边陲铁军为天府——黑龙江省地方铁路局宝清分局局长赵乃军访谈

2004。年终岁尾。祖国的大东北。黑龙江省。宝清县。一个冰封雪裹的天府之城。在宝清县城的边缘处。机车如棱，人声鼎沸，零下20多度的严寒在这里也退避三舍。这里就是地方铁路局宝清分局的作业现场，一个只有硬汉才能也才敢上阵的战场。     

如何留住最有价值的员工

大部分企业在为降低成本而实施瘦身计划的时候,几乎所有人的第一反应就是想办法“裁员”。的确。裁员是最省事也最立竿见影的事情。毫无疑问,在考虑裁员的同时。企业应当考虑如何留住最有价值的员工。在市场好的时候业绩好的员工未必是好员工。真正好员工是在市场不好的时候依然能够保持良好业绩的那一个。因此,即便要裁员,也不能一刀切,要想法留住高价值员工。     

火与消防(二则)

"消防"这个行当,很古老。火灾,除了天灾,更多的是人祸。(一)春节与"火"本期的专题选择的"消防"。初一看,以为似有不妥。喜庆的佳节带来点儿不祥的灾害的影射。细一想,又感到春节历来和"火"特别亲近。     

广州10月房价报复性反弹

曾几何时。楼价的下调。让众多消费者为此欢欣鼓舞。似乎看到了购房的希望。然而。不以人们意志为转移的房价依然我行我素。屡屡上演数字游戏。     

美国著名创业研究专家谢洛德谈:企业家不是天生的(十六)——『何时停止梦想』

200位老板的成功秘密开一家公司就像是生小孩。事实上,婚姻是一个更好的比喻。在此情境中,你的梦想就像是一次约会。成熟的约会意味着要尽量了解约会对象的品质、彼此相适应的程度、彼此能为对方做些什么、对方是不是你要找的人。但是,不到结婚这最后一步,你们都没有责任。你的梦想也如此。要全身心投入,但不要盲目。要有信心,尽你所能把你的梦想化为现实,     

行善的勇气在哪里?

这是近期郑渊洁新浪微博上引起热议的一段文字:一老人倒在北京东四附近的人行道上。路人不敢管。小学四年级女生忻妍看见老人伸出的手,她将自己的手放在老人手中。老人戴着写有家人电话的老年人胸卡。女孩儿给其家人打电话。老人获救。其家人没有敲诈女孩儿,而是到东四七条小学给忻妍送去锦旗。     

追求卓越 大写公仆情怀——记讷河市第七届优秀公仆、讷河市工商行政管理局党组书记、局长齐向友

淡泊。是一种历经世事变迁后的从容与成熟,是宠辱不惊的淡然与豁达,是大彻大悟的宁静心态．是一种升腾了的人性感悟。讷河市工商行政管理局（简称工商局）党组书记、局长齐向友。有着淡泊名利的人生基调和永不疲倦地追求卓越。爱因斯坦说过：“一个人对社会的价值。首先取决于他的感情、思想和行动对增进人类利益有多大作用。”齐向友局长用超负荷的超越自我．把人生价值开掘到了一个极致。用脚踏实地的工作作风。无私奉献的敬业情怀,廉洁自律的高尚情操．向人们展示出一位人民公仆平凡、朴实、内敛的精神世界。     

洛可可：萧条时期设计为王

未来肯定是创造者的时代。经济危机的到来就是一个信号。对于我们设计者来说，这是一个绝佳的机会，因为我们就是在创造。未来会是一个科技扁平化、软件扁平化的时期。所谓扁平化就是发展到了一个阶段，大家都无法突破了。就像百米赛跑一样，不能再快了。那个时候最重要的还是人们的精神和感受。在这个过程中，设计会发挥很大的作用。设计最主要的功能是创造需求。     

如何拍好生活照

生活照。顾名思义。就是反映人们生活的照片。既不同于专业摄影家的摄影作品。又不同于婚纱影楼那样的商业照片，是纯粹的生活的缩影。那么，怎样拍照。如何拍好生活照片成了人们生活中经常碰到的小问题。我们既不能像摄影家去拍摄影作品，也不拍影楼那样的商业照片。在此，就生活照的拍摄问题，谈一些具体的看法。     

