旅游企业从业人员院校培养模式现状及对策

随着旅游行业的迅猛发展以及国家政策对旅游业的支持，必将增大旅游企业对旅游专业人才的需求。目前我国旅游企业高层次的管理人才和专业技术人才缺乏，人力资源整体素质有待进一步提高。而旅游从业人员流动性大的特点，加大了企业培训和人力资源管理的难度。在此情况下，企业参与的院校培养就成了旅游专业人才的主要培养模式。本文系统分析了目前我国旅游业发展的特点，以及应对行业发展的趋势职业院校在教学方法、培养重点上应如何根据自身实际情况，恰当调整旅游教育计划，促进旅游职业教育的可持续发展。     

针对企业和市场对培养高职旅游管理专业人才的几点思考

随着我国经济持续高速发展,旅游业保持着良好的发展态势,正在蓬勃发展的旅游业呼唤高素质的旅游从业人员。但从大多数高职院校旅游管理专业历年来的就业数据来看,旅游专业就业对口率却是非常低的。本文结合武汉船舶职业技术学院旅游管理专业的建设,在对我国旅游人才的需求、高职院校旅游管理专业人才培养模式存在的问题进行分析的基础上,提出了高职旅游管理专业人才培养模式改革的思路。     

高校旅游管理专业应用型创新人才现状及培养规格思考

努力培养适应社会所需要、旅游业发展的旅游应用型创新人才是当前旅游教育大众化的迫切要求。本文从应用型创新视角分析了高校旅游管理专业人才不同层次培养现状,并提出了旅游管理专业应用型创新人才的基本培养特点及规格。     

“四对接,零距离”培养旅游专业人才

随着世界旅游业尤其是中国旅游业的迅猛发展,旅游专业人才培养显得十分重要。现实情况是学校旅游专业培养的人才不能满足旅游产业和行业的需要。培养什么样的旅游人才和怎样培养旅游人才成为当务之急。本文从旅游专业人才培养与旅游产业行业紧密结合的角度出发,提出"四对接,零距离"培养旅游专业人才。     

高尔夫旅游发展与高尔夫专业人才培养方案研究

中国旅游业已经由观光型向休闲度假型转换,高尔夫运动作为休闲产业的一个重要组成部分,中国未来的高尔夫旅游发展十分需要高尔夫与旅游相结合的专业人才,文章从该专业人才的设置及其培养目标、培养模式、课程体系等方面进行初步探讨。     

高职旅游英语专业实践教学模式探讨

发展旅游业培养人才是关键,如何转变高职旅游教学模式,提高教学质量,培养适应现代社会发展的合格的旅游专业人才,是高职旅游教学改革的关键。本文通过分析高职传统旅游英语教学模式存在的弊端,提出了新形势下高职旅游英语实践教学模式的思路。     

高职旅游管理专业人才培养研究探析

“十二五”期间是我国旅游业向国民经济的战略性支柱产业和现代服务业迈进的重要阶段,旅游行业人才发展状况令人喜忧参半.中国的高职旅游管理专业人才培养研究刻不容缓.本文从高职旅游管理专业人才培养研究背景、研究的意义探析高职旅游管理专业人才培养研究的方向以及研究的方法.     

对现行高职旅游专业教育模式的思考

高职旅游专业教育要适应时代发展的需要培养合格人才,构建新的人才培养模式是关键。文章从旅游专业教育模式涵义、现阶段高职旅游专业教育模式的基本特征及存在的问题入手,结合我国对旅游人才需求的逐渐变化以及新形势下高职旅游专业人才培养模式的实施对策进行了初步探讨。     

旅游业标准化背景下高职旅游专业学生能力培养研究

旅游标准化已经越来越成为旅游业发展趋势,在高职旅游教育中,还在采用传统模式,存在培养目标不明确、课程体系设计不完善、实训教学流程不了解的问题,没有能够跟旅游业标准化对接.而在旅游标准化过程中,又存在标准化规范化水平低、规模化产业化层次浅、职业化科技化发展弱的问题.可以通过明确培养高职旅游管理专业人才的目标,市场引领产业的发展,优化科目课程来更好的实现旅游业标准化背景下高职旅游专业学生能力培养研究.     

