英国城乡规划的经验及启示——写在《英国城乡规划》第14版中文版出版之前

英国的规划体系注重经验与惯例的积累,在针对城乡规划的基本矛盾———如何应对未来的不确定性时,采取了指导型的开发规划与自由裁量式的开发控制模式,使得城乡规划有能力去处理多样的需求以及不断变化的问题。当前中国规划体系在面对社会经济转型的过程中仍暴露出许多问题,结合中国国情参考英国经验将有助于中国规划体系的构建和完善。     

Audit Quality in Practice A Critical Analysis of the Financial Reporting Council （FRC） Discussion Paper

The efforts by the Financial Reporting Council （FRC） in the United Kingdom （UK） to stimulate audit firms to improve audit quality manifest in its Discussion Paper： Promoting Audit Quality warrant further analysis. The discussion paper identified factors such as audit firm culture, the quality of people, the effectiveness of audit process, and outside factors such as management and audit committee （AC） which can affect level of audit quality in practice. Reporting upon the analysis of responses to the discussion paper, the objective of this study is to analyze views from the respondents about various issues related to audit quality. This study composes of how subject of audit quality is seen in practice, which contributes to our understanding of conditions, events, or processes that can affect audit quality in practice.     

英国海洋可再生能源发展及其对中国的启示

在研究英国海洋可再生能源发展实践的基础上,结合对中国海洋可再生能源发展现状的分析,指出制约中国海洋可再生能源发展的因素和存在问题,进而通过英国海洋可再生能源发展的经验启示,提出发展中国海洋可再生能源,必须建立健全海洋可再生能源管理机构和法规、加强国际间技术合作和开辟多元化融资渠道,并配合实行配额制和税收改革,以实现海洋可再生能源的有效供给和市场吸收。     

Corporate greening and changing regulatory regimes: the UK water industry

This article looks at the relationship between economic regulation, environmental regulation, company strategy and the environment in the UK water and sewerage industry. The regulatory field in this industry, following privatization in 1989, is highly complex and interdependent. The paper presents three case studies of company interpretation of and response to changes in this regulatory field, focusing particularly on the third review by the economic regulator, in 1999, which involved a reduction of the prices companies were allowed to charge their customers. This had significant but complex repercussions for environmental strategy and management in the companies, with different impacts on mandatory and non‐mandatory activities. It also showed in relief the opportunities for building coalitions between companies and the environmental regulator, both in general terms and revolving around specific, local environmental issues and schemes. Companies' strategic direction was also found to have an impact on their response to the regulatory review. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.     

英国住房规划调控研究及对我国的启示

英国自20世纪中期开始形成了一套以规划手段为基础的住房保障措施,成为西方住房规划调控的最成熟的典范之一,对我国具有重要的参考借鉴价值.以英国住房保障措施的规划调控思想发展过程为线索,重点就几种主要规划调控措施--所有权控制、使用变更控制、贡献和义务机制和规划特例机制的理念方法、经验教训等内容进行综合分析,并结合我国当前城市住房问题提出改进我国现行住房规划调控的建议,以期为我国住房研究、规划调控和政策引导提供参考.     

美国城市增长管理的方法与启示

介绍美国主要的三类城市增长管理方法,即管理和控制城市增长区间和特点的方法;保护自然资源、环境质量和生态特征的方法;提供有效的公共基础设施的方法.分别对每一类方法进行了系统的介绍,进而指出对中国城市增长管理和土地利用管制的启示.     

基于可持续发展的中国城市治理体系:理论阐释与行动分析

良好的城市治理是实现城市可持续发展的关键.基于可持续发展的中国城市治理.其目标体系、组织体系、过程体系、制度体系、绩效体系都有别于现行的城市管理.建设符合城市可持续发展要求的中国城市治理体系,必须对现有的城市管理模式进行大幅度的变革.这种变革需要从表层的组织结构、体制、政策和深层的文化、理念等多方面着手.在理念上确立和体制上保证政府自身首先以可持续发展为行动导向,以有效的"强政府"代替全能的"小政府",推动非政府组织发展,激发和扩大公众参与,创新政策以激励城市的可持续发展等,都是建设可持续发展的城市治理体系的重要路径.     

2012年篮球规则的变化对我国备战奥运会影响及对策研究

通过对2012年篮球规则的主要变化以及对运动员应用技术结构的影响进行研究,研究认为新规则内容的改动在一定程度上有利于篮球运动水平的提高,使比赛更加激烈,更具有观赏性,新规则对于运动员技、战术训练结构体系产生了重要影响。我国篮球应认真研究新规则内容,及时调整训练技术方法,扬长避短发挥自己的优势,为备战2012年伦敦奥运会,取得优异成绩奠定基础。     

从企业治理概念看城市的治理结构

随着经济全球一体化进程的加快 ,城市治理结构正经历着向企业家式治理模式的转变。本文通过对企业治理与管理的分析 ,认为城市治理应参照企业治理结构模式 ,建立起有中国特色的城市治理结构。     

The ‘post-bureaucratic’ public sector organization. New organizational forms and HRM in ten UK public sector organizations

This paper evaluates the extent to which ‘post-bureaucratic’ organizational forms have been introduced to the UK public sector and the implications for human resource management policies and practices in the sector. The study draws from interview data at ten public sector organizations including local authorities, the National Health Service, the Civil Service, police authorities, broadcasting and transport. It concludes that certain structural changes have been made, but that older functional lines of authority still exist and thus post-bureaucratic claims are misleading. However, a harsher working environment has arisen for managers in these public sector organizations, with longer hours and a more complex working environment. Older certainties such as job security, a safe career path and seniority-based pay have all been eroded.     

Focus and Standardization of Sustainability Reporting – A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom and Finland

Sustainability reporting has attracted significant attention from the business as well as the academic community in recent years. Not only has the latter frequently made recommendations on reporting, it has also extensively examined factors that have an influence on reporting. Several studies have noted differences in the extent and style of reporting across countries, but the influence of specific cultural and socio‐economic environments on reporting has only been given limited consideration so far. It is the goal of this paper to help fill this gap. For this purpose, we examine the sustainability reporting of the 100 largest companies in the United Kingdom and Finland, as both are highly developed countries in North‐Western Europe, but with significantly different cultural and socio‐economic systems. Aside from the extent of reporting and media used, we examine the reporting standards and guidelines applied. Moreover, the focus of disclosure (economic, social or environmental) was investigated, which also brings a new perspective to the academic literature. Our results suggest that the cultural and socio‐economic environment has an impact on the extent of reporting, but with regard to the focus of reporting and the application of standards the results are mixed. A stronger shareholder oriented culture does not lead to a more extensive inclusion of economic issues in sustainability reporting, while the extent of environmental reporting depends on the strength of environmentalism. The impact of cultural and socio‐economic factors on the application of standards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative, appears to be limited. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.     

Leadership style,organizational culture and performance: empirical evidence from UK companies

The topics of leadership and organizational culture have attracted considerable interest from both academics and practitioners. Much of the interest in the two areas is based on explicit and implicit claims that both leadership and culture are linked to organizational performance. However, while the links between leadership and performance and between culture and performance have been examined independently, few studies have investigated the association between the three concepts. This paper examines the nature of this relationship and presents empirical evidence which suggests that the relationship between leadership style and performance is mediated by the form of organizational culture that is present. The paper concludes with a number of implications for theory and practice.