新近入市小户型一览

由于小户型总价低。市场消化量大。开发商回款较快等现实原因。在2005年下半年的市场上．小户型供应量明显加大。据不完全统计．纯小户型或者主打小户型销售的楼盘超过了10个。“CBD传奇”和“中天国际公寓”更是选择在9月8日的北京秋季房展会上开盘和率先进行推广活动。这些小户型的明显特点是其所处地理位置优越。例如。异军突起的百子湾地区．以其项目相对集中、项目差异划分明显而吸引了各阶层的消费者。下半年。多个小户型项目在此争相入市．吸引了广泛的关注。再如其他一些分布在中关村、亚运村商圈内的小户型楼盘．地理位置和交通优势明显。并且由于这些楼盘的周边小户型项目稀缺．很大程度上加大了楼盘的居住和投资价值。比以往更胜一筹的是。不少小户型进行了准确定位。主要针对30岁左右的城市白领。这直接影响到相关的配套服务。比如配以酒店式的管理。使小户型的居住环境得到一定的保障。避免了居住人群可能出现参差不齐的情况。增加投资保值系数。但就销售情况来看．相当一部分购买者还是觉得楼盘价格普遍偏高。另外。尽管楼盘所处区域繁华。但楼盘体量小、无配套、无园林。缺乏良好的居住环境。并且在户型方面流行大开间。40—50平方米的户型通常没有分割。这就在很大程度上影响了居住的舒适性。从目前楼盘销售反馈来看。相当一部分楼盘实现了与前期定位的吻合．成为许多年轻人第一次置业和过渡型置业的选择。但也有一些楼盘对此进行了更改。比如中关村的小户型产品“荣上居”．从前期的商住定位变更为目前的自住定位．从而也说明了市场对自住小户型的强烈需求。除了自住。投资需求仍在小户型这一产品上集中体现出来。从整体上来说．这些小户型楼盘基本上有超过30％的投资客。有的楼盘。甚至超出了50％。对于消费者来说。他们更多考虑项目的性价比和实用率加权值．同时考虑几年后换房时旧房的市值。如果是投资性能差的小户型．还不如租房合适。     

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.     

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.     

The Creation of the Office for National Statistics

A new Office for National Statistics was created in the United Kingdom in 1996 following a series of developments designed to strengthen the relevance and integrity of statistics. This paper describes these fundamental changes and sets out a blueprint for future progress. It also sets current developments in the United Kingdom in an historical and international context.     

What helps? Women engineers' accounts of staying on

We have considerable understanding of the obstacles that women engineers encounter and the reasons that they leave the field, but we know less about what enables them to remain. Adopting an interpretivist approach, this article examines how a group of British women engineers in two FTSE 100 companies account for “staying on” in their male‐dominated work settings. We delineate four specific forms of help that facilitate women's retention in the field. We argue that exposure to help leads to women developing a habitus that enables them to continue working in engineering. To conclude, we draw on our findings to outline HR practices that will facilitate supportive relationships in the workplace and pave the way towards developing more positive organisational climates.     

论现代物流企业的发展观

物流业经过诸多年的发展目前已经成为最热门的行业之一,物流企业的注册数量也与日俱增,达到前所未有的规模。毋庸置疑,任何企业都希望自己迅速做强做大,并成为真正现代物流企业的典型代表,要实现这一目标一个首要问题就是要解决现代物流企业的发展观问题。     

浅谈大体积混凝土裂缝的控制

大体积混凝土的裂缝问题是实际工程中长期困扰工程技术人员的问题,其控制技术的研究是混凝土结构研究的热点问题,具有重大的学术价值和潜伏的工程背景。     

Supply Chain Strategies in the UK Fashion Industry—The Rhetoric of Partnership and Realities of Power

This paper focuses on the fashion industry, one characterised by issues such as dramatic shifts in the scale and power of major retail buyers in the market, the advent of retailer own brands, and the nature of sourcing and supply chain decisions, issues that are increasingly global in nature. The aim of this research is to explore the nature of relationships between UK high street multiple fashion retailers and their contracted suppliers, many of whom are entrepreneurial firms by most definitions of the term. Four core themes emerge from the literature and provide a framework for the research, namely, power, process, partnership, and people. The research approach was qualitative, and conducted over a period of twelve months. The paper ends with an agenda for future research.