Management training in small and medium-sized enterprises: methodological and conceptual issues

The paper examines the impact of management training and development on the organisation and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), via a variety of quantitative and qualitative research techniques and including both crosssectional and longitudinal approaches to analysis. The paper demonstrates the value of management training and development in SMEs and demonstrates a series of one-off and longer lasting effects on their organization and performance. The paper also highlights the conditions under which management development projects are likely to be more successful. Finally, the paper extends the schema developed by Arthur and Hendry (1990) and Hendry et al. (1991), indicating the factors influencing training within businesses, and shows the indirect and complex links between management training and firm performance.     

Encouraging employees to co-operate: the effects of sponsored training and promotion practices on employees' willingness to work overtime

The ‘mutual-investment’ model argues that when employers invest more in the social exchange relationship between them and their employees, their employees will show more effort. In this paper we relate the ‘mutual-investment’ model to training and promotion (possibilities) and examine if these kinds of career-enhancing measures influence the willingness of employees within organizations to work overtime. To test this hypothesis, a vignette experiment was conducted in five organizations (N = 388; 1,531 vignettes). Multilevel analyses show that employees are more willing to work overtime when their employer has provided for training, when the employee recently was promoted, when the supervisor was supportive in the past and when co-workers approve of working overtime and behave similarly. But we did not find that future promotion chances affect willingness to work overtime.     

The association between continuing professional education and financial performance of public accounting firms

This study investigates the relationship between continuing professional education (CPE), a mechanism of professional training, and financial performance of public accounting firms. Both training subject (partner and assistant) and training location (internal and external) are included. Public accounting firms are categorized as big, medium, and small-sized ones. Empirical data are obtained from the 1992–1995 Survey Report of Public Accounting Firms in Taiwan, published by the Financial Supervisory Commission, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, ROC. Univariate test and multiple-regression model are employed to examine the financial performance effects of CPE. Main results indicate that both professional training of assistants and external professional training are positively related to financial performance in big-sized firms. Next, we document a significantly positive association between internal training of assistants and financial performance in either big-, medium-, or small-sized firms. Finally, both external professional training of partners in big-sized firms and external professional training of assistants in small-sized firms are positively related to financial performance. Few prior studies investigate professional training of public accounting firms by a regression model due to availability of empirical data. Accordingly, evidences obtained in this study provide useful information to partners for decision-making in public accounting firms under the considerably competitive audit market.     

技能型紧缺人才培养现状及对策研究

基于技能型紧缺人才培养,本文先分析了技能型紧缺人才的内涵和人才队伍的现状,接着分析了目前高职院校技能型紧缺人才培养现状和存在问题,最后提出了相应的对策和建议。     

刍议贵州体育高考男子800米项目体能分配

本文就贵州体育高考男子800米项目体能分配进行了分析和研究,并提出了合理化建议。     

面向东盟的国际物流应用型本科人才培养模式研究＊--以广西民族师范学院为例

立足于中国-东盟自由贸易区,在分析国际物流人才需要特点和广西民族师范学院物流管理专业现状的基础上,剖析了目前物流管理在师资、实践教学、课程体系等方面存在的主要问题,从人才培养目标定位、能力、素质结构、教学体系构建、实践教学体系等方面,探讨了面向东盟的应用型本科物流管理人才培养模式的构建。     

BAQ-CDIO人才培养模式的实践

高职人才培养模式改革关系到人才培养质量的提高。BAQ-CDIO人才培养模式是在借鉴CDIO工程教育模式基础上,以强化学生基础知识掌握为支撑,以提高学生创新实践能力为核心,综合形成人才核心素质的创新型人才培养模式。文章将人才培养模式改革和高职院校特色发展紧密结合起来,积极探索适合区域发展需求的人才培养模式。     

智能楼宇系统集成师体系研究

随着人类生活质量的逐步提升,人们对于自己的居住环境的要求也日益增加。智能楼宇系统集成师体系便是针对这一现象而研究出来的,该体系是对于智能楼宇系统集成师的培养体系,通过一整套完整的项目流程以及作为一个合格的智能楼宇系统集成师所需要具备的基本素质来培养出一个优秀的智能楼宇系统集成师。     

建筑安装岗位能力分析,强化学生职业能力培养

建筑企业需要更多的高素质复合型、技术型人才,以增加企业的在市场中的竞争力。高等职业教育作为高等教育发展中的一个类型,它培养目标符合企业对人才的需求。通过对建筑安装岗位能力分析,强化高职院校在建筑安装专业人才培养过程中的学生职业能力的培养目标。     

一体化教学模式探究与实践

随着职业教育教学改革的不断深入,我校进行了一体化教学模式的探讨与实践。从教学理念的树立,一体化双师队伍的打造,校本教材的设计开发,教学方法的运用,教学评价机制的建立等多方面进行创新改革,进一步提升了学校教师队伍素质,激发了学生学习的兴趣和动力,提高了教学质量及培训效率。