高职院校旅游业管理型人才培养体系探索

本文阐述了高职院校旅游业管理型人才培养的定位,总结了旅游管理人才培养模式的国际经验,并以北京经济管理职业学院旅游管理专业人才培养模式的实践探索为基础,构建了旅游业管理型人才培养体系——理实"三循环"的人才培养模式,校企融合的职业素质培养形式,全程实训管理体制,突出管理素质的课程结构。     

Development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics

This paper outlines the ICT statistical developments that the ABS has undertaken over recent years. These developments have been on both the supply side (ICT industry) and the demand side (use of IT by sector). The content of ABS ICT surveys has changed significantly over the last few years and are expected to develop further in line with industry changes and emerging policy needs.
Recent developments in household collections have been the inclusion of IT use questions in the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and in various ABS social surveys such as Children's Participation in Culture and Leisure Activities. Annual business IT use surveys are now conducted and include topics such as Internet commerce and IT security. Biennial ICT industry surveys are conducted to provide data on ICT production, imports and exports, ICT industry employment, performance and structure information. An Internet activity survey is run every six months and provides regional Internet access details and infrastructure details on Internet service providers.
A major development for 2002–03 will be the compilation of an ICT satellite account. ABS intends to produce an ICT Information Development Plan to guide its future statistical development work in the ICT field.     

Incumplimiento del salario mínimo en Europa central y oriental

En este estudio se analiza el incumplimiento del salario mínimo durante el periodo 2003–2012 en diez países de Europa central y oriental con salario mínimo obligatorio nacional. A partir de los datos de EU‐SILC y la metodología propuesta por Bhorat, Kanbur y Mayet (2013), se cuantifica la incidencia y magnitud del incumplimiento. Se realizan análisis de regresión sobre determinantes individuales, laborales y macroeconómicos. Aunque la incidencia permanece relativamente baja, los trabajadores a los que se dirigen las políticas de salario mínimo parecen los más expuestos a su incumplimiento. Con el tiempo, una mayor incidencia se asocia a una razón más alta entre salario mínimo y salario medio.     

Value at Risk in the Suburbs: Eminent Domain and the Geographical Politics of the US Foreclosure Crisis

Several US counties and local governments have recently considered a novel solution to the foreclosure crisis. They plan to use eminent domain to compel the owners of mortgage debt—and specifically of private‐label mortgage‐backed securities—to sell the debt to the government at a price reflecting the loan's market value. The government would then restructure the debt and resell it to new investors. The plans are striking because—in contrast to both development‐driven eminent domain and the federal subprime bank bailout—they would force investors to assume asset devaluation and increased long‐term risk. Notably, the plans have emerged as an instance of financialization‐focused politics in suburbs and suburban cities of color, specifically majority‐black and ‐Latino/a suburbs. Local support for the plans, we argue, is rooted in the long‐term disinvestment of these ‘suburbs of exception', which became targets of subprime lending and eventually sites where the ‘financial exception' has been localized. But these demographic shifts, fragmentation and fiscal pressures have at the same time created a suburban political terrain in which the plans have gained their strongest political support.     

Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization

Serendipity – the notion of making surprising and valuable discoveries – plays a major role in the success of individuals and organizations alike. Previous research has established the importance of serendipity and identified important individual- and organizational-level antecedents. However, the literature has been dispersed and the boundaries of the concept have been blurry, leading to a lack of conceptual clarity and structure, and thus limiting validity and managerial actionability. Based on a systematic literature review, I synthesize existing management-related research on serendipity and explicate the emergence and composition of serendipity in the organizational context. I first identify three necessary conditions that differentiate serendipity from related concepts such as luck or targeted innovation: agency, surprise, and value. Then, I draw from the literature on sensemaking, event-based theorizing, and quantum-based approaches to management to conceptualize the process of cultivating serendipity in the organizational context as a process of enabling potentiality and materialization, and develop a multi-level theory of (cultivating) serendipity. This conceptualization contributes to our collective understanding of how, why, and when (i.e., under what conditions) organizations can leverage the value in the unexpected, which opens up fruitful avenues for further research.     

