipment is designed for 11 kW charging, the technical feasibility of the method, in the long run, is debatable. As electricity demand strongly correlates with energy prices, a linear optimization algorithm is proposed to minimize charging costs, which uses next-day market prices as the grid-induced incentive function under the assumption of perfect user predictions. The constraints on the state of charge guarantee the energy required for driving is delivered without failure. An average energy cost saving of 30% is realized at all penetrations. Nevertheless, the avalanche effect due to simultaneous charging during low price periods introduces new power peaks exceeding those of uncontrolled charging. This obstructs the grid-friendly integration of electric vehicles.
Load shifting of resistive domestic hot water heaters has been done in Europe since the 1930s, primarily to ease the power supply during peak times. However, the pursued and already commenced energy transition in Europe changes the requirements for the underlying logic. In this more general context, demand side management is considered a viable approach to utilize the flexibility of thermal and electrochemical storage systems for buffering energy generated from renewables. In this work, an autonomous approach for demand side management of energy storage systems is developed, which is based on unidirectional communication of an incentive. This concept is then applied to the specific problem of resistive domestic hot water heaters.
The basic algorithms for an optimized operation are developed and evaluated based on simulation studies. The optimization problem considered, maps the search for the optimal heating schedule, while ensuring the temperature limits defined: Firstly, a maximum, which is defined by the hysteresis set point temperature; Secondly, during hot water draw offs, the outlet temperature should not fall below a set minimum. To establish this, the time series of hot water usage has to be predicted.
Depending on the complexity of the hot water heater model used, the formulation of the problem ranges from a linear to non-linear optimization with discontinuous constraints. The simulation studies presented, comprise a formulation as binary linear optimization problem, as well as a solution based on a heuristic direct method to solve the non-linear version. In contrast to the first linear approach, the latter takes stratification inside the tank into account. One-year simulations based on realistic hot water draw profiles are used to investigate the potentials with respect to load shift and energy efficiency improvements. Additional to assuming perfect prediction of user behavior, this work also considers the k-nearest neighbors algorithm to predict the time series. If compared to usual night-tariff switched operation, assuming perfect prediction shows 30 % savings on the electricity market when stratification is taken into account. The user prediction proposed leads to 16 % cost savings, while 6 % of the electric energy is conserved.
Based on the linear approach, a prototype is developed and used in a field test. A micro computer processes the sensor information for local data acquisition, receives electricity spot market prices up to 34 hours in advance, solves the optimization problem for this time horizon, and switches the power supply of the resistive heating element accordingly. Beside the temperature of the environment, the inlet and outlet temperatures, the temperature inside the tank is measured at five points, as well as the water volume flow rate and the electric power recorded. Two test runs of 18 days each, compare the night-tariff switched operation to the price-based optimization in a real-world environment. Results show a significant increase of 6 % in thermal efficiency during the operation based on the algorithm developed, which can be contributed to the optimization accounting for the usage expected.
To facilitate the technical and economic feasibility for retrofit-able implementations of the method proposed for autonomous demand side management, the sensors used must be kept to a minimum. A sufficiently accurate state estimation of the storage has to be achieved, to facilitate a useful model predictive control. Therefore, the last part of this work focuses on the aspect of automated system identification and state estimation of resistive domestic hot water heaters. To that end, real hot water usage profiles and schedules gathered in a field test are used in a lab setup, to collect data on the temperature distribution inside the tank during realistic operating conditions. Four different thermal models, common in literature, are considered for state estimation and system identification. Based on the data collected in the lab, they are evaluated with respect to robustness, computational costs, and estimation accuracy. Based on the observations made in the experiments, an extension of the one-node model by a single additional parameter is proposed. By this adaption, a linear temperature distribution in the lower part of the tank can be modeled during heating. The resulting model exhibits improved robustness and lower computational costs, when compared to the original model. At the same time, the average temperature in the storage tank is estimated nearly as accurate (6 % mean average percentage error) as in the case of the about 50 times more computationally expensive multi-layer model (4 % mean average percentage error).
