Management by objectives – an effective tool for teamwork?

In recent years many companies have introduced self-regulatory teamwork requiring changes in leadership behaviour and systems as well. Consequently a renewed interest has arisen in management by objectives (MBO) as a means for leading self-regulating teams. But how do MBO systems work and how effective are they? The MBO system of a company in the construction supply industry was analysed. This company had implemented MBO at team level five years ago. In order to explore the mechanisms and effects of MBO at team level a model for group goal setting was tested. One hundred and seventy-six employees in twenty-six teams participated in the study, but only twenty-one groups having objective productivity data were included in the analyses at team level. Group goal commitment and group goals moderated by task interdependence are supposed to influence group processes as a mediating variable for group effectiveness. Results do not consistently support this model. Group goals and goal commitment predict group productivity and job satisfaction but group processes mediate only the relationship to job satisfaction. The moderating effect of task interdependence could not be supported. The consequences for developing a model for MBO at team level and implementing effective MBO systems are discussed.     

中国农林企业资产专用性经济后果研究——来自沪、深农林上市公司的经验证据

由于产业和生产经营的特殊性,农林企业资产专用性特点十分显著。依据现代契约理论,资产专用性经济后果一方面体现在资产专用性可以增进企业绩效（经济后果Ⅰ）,另一方面体现在资产专用性决定企业融资契约的安排（经济后果Ⅱ）。为检验中国农林企业资产专用性的经济后果,文章以2003—2006年沪、深中国农林上市公司为样本进行实证分析,结果发现：资产专用性替代变量与公司绩效不具有显著相关性,而与融资契约结构虽有一定的相关性,但总的看来,相关性也不甚理想。这表明中国农林企业关系型投资不足而导致资产包含的专用性不高,从而不具备应有的经济后果。     

Transition and the output fall

We present a model to explain why in the transition economies of Central andEastern Europe an important output fall has been associated with price liberalization. Its key ingredients are search frictions and Williamsonian relation-specific investment, implying that new investments are made only after having found a new long-term partner. When all firms search for new partners, output may fall because of three effects: a) disruption of previous production links, b) a fall in investment, and c) capital depreciation due to the absence of replacement investment. We show that forms of gradual liberalization like the Chinese 'dual-track' price liberalization may avoid the transitory output fall.
JEL classification: D21, D50, E30, E61, P41, P51.     

教学资源库企业资源的建设方法研究——以数控设备维护专业为例

教学资源库企业资源的建设围绕教师、学生、合作企业培训三方的需求设计,企业解决方案必须来源于企业的整体解决方案,符合全国各地各校实际,应用推广则必须体现共建共享,对教学资源库企业资源建设目标、建设思路、建设方案、建设步骤及项目应用推广等提出完整建设方案,对教学资源库企业资源的建设方法进行有益的探索研究。     

如何做一名成功的管理者

团队的成员是人的躯体的话,那么管理者就是这躯体的骨骼,让你行动自如,使你强壮。那么如何做一名成功的管理着呢?这正是我们要阐述的话题。     

劲直忠臣节 孤高烈女心——从朱淑真作品看其自主意识

作为断肠诗人,朱淑真的作品中并不都是哀怨情愁。她一改以往女性的柔弱哀怨,不再命定的满足于社会结构中预订好的地位和权益,真正从自我心理需求去看待自己的命运,其生命意识的呈现、情感生命的构建和自由性灵的抒发都呈现出强烈的自主意识。     

谈体育教育中美育目标的构建

体育活动过程中包含诸多美育的因素,如何使学生养成良好的审美情趣、审美意识和审美方法,使健全的精神寓于健康的身体,是摆在我们面前的一个亟待解决的课题。文章从理论、历史和现实三个方面,探寻构建体育教育中美育目标的依据,并对体育教育中的美育目标框架进行了大胆的构建。     

民办高校财务战略几点探讨

民办高校作为高等教育的重要组成部分,即要保证教育的公益性,也要在自筹经费的情况下,维持自身健康良好的发展。本文针对民办高校特有的特点,就其财务战略的目标、重要内容等提出建议,为民办高校的可持续发展提供思路。     

基于生态文明理论下的企业经营

生态文明就是效法自然生态的规律,在社会发展中实现与自然生态的和谐与稳定.生态文明建设需要企业在伦理价值观、生产、技术、销售、制度和机制等方面的创新.可持续发展能力最大化是建设生态文明下的企业目标.绿色采购、清洁生产、资源循环利用、环保技术创新、环境伦理、绿色营销、生态管理制度等是实现企业目标的有效途径.