From imagination to application: Making the case for the general method of theory-building research in applied disciplines

The author examines what factors determine leadership success in UK social enterprises. Despite the attention prompted by the UK government's ‘Big Society’ policies, this remains a relatively unexplored field in the leadership literature. Based on in-depth interviews with successful social enterprise chief executives, carried out between April and December 2010, this article challenges the dominance of competency models, based on purely behaviourist tradition. It examines the impact of personality, values, circumstance and career arc on the way these leaders perform in an attempt to take a fresh look at the interaction of traits, behaviours and situational flexibility in determining successful leadership in this type of organization. A number of key factors are identified and categorized as dimensions of ‘being’, ‘doing’ and ‘style’. Consistent contra-indicators are also identified, providing the basis for an approach to both leadership selection and development in this growing sector of the economy.     

Landscape of human resource development research in Korea: results from author co-citation network analysis

The present study examined major trends and issues of Human Resource Development (HRD) research in Korean context applying the author co-citation analysis (ACA) to three primary HRD-related journals in South Korea. Following the analyses of author co-citation frequency, correlation matrix, dendrogram, and the multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) map, the results were found as follows: (1) co-citation network identified seven topical clusters (i.e., human competency improvement for young men and e-learning designers, system approach for training effectiveness, competency for executives and HRD-ers, HRD evaluations, HRD solutions, mentoring in career development, leadership, and the role of professionals), (2) competency appeared as a keyword in multiple clusters, (3) unlike HRD in North America or Europe, learning (informal, organizational, self-directed, and lifelong learning) with a variety of HRD solutions comprised the dominant research stream, and (4) research activities for critical issues, such as diversity, development of workforce minority, and international HRD were largely missing.     

基于云计算的多源信息服务系统研究综述

在对云计算基本概念、特征、层次、分类等进行分析的基础上,从管理的视角对基于云计算的多源信息服务系统作了综述.在云计算环境下多源信息服务过程中,描述了信息服务各要素以及面向不同领域、不同用户的多源信息服务模式;总结了信息服务资源的描述方法、发现与匹配机制、资源配置与实时监控方法等信息服务资源管理问题;归纳了多源信息服务的全生命周期以及服务过程的优化与协调机制;总结了多源信息服务过程中的可信保障机制;探讨了云计算环境下多源信息服务系统的体系结构、关键技术.通过对目前基于云计算的多源信息服务系统研究进行梳理和总结,并进一步结合不同领域的应用需求,提出了基于云计算的多源信息服务系统未来的研究方向以及应用前景.     

Complementary Drivers of New Product Development Performance: Cross‐Functional Coordination,Information System Capability,and Intelligence Quality

Coordination efforts that access and align relevant cross‐functional expertise are regarded as an essential element of innovation success. In recent years, these efforts have been further augmented through complementary investments in information systems, which provide the technological platforms for information sharing and coordination across functional and organizational boundaries. Somewhat overlooked has been the critical mediating role of the intelligence gained through these efforts and capabilities. This study draws on the theory of complementarity to elaborate on the nature of this mediating concept. Theoretical predictions of the model are tested using instrument variable regression analysis of data collected from a sample of publicly traded US manufacturing firms. The findings suggest that the effects of both internal and external coordination on market intelligence and supply‐chain intelligence are moderated by the firm's information system capability. The effect of both types of intelligence quality on new product development performance was contingent with the effects being enhanced (attenuated) when the market conditions were dynamic (stable). The results are robust to common‐method bias, endogeneity concerns, and alternative estimation methods.     

面向中国管理实践的组织与人力资源管理:反思与探索——首届“中国人力资源管理论坛(2012)”观点评述

全球化和知识经济时代动荡复杂的环境,对中国企业的组织形态和人力资源管理模式形成了严峻挑战。同时,近年来主流西方管理理论在中国遭遇的"水土不服",也需要中国管理学界在深刻反思的基础上积极探索中国式管理之路。基于对组织和人力资源管理领域回应现实课题和理论创新的双重要求,2012年5月26～27日在南开大学商学院召开的首届"中国人力资源管理论坛(2012):组织创新与人力资源管理变革"学术研讨会上,与会学者就中国人力资源管理的挑战和学科建设方向、人力资源管理研究的方法论、战略人力资源管理、组织行为与领导力、组织学习与变革等专题进行了深入研讨。鉴于此,在介绍诸多学术观点的基础上,对相关问题进行简要评述。     

Robust allocation of a defensive budget considering an attacker's private information

Attackers' private information is one of the main issues in defensive resource allocation games in homeland security. The outcome of a defense resource allocation decision critically depends on the accuracy of estimations about the attacker's attributes. However, terrorists' goals may be unknown to the defender, necessitating robust decisions by the defender. This article develops a robust-optimization game-theoretical model for identifying optimal defense resource allocation strategies for a rational defender facing a strategic attacker while the attacker's valuation of targets, being the most critical attribute of the attacker, is unknown but belongs to bounded distribution-free intervals. To our best knowledge, no previous research has applied robust optimization in homeland security resource allocation when uncertainty is defined in bounded distribution-free intervals. The key features of our model include (1) modeling uncertainty in attackers' attributes, where uncertainty is characterized by bounded intervals; (2) finding the robust-optimization equilibrium for the defender using concepts dealing with budget of uncertainty and price of robustness; and (3) applying the proposed model to real data.     

对云南走新型工业化道路的思考

走新型工业化道路在实践中能否取得良好的效果，一方面取决于如何将这种增长模式与实际相结合，另一方面取决于这种增长模式赖以存在和发展的制度、政策和经济等诸环境。作者结合实际，对云南省推进新型工业化道路中政府的作用、资源性工业结构的转换、新型工业化与农业产业化和城市化、高新技术产业区建设对新型工业化的作用等问题进行探讨。     

政府调控资源配置的长期与短期政策

优化资源配置 ,不仅需要完备的市场体系和自由企业制度 ,还需要一套完备的宏观调控政策体系。区分与确认这个政策体系中的长期政策与短期政策至为重要 ,人们不能指望在短期内实现长期政策的目标 ,也不能指望短期政策发挥无限期的效力。稳定长期政策 ,适时调整短期政策 ,宏观调控才能收到良好效果。     

方豪的天主教史研究--以《中国天主教史人物传》为例

方豪在天主教史研究方面成就颇丰。以《中国天主教史人物传》为代表,他不仅对天主教传入中国的原因、过程及与中国文化的相互影响作了精深的考究,而且还从诸多方面展拓了天主教史的史料来源,为中国天主教史研究奠定了基础。     

深生态学视域下海洋资源开发与保护实现机制研究

与浅生态学所秉持的人类中心主义所不同,深生态学主张以整个生态系统的利益为终极目标,把人类和自然界看成是一个相互依赖、相互联系的有机整体。从深生态学理论出发,在构建深生态学视域下海洋资源开发与保护的DPSIR模型的基础上,进一步构建了深生态学视域下海洋资源开发与保护实现机制的DPSIR模型,该模型由驱动力机制、压力调节机制、状态影响预警机制和响应保障机制四部分构成,并强调多主体共同参与以实现协同效应。这一概念模型的建立对于促进海洋资源开发和保护的良性、可持续发展具有重要的理论和实践指导意义。