[Problems of implementing integration management at company level in small and medium-sized enterprises].
At company level responsibility increases for the employment of workers with health-related problems or disabilities, but realisation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) is lacking. Therefore a model is developed based on theory and a survey.


BACKGROUND
Minimum requirements for "betriebliches Eingliederungsmanagement" (integration management at company level) according to section 84 (2) SGB IX Book 9 of the German Social Code, the main products of the international movement "disability management", a description of roles for realisation and the main sources of employers' support are described. Although external supporting of SMEs is unquestioned, it is expensive and retards own initiative and own activity counting solely on this.


OBJECTIVE
Only by developing a minimum of SME's awareness, acceptance and competence, this will open up to (currently suboptimal) external support.


METHODS
Goal is identifying SME managers' attitudes, activities, proposals and expectations referring integration management at company level to derive concepts of SME's support. 13 interviews are analysed by qualitative content analysis identifying the following barriers: information deficit, absence of priority, limited possibilities for transitional work, cost, partially limited workers' self-responsibility, illness as a "tabes" subject. Possibilities overcoming these barriers are delineated. On that basis a model is presented: pragmatically for realisation, a company contact person with minimum competence, uniform external support, institutional partners' integration and quality assurance according to disability management.


CONCLUSIONS
Interlocking SME world and social insurance world means first to support SME's awareness, acceptance and competence, second to create for SME a central contact in the "rehabilitation jungle" and third to develop SME-suitable premiums according to section 84 (3) SGB IX, Book 9 of the German social code.
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Institut für Qualitätssicherung in Prävention und Rehabilitation GmbH an der Deutschen Sporthochschule Köln. hetzel@iqpr.de
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Weber
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D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017150:Public Sector / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018511:Systems Integration