加强和改进干部教育培训工作的思考

干部教育培训工作是党的干部工作的重要组成部分,是推动干部学习的一条重要途径。然而,由于形势和任务的变化,干部教育培训无论在培训的内容和目标要求上,还是在客观环境和条件上,都发生了较大的变化,本文就干部教育培训工作,剖析了现阶段仍然存在一些问题,并提出了改进干部教育培训工作的几点认识和加强干部教育培训工作的几点建议。     

关于加强干部培训工作的思考

正目前干部培训无论是在培训的内容和目标要求上,还是在客观环境和条件上,都发生了较大的变化,过去行之有效的一些传统干部培训的观念、形式、途径以及教学方式和手段的不适应逐渐显现。要做好干部培训工作,必须在干部培训的指导思想、目标任务、运行机制等方面加大改革创新力度,不断开创干部培训工作的新局面。《干部教育培训工作条例(试行)》提出,要适应经济社会发展需要,创新培训内容,改进培训方式,整合培训资源,优化培训队伍,推     

干部教育培训提倡个性化

个性化干部教育培训,是指根据干部个人不同的学习需求和个性特点,在培训内容和方法上因人而异、因材施教。这种方式由于充分体现了以人为本的核心要求,充分尊重了干部在教育培训中的主体地位,因而能够最大程度地激发干部的学习兴趣,促进干部全面发展。加强新时期干部教育培训工作,必须首先在观念上进行创新,始终把满足干部个性化的学习需求作为干部培训的根本出发点和着力点,自觉树立个性化干部教育培训新理念,以新理念推动干部教育培训工作新发展。推行个性化干部教育培训,贵在创新,重在落实。要运用创新的方法、务实的措施,打破传统的单一…     

干部教育培训评估必须做到"五个结合"

当前,全国各地正在掀起新一轮的大规模教育培训干部、大幅度提高干部素质的高潮.要把这一战略任务落到实处,使干部教育培训工作收到应有的成效,必须紧紧抓住教育培训质量这一根本问题,把培训质量视为干部教育培训的生命线.把它作为干部教育培训工作的重中之重来思考和研究.提高干部教育培训质量是个系统工程,牵涉到方方面面,其中建立健全干部教育培训评估制度是不可或缺的关键环节.科学的教育评估制度有利于干部教育培训机构提高和增强教育培训质量意识和教育培训效益观念,有利于干部教育培训事业的长远发展.实践表明,干部教育培训评估工作必须以马克思主义唯物辩证法为指导,坚持"五个结合"的基本原则.     

积极探索干部培训新路子

《干部教育培训工作条例(试行)》颁布以来,山东省枣庄市山亭区紧密结合自身实际,健全机制,整合资源,创新方式,逐步使干部教育培训工作进入了科学化、制度化和规范化的发展轨道。建立四项机制,规范教育培训。一是建立三级联动的领导协调机制。区委建立以分管干部工作的副书记为组长的干部教育培训领导小组,负责对全区干部教育培训的宏观规划和指导;区委组织部建立由区委常委、组织部长任主任的干部教育培训协调中心,负责对全区干部教育培训工作进行综合协调、督促指导和考核评估;承担干部教育培训任务的相关职能部门建立干部教育培训联席会议…     

增强干部教育培训实效的途径

胡锦涛同志在为第二批全国干部学习培训教材所作的序言中对干部教育培训工作提出了明确要求,即干部教育培训要"联系实际创新路,加强培训求实效".近年,在中央的大力倡导和各级的努力下,我们的干部教育培训工作取得了很大的成效,但还存在一些亟须解决的问题,如学员不解渴,教员太辛苦,吃力不讨好,培训效益不高等,这些都与中央提出的大规模培训干部的要求不相适应.笔者认为,坚持以人为本,以学员为中心,掌握干部教育培训新特点,创新干部教育培训理念,充分运用新的教学方法,提高教员教学能力,是解决上述问题的有效途径.     

