Measuring the Unmeasurable—A Study of Domestic Violence Risk Prediction and Management

ABSTRACT

The prevention of domestic violence (DV) have aroused serious concerns in Taiwan because of the disparity between the increasing amount of reported DV cases that doubled over the past decade and the scarcity of social workers. However, most common collaborations for DV prevention, between academic researchers and advocacy groups or governments outsourcing, often fail to produce effective prevention strategies. Hence, Data for Social Good Initiative (D4SG) worked with Taipei City Government to improve the efficiency of DV prevention and risk management on two levels—project collaboration level and data level. On the project collaboration level, we adopted a platform strategy and utilize public-private partnership (PPP) to connect and empower change agents across data silos from pilot runs to actual project execution. On the data level, we helped social workers differentiate the risk level of new cases by building a repeat victimization risk prediction model using random forest method with the 2015 data from Taipei City government’s DV database. The accuracy and F1-measure of our model were 96.3% and 62.8%. This projects’ PPP approach and quantification method successfully improved DV prevention process. These methodologies have also been applied to other work fields including firework prediction, emergency healthcare management as a paradigm.     

The Unmaking of Management? Change and Continuity in British Management in the 1990s

In the late 1980s, a series of reports —notably, The Making of Managers by CharlesHandy-outlined a development path for management in theU.K. This was to be based on the development of aneducation and training base and the model set by leadingcorporations. A decade later, this paper reviews currenttrends in managerial work and employment against theexpectations of the late 1980s. In doing so, it distinguishes between the objectivecondition of British management and itsinstitutionalized meaning within wider British society.It argues that recent accounts of changes in managerialwork and employment have focused solely on incremental changes inthe empirical domain and have neglected importantdiscursive shifts in the way management is understoodand enacted within organizations. These shifts have been catalyzed by the emergence of a series oforganizational initiatives-first, Total QualityManagement (TQM) and, latterly, lean production andBusiness Process Reengineering (BPR)-which aim tosystematically deconstruct management by emphasizing workerempowerment, delayering, downsizing, and theredistribution of managerial functions. In short,initiatives such as these are contributing to theunmaking of management. Managerial groups aresubject to intensification and polarization, whilemanagerial practices are diffused throughout the workprocess.     

We are not in control—embrace uncertainty and trust in what emerges. Peter Senge on the legacy and future of Change Management

Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO) - Peter Senge is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and founder of...     

Good Boundaries Make Good Neighbors: Boundary Management—Tearing Down the Walls and Fostering Organizational Change

This article focuses on the ubiquitous problem of bureaucratic fragmentation experienced by organizations of all kinds. It proposes the strategy and practice of boundary management as a way of addressing the problem while creating organizational change. Based on a classic case of an aging Midwestern steel mill, the purpose of the article is threefold: (i) to define the problem of bureaucratic segmentalism and fragmentation as having to do with the formation of divisive and impenetrable barriers and walls, (ii) to suggest the importance of developing and maintaining permeable boundaries designed to open up and integrate the organization, and (iii) to develop the concept and practice of boundary management and its usefulness in tearing down the walls and creating organizational change.     

Women at the Change of Life——Comparisons of Menopausal Symptoms of Women in Urban and Rural Areas

IT is very important to talk about women's life quality when they approach the age of menopause. The results of a research investigation on the Mental and Health Condition of Rural/Urban Women at Menopause and the Common Mental and Health Problems of Women at Menopause and its Treatment in Nanjing, reveal that the incidence of     

On Reasons of Canada's Constitwtioal Success and Challenges of Its Constitution

The Canadian federal state was established in 1867. In that year the British Parliament, at the request of three British colonies, passed the British North America (Act) which created a federal union. And with the passing of the Constitution Act of 1982, and the Canadian constitution is now entirely in hands of the Canadians. The Constitution is in good condition to Canadian mufti-culture and excellent life quality. Of course, there have been some challenges facing Canada's constitutionalism.     

A Multilevel Study of Antecedents and a Mediator of Employee—Organization Relationships

One research direction that is needed but has not been fully exploited in studies of organization—public relationships is research on the antecedents of relationships. The antecedents of relationships are the first stage of the relationship framework, for they are what cause specific relationships between an organization and its publics to develop. The purpose of this study was to explore possible antecedents of internal relationships in organizations. This study examines the influences of organizational structure and internal communication on employee—organization relationships using organizational justice as a mediating factor. The multilevel nature of the main constructs of this study was addressed by using the multilevel analysis method.     

From Consultancy to Critique: The ‘Success Story’ of Globalized Zakat Management in Malaysia and its Normative Ambiguities

The administration of Islamic alms (zakat) funds in Malaysia underwent spectacular transformations since the 1990s, shaped by the appropriation of marketized forms of management and a skyrocketing growth of collection and distribution rates. Simultaneously, local zakat funds are increasingly used to pursue targets of sustainable poverty reduction, such as the empowerment of micro-entrepreneurship. This globally inspired ‘success story’ is referred to by various international observers, including development organizations, as a ‘role model’ for other countries to learn from. After illustrating what makes the Malaysian case so particularly attractive, this article develops a critique of international perceptions of this ‘success story’ by making explicit some of its underlying ambiguities. Instead of narrowly celebrating instrumental aspects of business-style organizational innovation and calling for their globalization, a deeper understanding of the discursive embeddedness of Malaysian zakat management would reveal significant normative tensions with secular humanitarian ethics and human rights law, with implications beyond the Malaysian case.     

