哈林顿绩效改进专栏通过战略计划,更好地进行资源管理

我谈的是广义的“资源管理”,意味着对一个组织所有资源和资产的管理.它们包括股份、管理人员、员工、资金、供应商、库存、董事会、联盟合作方、房地产、知识、顾客、专利、投资方、商誉和设施.有效的资源管理是组织最关键和复杂的活动之一.考虑到其中的复杂性,你也许会问：“从哪个方面开始进行资源管理？”     

哈林顿专栏检验、纠正、预防、选择:质量工作者的角色转变

回顾自己40年的质量工作生涯,我认为可以将质量工作大致划分为四个阶段: 检验:20世纪70年代我们关注检验.质量组织致力于防止制造商装运不符合规范的产品.质量工作者是顾客的保护者,几乎会跑去躺在卡车前面,阻止制造商将不合格产品装车后带离码头.质量工作者的基本角色是警察.制造过程中约10%的工作与质量保证性检验相关.这属于质量控制范畴.     

What Holds Back the Second Generation? The Intergenerational Transmission of Language Human Capital Among Immigrants

In 2000 Census microdata, various outcomes of second-generation immigrants are related to their parents' age at arrival to the United States, and in particular whether that age fell within the "critical period" of language acquisition. We interpret this as an effect of the parent's English-language skills and construct an instrumental variable for parental English proficiency. Estimates of the effect of parent's English-speaking proficiency using two-stage least squares yield significant, positive results for children's English-speaking proficiency and preschool attendance, and significant, negative results for dropping out of high school and being below age-appropriate grade. (JEL J13, J24, J62).