Atypical development spectra considering the hunter-breeder culture transition

The different types of atypical development manifest themselves in deviations in the development and operation of neurological functions involved in the process called neurological maturation. We assume that what is called neurological maturation is in effect dependent on the cultural development of homo sapiens. Our culture changes and evolves over time. In the past, the skills and abilities of our hunter-gatherer ancestors with being a mainly oral culture is significantly different from the agricultural, stockbreeder, farmer lifestyle coupled with a mainly written culture. Each of these very distinct cultural styles require different behaviour and cognitive functions. In this article, we discuss how the increased prevalence of learning and control difficulties, along autism, may be a result of the vulnerability of the cerebral functions which from the perspective of human development count as very new. However, this may be only one aspect of a very complex story, as what may present as difficulties in one cultural norm may be strengths in another cultural norm. Many types of the specific learning difficulties, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders are getting more frequent specialties, and their becoming more frequent is the consequence of the effect of the dramatically changing environment on the brain development. While autism and dyslexia spectra seem to be the ends of a continuum, they may be rather a result of a diffused neurological development, where in contrast to the typical development, the culturally new areas are mixed over- or under-functioning.

The Impact of Radical Change on Leadership Development in Large Companies

Purpose: This study aims to identify and describe changes in leadership development programs caused by the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Design/methodology/approach: Participants were selected purposefully. The core part of the qualitative study involved 25 individual in-depth interviews. Findings: The data indicates that leadership development is not perceived as a core business process. In most cases, certain learning interventions were withheld but not terminated or managers ordered a digital culture transition. Data shows that given the progressing change, there is a need for further reflection on whether technology-mediated leadership behaviour would not be a standard. Research limitations/implications: Qualitative research does not permit broad generalizations. Although the data collected allows indicating how leader-nurturing process owners perceive change that impacts leadership development, there is no possibility to indicate the intensity or importance of the reactions. Originality/value: This study enriches the research on leadership management in big enterprises. It provides meaningful insights by examining the attitude and reactions of managers responsible for nurturing leaders. The findings of this study extend the understanding of the leadership development goal and its impact under specific conditions.

Changes in Psychopathology and Mental Health Resilience

Accelerated culture transition and contemporary post-truth mass cognitive distortions contribute to cognitive insecurity and substitution of facts with opinions. In this paper the impact of these changes on normal psyche and on psychopathological manifestations and mental health care is described. The consequences include drop of mental resilience, pathomorphosis of some clinical pictures, blurring of diagnostic boundaries, mimicry of psychopathology, and overdiagnosis. Their repercussions on mental health care and professional integrity are discussed, and particularly the need for shift of mental health care focus from protection to resilience is disputed.

Keputusan Mahkamah Konstitusi No. 97/2017 dan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Perubahan Identitas Perempuan Penghayat

Sejak diberlakukannya PenPres No 1 tahun 1965 tentang Pencegahan Penyalahgunaan dan atau Penodaan Agama, aliran – aliran kepercayaan di Indonesia dianggap bukan bagian dari agama- agama yang diakui di Indonesia. Meski sebelumnya keberadaan mereka telah menjadi polemik dan perdebatan namun dikarenakan kebijakan tersebut telah membuat penganut aliran kepercayaan mengalami banyak diskriminasi dan stigmatisasi di masyarakat serta membawa pengaruh pada kehidupan ekonomi sosial politik serta nasib anak-anak mereka. Nasib bisa saja berubah dikarenakan kebijakan baru diakhir tahun 2017 melalui keputusan Mahkamah Konstitusi No 97 tahun 2017 tentang diperbolehkannya mengubah ‘agama’ menjadi ‘kepercayaan’ pada kolom agama yang tertera di KTP dan KK. Adakah niat mengubah identitas dan mencantumkan ‘Kepercayaan’ pada kolom agama pada kartu identitas mereka? Ataukah ini sekedar awal dari sebuah perjuangan yang masih panjang? Tulisan ini membahas bagaimana respon kelompok penghayat perempuan terkait adanya keputusan MK 97/17. Kajian literasi dilakukan disertai wawancara beberapa perempuan penghayat sebagai bahan konfirmasi data dari dokumen- dokumen yang tersedia. Pengalaman yang dimiliki perempuan tentunya berbeda dengan pengalaman laki-laki, dan tentunya mempengaruhi perempuan dalam menyikapi keputusan MK 97/17. Akhirnya agama atau kepercayaan sebagai identitas menjadi pilihan, bagaimana perempuan penghayat yang ditemui ternyata lebih memilih tidak merubah identitas mereka di kolom KTP dan KK. Mereka lebih mengutamakan membangun komunitas mereka sebagai sesama perempuan penghayat dan saling menguatkan ditengah-tengah situasi sosial politik yang kurang berpihak dan kebijakan negara masih setengah-setengah mengakui keberadaan mereka. Steve Bruce mengistilahkannya sebagai proses ‘culture transition’ yang dihadapi individu yang teralienasi didunia baru, kadangkala agama dibutuhkan demi menghindari resiko-resiko sosial dan politik sehingga mereka rela mengkosongkan atau bahkan menyembunyikan identitas diri sebagai penganut kepercayaan agar bisa diterima masyarakat luas.