Verbraucherseitige Laststeuerung (Demand Side Management – DSM) wird als ein möglicher Ansatz betrachtet, um die Auswirkungen des Ausbaus von fluktuierenden Erneuerbaren im Stromnetz auszugleichen. Sollen viele verteilte Energiesysteme damit angesprochen werden, stellen zentralistische Ansätze dabei hohe Anforderungen an die Kommunikationsinfrastruktur. Als Alternative wird vielfach eine autonome Laststeuerung (ADSM) mit anreizbasierter Optimierung direkt auf dem Verbrauchergerät betrachtet. Dabei kann die Anreizfunktion mittels unidirektionaler Kommunikation übertragen werden.
Am Forschungszentrum Energie der Fachhochschule Vorarlberg wurden in den letzten Jahren Algorithmen und Prototypen für den Einsatz von ADSM auf verschiedensten verteilten Energiespeichern im elektrischen Stromnetz entwickelt. Dabei werden sowohl thermische Energiespeicher (z. B. Haushalts-Warmwasserspeicher) als auch elektrochemische Speicher (z. B. Batteriespeichersysteme oder Elektroautos) betrachtet. Außerdem werden die Auswirkungen solcher Systeme auf das elektrische Verteilnetz untersucht. Dieser Artikel gibt einen Überblick über die entwickelten Methoden und Ergebnisse aus diesem Forschungsfeld mit dem Ziel, ein weitreichendes Verständnis für die Chancen und Grenzen des ADSM zu schaffen.
With the digitalisation, and the increased connectivity between manufacturing systems emerging in this context, manufacturing is shifting towards decentralised, distributed concepts. Still, for manufacturing scenarios manual input or augmentation of data is required at system boundaries. Especially in distributed manufacturing environments, like Cloud Manufacturing (CMfg) systems, constant changes to the available manufacturing resources and products pose challenges for establishing connections between them. We propose a feature-oriented representation of concepts, especially from the manufacturing domain, which serves as the basis for (semi-) automatically linking, e.g., manufacturing resources and products. This linking methodologies, as well as knowledge inferred using it, is then used to support distributed manufacturing, especially in CMfg environments, and enhance product development. The concepts and methodologies are to be evaluated in a real world learning factory.
The usage of data gathered for Industry 4.0 and smart factory scenarios continues to be a problem for companies of all sizes. This is often the case because they aim to start with complicated and time-intensive Machine Learning scenarios. This work evaluates the Process Capability Analysis (PCA) as a pragmatic, easy and quick way of leveraging the gathered machine data from the production process. The area of application considered is injection molding. After describing all the required domain knowledge, the paper presents an approach for a continuous analysis of all parts produced. Applying PCA results in multiple key performance indicators that allow for fast and comprehensible process monitoring. The corresponding visualizations provide the quality department with a tool to efficiently choose where and when quality checks need to be performed. The presented case study indicates the benefit of analyzing whole process data instead of considering only selected production samples. The use of machine data enables additional insights to be drawn about process stability and the associated product quality.
The photonic integrated circuits are required in the next generations of coherent terabit optical communications. The software tools for automated adjustment and coupling of optical fiber arrays to photonic integrated circuits has been developed. The obtained results are needed in final production phase in the technology process of photonic integrated circuits packaging.
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Auswirkungen der Covid-Pandemie auf die Finanzierungssituation von Unternehmen in Vorarlberg. Besonderes Augenmerk wird dabei auf kleine und mittlere Unternehmen sowie deren Eigenkapitalausstattung gelegt. Die Analyse erfolgt anhand einer quantitativen Befragung von 569 Unternehmen im Zeitraum Ende Oktober/Anfang November 2021. Ein Großteil der befragten Unternehmen schätzt die Finanzierungssituation insgesamt als befriedigend oder besser ein. Eigenkapital wird die höchste Relevanz aller Finanzierungsquellen zugesprochen. Obwohl 39% der befragten Unternehmen eine Eigenkapitalerhöhung für Ihr Unternehmen als nötig erachten, haben aktuell nur 14% Überlegungen in diese Richtung. Die Ergebnisse der Studie weisen darauf hin, dass eine Beseitigung der steuerlichen Bevorzugung von Fremdkapital (Debt Bias) einen relevanten Anreiz für Eigenkapitalerhöhungen liefern könnte.
