Management in/as Comic Relief: Queer Theory and Gender Performativity in The Office

Our discussion here focuses on gender performativity — the evocation of gender through stylized modes of interaction and the recitation of particular cultural norms — in the BBC comedy series The Office. We suggest that The Office can be read as a cultural text that brings sedimented ways of thinking about and enacting gender into relief, a technique that effectively ‘queers’ management and organization as gendered phenomena. In doing so, we argue that not only does The Office parody the ways in which management is configured according to the terms of what Judith Butler has described as the ‘heterosexual matrix’, but that it also represents a parodic critique of the gendered ways in which this configuration is enacted in everyday organizational encounters. We also suggest that, in addition to its capacity to be read as a parody of gender performativity, The Office reflects queer theory's concern, particularly as the latter has been articulated in Butler's writing, to reveal something of the pathos inherent in the desire for recognition that underpins the hegemonic performance of gender. In this respect, our reading of The Office emphasizes that, as a popular cultural text, it throws into (comic) relief the extent to which the desire for recognition underpins the organizational performance and management of gender in accordance with the terms of the heterosexual matrix.     

Social networks and spatial configuration—How office layouts drive social interaction

This paper analyzes the spatial dimensions of office layouts in diverse knowledge-intensive workplace environments based on the theoretical and methodological propositions of Space Syntax, and brings this together with the analysis of intra-organizational interaction networks. Physical distances between agents are modeled in different ways and used as explanatory variables in exponential random graph modeling. The paper shows that spatial configuration in offices can be considered an important but not sole rationale for tie formation. Furthermore, it is shown that spatial distance measures based on detailed configurational analysis outperform simple Euclidean distance metrics in predicting social ties.     

鹰手三旗的后裔--对北京市喇叭沟门满族乡的调查与思考

在喇叭沟门满族乡及其附近地区,主要的满族成员均系随清朝入关并被编入内务府旗分的彭姓汉人。本文以对这一地区的几次田野调查为基础,结合清代官私文献与口述资料,稽考他们真实的来源与家世,探讨这样一个汉人群体是在什么样的社会与文化背景下,保持着认同于满族的心态,从而加深对八旗内汉军旗人身份认同复杂性的认识。调查发现,当地“满族文化”的“建构”有种种与史实难以契合之处。在改革开放的新时期,这种对文化资源的发掘与利用足以促使学者对民族史的现实意义进行深入的思考。     

元巩昌汪总帅府二十四城考

巩昌汪总帅府为元代唯一允许世袭罔替的漠南地方军政官府。降蒙初汪总帅府所辖二十四城的地盘,应该是癸卯春皇子阔端手札付秦、巩等十九州,再加原属金熙河、庆阳二路而后割出的安西、河、泾、邠、宁五州。五府二十七州、四府十五州及五十余城说,则反映元世祖朝至元五年等不同时段,因汪氏军功权势及其与蒙古诸王、脱思麻宣慰司等彼此消长而造成的地盘扩张或缩小的状态。     

提升高校办公室工作水平的探讨

高校办公室作为学校的一个综合部门,是承上启下、协调左右、联系内外、衔接各方的桥梁和枢纽,在学校发展中承担着重要的使命和责任。本文从办公室综合协调、公文处理、督办工作等方面,对如何提升高校办公室工作水平作了详尽的论述和探讨。     

Consumer survey as needs assessment method: a case study

Needs assessment methodology has grown remarkably as a necessary part of evaluating human service programs. The consumer survey method of needs assessment is reviewed. A case study in which the training needs of board members of the eleven community mental health agencies in a rural New England state were examined by a questionnaire requesting ratings of the importance and priority of 11 possible topics is presented. Sixty-five of 300 questionnaires were returned (21.66%). The results clearly support the view that training programs for boards are needed, and suggest that citizens can make reasonable decisions about program content if given the opportunity. A training project, based on the results of the survey is described. Problems in designing and implementing consumer surveys and training programs are discussed.     

扬州诗局刊刻《全唐诗》研究

本文以清宫档案、诗文资料,以及现存清代刻书实物为基础,系统梳理曹寅承刻钦颁《全唐诗》的活动,澄清了长期以来学界的一些模糊认识,提出扬州诗局刊刻《全唐诗》的经费不是来自两淮“盐羡”;康熙帝把刊刻《全唐诗》的任务交给曹寅,与以前实行的博学鸿儒政策异曲同工,同时也是主子提携奴才的一个重要手段。     

电子办公系统的文件归档问题与建议

在调研与数据分析的基础上,对影响办公系统电子文件归档的原因进行了深入剖析,并从宏观上为推进电子式归档提出了建议.重点对以下问题进行了论述:脱机移交与在线归档的特点与要求,电子式归档对文件生成系统的要求,如何使业务管理系统适于业务管理需要,以及怎样在系统开发中保护用户利益.     

张謇与吴寄尘--大生发展史上的忘年交

张謇任用吴寄尘担任作为大生集团“神经中枢”的大生沪事务所(前身为大生沪帐房)的负责人．在此后十多年中，他们共谋大生发展．并在共同的事业中亲密合作，肝胆相照．结成同甘苦共患难的忘年之交．在大生集团发展史上谱写了一段充满时代精神与人格魅力的友谊佳话。     

A longitudinal test of Karasek's Job Strain model among office workers

Karasek'sJob Strain model was tested in a sample of 122 office workers. Two rounds ofdata were collected and used to examine the reliability of the results and the relationships between job characteristics and worker strain over time. Moderated regression analyses based on standard scores of the independent variables were conducted to examine the interaction of job control and workload, and of skill utilization and workload, on various indicators of worker strain. The results indicated that there was neither multiplicative nor adhtive effect ofjob control/skill utilization and workload on worker strain. Some of the relationships between job characteristics and worker strain were not stable over time. The cross-lagged correlation analysis showed that workload at Time 1 had some effect on one ofthe worker strain indxators at Time 2, but not the reverse.