Minimum and preferred entry qualifications and training provision for North Australian workers

This paper reports on the outcomes of a replication study of a survey of British employers that requested information on the qualifications sought when recruiting employees and on subsequent training and development. While the British survey was interested in the uptake and use of the British National Vocational Qualifications, the study reported in this article is primarily focused on the uptake and use of the Australian Qualifications Framework qualifications by North Australian employers. This study was prompted by the skills shortages and recruitment difficulties being experienced by organizations throughout rural and regional Australia. Previous studies have found that vocational qualifications were not valued by UK employers and few employers were encouraging employees to undertake vocational awards. If this is also the case in Australia, it may in part explain problems in recruiting skilled workers. This research clearly demonstrates that employees in regional and rural Australia are seeking to improve their knowledge and skills through vocational training and higher education qualifications. Also, employers are providing access to training and are supporting managerial and professional employees to gain higher educational qualifications. When recruiting all types of worker other than unskilled labourers, the majority of organizations prefer to recruit workers with qualifications. In rural and regional centres, however, a more pragmatic stance of recruiting unqualified employees in some areas is observed. Clearly, employers will attempt to minimize training costs by recruiting skilled employees, but in the end they will have to provide access to training and education to ensure that they have a skilled workforce that can deliver essential services and products.     

Balance Sheet Restructuring and Investment

Abstract
This article looks at the evolution of corporate balance sheets and investment over the past few years .
We find that many companies have significantly improved their balance sheets in this time. Leverage has been reduced, and this, coupled with lower nominal interest rates, has improved the interest cover and cash flows of the corporate sector. For many firms, the process of balance sheet repair has proceeded a long way so that the extent to which the financial position of firms will impinge on investment is much lower than it was a few years ago.
Looking further ahead, it appears that the rate of return to investing in capital is relatively high, at least when judged against the standards of earlier downturns. With the recovery picking up pace we should, therefore, see firms more inclined to expand their capital expenditure and less focused on financial restructuring.     

重大突发事件风险管理研究

当前，国际社会重大突发事件的风险性质正在发生剧烈的变化，只有了解和把握这些变化及其制约因素，才能够对此有一个准确、科学的认识。本文对国际社会重大突发事件风险性质的变化进行了概要性介绍，并从社会流动性和系统复杂性的提高，人类居所、活动或资产规模的增大和集中化，突发事件风险因素的变化，公共和私人机构处理风险职责的漂移，以及社会变化和对风险的理解等5个方面对重大突发事件的风险管理进行了探讨。     

IT基础设施定价问题透视

一、Internet定价的基本原则 网络服务定价的基本原则是既要充分考虑到网络服务成本,又要能通过服务定价提高网络资源利用率。而且,服务定价系统必须尽可能地具有通用性和开放性,以支持各种不同类型的Internet应用。 1、反映成本构成。Internet网络服务的成本构成如下:(1)提供网络基础设施的成本。包括网络的线路租金(包括国际联网费用,国内主干网费用和电话中继线费用)、节点(包括构成ISP所     

寄语《市场研究》

当全球迈入新世纪以来,政经变化、信息发达,往往也使得市场环境更加快速变迁,加上不确定性因素的提高,企业经营者纷纷面临市场饱和、产品加速淘汰、消费者嗜好善变及竞争者涌现等问题.面对多变的市场,单凭直觉反应和主观判断已无法应对营销决策上的需要,如何能化被动的适应防御为主动评估市场趋势已是现今社会的重要课题.     

人在江湖飘

在《功夫》一片中，周星星暗害包租婆不成，反中蛇毒加刀伤，于是跑到交通灯里，一套如来神掌下来，没事人一般。人在江湖飘，哪有不挨刀。身在广告这一行浸淫得久了，从哼哼哈哈的花拳绣腿到金钟罩、铁布衫，自我修炼的本领长了不少，任泰山崩于眼前面不改色。     

企业合同管理制度创新初探

合同是企业与外部进行物流、资金流、信息流交换的基本形式；当前我国市场规则和秩序还不很规范，合同极易被不法分子利用，进行各种违法犯罪活动，企业就可能因此蒙受巨大的经济损失。因此，搞好合同管理，是维护企业合法权益的最基本的要求。文章从分析目前企业合同管理中存在的问题人手，提出完善和创新企业合同管理的建议。     

辩证看待年轻项目经理

为了培养一支年轻的项目经理队伍，推动我国建设事业，必须用对立统一的观点认识年轻项目经理，用具体问题具体分析的方法对待年轻项目经理，在实践中选拔培养年轻项目经理。     

论交际法教学中听说能力的培养

当代外语教学的主要目的是培养学生的交际能力,而英语会话主要涉及听、说两方面内容。在外语教学中,仅仅教会学生一套机械的语法规则,一定数量的词汇,学生是无法令人满意地参与目的语交际活动的,因此,在外语教学中应充分重视听说能力的培养,做到听说领先。     

用AD9852与FPGA结合实现中频线性调相

本文介绍了直接数字频率合成（DDS）芯片AD9852与可编程门阵列（FPGA）相结合采用数字方法实现中频线性相位调制（PM）及试验结果。