Ausscheidungsmanagement
(2021)
Ausrechnen oder aushandeln?
(2023)
Auslandssemester im Karrierefokus – Evaluierung der Auslandssemester am Beispiel einer Hochschule
(2015)
Ausgehandeltes Verständnis
(2020)
Entscheidungen über die optimierte organisatorische Wertschöpfung werden oft von mehreren Personen getroffen. Möchte die entscheidungsorientierte BWL anwendungsorientiert sein, legt sie den Fokus auf das Gewebe von aufeinander verweisenden (entscheidungsfördernden) Kommunikationen zu legen und auf der Erkenntnisfigur des Beobachters aufzubauen.
Ursprünglich wurde für das K-Projekt „LiTech“ eine mobile und intuitive Robotersteuerung – mit Touchbedienung und Augmented Reality – programmiert. Ziel war es, einen Industrieroboter spontan steuern zu können, mit besonderem Augenmerk auf Laienfreundlichkeit. Das System besteht aus einem Roboter und einem PC der als Bildschirm eine mit kapazitivem Touch ausgestattete und von einem Projektor bespielte Glasscheibe hat. Daten werden als String über eine serielle Schnittstelle übermittelt. Zur Erforschung der Nutzerfreundlichkeit werden Bälle auf einer Ebene hin- und herbewegt. Zur Cloud-Datenauswertung und Erstellung der Visualisierung wurden mittlerweile weitere Forschungszentren der FH Vorarlberg eingebunden. Im laufenden Wintersemester arbeitet ein Praktikant aus Südamerika an der Erweiterung auf den kompletten 3D-Raum mit möglicher Implementierung einer Gestensteuerung. Ziel des Beitrags ist es, den Versuchsaufbau und die Steuerung des Roboters zu beschreiben sowie geplante Weiterentwicklungen aufzuzeigen.
Assessing antecedents of entrepreneurial activities of academics at south african universities
(2016)
Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) is a passive optical component, which have found applications in a wide range of photonic applications including telecommunications and medicine. Silica-on-Silicon (SoS) based AWGs use a low refractive-index contrast between the core (waveguide) and the cladding which leads to some significant advantages such as low propagation losses and low fiber coupling losses between the AWG waveguides and the fibres. Therefore, they are an attractive DWDM solution offering higher channel count technology and good performance characteristics compared to other methods. However, the very low refractive-index contrast means the bending radius of the waveguides needs to be very large (on the order of several millimeters) and may not fall below a particular critical value to suppress bending losses. As a result, silica-based waveguide devices usually have a very large size that limits the integration density of SiO2-based photonic integrated devices. High-index contrast AWGs (such as silicon, silicon nitride or polymer-based waveguide devices) feature much smaller waveguide size compared to low index contrast AWGs. Such compact devices can easily be implemented on a chip and have already found applications in emerging applications such as optical sensors, devices for DNA diagnostics and optical spectrometers for infrared spectroscopy.In this work, we present the design, simulation, technological verification and applications of both, the low-index contrast and high-index contrast AWGs. For telecommunication applications AWG-MUX/Demux with up to 128-channels will be presented. For medical applications the AWG-spectrometer with up to 512-channels will be presented.This work was carried out in the framework of the projects: ADOPT No. SK-AT-20-0012, NOVASiN No. SK-AT-20-0017 and AUTOPIC No. APVV-17-0662 from Slovak research and development agency of Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and No. SK 07/2021 and SK 08/2021 from Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD-GmbH); and project PASTEL, no. 2020-10-15-001, funded by SAIA.
