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The purpose of this paper is to describe the construction of the nature conservation information system in Slovenia, into which all official and more detailed data related to nature conservation will be integrated. The existing databases are to be replaced by a single base, which will diminish the possibility of errors occurring in data production, collection and distribution. The arrangement of data is transparent, their accessibility simple. Website data editing is enabled.

On the basis of the existing databases analysis, an information system is constructed by the inverse engineering method. The database is organised per separate sets, where uniform codes are used. For web site users, the Nukleus graphical interface is built, which is connected with other information system components and enables web site data examination and processing.

A modularly composed information system has been built, which establishes a uniform database, enables interoperability between separate data sets, introduces uniform codes and standardisation of data organisation in the information sense. In the information system, the graphic and attributive data are interlinked, which enables a simplified data search, analysis and processing also via the web site with the aid of the so‐called Nukleus graphical interface. The information system modular scheme enables a simple improvement of the system with new data modules in the future.

The nature conservation information system in Slovenia is one of the first that enables web site editing of graphical and attributive data at the same time. It contributes to an easier accessibility of data, a better organisation of data, as well as a rationalisation of working processes associated with nature conservation data.

Building on the empirical work of a doctoral dissertation on change management in the Norwegian building industry, this paper provides the outline of a generic innovation model for creating innovation and increased productivity in building projects. Central to this innovation model is the necessity for participative visualization of a common frame of reference. This is a shared understanding visualized as a joint enterprise image of the whole of the parts and the relationships of actual collective work practice integrating the planning and construction part of the building process as a whole. The model consists of three necessary arenas for knowledge development, being identified as “collective knowing”: “relational knowledge”, and “knowing how”. The paper concludes that the knowledge content of each arena continuously relates to one another in a dynamic and interdependent way constituting an actionable and generic model for innovation and productivity in the building process.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the work of Bismarck in relation to social legislation.

Bismarck's points of views are sketched mainly through quotations from his speeches in Parliament. His position regarding social protection is discussed and a brief evaluation of his policy is presented.

Germany, through the work of Bismarck, was the first country where the state organised a modern social‐security system. Compulsory sickness, accident and old‐age insurances were passed in 1883, 1884 and 1889, respectively. However, the Chancellor's social policy was not the result of a comprehensive, global, “definitive” programme. It was an opportunist policy influenced more by political than by social motives.

The paper offers insights into Bismarck's social policy in the context of the social question.

Over the past few years, corporate universities, as they are called, have become increasingly common. Independent of this, strategy process theory is also finding a place in international management research. In this paper, it will be shown that strategy process theory demonstrates an affinity with the concept of the corporate university. A survey of the 1,000 largest German companies for the “Federal Ministry of Education and Research” is examining for the first time how widespread corporate universities are in Germany and how they are organized. On the basis of this empirical data it will be shown to what extent the concept of the corporate university in practice is in line with the theoretical findings of strategy process theory.