关于加强公司系统党校领导干部培训工作的思考

中共中央办公厅《2010-2020年干部教育培训改革纲要》提出干部教育培训是建设高素质干部队伍的先导性、基础性、战略性工程,是加强党的执政能力建设和先进性建设的重要途径,是推动科学发展、促进社会和谐的重要保证,在建设和发展中国特色社会主义事业中具有不可替代的地位和作用。对干部教育培训工作提出了更高的要求。面对国内外社会发生深刻变化,电网企业的改革日益深化,我们的干部是否在政治上完全巩固,业务上完全精通,能经得起任何风浪的考验,积极、全面、正确地贯彻党的路线、方针、政策,关键是造就一大批高素质的干部队伍。因此,如何加强干部教育培训工作,提高干部队伍的综合素质,是当前乃至今后一段时期摆在我们面前亟须研究和解决的一项课题。深化干部教育培训改革要创新体制机制,建立更加开放、更具活力、更有实效的中国特色干部教育培训体系。要在更好地发挥党校主渠道主阵地作用基础上,充分利用高校、科研院所等培训机构的优质资源开展干部教育培训。要通过完善竞争择优、优化整合、考核评价等机制,激发干部教育培训机构的办学活力,提高培训的质量和效益。要注意把优质教育培训资源向基层延伸,加强和改进基层干部教育培训。     

创新干部培训模式必须坚持以需求为导向

坚持以需求为导向,实行按需施教,是提高干部教育培训针对性和有效性的前提和基础。中共中央颁发的《中国共产党党校工作条例》、江苏省委提出的贯彻实施《意见》和全国、全省党校工作会议都要求各级党校要开展好干部教育培训的需求调查,以需求为导向,创新教育培训模式。为了适应各级组织和广大学员对党校干部教育培训的新要求,更好地落实好中央和省委对党校工作的新精神,更好地开展党校的干部教育培训,提高苏州干部教育培训的针对性和有效性。中共苏州市委党校组成了课题组,围绕苏州干部教育培训需求开展了调查和研究。     

加快干部教育培训社会化进程

进入新世纪后,干部教育培训工作面临着一些新变化,作为主管干部教育培训工作的各级党委和组织部门,如何确立新的理念,采取新的举措,探索新的机制,进一步加强和改进干部教育培训工作,是迫切需要研究和解决的新课题。干部教育培训社会化,是在新的历史条件下催生出的一种新的工作形态,是干部教育培训工作的发展趋势,当前应着重从以下几个方面来加快推进干部教育培训社会化的进程。树立新理念观念是行动的先导,推进干部教育培训社会化,构建开放的干部教育培训新机制,最重要、最根本的一条是干部教育培训的组织者和参与者应真正从思想上提高对推…     

网络培训与我国干部教育的改革创新

当前,我国干部教育培训工作面临着新的机遇和挑战.为进一步增强干部教育培训的针对性和实效性,实现大规模培训干部、大幅度提高干部队伍素质的战略要求,迫切需要对干部教育进行改革创新.作为一种新的教育手段,网络培训适应了干部教育培训现代化、信息化发展的需要.网络培训具有传统培训方式不可替代的优势,它具有教学时空的延展性、教育对象的广泛性、教育内容的多样性、教育资源的丰富性和共享性、教育方式的交互性等特点.在西方发达国家,网络培训已经成为人们普遍接受和广泛采用的领导人才培训的重要途径.将网络培训引入我国干部教育培训中,既是干部教育培训适应现代化、信息化社会发展的要求,也是干部教育培训改革创新的需要.大力发展网络培训,对于促进当前我国干部教育培训的改革创新具有重要意义.     

Inventory Models with Continuous and Poisson Demands and Discounted and Average Costs

We develop a new, unified approach to treating continuous‐time stochastic inventory problems with both the average and discounted cost criteria. The approach involves the development of an adjusted discounted cycle cost formula, which has an appealing intuitive interpretation. We show for the first time that an (s, S) policy is optimal in the case of demand having a compound Poisson component as well as a constant rate component. Our demand structure simultaneously generalizes the classical EOQ model and the inventory models with Poisson demand, and we indicate the reasons why this task has been a difficult one. We do not require the surplus cost function to be convex or quasi‐convex as has been assumed in the literature. Finally, we show that the optimal s is unique, but we do not know if optimal S is unique.     

Educational Landscapes and Urban Development. Contextual and Spatial Interfaces and Linkages

In the broad sociopolitical discussion on education quality within the last decade, it has become apparent that education is gaining importance for urban development, as well as space and the urban context are important dimensions of education. This becomes particularly evident in concepts for local educational landscapes (Ger. Bildungslandschaften). The young field of research on educational landscapes is currently lacking empirical research from spatial and planning sciences. In the paper, the current state of scientific research on educational landscapes in Germany and Europe and first insights to contextual and spatial interfaces and linkages between education and urban development in general are presented.     

