Leadership development programs: investing in school principals

Considering that some university-based principal preparation programmes may not be properly training principals for leadership roles, “grow your own” leadership development programmes have become more popular across the US. This study provides a contribution to previous research in terms of the specific components a district leadership development programme may incorporate into its curriculum in order to positively influence school principals’ effectiveness as school leaders. A purposeful sample of second-, third- and fourth-year campus principals working in a large urban school district in the south-west region of the US who had participated in their district’s leadership development programme were administered the Principal Effectiveness Survey and participated in semi-structured interviews to examine the influence of the programme on the participants’ effectiveness as leaders. Survey results indicated that principals consider training activities related to human capital, executive leadership, school culture and strategic operations as having a “high” influence on their effectiveness as school leaders. In addition, interview data revealed the importance of supervisor support and building relationships with peers as critical to their continued success as leaders.     

我国出版产业链现状分析

本文在对出版产业链的定义及构建方式进行界定的基础上,运用SWPT分析法对我国出版产业链现状进行了分析.研究表明,相对于外部环境所具有的优势,我国出版产业内部实力偏弱,现状并不容乐观.     

新中国产业结构研究思想演进路径分析

从中国产业结构研究思想入手,概括了马克思有关产业结构的论述、毛泽东的产业结构思想、当代西方的产业结构理论,梳理了我国学术界关于产业结构理论研究的进展,旨在说明中国产业结构研究思想的演进路径.     

工业革命时代英国农业工人的工资与生活水平

现代经济增长最终将带来生活水平的普遍提高,但是英国工业革命时期工人的生活水平是否提高,对此英国学术界曾有较大争议。作为工人阶级的重要组成部分,英国农业工人在经历了相当长时期的实际工资水平停滞和下滑后,直到1820年以后方才迎来生活水平的改善;然而与工业工人相比,其改善不仅滞后而且程度有限。     

2010—2011年温州工业经济运行分析与趋势判断

2010年温州工业经济增速已经恢复到金融危机之前的水平,工业行业间需求及盈利的轮动加快,工业经济增长虽无＂近忧＂却存＂远虑＂。为此,在产业政策上,要着力突破财务结构、成本结构和要素结构的约束,围绕转型升级和发展方式转变的任务,强化产业后发优势,优化产业要素与营商环境,深化产业国际化经营水平。     

乡村工业污染与集体行动分析——基于Y村的经验支持

本文是关于中国农村工业污染与集体行动的一项定性研究,以Y村为分析单位,主要阐释了由工业下乡导致的环境污染及由环境污染导致的村民自发的集体行动,最后,本文在对上述问题分析的基础上探讨了中国农村集体行动的特质及农村社会发展的道路问题。     

吴锦堂与南洋劝业会

近代海外宁波帮杰出代表吴锦堂于1910年回国参加了南洋劝业会。他此行有四个目的,一是携自己在日本生产的安全火柴参展,二是衔浙江巡抚之命劝说侨商赴浙考察、投资,三是动员侨商赴汉冶萍公司考察、入股,四是为商舰协会募集资金。吴锦堂南洋劝业会之行基本上达到了预期目的。     

Tanzanian health libraries in the 21st century: initiatives and challenges

This article is part of a series in this regular feature, which looks at new directions in health science libraries. It highlights the initiatives health science librarians in Tanzania are implementing to ensure that their service meets users’ needs. To succeed, libraries must take steps to ensure that staff have access to education, training and professional development. Partnerships and collaborations are also vital to make the best use of scarce resources and to identify sources of funding. This article highlights the various challenges facing the library service and the opportunity for librarians to be recognised for the new roles they are taking on. J.M.     

Industrial business associations improving the internationalisation of SMEs with digital platforms: A design science research approach

This paper aims to contribute to the lack of design knowledge on digital platforms (DPs), by studying the new and specific context of DPs managed by industrial business associations (IBAs) to improve the internationalisation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A specific objective is to elicit detailed digital platform’s requirements and features for this particular organisational context. A design science research (DSR) approach is adopted to develop design propositions (the artifact), following the context-intervention-mechanism-outcome logic (CIMO-logic). The design propositions are derived for DPs that can support different types of generative mechanisms of social interaction: information sharing, collaboration, and collective action. The design propositions are obtained by balancing empirical knowledge based on interviews performed with IBAs and SMEs in Portugal and in the UK, with theoretical knowledge from the literature of information systems, DPs and collaborative networks (CNs). The utility of the design propositions is further evaluated by experts and IBAs. The findings are proved to be relevant for practice, mainly for IBAs, SMEs, and digital platform designers to develop more effective collaborative DPs and sociotechnical systems, supporting CNs and the internationalisation needs of SMEs. The knowledge generated in this study brings new design knowledge on DPs, contributing with design propositions translated into tangible and concrete requirements and capabilities, situated in a specific context and empirical setting.     

烟草企业人力资源信息化实施问题研究——以川渝中烟的项目为例

应用项目管理的专业知识体系,对川渝中烟人力资源信息化的项目实施案例进行了深入研究分析,归纳出范围、合同、需求、人员及沟通五类主要问题,识别出决策与能力两个层面的驱动因素,并提出初步结论及改进建议。