The Garden of the World——Visiting the '99 China Kunming International Exposition on Horticulture

THE biggest garden in the world openedas the’99 Kunming InternationalExposition on Horticulture(EXPO'99)drewback its curtains. A scenic area covering 218 hectares inthe northern part of Kunming City has beenselected as the site of the exhibition.Uponentering the gate,visitors will seethecentury flower-clock”welcoming them.It isprobably the biggest open air flower-clock inthe world,made up of 1,500 potted flowers,with its diameter of 19.99 meterssymbolizing the year 1999.An 800-meter-     

The Use of Epistemic Verbs Hedges in English Economic and Management Research Articles by Chinese and NSE Scholars--A Corpus-based Contrastive Study

Hedge which is identified as one of the most important branches of vagueness plays an indispensable role in academic writings, functioning as an effective tool in cushioning the danger of being too exact and accurate so as to create a harmonious writer-reader-content academic environment. This paper tries to look into epistemic verbs hedges by contrastively analyzing the use of hedges in two self-built corpora comprising 100 English Economic and Management Articles, of which 50 are written by Chinese authors and another 50 by English native authors, finding that there exists striking difference in the distribution of this kind of hedges, thus the paper may provide some hints to the pedagogic improvement of English and to further study.     

Culture and Economic Growth——Cross Country Empirical Study

The folowing paper aims to analyze the relationship of cultural factors for economic growth, using Penn world table data and Hofstede's five dimension data from 96 countries and regions. We provide str...     

The Definition and Treatment of Bulimarexia in College Women — A Pilot Study

Abstract

In this study of college women we defined “bulimarexia” as a cyclical eating disorder characterized by bingeing/purging behaviors and abnormally low self-esteem. Binge-ing was the presenting symptom rather than starvation, as is the case with primary anorexia-nervosa. A new experiential-behavioral approach adapted to a feminist perspective was utilized. Improvements in the experimental group on Body Cathexis scores and on a number of personality dimensions from Cattell's 16 PF questionnaire were found. Binge-ing behavior was eliminated or attenuated in 10 of 12 cases. However, follow-up testing revealed a tendency to drift back to pretest levels attitudinally, indicating that this syndrome is extremely persistent. Results underline the importance of socio-cultural factors in female role-definition and reinforce the view of bulimarexia as related to the struggle to achieve a “perfect” stereotyped female image in which women surrender most of their self-defining power to others.     

Uncertain Business: A Case Study of Barbadian Plantation Management, 1770–93

This article is a detailed case study of the financial records of a Barbadian sugar plantation, Turner's Hall, from 1770 to 1793. It explores the challenges faced by the managers and the strategies they adopted. The most significant internal challenge was the maintenance of a sufficient labour force and the two greatest external challenges were the American Revolution and the hurricane of 1780. Sugar production was an uncertain and volatile business, especially in this era, but the potential for high returns, even during the war, offset these risks and planters could adapt quickly to the changing business environment.     

Assertiveness in the Managerial Role of the College Health Nurse—Leadership and Change in the Role

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to introduce ways in which health professionals can improve their self-image and gain professional satisfaction. The intention of this paper is to familiarize health professionals with assertive skills. The paper highlights several examples of assertive, nonassertive, or aggressive behavior. Two short tests are included to help the individual become more aware of how to behave and perform. Health professionals in management roles should realize the need for talents such as leading, communicating, and motivating. The skills of assertiveness will help to develop talents in management.     

A Study of English-Chinese News Headline Translation——from the Perspective of Memetics

本文在Heylighen的模因选择标准和四个模因复制阶段的基础上提出了新闻标题翻译的理论框架,将新闻标题翻译和模因论有机地结合了起来。把主观选择标准作为分析新闻标题模因得以存活并广泛传播的标准,即,新颖性,简洁性,连贯性和有用性。从而拓宽了新闻标题的翻译道路,提出了新闻标题翻译的新思路。     

Collaborations: A Combination of Outlook,Vision, and Social Responsibility Among Different Parties—The Key to Success

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Our study examined whether collaboration enhances employees’ knowledge and commitments, thus improving the quality...     

Tomorrow's Leaders and Today's Agents of Change? Children,Sustainability Education and Environmental Governance

Children are central to the rhetoric supporting global climate agreements, yet they are also envisaged to play a strategic role in materialising such agreements. Along with other household actors, children are implicated in localised efforts to manage global resource sustainability. As learners in educational systems that are being redesigned to encompass messages of sustainability, children are moreover positioned as ‘agents of change’ through sustainability education. Drawing on theoretical work on children's agency and interdependence, this review calls for greater attention to the structural and relational dimensions of environmental knowledge transmission to inform sustainability education. This is presented as one move towards constructing what Middlemiss (2014) terms a more ‘socially sensitive’ model of sustainable development.     

Research on the Semantic Expressions of Legge's Translation——A Case Study of Mencius

Legge's versions have great influences in international sinology, and now still serve as important references for westerners to know Chinese culture. The commen...     

Departmental Demography and Reputational Success: The Fall and Rise of Top Sociology Departments 1950–1980

Between 1950 and 1980 surveys of academic sociologists revealed a major shift in the relative ratings of the top six Sociology departments. Wisconsin rose from a distant sixth to being rated first or second. Harvard and Columbia dropped from first and second the rankings to as low as sixth seventh. Underlying these trajectories were a variety of historical changes affecting academia and Sociology, particularly in the 1960s. Using complete yearly listings of the faculties of these six top departments I trace the demographic changes that appear to have been instrumental in producing the movement in ratings. In particular, the radical growth and youth of Wisconsin, and the aging of Harvard and Columbia seem to have played an important role.