Straipsnyje analizuojami probleminiai žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymo paslaugų įmonėje metodologijos aspektai. Remiantis empirinio žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymo funkcijos tyrimo farmacijos kompanijų atstovybių Lietuvoje pavyzdžiu, pateikiamas žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymo funkcijos sudėties interpretavimas, aktualus organizuojant medicinos atstovų veiklą.

Straipsnyje aptariamos jaunosios kartos dorinio ugdymo problemos, nagrinėjama konkreti moksleivių patirtis, susijusi su kai kurių sakralinių objektų pažinimu ir jų emociniu poveikiu. Autoriai daro išvadą, kad tokios poilsio formos, kaip turistiniai žygiai, pažintinės pramoginės stovyklos ir pan., gali patraukti daugiau moksleivių ir padėti veiksmingiau spręsti aktualias aukščiausių žmogiškųjų vertybių išsaugojimo problemas.

Straipsnyje yra analizuojamas Vermachto karių ir karininkų laisvalaikis Kaune 1941–1944 m., remiantis vokiečių kalba ėjusio bei daugiausia į vokiečių tikslinę grupę orientuoto dienraščio „Kauener Zeitung“ publikacijomis. Vokiečių įgulos Kaune laisvalaikio užsiėmimai bei jo praleidimo vietos yra suskirstytos į dvi dalis. Pirmajai grupei priklauso tokios pramogos bei įstaigos, kuriose vokiečiai linksminosi tautiniu atžvilgiu (sąlyginai) homogeniškoje aplinkoje (vokiečių užeigos, „Soldatenkino“, „Soldatentheater“, sportiniai užsiėmimai). Antrajai grupei yra priskiriami tokie laisvalaikio praleidimo būdai bei vietos, kuriose neišvengta lietuvių ir vokiečių sąveikos (bendros užeigos, bibliotekos, sportiniai renginiai, koncertai). Toks principas pasirinktas, siekiant nustatyti, remiantis V. Tininio moraliniu kolaboravimo aspektu, ar galima įžvelgti lietuvių kolaboravimo su vokiečiais apraiškų, pastariesiems leidžiant laisvalaikį. Dienraščio analizė leidžia daryti išvadą, kad lietuvių menininkai, prisidėję renkant lėšas vokiečių Karo žiemos paramos organizacijai ar kitomis aplinkybėmis linksminę Vermachto karius bei karininkus, tokiu elgesiu prisidėjo prie okupacinio režimo legitimacijos ir skatino remti (pirkti bilietus į jų koncertus, už kuriuos lėšos buvo skiriamos minėtai organizacijai) vokiečių karo mašiną. Dėl šios priežasties tokiems veiksmams apibūdinti darbo autorė yra linkusi vartoti priešingą kultūrinės (pasyviosios) rezistencijos analogiją, t. y. kultūrinio (pasyviojo) kolaboravimo terminą.

Problem solving is indicated among the most important 21st century skills and therefore many educational practitioners and researchers suggest to include the development of this skill in diverse subjects across university studies. However, practice of this skill development is usually limited to the application of problem-based learning, which leaves it only among many other goals. The fact also remains that this popular curricular invention is most commonly considered as a content-based method, which puts greater emphasis on subject-related knowledge acquisition in the context of solving problems. Indeed, solving ill-structured problems is not an easy activity and what higher education needs is a more explicit focus on the development of this skill in students. The article seeks to scientifically and practically explain the system on how this educational aim can be attained. Based on literature review, we design a tripartite system for enabling students to learn collaborative problem solving. It comprises three main parts: preparation for solving ill-structured problems in collaboration, inclusion into the processes of solving such problems and evaluation of the processes as well as outcomes achieved. The designed system is universal and can be implemented across various disciplines and subjects in higher education.

Volunteers are persons who share their time, knowledge and skills with people in need. Most NGOs rely on volunteers in order to conduct activities. Both organization and volunteers cooperation is a source of experience for a person entering to voluntary work. While working on a voluntary basis a person receives a social reward: approval, prestige, respect, social acceptance (cognitive, 2006) and gains the experience (Bussell, Forbes, 2002). According to Gedvilienė, Karasevičiūtė, Trečiokienė (2008), volunteering time in the sense of social efficiency sense is full of possibilities of improving their personal, professional and social competencies. According to Bussell and Forbes (2002), the volunteers are politically active, better integrated in society. Volunteering can be chosen as an alternative to paid employment or as an opportunity to gain job skills. The study goal is to reveal the social work students volunteers and organization interaction peculiarities. The research sample included eight social work students who took part in voluntary work at the same non-governmental organization. Study participants have chosen particular NGOs because of organization’s clients (children), according to other volunteers’ recommendations, physical location. The study revealed that the volunteer activities are affected by so called “honeymoon.” Social work students volunteers during voluntary work are able to apply theoretical knowledge, to acquire vocational skills, to create their own social work models. The role change is one of the interaction peculiarities. First volunteers identified themselves with children. After spending some time in the position of volunteer they changed attitude to the social worker’s. In summary, the organization and volunteer cooperation is mutually beneficial. Students form their own model of social work based on the observation in organization during voluntary activities.

The purpose of the paper is to discuss the relevance of social partnership based on collaboration in the organization of social work studies. The first part of the paper discusses theoretical attitudes by emphasizing partnership as the opportunity and source of social work studies. Conceptual and theoretical social work problems are analyzed as they help to perceive the complexity of the social work. The second part of the paper is intended to present the topics of social work changes in practice. During practice students experience real situations, which are often extreme for clients and also create tension for the students. This is special learning environment, in which professional identity is developing. The dynamics of the changes creates the assumptions for life-long learning. The theoretical social work studies are “responsible” for the creation of these assumptions. In the sense of implementation of changes the learning of practitioners and their participation in the process of changing are essential. The changes make the collaboration important as social partnership realization method. Therefore observation of expression of social partnership in practice highlighted collaboration barriers created by different attitudes and different roles of the workers in organizations. The third part of the article summarizes the discussion of social partnership in studies based on the collaboration; the directions of social work studies development are highlighted. The reflection of dual experience of interchange is emphasized: experience accumulated during collaboration between different institutions and between different social professions. The tendencies are emphasized which causes the changes in social work studies: the modern social professions are oriented towards active participation of the client and professional usually acts as enabler. [...]