When specialisms fail to provide sufficient differentiation

Can a signal box dispatcher and a train driver be said to be performing the same occupation?

Coverbild: BWP 2/2019
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Issue/Year (Volume) 2/2019 (48)
Page(s) 51-54
Language(s)
    englisch

The rail sector is facing an important question prior to the revision of the training occupation of “railwayman/railway woman in operational service”. The current “specialisms” structural model has reached its limits with regard to opportunities to create differentiation. Separation into two occupations is also under debate, but this solution is not without controversy in the industry. Although tasks have diverged, close interlinking of the training of drivers and dispatchers remains important. This article describes the results of a preliminary investigation conducted by BIBB and illustrates possible options.

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BWP citation style
Telieps, J.: When specialisms fail to provide sufficient differentiation. Can a signal box dispatcher and a train driver be said to be performing the same occupation? In: BWP 48 (2019) 2, S. 51-54. URL: https://www.bwp-zeitschrift.de/dienst/publikationen/en/9915
APA citation style
Telieps, J. (2019). When specialisms fail to provide sufficient differentiation: Can a signal box dispatcher and a train driver be said to be performing the same occupation?. Bonn: Franz Steiner Verlag

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