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The essence he wanted to emphasise in his diploma thesis is that the goal of disability enterprises is not to generate profit, but to create jobs for persons with disabilities and improve their working conditions, thereby enhancing the social security of persons with disabilities and their family members. One of the main findings is that state aid is essential for the successful operation of disability enterprises, as they would not be able to function without it. State funds ensure the cost competitiveness of jobs where persons with disabilities are employed.
Problem
The essence he wanted to emphasise in his diploma thesis is that the goal of disability enterprises is not to generate profit, but to create jobs for persons with disabilities and improve their working conditions, thereby enhancing the social security of persons with disabilities and their family members.
Results
One of the main findings is that state aid is essential for the successful operation of disability enterprises, as they would not be able to function without it. State funds ensure the cost competitiveness of jobs where persons with disabilities are employed. What is crucial in companies and in wider society is that we try to avoid stereotypical thinking about what limits persons with disabilities and what they are incapable of. ** The abilities of persons with disabilities can be considerable**, and if we focus on their skills and strengths, they can be highly effective in the workplace as well.
He also explored various employment options for persons with disabilities, as employment is the foundation of social security for every person with a disability and of their quality of life. The qualitative research process is inductive, as he confirmed the hypotheses using the case of ** Invalidsko podjetje Pošte Slovenije**. He described certain concepts in detail and with his conclusions laid the groundwork for further, more quantitatively oriented research.
The author confirmed all three hypotheses in the diploma thesis. He confirmed hypothesis 1, which states that the establishment of Invalidsko podjetje Pošte Slovenije (IPPS) contributed to greater competitiveness of Pošta Slovenije. He also confirmed hypothesis 2, which states that without state aid, Invalidsko podjetje Pošte Slovenije would not be viable.
In accordance with hypothesis 3, he confirmed that the share of unemployed persons with disabilities in Slovenia is higher than the share of unemployed persons with disabilities in Germany. The author achieved the following objectives in the diploma thesis: he addressed the field of employment of persons with disabilities in terms of content, explained certain procedures, interpreted findings obtained through data analysis, and formulated conclusions about the regulation of employment of persons with disabilities in Slovenia compared to other European Union countries. In the empirical part of the diploma thesis, he analysed specific data on the employment of persons with disabilities using the case of Invalidsko podjetje Pošte Slovenije.
It is one of the largest and most successful disability enterprises in Slovenia, currently ** employing 490 persons with disabilities**. As the company received an excellence credit rating in 2017, he presented their organisation and operations in detail as an example of good practice in the field of employment of persons with disabilities. One of the more important findings in the empirical part of the diploma thesis is that the establishment of IPPS from 2015 onwards has had a positive impact on the business performance of the parent company Pošta Slovenije and generates greater profit each year.
He also confirmed that successful operation of IPPS would not be possible without state aid, which in fact applies to all such companies. Furthermore, he compared statistical data on unemployment of persons with disabilities in various European countries and found that it is highest in Croatia and lowest in Sweden, and also presented some measures practised in Germany for better employment of persons with disabilities, which is also one of the countries with the lowest unemployment of individuals with disabilities. In further research, he would suggest that researchers use more recent data when available.
It would also be interesting if researchers decided to empirically examine differences in unemployment of persons with disabilities between countries across the world, not just Europe. As a third suggestion, he would propose a more in-depth analysis of countries that achieve low unemployment of persons with disabilities, their legislation and other factors affecting the employment of persons with disabilities. He would also suggest an analysis of the operations of several disability enterprises in Slovenia, not just IPPS.
Finally, he would suggest a review of workplace adaptations available in more developed European countries (aids, means of transport, etc.), which adaptations would work well in Slovenia too. [deof_form download_text="Diplomska-naloga-Zdenko-Drevenšek.pdf" download_url="https://www.academia.si/novice/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Diplomska-naloga-Zdenko-Drevenšek.pdf"]
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