Arrayed Waveguide Gratings
(2016)
Anhand von empirischem Material aus zwei Forschungsprojekten gibt die Broschüre Einblick in zentrale Harausforderungen, die sich in der pädagogischen Praxis beim Umgang mit (Kinder-)Armut stellen. Die Broschüre vermittelt relevantes Wissen über Armut als gesamtgesellschaftliches Problem. Zudem setzt sie Impulse für die Entwicklung einer kritsch-reflexiven Perspektive auf die Arbeit mit armutserfahrenen Kindern, Eltern und Familien.
Armut im Blick?
(2023)
Arbeitspaket 3: Ausschöpfung des Innovationspotentials von smarten Technologien - FH Vorarlberg
(2022)
Application of various tools to design, simulate and evaluate optical demultiplexers based on AWG
(2015)
Activation of heat pump flexibilities is a viable solution to support balancing the grid via Demand Side Management measures and fulfill the need for flexibility options. Aggregators as interface between prosumers, distribution system operators and balance responsible parties face the challenge due to data privacy and technical restrictions to transform prosumer information into aggregated available flexibility to enable trading thereof. Thereby, literature lacks a generic, applicable and widely accepted flexibility estimation method for heat pumps,which incorporates reduced sensor and system information, system- and demand-dependent behaviour. In this paper, we adapt and extend a method from literature, by incorporating domain knowledge to overcome reduced sensor and system information. We apply data of five real-world heat pump systems, distinguish operation modes, estimate power and energy flexibility of each single heat pump system, proof transferability of the method, and aggregate the flexibilities available to showcase a small HP pool as a proof of concept.
In contrast to fossil energy sources, the supply by renewable energy sources likewind and photovoltaics can not be controlled. Therefore, flexibilities on the demandside of the electric power grid, like electro-chemical energy storage systems, are usedincreasingly to match electric supply and demand at all times. To control those flex-ibilities, we consider two algorithms that both lead to linear programming problems.These are solved autonomously on the demand side, i.e., by household computers.In the classic approach, an energy price signal is sent by the electric utility to thehouseholds, which, in turn, optimize the cost of consumption within their constraints.Instead of an energy price signal, we claim that an appropriate power signal that istracked in L1-norm as close as possible by the household has favorable character-istics. We argue that an interior point of the household’s feasibility region is neveran optimal price-based point but can result in a L1-norm optimal point. Thus, pricesignals can not parametrize the complete feasibility region which may not lead to anoptimal allocation of consumption.We compare the price and power tracking algorithms over a year on the base ofone-day optimizations regarding different information settings and using a large dataset of daily household load profiles. The computational task constitutes an embarrassingly parallel problem. To this end, the performance of the two parallel computation frameworks DEF [1] and Ray [2] are investigated. The Ray framework is used to run the Python applications locally on several cores. With the DEF frameworkwe execute our Python routines parallelly in a cloud. All in all, the results providean understanding of when which computation framework and autonomous algorithmwill outperform the other.
Analysis of the (μ/μI,λ)-CSA-ES with repair by projection applied to a conically constrained problem
(2019)
Vast amounts of oily wastewater are byproducts of the petrochemical and the shipping industry and to this day frequently discharged into water bodies either without or after insufficient treatment. To alleviate the resulting pollution, water treatment processes are in great demand. Bubble column humidifiers (BCHs) as part of humidification–dehumidification systems are predestined for such a task, since they are insensitive to different feed liquids, simple in design and have low maintenance requirements. While humidification in a bubble column has been investigated plentiful for desalination, a systematic investigation of oily wastewater treatment is missing in literature. We filled this gap by analyzing the treatment of an oil–water emulsion experimentally to derive recommendations for future design and operation of BCHs. Our humidity measurements indicate that the air stream is always saturated after humidification for a liquid height of only 10 cm. A residual water mass fraction of 3.5 wt% is measured after a batch run of six hours. Furthermore, continuous measurements show that an increase in oil mass fraction leads to a decrease in system productivity especially for high oil mass fractions. This decrease is caused by the heterogeneity of the liquid temperature profile. A lower liquid height mitigates this heterogeneity, therefore decreasing the heat demand and improving the overall efficiency. The oil content of the produced condensate is below 15 ppm, allowing discharge into various water bodies. The results of our systematic investigation prove suitability and indicate a strong future potential for the use of BCHs in oily wastewater treatment.