¿Crisis de la Cultura de la Transición?. Para una crítica de la cultura política de la Democracia Española.

Resumen: Partiendo de la revisión interpretativista que ha cuestionado la rigidez de la clásica noción de cultura política elaborada por Almond y Verba, así como la validez explicativa de su concepto de cultura cívica para dar cuenta del carácter democrático de los sistemas políticos, nos interrogamos acerca de en qué medida los recursos simbólicos que desde la Transición habrían logrado homogeneizar un imaginario de consenso pueden no ser capaces de soportar la emergencia de nuevas formas de representar lo colectivo. El presente trabajo trata de ubicar cuáles han sido los rasgos definitorios de la cultura política de la democracia española, con el fin de estimar la caducidad de los márgenes discursivos del complejo mítico que identificamos como “cultura de la Transición”. Palabras clave: cultura política, cultura cívica, transición a la democracia, consenso, crisis. Crisis of the Culture of the Transition?: Notes and reflections for a criticism of the Political Culture of Spanish Democracy Abstract: Starting from the interpretative revision that has questioned the rigidity of the classic notion of political culture elaborated by Almond and Verba, as well as the explanatory validity of its concept of civic culture to give an account of the democratic character of political systems, we question ourselves about How far the symbolic resources that since the Transition would have managed to homogenize an imaginary of consensus may not be able to withstand the emergence of new ways of representing the collective. The present work tries to locate the definitive features of the political culture of the Spanish democracy, with the purpose of estimate the expiration of the discursive margins of the mythical complex that we identify as "culture of the Transition". Keywords:political culture, civic culture, transition to democracy, consensus, crisis.

PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION OF UNIVERSITY FACULTY IN TERMS OF ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE AND TRANSITION OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY

<p>This article analyses theoretical insights and empirical findings of university faculty’s professional integration. The first part of the research delves into the changes in attitudes and behaviour of university faculty; the second part highlights the factors of teachers’ professional integration in terms of the interiorisation of organisational culture, transition of professional identity. Different approaches to studying the professional integration allows to analyse and then to plan the beginning of a university lecturer’s careers, upon revealing the fact that the career readiness, becoming a professional is not limited only to the knowledge and competencies of any discipline or science. A successful professional integration needs other elements that are important as well. They include the understanding of academic activities, knowledge and performance of various roles by the university faculty, interiorisation of university norms and values, as well as the construction and reconstruction of professional identity.</p>

Grand Intentions

It is with the best of intentions that Australia embarked on a program of privatisation that commenced in the 1970s and continues today. Government’s efforts over the past 40 years to divest itself of utilities and enterprises in a shift from a command economy to a broader market economy is to be applauded but only lightly for the implementation of the privatisation program has, at times, been a shambles resulting in failed legislation and regulation, unwanted outcomes, and a lack of competition. It is timely that Emeritus Professor Tevor Barr has authored a novel that was inspired by real events during the privatisation of Australian Government telecommunications assets. The aptly named and newly privatised Telco One has recruited a chief executive officer from New York and the business culture transition begins. Decades after the events described in Professor Barr’s Grand Intentions the Australian telecommunications market remains in a state of constant flux with successive Governments failing to put in place a balanced, fair and open competitive market that would justify the privatisation program. The rationale for the National Broadband Network highlights the quagmire into which the Government of the day was forced to step and it will be another five to ten years before a future Government has the next opportunity to restructure the industry. Let us hope that they get it right this time around.

Grand Intentions

It is with the best of intentions that Australia embarked on a program of privatisation that commenced in the 1970s and continues today. Government’s efforts over the past 40 years to divest itself of utilities and enterprises in a shift from a command economy to a broader market economy is to be applauded but only lightly for the implementation of the privatisation program has, at times, been a shambles resulting in failed legislation and regulation, unwanted outcomes, and a lack of competition. It is timely that Emeritus Professor Tevor Barr has authored a novel that was inspired by real events during the privatisation of Australian Government telecommunications assets. The aptly named and newly privatised Telco One has recruited a chief executive officer from New York and the business culture transition begins. Decades after the events described in Professor Barr’s Grand Intentions the Australian telecommunications market remains in a state of constant flux with successive Governments failing to put in place a balanced, fair and open competitive market that would justify the privatisation program. The rationale for the National Broadband Network highlights the quagmire into which the Government of the day was forced to step and it will be another five to ten years before a future Government has the next opportunity to restructure the industry. Let us hope that they get it right this time around.