Skills for managing human resources in a complex environment: the perceptions of human resource managers in Singapore

This paper analyses some of the difficulties that human resource (HR) managers have in responding to problems of labour turnover and labour shortages.It provides a brief overview of the complex environments in which Singaporean HR managers operate. This paper suggests that, when the roles of management and personnel are ambiguous or when there is tremendous change, line managers and executives take over some of the functions of HR managers, a practice which is seen as a problem for HR managers. However, content analysis of interviews with HR managers shows that this encroachment becomes a problem only when the HR managers lack the skills necessary to perform their duties competently. Thus, it is suggested that HR managers should adopt an HRM approach which focuses on roles and skills necessary to manage ambiguity. In this respect, a more inclusive model should involve roles such as: reconciliation, recruitment and retention, employee relations, planning and internal management.     

Emerging managerial competencies of professionals in the Tanzanian construction industry

The managerial competencies required by professionals in the construction industry in Tanzania to operate effectively in a business environment which is changing as a result of a transition from a socialist to a free-enterprise economy, economic liberalization, globalization and regionalization are explored through a qualitative study. The study reveals that local Tanzanian construction firms are finding it difficult to compete with foreign companies for projects. This is mainly because Tanzanian professionals lack the competencies required to compete and manage projects in a liberalized market economy.

The study thus highlights the need for Tanzanian construction professionals to acquire a better grasp of both occupational and organizational competencies. In this respect, it is suggested that they need post-experience training in order to acquire the competencies required to function successfully in a commercial environment.     

企业利益相关者理论研究现状与前瞻

利益相关者理论是企业理论发展的一种趋势。论文对利益相关者理论的早期思想、定义与分类进行了回顾：从企业伦理角度、企业社会责任角度、公司财务角度与公司治理角度对研究现状作了梳理,明确了核心利益相关者参与公司治理的可操作性;最后总结了现有研究的不足与未来研究趋势的预测。     

The asymptotic shapley value for a simple market game

We consider the game in which b buyers each seek to purchase 1 unit of an indivisible good from s sellers, each of whom has k units to sell. The good is worth 0 to each seller and 1 to each buyer. Using the central limit theorem, and implicitly convergence to tied down Brownian motion, we find a closed form solution for the limiting Shapley value as s and b increase without bound. This asymptotic value depends upon the seller size k, the limiting ratio b/ks of buyers to items for sale, and the limiting ratio of the excess supply relative to the square root of the number of market participants. This work was sponsered in part by NSF Grant DMS-03-01795.     

Assessing satisfaction with core and secondary attributes

This research assesses visitor satisfaction with the core and secondary attributes of a tourist destination, using two conventional methods, stated and derived importance. The article shows the importance of core attributes are recoverable equally well, regardless of the method. Importance of secondary attributes, however, vary depending on the estimation method. This difference is systematic. Researchers should use derived methods for assessing satisfaction with secondary attributes. The data are from surveys from visitors to Latin America.     

标准SY/T5946-94中岩心线性膨胀降低率测定方法中存在问题的讨论

在标准 ＳＹ／Ｔ ５９４６－９４的执行过程中,发现其中岩心线性膨胀降低率这一指标不能很好地评价产品质量的优劣,通过实现观察与分析提出该问题存在的主要原因是实验用膨润土的类型、用量等与指标不相配套,并提出建议,希望有助于标准的修订。     

国际贸易与劳工标准挂钩的模式比较研究

虽然在世界贸易组织框架内是否将国际贸易和劳工标准挂钩争论激烈,但由于该问题的现实性,国际贸易与劳工标准挂钩已出现多种实现模式并存的局面。文章对现有的国际贸易和劳工标准挂钩的主要模式从约束性、经济性和有效性方面进行了比较研究,认为各种模式有其特点和适用范围,模式发展的近期方向将是ILO和WTO的充分合作模式。     

我国第三方物流发展刍议

作为一种典型的现代物流运作方式,第三方物流受到了社会各界的密切关注。然而,在我国第三方物流的发展却不容乐观,对此,需方企业必须转变思想,顺应潮流发展;物流供应商应努力提升综合实力,不断增强服务功能,提高服务水平;此外,政府要大力支持、科学调控,唯其如此,第三方物流才能得到快速发展。     

核心竞争力与竞争优势形成路径:知识资本与组织性格整合视角的解释

在新经济环境中，企业为了长远发展，需要通过不断整合知识资本与组织性格两大战略资源以培育核心竞争力，进而构建并提升竞争优势。从知识资本和组织性格出发，引入技术创新能力和商业模式创新能力作为中介变量，构建组织核心竞争力和竞争优势形成路径的概念框架，并以370份调查问卷数据为支撑，采用结构方程模型方法进行实证分析。结果表明：知识资本对核心竞争力与竞争优势形成有直接正向作用，并分别通过技术创新能力和商业模式创新能力产生间接作用；组织性格可以直接，也可通过技术创新能力和商业模式创新能力间接促进核心竞争力形成，但对竞争优势的形成只能通过中介变量施加影响；知识资本有利于组织性格形成，核心竞争力对竞争优势的作用不显著。由此，提出企业组织应该整合知识管理与性格管理进行知性管理，以谋求可持续发展。     

Forecasting inflation in Latin America with core measures

We explore the ability of core inflation to predict headline CPI annual inflation for a sample of eight developing economies in Latin America over the period January 1995–May 2017. Our in-sample and out-of-sample results are roughly consistent in providing robust evidence of predictability in four of the countries in our sample. Mixed evidence is found for the other four countries. The bulk of the out-of-sample evidence of predictability concentrates on the short horizons of one and six months. In contrast, at the longest horizon of 24 months, we only find out-of-sample evidence of predictability for two countries: Chile and Colombia, with robust results only for the latter. This is both important and challenging, given that the monetary authorities in our sample of developing countries are currently implementing or are taking steps toward the future implementation of inflation targeting regimes, which are based heavily on long-run inflation forecasts.