Young people’s ICT role at home—a descriptive study of young Finnish people’s ICT views in the home context

For young people home is an increasingly important place to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and to acquire new digital skills mainly by informal learning. In this study we focused on young people’s ICT activity in the home context to examine what kind of theoretical or practical added value as an analysis tool this factor can give for the studies concerning the relationship between young people and information and communication technology. Therefore we constructed a simple ICT role variable to describe young people’s ICT activity at home. In order to find out the expressive power and functionality of the new variable we used empirical data analysing young people’s personal qualities, external factors, ICT usage and ICT competence in the light of the ICT role at home. The research took 2 years (2005–2007) and its empirical data are based on the information given by the Finnish young at the age of about 14 in a geographically limited area. On the basis of the data the personal qualities of young people characterized a young person as an ICT expert at home better than the factors in his/her social and physical environments. The study revealed that the ICT role is a notable factor, when we want to learn more about the relationship between young people and ICT, for example, from the viewpoints of informal learning and diffusion of innovations and use or when we want to create a model of ICT usage or competence.     

物联网条件下物流企业配送流程的重塑

基于物联网的视角,研究了现代物流企业配送业务流程再造的问题,对目前物流企业配送业务流程的业务调度、运输监控、绩效管理和优化配载等环节,进行了基于物联网的重新设计和优化,以期打造一个信息化智能化的、与上下游物流成员实现资源共享和无缝链接的新型高效率高产出的物流配送业务体系。     

模糊综合评价在水利水电工程外观质量评定中的应用

水利水电工程外观质量评定对单位工程施工质量等级有较大影响。本文在分析传统工程外观质量评定方法优缺点的基础上,考虑到部分评价指标具有模糊性的特点而提出采用模糊综合评价方法对其进行评价,并重新设计出与此方法相适应的单位工程施工质量评定标准。文章最后用案例证明该方法是有效的和可靠的。     

“At Risk” Young People and Preparedness for Work: The Youth Choice Project

This paper is based on the critical evaluation of an initiative devised to support young people, on the margins of criminality, to gain inclusion into mainstream society through the provision of targeted support and work experience. Through a critical analysis of the processes and outcomes of the initiative we will demonstrate that what became known as the Youth Choice project contributed much to enhance the personal and professional development of the young people engaged in the project. We will also demonstrate that Youth Choice impacted positively on young people’s knowledge and attitudes towards decision making and self-development; an improved opinion of self; the development of life skills, confidence, and self-esteem, as well as increased aspirations for the future. We conclude that there is a strong and persuasive economic argument for making similar opportunities available to all ‘at risk’ young people.     

A field experiment to study sex and age discrimination in the Madrid labour market

This article presents the findings of a field experiment carried out in Madrid which aims to analyse gender and age discrimination in hiring in the labour market of Madrid. A set of five pairs of fictitious man–woman curricula was sent in response to 1062 job offers in six occupations which were advertised on Internet over an eight-month period. It was quantified subsequently the extent to which the different firms contacted more or less the candidates of different sex, age and marital status. No discrimination is detected against women in terms of access to job interviews; however, discriminatory conduct is seen regarding the phenomenon of occupational gender segregation, in the sense that there is a continuance among employers of stereotyped views on the greater suitability of women for certain tasks. No evidence is found to indicate firms showing relative discrimination against married women with children in the first phase of hiring process. And a clear evidence of discrimination is obtained on the basis of age: firms show a substantial fall in interest over interviewing 38-year-old candidates (compared to those aged 24 or 28). This would imply that the tendency to discriminate against older workers may be high, and, what is more, it may start at a surprisingly young age.     

