物业管理和服务的“多维”转变——与西安高新枫叶物业服务管理有限责任公司总经理张晓东关于物业管理“多维”理论的对话

泰地自古帝王都。西安,就是一个承载着几千年悠久历史,每一次落步都能激起一段掌故的文化古都,地灵人杰。在那里,记者有幸与西安高新枫叶物业服务管理有限责任公司(以下简称高新枫叶物业)总经理张晓东进行了一场关于物业管理“多维”理论的对话张晓东身材高大,谈吐儒雅,六年为人师的经历、研究生毕业后进入高科集团、高新地产分别负责企业管理和人力资源工作。2004年底,他刚过而立之年,被委任为高新枫叶物业总经理。     

央企人力资源管理现状存在问题与提升策略

全球一体化的今天,市场以及国际形势的变化对央企提出更高的要求。央企可以依靠高质量的人才带动央企更好的创新,从而提升央企整体的运行水平和竞争力。因此,高质量人才对于央企非常重要,这也使得加强央企的人力资源管理的工作势在必行。本文主要探究央企人力资源管理现状及提升策略,仅供读者参考。     

电力企业投资与EVA评价研究

2010年,国资委新颁布了《中央企业负责人经营业绩考核暂行办法》,要求所有央企自2010年采用经济增加值(EVA)进行考核,表明央企进入以股东价值创造、追求股东价值最大化为核心的价值管理阶段。电力企业在进行新项目投资时,一直以来净现值(NPV)被确定为公司投资决策的最佳方法。但是,NPV是时点概     

浅谈高新带人力资源竞争力评价模型构建

文章在对高新带人力资源竞争力的影响因素进行讨论的基础上,构建了高新带人力资源竞争力评价模型,并运用专家评议法和层次分析法给出了指标权重和评分及相应分析。     

美国政府赞助企业的成本-收益分析

本文对美国最大的两家政府赞助企业房利美公司(Fannie Mae)和房地美公司(Freddie Mac)做成本-收益分析,以探讨两家公司的政府赞助背景对市场的影响。由于两家公司的政府赞助背景与中国央企的国有性质有着一定程度的相似性,本文的分析方法对中国央企的未来改革也有一定的参考意义。     

高新技术企业人力资源管理的探讨

高新企业的人力资源是创新的主体和本源,因此,人力资源管理在高新企业中具有至关重要的地位。本文根据高新企业人力资源的特点,结合自己高新技术企业的工作体会,认为在高新技术企业的人力资源管理中,应树立“人力资源是第一资源”的理念,通过建立学习型的组织来使企业快速适应外部环境的急剧变化;同时要培育尊重人、造就人的企业文化和温馨的人际关系氛围,建立公平有效的绩效考核体系及合适的激励机制,才能充分发掘人力资源的潜能,促进企业健康快速发展。     

央企陨落

5月8日起,央企旗下的上市公司锌业股份(000751.SZ)因连续三年亏损,暂停上市。目前2012年年报已披露完毕,沪深上市公司中有6家公司连续三年亏损,央企占了两家;有20家公司连续两年亏损,央企居然占了13家。曾经"富得流油"的上市央企和地方国企,包揽了去年上市公司巨亏榜的前十位,十大巨头共亏损了近500亿元人民币。其中,中国远洋继201 1年净亏104亿元后,2012年再度亏损95亿元,蝉联亏损冠军。紧随其后的是中国铝业、中国中冶和鞍钢。在此之前的十年,央企、国企在发展壮大的过程中风光无限。2003年时,     

物业管理和服务"多维"转变--与西安高新枫叶物业服务管理有责任公司总经理张晓东关于物业管理"多维"理论的对话

张晓东身材高大,谈吐儒雅,六年为人师的经历,研究生毕业后进入高科集团、高新地产分别负责企业管理和人力资源工作.2004年底,他刚过而立之年,被委任为高新枫叶物业总经理.     

谁来开启央企改革新时代?

央企改革"情寄"董事会 2005年10月17日,国内首家"规范"的央企董事会在上海宝钢集团有限公司(以下简称宝钢)宣告成立,包括5名外部董事在内的9名董事到任,宝钢成为按<公司法>注册的国有独资公司.国内媒体对此评价,"标志着国资委对央企治理结构改革的全面启动".     

