Project Leadership Influences Resistance to Change: The Case of the Canadian Public Service

This article analyzes how leadership affects resistance to change in projects. Using Dulewicz and Higgs' (2005) leadership framework in the context of the Canadian Public Service, types of resistance and factors influencing them were listed, leading to the identification of competence areas for the project manager. It was found that an engaging leadership style, developed through proper training, effectively reduced resistance to change. Other factors, such as the inclusion of affected people in the decisions, as well as a formal project management methodology, were instrumental in reducing resistance. Finally, upper management support was identified to be a mandatory success factor.     

Competitive Strategies of Tiawanese PC Firms in Their Internationalization Process

Small Taiwanese firms have been successful in developing market niches internationally for their products in the fast-growing and highly competitive global information industry. To identify the competitive strategies used by these firms, a study was udnertaken which classified various stages of their internationalization processes. Results indicate that these firms established their momentum in the global marketplace either by using a regional focus combined with innovation synergy or by emphasizing a combination of marketing techniques as their strategy components.     

基于核心竞争力的市场博弈策略抉择

文章提出了基于核心竞争力选择市场博弈策略的观点,结合一些企业成功案例,就如何基于核心竞争力抉择市场定位策略、产品研发策略、市场开发策略、战略伙伴合作策略等进行了论述。市场竞争是一种策略博弈,策略制定需要分析竞争各方的优劣势,博弈致胜的关键是依托核心竞争力。     

对大学生核心就业竞争力的理解和探索

当前大学生就业问题已经引起了全社会的广泛关注,中共中央政治局召开专门会议研究当前的经济工作和大学生就业问题,国务院也下发了关于促进大学就业的相关通知,在温总理的政府工作报告中也多次提及当前大学生就业问题的重要性,同时也有多为代表的提案是关于大学生的就业问题。由此可见解决好大学生就业问题是我党实践科学发展观的具体体现,是我国实现可持续发展的重要战略举措;解决好大学毕业生就业问题不仅是一项涉及千家万户人民群众根本利益的民心工程,而且能有效的促进我国高等教育事业的不断发展,具有现实的政治意义和深远的历史意义,本文就是在基于近六年从事一线大学生就业工作中总结的经验,经过系统的梳理整理出来的旨在寻求切实解决大学生就业瓶颈问题,最终形成大学生核心就业竞争力都具体体现。     

Perceptions that matter: perceptual antecedents and moderators of healthy food consumption

Unhealthy eating patterns present in most Western countries pose a serious threat to economic welfare and have severe consequences for the health and quality of life of the individual consumer. The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a conceptual model for understanding how health authorities and marketers can affect consumption of healthy food – and ultimately body mass index (BMI) – by addressing perceptual antecedents of consumers' involvement and health competencies. A qualitative (n = 16) pilot study and a consumer panel survey (n = 599) assisted in completing this task. The obtained structural equation modelling results confirmed that increasing consumers' competencies concerning healthy food consumption may improve the healthiness of their food behaviour, and ultimately reduce their BMI. Notably, these effects may occur even for consumers who perceive healthy food consumption to be a challenge. Our results also revealed that it may be problematic to improve health competencies for food consumers who are less involved in healthy food consumption. However, our study shows that two perceptual factors, ‘personal food identity’ (the extent to which consumers believe that their health identity is linked to their food behaviour) and ‘unhealthy food taste belief’ (the extent to which consumers believe that unhealthy food is more enjoyable and tastier than healthy food), may assist health authorities and marketers in increasing consumers' involvement in healthy food consumption.     

基于学科建设的高校核心竞争力的提升

学科建设是高校教学科研水平提高的基础,决定了高校的品味和等级,是高校核心竞争力形成的关键。本文在界定高校核心竞争力概念的基础上,阐述了学科建设提升高校核心竞争力的机制,并基于学科数据利用因子分析方法定量计算了高校核心竞争力,最后从学科建设的角度给出了高校核心竞争力提升的政策建议。     

Entrepreneurial orientation,entrepreneurial competencies,innovation, and performances in SMEs of Pakistan: Moderating role of social ties

The current study examines the mediating role of innovation and entrepreneurial competencies in entrepreneurial orientation’s relationship with financial, social, and environmental performance. This research also determines the role of social ties in strengthening the association between innovation and entrepreneurial competencies with social, financial, and environmental performance. Using multi-source and time-lagged studies, the data was collected from 297 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan, and structural equation modeling was used to test direct, indirect, and moderating hypotheses. The findings show that entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial competencies, and innovation positively correlate with all the types of performance under investigation and confirm the mediating role of innovation and entrepreneurial competencies. Additionally, social network ties strengthen innovation—financial performance, and entrepreneurial competencies—social performance relationship. This research proposes significant theoretical and managerial implications by determining the impact of entrepreneurial orientation on SMEs in Pakistan.     

Enhancing Students' Enabling Competencies: Student Perspectives and Recommendations for Educators*

Employers continue to express concern that accounting graduates lack the necessary competencies when they enter the workplace. These concerns have been addressed in part by periodic revisions to Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada's (CPA Canada) CPA Competency Map, which is used to define competencies for entry into the profession. The CPA Competency Map has recently been revised to include a new set of enabling competencies (often called generic or soft skills). However, the accounting literature highlights a concern that time and resources spent on the expanding set of enabling competencies could take valuable resources away from teaching technical accounting skills. In addition, the education literature indicates that student motivation plays a key role in learning. If students are motivated to learn enabling competencies, then educational efforts could be more efficient and effective. Conversely, a lack of student motivation could reduce student engagement and learning. To address these concerns, we investigated the student's perspective on the importance of enabling competencies as well as on how and where enabling competencies should be learned. We surveyed 380 students enrolled in the CPA Canada Professional Education Program (PEP). We investigated the three new enabling competencies that are most distinct from the previous set of competencies and that may be the most difficult for accounting educators to teach: adaptability and resilience; creativity and innovation; and active listening. We asked students about the importance of these new enabling competencies for their future careers and whether the competencies should be taught in PEP or in the workplace. Our results indicate that students believe that the new enabling competencies are important and should be learned in both the classroom and the workplace. Moreover, student responses to open-ended questions provide educators with suggestions on how to incorporate enabling competencies into the classroom by blending activities that could simultaneously enhance enabling competencies with technical competencies.     

Globally distributed talent communities: A typology of innovation problems and talent characteristics

As the world moves toward the “New Normal” with borderless innovation and remote work, Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) are increasingly involved in tapping talent that is external to organizational boundaries. This study distills learnings from the use of globally distributed external talent that has been facilitated by innovation intermediaries, a development that holds significant managerial implications for the post-COVID industrial era. Moving beyond the conventional and recognized need for global talent management practices, we provide a perspective on talent management outside organizational boundaries, a topic that that has received limited attention so far. Through the lenses of open innovation and talent management, we define a typology of innovation problems on the basis of latent talent needs. We take a step further, and for each problem type, we identify the competencies that are relevant, the reward mechanisms of the intermediaries, and the extent of collaboration required with internal talent. This typology provides a basis for researchers in the talent management community to study talent acquisition and management strategies of MNEs across various contexts and various innovation needs.