The Prophecy of Place: A Labor Market Study of Young Women and Education

This study demonstrates that place—defined in this article as labor market area (LMA)— provides a useful context for examining how youth manage gendered situations. Places vary by conditions in which gender is more, less or differently salient, and a particular mix of factors accommodates different individual outcomes. This study utilizes multi–level modeling to examine influence of LMA characteristics on over–time educational measures for young women (Center for Human Resource Research 1994). Hierarchical models determine place–level effects on both average outcomes (within and between LMAs) and attainment processes. A major finding of this study is that aggregate place effects channel personal decisions and outcomes of young women. Young women's educational aspirations are dependent on gender– specific variables such as the number of women in college or the number of young women married in a local area. Attainment depends on the percentage of women in higher education and a local labor market's average age at first marriage. Further, what are assumed to be positive environmental effects (e.g., manufacturing dominance) are based on structural advantages for men and actually depress outcomes for women. Notably, the influence of place is independent of strong individual–level determinants, including social class.     

Generation Y

We at RainmakerThinking, Inc., have been conducting ongoing in‐depth research on the attitudes and experiences of young people in the workplace since 1993. When we began, the oldest among Generation Y (the generation born 1978 to 1990) were just arriving in the workplace as teenagers. Since then, we've followed Generation Y as they became the new young workforce, began coming of age in the early stages of their careers, and of late as they have increasingly been assuming leadership roles in organizations of all shapes and sizes. When it comes to identifying, retaining, and developing the best leadership talent among Generation Y, what are the key pitfalls to avoid? And what are the best practices? These are among the issues we've been tackling with business leaders in a wide range of organizations over the past several years.     

Dimensions of small business performance from the owner-manager's perspective: a re-conceptualization and empirical validation

Owner-managers make decisions and manage their firm as governed by the manner in which they conceptualize or ‘conceive’ performance for themselves and their firm, rather than being governed by researchers' and experts' conceptualizations of small business performance. On the basis of survey data obtained from 433 Canadian small businesses, this study aims at a deeper understanding of what owner-managers conceive performance to be, and to what extent this conception is determined by their objectives and social influences.     

浅谈高等职业院校青年教师导师制

青年教师的发展对于学校未来发展起着至关重要的作用,导师制是加速青年教师发展的重要制度保障。文章在探讨高职院校青年教师发展实施导师制的必要性的基础上,对高职院校青年教师导师制实施的理论基础做了分析,并对就如何加强青年教师的指导、更好的实施导师制、促进高职院校青年教师发展提出了相应的对策。     

After the windfall: the New Deal at work

The New Deal for Young People – the government's flagship welfare to work initiative – was launched over a year ago. This article assesses the New Deal in terms of its long-run objectives, its short-term effects and how well it is operating on the ground. The conclusion is that although the New Deal has made an excellent start and helped cut youth employment, a gap exists between what some young people and some employers expect from the New Deal and what they experience.     

装载机装运机构改进设计

全液压蟹爪式装煤机的侧取耙装机构与刮板运输机串联工作,共用一套传动装置,但不能适应作业现场实际需要。为此,重新设计装运机构,将装载与运输机构设计为联动机构,让其既可各自独立运转,也可根据需要联合作业,同步工作。2套独立的动力装置能够保证2个机构可靠运转。     

罗川的第四个战场

如果能给六年前的我一个忠告,我会告诉自己:对公司有掌控力的自由,才是最重要的2012年,罗川会度过他第43个生日。人生第42个年头时,他加入了一家创业企业——应用汇,出任CEO。算起来,这是他第四次出征。     

PLANNERS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROCESS[1]

This paper discusses the foundations of the normative model of strategic management and reports the results of empirical research that examined the validity of the model from the perspective of practising planners. It was concluded, on the basis of the responses, that the normative model of strategic management is an accurate representation of what planners believe to be the steps in the process at both the corporate and business-levels. While the steps were all included, there was significant variation among the relative importance of the various steps.     

