Management and leadership in UK universities: exploring the possibilities of change

This paper considers the case for reform of management structures in UK universities and offers proposals for change. The model of top-down, performance-led management that characterises many institutions is both outmoded and ill-suited to the challenges of an increasingly turbulent higher education sector. Drawing on the experiences of a university that introduced a new scheme of performance management, I explore alternative approaches to leadership and management, collaborative or partnership working designed to improve employee voice and the need to re-evaluate approaches to Human Resource Management. I conclude with a five-point model for change.     

Shakespeare,adaptation and ‘matters of trust’

This article describes an empirical study of the ways in which one group of adaptors transformed the plays of William Shakespeare into the medium of the comic book for use in school classrooms. It explores the choices, dilemmas, processes and responsibilities they experienced in doing so. These adaptors had to tackle the burden of ‘Shakespeare’ – what he has come to mean in world literature, the popular imagination, and education – as well as attempting to make the text both appealing and understandable to their intended readers – teenagers studying the plays in school. It is argued that they viewed this task as a pedagogic one and saw the notion of ‘trust’ as central to it. The article therefore has a second aim, which is to use these empirical findings to explore the concept of ‘trust’ and, in particular to outline its relevance for educational research. Using the work of the philosopher Katharine Hawley and the literary theorist Umberto Eco, it is shown that the relational concept of trust is a helpful way of articulating the process of adapting Shakespeare’s work. In the conclusion the ways in which the concept might illuminate broader educational issues related to knowledge, assessment and learning are highlighted.     

基于相互信任的知识网络中知识冲突治理路径研究*

分析知识网络组织间的知识冲突和相互信任,认为相互信任在知识冲突治理中具有重要作用.成员间的合作行为是治理知识网络中知识冲突的前提,运用博弈论对知识网络组织间合作行为的稳定性条件进行分析,在此基础上推导出基于相互信任的知识冲突有效治理的3条路径.     

关于warped乘积S^1（a）×fS^n（b）的迷向曲率

在本文中,我们研究了warped乘积S^1（a）fS^n（b）（a^2＋b^2=1,a〉0,b〉0．n≥3）,给出了这类黎曼流形具有正迷向曲率的充分必要条件．     

校园网BitTorrent应用的若干问题研究

在分析BitTorrent工作原理基础上,研究了校园网BitTorrent应用带来安全隐患的几个主要问题,提出了解决这些问题的方案,并给出具体实现办法,有效地提高校园网BitTorrent应用的安全性和可靠性.     

电子商务信用风险系统研究

电子商务信用风险已成为电子商务进一步发展的主要障碍。本文界定了电子商务信用风险的基本内涵,分析了电子商务信用风险系统的构成,揭示了电子商务信用风险影响因素的作用机理。     

由食品安全引起的企业信托责任的思考

阐述了食品安全问题对企业信托责任的重要性。由企业信托责任的现状,分析造成企业信托责任缺失的原因,为提高企业信托责任提出了相应对策：建立宽松的市场环境;多方合作,形成合力;转变企业固有观念;打造和谐的企业文化;建立企业社会责任评价标准体系。     

关于一类压缩映射的不动点的特征

研究了一类压缩映射存在不动点的充要条件 ,并且得到了两个不动点定理 ,所得的结果推广了Fisher、Kannan、Hardy和Rogers的工作 .     

次线反对称矩阵的性质

给出了关于次线反对称矩阵的定义及几个基本性质,得出了反对称矩阵与次线反对称矩阵之间的关系的定理．任意ｎ阶方阵可分解为次线对称矩阵与次线反对称矩阵的和等重要结果     

二连通域上Bergman空间函数的分解

探讨了二连通域上Bergman空间的原子分解,并给出了Bergman空间函数的一种级数表示.