Administrative structure theory and evaluation: An example from the Community Services Administration

Concern about the inability of existing theories of utilization to explain the use (or lack thereof) of evaluation research on policymaking in public agencies leads the authors to postulate an “administrative structure theory.” Utilization is then explained, in large part, by the structure and behavior of administrative agencies. Administrative structure theory rests on four propositions which relate evaluation research to the development and maintenance sub-systems (within the administrative structure). These propositions are illustrated in the context of the recently abolished U.S. Community Services Administration.     

测绘工程本科专业06版人才培养方案设计探微

总结5年办测绘本科教育的经验,指出原人才培养方案中存在的主要问题,结合新版人才培养方案的设计,阐述我院测绘工程本科专业人才培养方案设计的指导思想、业务培养规格定位、教育体系构建的模块化设计、特点、依据、所注意的问题和尚存在的不足等.     

土木工程专业应用型人才培养教育体系的构建

根据几年来应用型人才培养的研究与实践,从课程体系的构建、课程内容的安排、工程环境建设、完整工程概念的培养以及综合实验的开设来建立培养应用型人才的教育体系。     

提高高职工科专业英语教学成效的探讨

高职工科专业的英语教学成效不理想,表现在学生的全国英语应用能力（B 级）考试通过率低,以及大部分学生的英语语言实际应用能力低下,不能适应今后就业岗位的需要。要采取多方面措施,改革教学,努力提高英语教学效果。     

Family Man or Conqueror? - Contested Meanings in an Engineering Company

This paper explores significant symbols within a multi-national company called Engco . First, the metaphor of Engco as a family was prevalent among middle and junior managers. Second, there was a corporate image conveyed by top management through glossy publications, a masculine image of conquering competitors and the physical environment. These contradictory symbols appeared to co-exist at different levels of the organisation. Third, a symbol that appeared common to the entire organisation, although increasingly contested, was that of engineering, an image generally associated with male actors. Fourth, more equivocal, were references to a 'golden age' for the company in the post war period, when manufacturing was in its heyday. The paper discusses how these symbols worked with and against each other. All the symbols were found to differing degrees to shape particular constructions of masculinity and femininity within the organisation, which limited the expression of identity of both men and women. The paper suggests that Engco's organisational culture was in flux, and discusses both the role of management at different levels of the organisation as creators and consumers of image and identity, and the organisational construction of gender. The paper takes a symbolic interpretative approach and discusses both the theoretical background and methodology employed.     

理论与实践相结合的《安全工程CAD》教学方法

针对《安全工程CAD》教学中存在的绘图技巧与实际应用脱节的问题,采用理论与实践相结合的教学方法,分析了《安全工程CAD》教学的特点,提出了注重专业基础知识掌握、注重绘图技巧练习、把专业知识和课程学习内容相结合、强化制图规范化意识制定模板文件、选择合适的考核方式等教学方法,在实际教学中取得了良好的效果。     

Experience with an electricity market simulation tool

A successful experience to train power producers on pool-based electricity markets presented. Trainees are arranged in groups and assigned, at random, a set of generators. They play the role of power producers and compete against each other with the target of maximizing their own profits. They have to bid in terms of price and quantity to try to sell energy to the consumers through the market. The trainer plays the role of the market operator. A market simulator and a computer communication network make it possible to simulate the actual functioning of a pool-based electricity market. The simulator is based on the widely used software package MATLAB, and a computer communication net, which can be replaced by the WWW.     

Manufacturing bill-of-material planning

The bill-of-material BOM in the machine tool industry takes two different forms in design and manufacturing functions: Engineering BOM E BOM , which is used by the design engineer to represent designed product structure; and manufacturing BOM M BOM , which is used by MRPII system for MRP explosion. The designer constructs the E BOM after the product has been designed. Next, the E BOM is transformed into the M BOM by considering assembly sequence and constraints. Constructing a M BOM simply involves compressing the E BOM into a three-level M BOM. Planning of a M BOM still depends primarily on the experience input of a manufacturing engineer and is performed manually. This trial and error and time consuming approach creates an inconsistent method for planning the M BOM. Therefore, in this study, a three-stage M BOM planning method is developed. Stage one plans the initial M BOM, stage two improves the M BOM and stage three tunes the M BOM. Concepts and algorithms of each stage are highlighted in this study. Moreover, an illustration is presented to demonstrate the feasibility of M BOM planning.     

艺术与科学技术的融合--论工业设计专业的工程技术基础教育

本文从工业设计的本质、中国的工业设计的现状以及教学实践等方面出发,对工业设计专业的工程技术基础课程开设的必要性、教学达到的深度和广度要求、教学的方式方法等方面,提出了一些看法。     

供应链产品物流过程模型及时间瓶颈的识别

供应链时间瓶颈的识别是对供应链进行时间压缩的首要环节.本文首先根据供应链网状模型和无边界集成的供应链合作思想,将供应链中产品生产过程看作是一个物在供应链各环节的流动过程.在对这一物流过程进行分析的基础上建立了供应链产品的物流过程模型,并使用产品物流在供应链各环节流动的转移概率,结合价值工程的思想,提出了基于产品物流过程转移概率的供应链时间瓶颈识别方法,给出了供应链时间瓶颈识别与压缩的方法和流程,最后使用算例进行了仿真研究.