THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC MEDIA CULTURES

This paper seeks to tie in the arguments that can be connected to the development of a global media culture and concerns around cosmopolitan forms of democracy. This is done by considering arguments for: (i) a global human right initiative in respect of global media conglomerates; (ii) technological change in respect of digital cultures; and (iii) the arrival of what Castells'shas described as the culture of 'real virtuality'. These views and perspectives are assessed in terms of the contributions they are likely to make towards what I call a 'cautious cosmopolitanism'. Finally I seek to make some definite policy recommendations that might help foster conditions in which cosmopolitan democracy could flourish.     

中国传统文化中人的发展观

学界有关人发展的概念没有形成统一且具说服力的观点。从中国传统文化的精神言,人本精神与人文观念的发展经历了由对图腾的崇拜到对与人自身相关的王的祖先的崇拜,再到认识"人的精神"的历程。至诸子百家,形成对人的发展的多元探讨。西方宗教观念使我国传统人的发展观及人的科学素质进一步完善。正是在基于我国传统文化与西方人文精神互动的基础上,人的自由发展越来越受到重视。     

Reporting Volunteer Labour at the Organizational Level: A Study of Canadian Nonprofits

Volunteer contributions in the production of services are an important resource internationally. However, few countries include volunteer contributions in their national accounts, even though many encourage their populations to engage in volunteering. At the organizational level, many nonprofit organizations using volunteers often limit their input to a footnote in annual reports acknowledging their contribution; few estimate their value in financial terms. As a result, their financial accounts lack information upon which to base decisions affecting the organizations and the communities they serve. Additional information is required to assess the impact of volunteers in individual nonprofits as well as the sector as a whole. This study focuses on Canada, one of the few countries that include volunteers in the national accounts, to examine to what extent nonprofit organizations estimate a financial value for these contributions and include this in their financial statements. This paper reports the results of an online survey of 661 nonprofits from across Canada. In order to understand why some organizations keep records for volunteer contributions and quantify them, two sets of explanatory factors are explored: organizational characteristics and the attitude of the executive director. We find larger organizations were more likely to engage in record keeping and estimating volunteer value, as were organizations with a relatively large group of volunteers and volunteer programs. The attitude of the executive director is important in determining which organizations engage in these practices.     

论加速会计本科创新型人才培养

1999年扩招以来,高校迎来了快速发展的新机遇。同时,社会经济发展对于会计人才的素质要求也越来越高,会计专业本科毕业生就业形势越来越严峻。社会经济发展对于会计本科专业人才需求的变化,呼唤高等院校会计本科专业培养模式的创新。要在系统关联性的视野下,进行教学大纲和教材的整合。同时要根据实践性强、知识更新快的特点,加强直观教学,培养学生动手能力,改革考试方法。在不断提高教学水平的同时,加强大学生科技创新能力的培养。教学、科研互动是"十一五"期间高等教育发展的基本规律。     

永州市人力资源开发与区域经济可持续发展

本文结合永州市的特点，较全面地阐述了人力资源的开发与区域经济可持续发展的关系     

试论如何完善企业内部控制

本文从内部控制的基本理论出发,在对内部控制作了多层面理解的基础上,从控制环境、会计责权控制及内部审计等三个方面对我国企业现阶段内部控制存在的问题进行了分析,并探究其原因。最后提出只有在采取规范法人治理结构、建立适当的内部激励机制、提高内部审计的独立性与权威性等措施之下,我国企业内部控制才能达到一个新的高度,才能真正意义上发挥作用。     

自然：人的无机的身体

马克思是在人类历史和人的活动视野中阐述自然观的,强调自然“是人的无机的身体”。这一具有根本性的看法决定了我们要切实把自然看作人的身体的一部分,合理地利用自然,与自然和谐相处。但遵循利润至上原则的资本对自然界的宰割,从根本上违背了自然界作为‘人的无机身体’的生存论原则,从而要真正解决生态危机,务必批判资本、消灭资本,实现共产主义。     

心理暗示是人力资源管理的新途径

人们在物质需求得到满足之后，就开始追求精神上的满足。现代社会人力资源管理的核心在很大程度上是满足心理需求，也可以说现代社会人力资源管理的核心是心理管理，而心理管理的有效法门是心理暗示管理。     

我国公共人力资源管理现存问题探析

公共人力资源管理在我国呈现出较快的发展势头，这与我国的公共管理面临的国际国内环境关系密切，西方相关的公共人力资源管理理论能否为我所用，关键看其是否与我国国情相适应，这也是国内公共人力资源管理的核心之处。而目前我国公共人力资源管理存在着很多的问题，在实践上缺乏完善的人力资本投资市场，公共部门的优胜劣汰机制还没有真正发挥作用，先进的人才理念还没有真正树立，还没有形成完善的科学用人机制。这些问题的存在，促使我们进一步探索公共人力资源管理的规律，有利于我国管理实践的发展。     

Bayesian analysis of human movement curves

Summary.  We consider the Bayesian analysis of human movement data, where the subjects perform various reaching tasks. A set of markers is placed on each subject and a system of cameras records the three-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinates of the markers during the reaching movement. It is of interest to describe the mean and variability of the curves that are traced by the markers during one reaching movement, and to identify any differences due to covariates. We propose a methodology based on a hierarchical Bayesian model for the curves. An important part of the method is to obtain identifiable features of the movement so that different curves can be compared after temporal warping. We consider four landmarks and a set of equally spaced pseudolandmarks are located in between. We demonstrate that the algorithm works well in locating the landmarks, and shape analysis techniques are used to describe the posterior distribution of the mean curve. A feature of this type of data is that some parts of the movement data may be missing—the Bayesian methodology is easily adapted to cope with this situation.