The uneasy alliance of organisational culture and equal opportunities for ethnic minority groups: A British example

Recent statistics suggest that there is a continuing disparity in labour market outcomes between ethnic minority (EM) groups and their White counterparts. However, although there is now an abundance of statistical and anecdotal evidence that speaks to the disadvantage of EM groups, there is less understanding of the intraorganisational dynamics that give rise to the outcomes that are reported. Drawing on postcolonial, cultural capital, and social capital theories, this article argues that the dominant approach through which organisational culture is conceptualised and the ways in which it is commonly managed may encourage labour market inequality and disadvantage for EM groups (defined as access to employment and having opportunities for promotion while in employment). The article explores three intraorganisational interventions that are common in culture management initiatives (leadership, selective recruitment, and internal promotion) to illustrate the arguments. The article concludes by discussing a series of implications and highlighting the pivotal role of the HR academy and practitioners in generating deeper insights and attention into the potential sources of EM disadvantage that are linked to culture and culture management.     

深圳高新技术企业供应链体系研究

相对于世界高新技术发展的低迷,深圳高新技术产业发展迅速,近10年来,深圳市高新技术产品产值年均增长50%,2002年,深圳市高新技术产业实现产值1710亿元.但随着深圳市高新技术成果产业化过程加快,导致产品种类增多,产品的技术复杂生提高,涉及的市场日趋细分化,遭遇到相同或替代产品竞争益发激烈,产品之间关联度越来越大,这一切,都加大了对深圳市高新技术企业供应链体系研究的重要性与急迫性.     

经济增加值(EVA)在经营决策评估中的应用

EVA是从股东财富最大化出发来衡量公司业绩的指标,国外许多大公司的成功实践证明了它的价值。本文从公司的经营决策评估角度探讨其应用性,试图为提高中小企业的科学决策水平提供一些帮助。     

The False Promise of Organizational Culture Change: A Case Study of Middle Managers in Grocery Retailing*

ABSTRACT The strategic importance of managing organizational culture has been a central theme in organizational literature over the past two decades. But relatively little attention has been given to the impact of culture change initiatives on managers. This paper reports on the impact of a programme of culture change on managers at one of Britain's leading grocery retail chains. Based on a series of detailed interviews with managers together with examination of company documents and an understanding of trends in grocery retailing, we explain the purpose and content of change, and document and analyse the reactions of those managers who are expected to change their own cultural orientations as well as persuade their subordinates to change. We conclude that in this case at least changes in managerial behaviour, as with previously documented changes in the behaviour of shopfloor workers, are related more to surveillance, direct control and the threat of sanction than any transformation of managerial values. Indeed, the situation and experiences of managers – one of reduced autonomy, close monitoring and control, and perceived career insecurity – are explained less in relation to ‘organizational culture’, more in relation to organizational (re‐)structuring intended to create a more centralized form of organizational control.     

与时俱进开拓创新促进我国保税区新的发展--"全国保税区发展高层论坛"综述

2002年11月30日,青岛市政府与经济日报社联合举办的“全国保税区发展论坛”在青岛市举行。会议邀请各方面领导、专家学者和在一线实践的同志,总结保税区的经验,探索发展的方向和途径。一、面对新的挑战,保税区要有新发展,更好地发挥对外开放的示范作用“论坛”的举办正值党的十六大刚刚胜利闭幕之际,与会同志欢欣鼓舞,畅所欲言,认真回顾了我国保税区的发展历程,总结成绩和经验,规划发展目标,展望前景,对我国保税区的发展充满了信心。与会者认为,我国的保税区事业已经走过了12年的发展历程,各地保税区的开发建设都取得了很大成就。保税区作为…     

港口经济:在世界经济新的挑战面前所要研究的主要课题--''''2003《港口经济》编委扩大会议纪要

2003年3月1日,<港口经济>编委扩大会议在天津召开.来自北京、上海、天津、武汉、大连、宁波以及海外的专家学者40余人出席会议.会议就港口经济及其学科建设,如何进一步办好<港口经济>更好地发挥其作用等进行了热烈讨论.     

综合配套改革各试验区研究热点述评

随着国家综合配套改革试验区的设立及其实践的不断深入，理论界就此开展了宏观和微观两个层面的研究。本文以现有的微观研究即分区研究为基础，分析各试验区理论研究的热点，阐述了分区研究的特点、所取得成果的意义及仍需深化的问题。     

活性污泥法降解苯酚模拟废水的动力学研究

研究了活性污泥法降解苯酚模拟废水的动力学规律。实验结果表明，活性污泥法对苯酚废水具有良好的降解性能，正常状态下，3h内COD去除率迭90％以上。降解过程符合一级反应动力学方程。不同污泥浓度时反应速率常数K1相差不大，提高苯酚初始浓度K1亦增大。pH值在4．8-9．1范围内，活性污泥保持良好的降解性能，pH值过大或过小时，微生物均受到抑制。在15-35℃，K-随温度的升高而增大，求得温度系数θ为1．054。     

Income distribution and inequality measurement: The problem of extreme values

We examine the statistical performance of inequality indices in the presence of extreme values in the data and show that these indices are very sensitive to the properties of the income distribution. Estimation and inference can be dramatically affected, especially when the tail of the income distribution is heavy, even when standard bootstrap methods are employed. However, use of appropriate semiparametric methods for modelling the upper tail can greatly improve the performance of even those inequality indices that are normally considered particularly sensitive to extreme values.     

Finding Closest Targets in Non-Oriented DEA Models: The Case of Convex and Non-Convex Technologies

This paper draws attention for the fact that traditional Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models do not provide the closest possible targets (or peers) to inefficient units, and presents a procedure to obtain such targets.It focuses on non-oriented efficiency measures (which assume that production units are able to control, and thus change, inputs and outputs simultaneously) both measured in relation to a Free Disposal Hull (FDH) technology and in relation to a convex technology. The approaches developed for finding close targets are applied to a sample of Portuguese bank branches.