Accountability of NGOs in Bangladesh A critical overview

NGOs in Bangladesh have been recognized as effective change agents in the socio-economic arena throughout the world. Their contributions in micro credit, non-formal education and primary health care are widely known. NGOs play a significant role in society. NGO accountability, as a result, has become a critical issue. NGO accountability in Bangladesh has been examined here in relation to patrons, clients and themselves. Of the three relationships only accountability to patrons is in a near satisfactory state. Accountability to clients is handicapped by lack of opportunities of beneficiaries to participate meaningfully in NGO policy making. Accountability to themselves is adversely affected due to the adherence to a strictly hierarchical system and the influence of founding and charismatic NGO leaders.     

Towards an Asian model of human resource management? A comparative analysis of China,Japan and South Korea

There has been much discussion regarding the possible decline and weakening of national systems of human resource management (HRM). Yet, culture and institutions are often cited as the major stumbling blocks to this outcome. Such constraints may dissipate in the analysis, particularly if ‘regional clusters’ are considered where geographic and cultural closeness and ‘openness’ to similar economic pressures exist. In such cases, it might be postulated that convergence in HRM will occur. We argue that China, Japan and South Korea represent such a cluster. This article examines these countries, to see if a degree of convergence is taking place and if it is towards an identifiable ‘Asian’ model of HRM. A model of change is presented that distinguishes between levels of occurrence and acceptance. Details of the development and practice of HRM in each country are then set out. The article ends with a discussion and implications section and a brief conclusion.     

Ansätze und Ergebnisse anglo-amerikanischer M&A-Forschung

Based on a review of established U.S. management journals (1995–2003), six schools of thought are identified within the Anglo-American M&;A research: “Capital Market”, “Principal/Agent”, “Industrial Organization”, “Organizational Behavior”, “Human Resources” and “Strategic Management”. The literature review shows that the definition of M&;A success, the methods applied, and insights from empirical research differ according to the respective school of thought. Empirical studies focus on the resource combinations of merger partners, the specific circumstances of merger negotiations, and on integration management as antecedents of merger performance. Unfortunately, empirical findings have not yet provided reliable explanations for M&;A success. Based on the current state of Anglo-American M&;A research, the authors discuss implications for business practice, identify research gaps, and propose areas for future research.     

Cultural Economy Planning in Creative Cities: Discourse and Practice

While a growing body of research analyses the functional mechanisms of the cultural or creative economy, there has been little attention devoted to understanding how local governments translate this work into policy. Moreover, research in this vein focuses predominately on Richard Florida's creative class thesis rather than considering the wider body of work that may influence policy. This article seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how municipalities conceptualize and plan for the cultural economy through the lens of two cities held up as model ‘creative cities’ — Austin, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. The work pays particular attention to how the cities adopt and adapt leading theories, strategies and discourses of the cultural economy. While policy documents indicate that the cities embrace the creative city model, in practice agencies tend to adapt conventional economic development strategies for cultural economy activity and appropriate the language of the creative city for multiple purposes.     

Introduction of New Technology with a Sound Transition of the Input-Output Structure

We examine the general equilibrium repercussions associated with the introduction of new technologies, using the generalized Leontief system that allows technological substitutions. We show that an untested introduction of cost-increasing technologies in any industry may result in creating a non-productive technological structure that does not satisfy the Hawkins-Simon condition, following the autonomous dynamic adjustment process with structural transitions in the economic system. Therefore, we propose a practicable control scheme of introducing cost-increasing technologies that strictly avoids the creation of non-productive structures in all periods of structural transition, using the available information on the ex ante technological structure.     

Input/output ranges and performance: an examination of US machine tool producers

Despite the establishment of high-tech multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Ireland since the late 1950s, the country did not succeed in closing the technological gap with most of its EU counterparts. The weak National System of Innovation (NSI), and in particular low business and government R&D levels, combined with a lack of research and technology linkages between MNEs and indigenous firms, explain these poor results. However, the Shannon region in the West of the country presents some specific institutional characteristics that could theoretically make the region a strong technological enclave. The various actors in the region - i.e. the administrative, financial, political and research institutions, as well as the business organizations - have indeed infused a new type of economic development. After a brief review of the available concepts and models articulated around these actors and their interrelationships, the paper analyses whether the Shannon region, taken as an illustrative example, mirrors a specific economic and technological localized setting. The study is based on a survey of indigenous and foreign firms.