CEO and Chairperson characteristics and firm performance

This paper focuses on the relationship between Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairperson characteristics and firm performance. Specifically, the study examines the association between the characteristics of the CEO and the Chairperson of the board and firm performance. Using a sample of S&P 500 firms, the evidence found suggests that demographic and experience-related characteristics may be associated with the market valuation and financial performance of the firm. In particular, the reported results indicate a positive relationship between the presence of female CEOs or Chairs and firm performance, thus suggesting that gender-based differences may affect the CEO’s/Chairperson’s success. Moreover, the findings concerning the age of the CEO or Chair are mixed, while their experience and quality appear positively related to firm performance. Interestingly, a CEO or Chairperson holding multiple board seats is negatively associated with firm performance, whereas CEO duality has a positive relationship with Tobin’s Q and the return on assets (ROA) of the firm.     

E-governance and Corruption-developments and Issues in Ethiopia

This paper reports the results of a survey of 400 respondents in Ethiopia about factors generating corruption and the potential of e-Governance to mitigate corruption. It is suggested that e-Governance can help not only in weeding out corruption but also in the establishment of sounder government citizen relationships in Ethiopia. While e-Governance cannot cure all the structural factors that breed corruption in the society, strategic implementation of e-Governance can help improve the critical variable in combating corruption-government citizen relationships. It is argued that while e-Governance initiatives can make important contributions to improving public services they can best do so by helping improve overall relationships between governments and citizens.

Career orientations and career success among research,and development and engineering professionals

Managing the careers of research, development and engineering (RD&E) professionals is important to the strategic use of RD&E in the economy. Appropriate mechanisms for motivating RD&E professionals will probably emerge as a critical success factor for organizations that want to compete in world markets. This study examines dimensions and levels of career orientation and their correlations with individual and work-related outcome variables among 78 RD&E professionals. The findings reveal a rich diversity of career orientation in RD&E professionals. The data strongly suggest that RD&E professionals are service, lifestyle and security oriented. However, they scored low on technical orientation and entrepreneurship. This paper suggests that the dual career ladder is not an effective device for managing RD&E professionals. Organizations must be careful to provide career paths that retain and motivate workers and, more importantly, find matches between organizational needs and individuals' needs, and restructure jobs accordingly. The authors offer suggestions for future research and identify implications for management.     

David and Goliath: causes and effects of coopetition between start-ups and corporates

Coopetition (collaboration between competitors) among young firms (i.e. start-ups) and larger, more established firms (i.e. corporates) may be beneficial for both partners as each party typically has something to offer that is missing in the other. Start-ups often develop innovative ideas, are flexible and agile, willing to take risks, and aspire to achieve high growth, but they tend to lack the required resources, capabilities, and knowledge due to their newness and smallness. Corporates have resources, routines, and experience that enable them to work efficiently but lack a certain innovation capability. Research has suggested that coopetition represents an opportunity for start-ups facing restrictions in resources, while corporates benefit from start-ups’ innovative ideas. However, it is yet unknown whether start-ups and corporates engage in coopetition with each other and, if so, how and why they do this. This study seeks to fill this void by exploring the motives of coopeting start-ups and corporates, how they manage their coopetitive relationship, and what implications occur including potential benefits and risks. We present a multiple case study based on qualitative data collected through 70 interviews with Austrian-based start-ups and corporates representing 35 coopetitive partnerships. Discussing the findings based on our data, we propose relationships concerning coopetition and its role to enlarge resource- and technology-bases as well as its role in the development of dynamic capabilities.     

Chronic stress and chronic disease in life and work: Conceptual and methodological issues

This paper argues that the lack of strong prospective evidence linking occupational and social stress to chronic disease stems from the failure of research designs to attend sufficiently to the aetiological chronicity of such diseases. Studies of both supposedly acute stress (life events) and chronic stress in life or work must increasingly be designed to distinguish between stress which is sustained or chronic over a period of yean or even decades, and hence capable of causing a serious chronic disease, and brief or transient stress, which may produce transient or brief psychological or physiological disturbances but cannot generate major chronic disease. Prospective studies are needed which collect measures of both stress and health or disease at multiple points over an extended period of time. Measures of stress should focus more on affect (for example, feelings of pressure and tension) than on cognition (for example feelings of satisfaction). Limited existing evidence is consistent with these ideals.