新师大乒乓球队发球技术浅析

发球是以旋转为基础的,如果旋转,除非是发急球,否则是没有什么威胁可言的。无论练习什么旋转的发球,一定要掌握至少两种不同旋转的发球。本文就乒乓球队的发球技术进行了调查分析。     

从管理角度看管理审计——管理审计的新视角

管理审计是对组织内部的管理活动进行的审计,因此,本文认为应该从管理角度讨论管理审计的有关问题。本文结合管理学的有关理论,提出了管理审计的概念,并在分析具体管理职能的基础上对管理审计的内容进行了探讨。同时,根据管理审计所关注的对象阐述了实施管理审计的意义和作用。针对目前我国管理审计实践的现状,本文也提出了当前迫切需要解决的问题。     

Distribution and determinants of lifetime unemployment

The empirical literature on unemployment almost exclusively focuses on the duration of distinct unemployment spells. In contrast, we use a unique administrative micro data set for the time span 1975-2004 to investigate individual lifetime unemployment — defined as the cumulative length of all unemployment spells over a 25-year period. This new perspective enables us to answer questions regarding the long-term distribution and determinants of unemployment for birth cohorts 1950-1954. We show that lifetime unemployment is highly concentrated on a small part of the population. With censored quantile regressions we investigate the long-lasting influence of bad luck early in the professional career: Controlling for individual and firm characteristics we find that choosing at a young age what turns out to be an unfavorable occupation significantly increases the predicted amount of lifetime unemployment.     

Types of motions as proposed in the Dutch House of Representatives

This exploratory study provides an answer to the question what a coalition agreement means for negotiation by political parties in the House and what consequences this has for the motions submitted. Motions on environmental and immigration policy are compared at the time of two different governments. Based on the coalition agreements we estimate how much space for negotiation with regard to both issues and both periods is available. On that basis predictions are made regarding the numbers of submitted and passed motions. Moreover, a new classification is introduced in order to be able to group motions based on the intended purpose. Also predictions are made about this. The results show that, in line with expectations, fewer motions are proposed on issues where the negotiation space is limited, but this effect is not significant. However, there are significant findings with regard to motions that have passed. Where negotiation space is smaller, fewer motions pass than with respect to topics where the negotiation space is greater. As regards the different types of motions, the research gives unexpected, but interesting, results.     

独立审计质量与风险影响因素的实证研究——基于中国证券市场的经验检验

现代风险导向审计理念的推行,会对独立审计质量影响因素的实证检验结果产生何种影响?由于风险变量的不可控性造成取数不宜且难以量化,使得国内外相关实证研究结果多限于非风险因素的检验。本文在全面引入风险导向审计理念的基础上,采用logistic多元回归计量方法进行变量检验,重点考察影响独立审计质量的重要风险因素。结果发现,审计质量及其影响因素之间存在因果相关关系。在一定条件下,审计质量是多种因素共同作用的结果,而风险因素对审计质量具有决定性影响。     

资源型企业年轻管理人才的成长路径

通过理论研究和实证研究相结合的研究方法,得到资源型企业年轻管理人才的成长路径特征。资源型企业年轻管理人才的成长大致可划分为3个阶段:见习阶段、实践阶段和定岗阶段,从参加工作到从事中层副职管理岗位,平均用时8.14年,从中层副职岗位到中层正职岗位平均用时3.8年,学历、性别、岗位均对人才的成长发展有一定的影响。本文提出加快年轻管理人才成长的措施建议主要是:打破传统人才选拔方式,不断改革和完善人才人事管理制度;加大年轻后备人才的使用力度,促进其快速成长成才;加大年轻管理人才选拔力度,优化人才队伍年龄结构。     

团队竞争模式的教学组织及考核方式实证研究

本研究针对高校课堂现有的教学组织形式,引入了团队竞争模式,并对考核方式进行了设计,使之最大程度的调动学生的学习积极性,同时进行了实证研究,数据分析结果表明,团队竞争模式的使用对于期末考试成绩的影响是积极的,同时能够减少不端行为发生,培养学生的团队合作能力。