沪港两地上市央企A股年报内控信息披露分析

为做好内控信息披露工作，了解上海、香港两地上市央企的披露情况，笔者对47家两地上市央企年报进行了跟踪。截至2009年4月30日，按照上海证券交易所的要求．绝大部分两地上市央企均披露了2008财政年度自身内部控制情况。总体而言．上述公司均很好地满足了上交所关于披露内部控制自我评估报告的要求，但距离将披露转化为公司的主动意识和行为还存在很大差距。     

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.     

Incumplimiento del salario mínimo en Europa central y oriental

En este estudio se analiza el incumplimiento del salario mínimo durante el periodo 2003–2012 en diez países de Europa central y oriental con salario mínimo obligatorio nacional. A partir de los datos de EU‐SILC y la metodología propuesta por Bhorat, Kanbur y Mayet (2013), se cuantifica la incidencia y magnitud del incumplimiento. Se realizan análisis de regresión sobre determinantes individuales, laborales y macroeconómicos. Aunque la incidencia permanece relativamente baja, los trabajadores a los que se dirigen las políticas de salario mínimo parecen los más expuestos a su incumplimiento. Con el tiempo, una mayor incidencia se asocia a una razón más alta entre salario mínimo y salario medio.     

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.     

Cultural Economy Planning in Creative Cities: Discourse and Practice

While a growing body of research analyses the functional mechanisms of the cultural or creative economy, there has been little attention devoted to understanding how local governments translate this work into policy. Moreover, research in this vein focuses predominately on Richard Florida's creative class thesis rather than considering the wider body of work that may influence policy. This article seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how municipalities conceptualize and plan for the cultural economy through the lens of two cities held up as model ‘creative cities’ — Austin, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. The work pays particular attention to how the cities adopt and adapt leading theories, strategies and discourses of the cultural economy. While policy documents indicate that the cities embrace the creative city model, in practice agencies tend to adapt conventional economic development strategies for cultural economy activity and appropriate the language of the creative city for multiple purposes.     

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.     

Input/output ranges and performance: an examination of US machine tool producers

Despite the establishment of high-tech multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Ireland since the late 1950s, the country did not succeed in closing the technological gap with most of its EU counterparts. The weak National System of Innovation (NSI), and in particular low business and government R&D levels, combined with a lack of research and technology linkages between MNEs and indigenous firms, explain these poor results. However, the Shannon region in the West of the country presents some specific institutional characteristics that could theoretically make the region a strong technological enclave. The various actors in the region - i.e. the administrative, financial, political and research institutions, as well as the business organizations - have indeed infused a new type of economic development. After a brief review of the available concepts and models articulated around these actors and their interrelationships, the paper analyses whether the Shannon region, taken as an illustrative example, mirrors a specific economic and technological localized setting. The study is based on a survey of indigenous and foreign firms.     

Sixty years of discrimination and diversity research in human resource management: A review with suggestions for future research directions

This article reviews discrimination and diversity research published in Human Resource Management (HRM) over the past 60 years. While discrimination and diversity are very different constructs, it is often informative to study them together, because when people recognize each other's diversity, this can result in bias, stereotyping, and discrimination. We conducted bibliographic searches for terms related to discrimination and diversity as well as a manual search through every title and abstract published in HRM over the last 60 years to assess article relevance. The search resulted in 135 research articles with 136 unique studies (i.e., samples) which are reviewed in this article. Sex and race are the demographics that have been examined the most in HRM, while religion has been examined the least. Moreover, the number of studies examining lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) employees in the workplace in HRM has grown quickly within the past 10 years, culminating in a recent meta‐analysis. Our review looks at some of the earliest research published, the most recent research published, and the overall trends we identified in the research over the years for both discrimination and diversity articles. We then make future research suggestions and recommendations to advance the study of discrimination and diversity in the coming years.     

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 Early History of the Cumulants and the Gram-Charlier Series

The early history of the Gram-Charlier series is discussed from three points of view: (1) a generalization of Laplace's central limit theorem, (2) a least squares approximation to a continuous function by means of Chebyshev-Hermite polynomials, (3) a generalization of Gauss's normal distribution to a system of skew distributions. Thiele defined the cumulants in terms of the moments, first by a recursion formula and later by an expansion of the logarithm of the moment generating function. He devised a differential operator which adjusts any cumulant to a desired value. His little known 1899 paper in Danish on the properties of the cumulants is translated into English in the Appendix.