Perceptions of the benefits of the A3 planner in facilitating project-based learning in accounting education

This paper evaluates ways of instilling project management skills into accounting-based learning by the use of an iterative A3 planner to plan, monitor and review assignment progress. The application of an A3 planner to facilitate a project-based learning (PBL) group assignment in undergraduate accounting education has been critically evaluated in terms of both the student and tutor experience. The study uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative data. Quantitative data assisting exploration of perceptions were collected through 100 undergraduate students. A series of focus group discussions were carried out to investigate students’ engagement and tutors’ teaching experiences regarding the adoption of the A3 planner. The results suggest that the A3 planner promotes active planning and effective management of a PBL group assignment. It makes students’ thought processes more visible thereby facilitating and enhancing the tutoring/mentoring process. Moreover a more interactive and transparent approach by doing assignment via the use of an iterative A3 planner has ensured more feedback points and action based efficiency in the doing approach for learners.     

Who gets the job? First-generation college students' perceptions of employer screening methods

What are first-generation college students' (FGCS) perspectives of employment screening methods? The authors investigate which methods FGCS believe are likely to cause an employer to extend a job offer and which methods yield the best pool of job applicants. Survey data were collected from undergraduate business majors. They were analyzed using means comparisons and bivariate correlation t tests. FGCS perceived resumes and interviews as most likely to help applicants get hired. Implications are discussed.     

中国科协建设高端科技创新智库的SWOT分析

建设高端科技创新智库是中国科协走中国特色群团发展道路的重大举措，对中国科协建设高端科技创新智库面临的内外环境进行分析具有重要的现实意义。本文采用SWOT分析法对中国科协建设高端科技创新智库面临的优势、劣势、机遇和挑战进行分析，研究结果表明：中国科协在组织网络、科技工作者状况调查、民间科技外交、智库成果宣传等方面具有自身优势，但同时也存在着智库网络未充分发挥作用、人才队伍结构有待完善、体制机制障碍、智库成果水平有待提升等劣势。深度参与全球科技治理、深化科技体制改革、科协事业转型升级、大数据技术发展是中国科协面临的机遇；国际竞争格局剧烈变动、全球科技治理领域话语权有限、国内外科技智库发展迅速是中国科协建设高端科技创新智库需要应对的挑战。     

Early labor market outcomes of university graduates: Does time to degree matter?

Using university administrative and survey data drawn from the AlmaLaurea Consortium, we analyze the effect of time to degree on the early labor market performance of Italian graduates. The empirical strategy allows identifying separately the impact of elapsed time to degree on the transition from university to work and on earnings from other determinants specific to the academic path completed. Findings suggest that delayed graduation reduces the employment probability (0.8% points for each year of delay), and this effect is still persistent five years after graduation. Once employed, graduates not completing their degree within the minimum period are also penalized in their net monthly earnings, even five years after graduation. The most penalized groups are women and graduates in non-scientific fields.     

Cognitive flexibility and adaptive decision‐making: Evidence from a laboratory study of expert decision makers

Research Summary : How can strategic decision makers overcome inertia when dealing with change? In this article we argue that cognitive flexibility (i.e., the ability to match the type of cognitive processing with the type of problem at hand) enables decision makers to achieve significantly higher decision‐making performance. We show that superior decision‐making performance is associated with using semiautomatic Type 1 cognitive processes when faced with well‐structured problems, and more deliberative Type 2 processes when faced with ill‐structured problems. Our findings shed light on the individual‐level mechanism behind organizational adaptation and complement recent work on strategic inertia. In addition, our findings extend management studies that have stressed the relevance of cognitive flexibility for responding to the demands of increasingly open, flexible, and rapidly changing organizations. Managerial Summary : Humans are creatures of habits. We tend to prefer known courses of action over new ones. In many cases, habits are good. However, when things change in unpredictable ways, the past may not be good guidance for the future. We argue that “cognitive flexibility”—the ability of understanding when to rely on habits vs. when to explore new courses of action—enables managers to switch from a “fast” decision mode, based on habits, to a “slow,” more deliberate decision mode that facilitates the exploration of new courses of action. Managers high in cognitive flexibility reflect on the situation at hand, recognize and value diversity in viewpoints, and integrate such diversity in their own decision processes. By valuing diversity, they are more likely to overcome inertia.     

创新驱动发展战略下城市创新能力比较研究——以一线城市为例

以北京、上海、广州、深圳(以下简称北上广深)四个一线城市为例，利用面板数据，建立多指标创新能力综合评价指标体系，运用城市科技创新能力综合评价模型对四座城市的创新能力进行比较和评价。结果表明，四座城市整体创新能力都处于高位，而且一直保持提升态势，但具有明显的阶段性特征，增速不同，出现分化，各有优势和不足，深圳总体优势明显。据此，进一步提出四座城市在差异化发展的同时，应取长补短、相互学习，实现优势互补；采取多种举措确保企业作为创新主体的核心地位；提高产学研合作，加快科研成果转化，完善知识产权制度，建立政企研界之间协同创新的良性互动机制。     

以深化供给侧结构性改革为契机扎实推进水利经济研究工作

分析了深化供给侧结构性改革背景下,推动质量变革、效率变革、动力变革对水利发展的新要求;从切实做好水利与国民经济的关系研究、积极开展水资源水生态的经济问题研究、着力加强水利行业政府和市场的关系研究等方面,探讨了新形势下水利经济研究的重点领域;明确提出加快推进水利经济研究特色智库建设,应整合优势资源、搭建宏观引领研究平台,坚持水利经济主线、积极培育特色品牌,以需求为导向、全面提升服务质量,深化学会改革、持续推进能力建设。     

做好高校招生宣传工作的几点思考

做好招生宣传工作,应准确把握宣传内容,选择宣传渠道和媒介,练好招生宣传队伍的内功。     

高校机关作风建设的思考与实践

高校机关作风建设应以思想建设为本,以制度建设为根,认真落实管理决策,提高工作效率。     

基于胜任力的高校教师评价探究

基于胜任力的高校教师评价,应借鉴工业组织管理的先进技术,采用职位分析、胜任特征模型、模拟测验和模糊综合评判等方法,以科学评价高校教师的知识、技能、能力和特质。