Bubble column humidifiers (BCHs) are frequently used for the humidification of air in various water treatment applications. A potential but not yet profoundly investigated application of such devices is the treatment of oily wastewater. To evaluate this application, the accumulation of an oil-water emulsion using a BCH is experimentally analyzed. The amount of evaporating water vapor can be evaluated by measuring the humidity ratio of the outlet air. However, humidity measurements are difficult in close to saturated conditions, as the formation of liquid droplets on the sensor impacts the measurement accuracy. We use a heating section after the humidifier, such that no liquid droplets are formed on the sensor. This enables us a more accurate humidity measurement. Two batch measurement runs are conducted with (1) tap water and (2) an oil-water emulsion as the respective liquid phase. The humidity measurement in high humidity conditions is highly accurate with an error margin of below 3 % and can be used to predict the oil concentration of the remaining liquid during operation. The measured humidity ratio corresponds with the removed amount of water vapor for both tap water and the accumulation of an oil-water emulsion. Our measurements show that the residual water content
in the oil-water emulsion is below 4 %.
An electrochemical study with three redox substances on a carbon based nanogap electrode array
(2020)
With Cloud Computing and multi-core CPUs parallel computing resources are becoming more and more affordable and commonly available. Parallel programming should as well be easily accessible for everyone. Unfortunately, existing frameworks and systems are powerful but often very complex to use for anyone who lacks the knowledge about underlying concepts. This paper introduces a software framework and execution environment whose objective is to provide a system which should be easily usable for everyone who could benefit from parallel computing. Some real-world examples are presented with an explanation of all the steps that are necessary for computing in a parallel and distributed manner.
Alles muss raus
(2022)
Alles bleibt anders? Profession und Disziplin Sozialer Arbeit im Kontext der Covid-19-Pandemie
(2022)
Akademisierung der Pflege
(2023)
Akademisierung der Pflege
Überführungsprozess der sekundären Pflegeausbildung in den tertiären Bildungssektor
Hintergrund:
In der Entwicklung von tertiären Bildungsangeboten in der Pflege gelten angloamerikanische und
nordeuropäische Länder als Vorreiter. Im Vergleich dazu setzte die Tertiärisierung der Pflegeausbildung im deutschsprachigen Raum erst verzögert ein. In Österreich waren, ähnlich der Schweiz und Deutschland, berufsqualifizierende Abschlüsse der Pflegeausbildung traditionell nicht im Hochschulbereich verankert, sondern Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege-Schulen übernahmen die berufsqualifizierende Pflegeausbildung auf sekundärem Bildungsniveau. Mit der Novellierung des Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegegesetztes im Jahr 2016 dekretierte Österreich im Rahmen einer umfassenden Ausbildungsreform und mit einer Übergangsfrist bis 2024 die vollständige Ausbildungsüberführung der sekundären Pflegeausbildung (gehobener Dienst) in den tertiären Hochschulsektor. Bei diesem Transformationsprozess treffen nicht nur unterschiedliche Institutionen, Organisationen und Ausbildungskulturen aufeinander, sondern auch verschiedene Systempartner*innen mit divergierenden Interessen, Motiven und Erwartungshaltungen, die zur Dynamik und Komplexität der Ausbildungsüberführung beitragen.
