Rethinking the Career Anchors Inventory framework with insights from a finance transformation field study

It is claimed that the re-engineering and automation of routine work should free accountants to adopt broader, so-called ‘value-adding’ roles as partners to business decision-makers. The ‘new world of work’, involving new process-based methods, single instance ERP systems and the wholesale relocation of professional work to lower cost areas, brings opportunities for accountants in systems design and adding value to the business. For many others, the new reality may be a more competitive and less secure working environment, with a mid-level career bottleneck reflecting a polarisation between the upper and lower layers of the finance function.Based upon Schein's theory of career anchors and using exploratory sequential mixed methods, we consider the impact on the career perceptions of individual accountants as accounting expertise, traditionally embodied in people, is codified and embedded within end-to-end business processes in the context of a finance shared service centre. Key findings include new perceptions of careers with greater emphasis on the acquisition of general managerial competence and leadership skills, with the importance of cultivating a sense of ‘global connectedness' to maintain individual employability. Suggestions are made to update Schein's Career Orientation Inventory to better reflect the reality of accounting in the ‘new world of work'.     

短信银行服务发展现状及相关法律问题研究

短信银行服务是商业银行借助现代信息技术,向客户提供信息和金融交易的新型金融服务方式,是当代金融发展的新趋势.商业银行在为客户提供服务的同时,必须关注新业务带来的法律风险,并采取有效措施加以防范.具体来讲,对于付费类短信服务,银行应严格按照合同约定履行义务;对于营销类免费信息,银行在发送之前要取得客户口头或者书面的同意,并应保留相应的证据;对于非营销类免费短信,虽然这类信息极大地方便了客户办理银行业务,但如果客户对银行发送该类信息存在异议,银行应当立即停止向该客户发送,避免因此出现纠纷.     

油气管道腐蚀剩余寿命的预测方法

针对管道腐蚀诸多因素的复杂性和不确定性以及管道腐蚀剩余寿命预测的困难性．系统地阐述了在役管道的腐蚀剩余寿命预测方法。评述了灰色预测方法，概率统计方法，人工神经网络方法和可靠度函数分析四种国内外正在研究和使用的方法。这些方法对于管道操作者做出正确的管道检测、维修以及更换决策起到了重要的指导作用。     

关于输配电价几个重要问题的探讨

我国电力企业将要由传统的垂直垄断的模式转变为网厂分开、竞价上网的模式。电网公司作为一个独立的经营实体分离开来,有着独立的收益需求。在市场运营过程中,通过输配电价取得收益就成了电网公司取得收益的主要手段。在输配电价的制订过程之中,管制方式、输配电成本、输电定价方法、价格水平及电网投资、输配电价价区、电网提供的辅助服务等六个问题十分重要。文中就这六个问题的解决作了一些有价值的探讨。     

内蒙古牧区社会保障问题研究——以西乌珠穆沁旗为例

内蒙古牧民基本养老保险制度和医疗保险制度的确立在一定程度上解决了老年牧民的后顾之忧,它的实行是改革开放成果惠及人民群众的体现,但内蒙古牧区有别于传统意义上的农村,农村社会保障体系在此并不完全适用。因此,有关部门在设计好相关制度的同时,应加大对贫困地区和贫困牧民的财政支持力度;大力宣传牧民养老保险制度和基本医疗合作保险制度的宣传,提高牧民的保险意识;扩大蒙医蒙药的覆盖范围。     

内蒙古地区电子商务专业人才培养模式探析

近年来,内蒙古地区电子商务发展迅速,但发展同时也伴随着瓶颈的出现,其中之一便是缺乏真正适合电子商务发展的专业人才。目前内蒙古很多高校都开设了电子商务专业,但总体上普遍还存在一些问题,如缺乏对当前社会需求的充分调研、培养模式相对滞后、教学计划和课程设置不合理、培养目标缺乏准确定位、缺乏必要的案例教学和实务操作能力的培养、缺乏校企合作、没有考虑区域优势等。本文主要对内蒙古现有电子商务专业人才培养模式进行分析,提出相对更加合理的、适用于内蒙古地区发展的电子商务专业人才培养模式。     

Accounting change and value creation in public services—Do relational archetypes make a difference in improving public service performance?

Evidence points out that the outcome of accounting change in local governments is not simply a matter of ‘corporate’ resource investments and change management activities to accounting system replacement. This paper examines the link between such corporate-level interventions and the patterns of value creation at street-level. It emphasizes a resource- and capability-driven approach to explore processes and consequences of an ‘embedded agency’-effect assigned to the street-level rationale of public service improvement. Considering a logic chain of cause-and-effect sequences, the data analysis provides evidence that corporate and street-level interventions are unique dimensions to signify the multiple patterns of accounting change in local governments. The supplementary effect of cross-functional relationships is also distinguished, considering the relational archetype as a mechanism to explain the emerging outcome state. Recognizing the distinction and the sequential effects of relational archetypes induces a refined typology of accounting change according to its processes and outcomes in local governments. The analysis is based on a comparative case study design to explore accrual accounting introduction in six German municipalities.     

Atributos relevantes de calidad en el servicio y su influencia hacia la lealtad de marca en la industria aseguradora de automóviles en México

The objective of this study is to identify key quality service attributes in the automobile insurance business and determine their influence on brand loyalty. In this study distinction is made between the service during the hiring of the service and the service provided after an accident. In a preliminary exploratory inquiry quality service attributes were identified with the application of in-depth interviews. In an empirical study, hypothesis related to a direct relationship between the attributes and several measures of brand loyalty are contrasted. A sample of n = 210 of automobile insurance clients was conformed. Five regression models were developed for the data analysis, one for each loyalty measure. These analyses allowed a specific detection of significant attributes for each case. Though it is concluded that attributes related to the service after the accident have a higher degree of influence on the customer loyalty, it is found that a particular attribute during hiring (reputation of the insurance company) also has an important role.     

浅谈新形势下的高职院校设备管理工作

从设备的购置、转资、使用、维修和报废等5个环节入手,介绍了新形势下高职院校设备管理工作的一些经验做法,指出了加强设备管理人员培训的重要性。