Ziel:
Vor dem theoretischen Hintergrund der Professionssoziologie konzentriert sich diese Dissertation auf das empirische Phänomen des Überführungsprozesses der sekundären Pflegeausbildung (gehobener Dienst) in den tertiären Bildungssektor am Beispiel der Entwicklung in Vorarlberg (Österreich). Für die theoretische Einbettung bzw. Interpretation des empirischen Praxisbeispiels dient der professionstheoretische Ansatz von Andrew Abbott, um die Ausbildungstransformation als komplexen und dynamischen Prozess mit unterschiedlichen Perspektiven, Interessen und Ansprüchen jener Systempartner*innen zu verstehen, die den Transformationsprozess verantworten und intensiv in die Umsetzung der Ausbildungsüberführung involviert sind. Durch die Anwendung von Abbotts Theorieansatz auf den Fall der Akademisierung der Pflegeausbildung leistet diese Studie einen Beitrag zur Fachliteratur der Professionalisierung der Pflege.
Methodik:
Zur Exploration dient eine qualitative Einzelfallstudie, die sich über fünf Jahre erstreckt und multiple Datenquellen (Datentriangulation) nutzt, um unterschiedliche Daten, Informationen und Perspektiven aus Einzel- und Gruppeninterviews, Dokumenten und Forschungstagebuch zusammenzuführen. Die Verwendung unterschiedlicher Datenquellen dient der Strategie, ein tiefes und fundiertes Verständnis des untersuchten Forschungsphänomens zu erlangen.
Ergebnis:
Als Beitrag zur bestehenden Fachliteratur erläutert diese Studie nicht nur den Prozessverlauf mit seinen Meilensteinen, Merkmalen und Ereignissen, sondern zeigt, dass unterschiedliche Interessen, Ansprüche und Hintergründe der verantwortlichen Systempartner*innen den Transformationsprozess und dessen Ausrichtung wesentlich beeinflussen. Divergierende Erwartungshaltungen, Motive und Ansprüche prägen nicht nur Verlauf und Ausrichtung der Überführung, sondern dienen auch als Erklärungsansatz, wie die beteiligten Systempartner*innen agieren, ihre Entscheidungen bzw. Handlungen im Transformationsprozess verantworten und somit zur Dynamik und Komplexität der Ausbildungsüberführung beitragen. Des Weiteren zeigt diese Studie in Anbetracht des österreichischen Bildungskontextes, dass sich der Transformationsprozess der Bachelor-Einführung nicht nur isoliert, sondern eingebettet als Teil einer übergreifenden Ausbildungsreform analysieren lässt, da die Tertiärisierung der Pflegeausbildung weitere Mechanismen und Reaktionen auslöst, die den Ausbildungs- und Berufssektor der Pflege gesamthaft und langfristig betreffen.
Schlussfolgerung:
Die Tertiärisierung der Pflegeausbildung stellt einen langfristigen Transformationsprozess dar, der nicht mit dem Berufseinstieg der Bachelor-Absolvent*innen oder mit einer gesetzlich definierten Überführungsfrist abgeschlossen ist. Die Ausbildungsüberführung sollte im Sinne Abbotts als komplexen und dynamischen Transformationsprozess verstanden werden, der auf verschiedenen Handlungsebenen und mit unterschiedlichen Interessen, Motiven und Ansprüchen stattfindet. Die Akademisierung der Pflegeausbildung erfordert daher einen langfristigen Zeithorizont in der Umsetzung und Prozessbegleitung, um den Systemwechsel auf mehreren Ebenen im Bildungs- und Berufssektor umzusetzen und einen Bewusstseinswandel bei den involvierten Stakeholdergruppen zu erreichen. Dadurch zeichnen sich weiterführende Forschungspotenziale ab.
Schlagwörter:
Akademisierung, Akademisierungsprozess, Transformation, Überführung, Prozess Pflege, Pflegeausbildung, Pflegestudium, Professionalisierung, Professionssoziologie, Professionstheorien, Andrew Abbott,
Einzelfallstudie, Datentriangulation
Akademische Lehre 2.0
(2014)