Management innovation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of past decades of research

Managerial innovation has gained increased popularity in research and practice because of its positive effects on organisational renewal and performance. Regardless of the growing number of studies on management innovation, there is still a lack of research that integrates and synthesises this body of knowledge. This study undertakes a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature to gain insight into existing empirical studies on management innovation. Our content analysis and review of 66 studies from 1981 to 2017 analyses the trends and background of research into management innovation. In addition, we develop a model of management innovation grounded in selected theoretical lenses to advance our understanding of the different drivers, moderators, mediators and outcomes of management innovation. Results of the meta-analysis show that management innovation is positively related to organisational size (r_c = .282), knowledge management (r_c = 0.608), organisational learning (r_c = 0.692), firms’ overall performance (r_c = 0.393), and financial performance (r_c = 0.269). Finally, we have identified several research gaps and provided a future research agenda in the context of managerial innovation.     

Forty years of European Management Journal: A bibliometric overview

The European Management Journal (EMJ) is a renowned peer-reviewed journal of international reputation in the fields of business and management research since 1982. EMJ publishes original and high-quality conceptual, empirical, and review research papers that contribute to the advancement of the body of knowledge and its application in the field. Until the time of this overview, 2164 papers (including 2004 articles, 96 editorials, 28 conference papers, 27 notes, and 3 short surveys) have been published in the journal between 1982 and 2020. We analyzed all these articles using bibliometric techniques to examine the impact of the journal’s publications, most productive and influential authors, and their contributions in the field of business and management research. Co-authorship among the top authors, co-occurrences of the topics, co-citations of the journals, bibliographic coupling of the authors, affiliating institutes, and countries were analyzed by applying network analysis techniques using VOSviewer software. The advancement of research in the field of management during the last decade is also critically discussed in order to understand recent developments in the field of business and management research.     

Tracking ‘the transnational’: studying transnational organizations and managements,and the management of cohesion

This article argues for greater clarity in researching transnational organizations and management, and the need for gendered multi‐level theory and gendered multi‐actor analysis. It examines different understandings and conceptualizations of ‘the transnational’ in studying transnational organizations and management, and their implications for understanding and conceptualizing the ‘management of cohesion’. In so doing, three conceptual and theoretical questions are considered: what are the major meanings of ‘the transnational’ in studying transnational organizations and management? What are the major different disciplinary frameworks in studying transnational organizations and management? What are the major epistemological debates in studying transnational organizations and management? Particular emphasis is placed on: the field of studies on transnational organizations and management; transnational research projects on transnational organizations and management; and the lives of transnational researchers. Two ongoing research projects – on gender relations in transnational organizations and managements, and men's changing organizational practices in Europe – are focused on to illustrate these issues. The theme of gender critique is developed throughout.     

企业社会工作及其在企业内部员工关系管理中的运用

企业社会工作是社会工作在企业领域的延伸,在协调企业内部员工关系方面具有重要作用.目前企业社会工作在中国大陆的相关研究积累和实践经验不足,其在我国的发展和应用充满挑战.本文引入企业社会工作这一介入方法,对如何从企业社会工作的视角来协调内部员工关系的实施路径做出深入探索,并从理念、制度和社会工作者角度提出相关政策建议.     

社会工作专业人才培养模式本土化建设的理念与实践——以沈阳化工大学为例

进一步加强和完善我国高校社会工作专业人才培养模式的本土化建设,是目前高校社会工作专业建设的重要任务之一,是高质量全面提高高校社会工作专业教育教学水平的有效途径,是进一步加强和完善我国社会建设、提高社会管理科学化水平的重要基础。我们认为做好我国高校社会工作专业人才培养模式本土化建设工作的基本前提是思路清晰、认识到位,坚实基础是选好模式、凝炼特色,关键环节是师资培训、实务建设。     

论非营利组织企业化管理模式的构建

随着我国市场经济的发展,非营利组织作为独立于政府和市场的第三种力量,越来越多地参与到社会公共事务的管理中,逐渐成为完善社会服务,推动社会福利发展的重要力量。然而非营利组织在发展过程中,也逐渐暴露出了自身的局限,存在着筹资困难、运行效率低等问题。本文通过分析非营利组织管理的现实困境,探讨解决困境的路径,提出了非营利组织管理的创新模式——企业化管理模式。并试图从绩效管理、资金管理、营销管理、人力资源管理等四方面探讨非营利组织企业化管理模式的构建。     

略论社区社会管理创新之路

社区社会管理事关居民切身利益,更关乎更大地域性社会乃至整个社会稳定和繁荣,其意义绝不可小觑。社区社会管理的关键在于是否能坚持走群众路线,是否能坚持做到从群众中来到群众去,是否能善于组织和发动社区居民,重点在于推动居民的民主参与、民主自治,充分发挥各类非营利组织的力量,真正从改善民生角度,从管理理念、管理方法与手段、管理内容和管理队伍方面不断加强创新,惟其如此,方能真正实现社会管理创新的根本目标。     

世界城市固体废弃物管理对北京市的借鉴意义

固体废弃物管理是世界城市的一项基本公共服务。世界城市在固体废弃物管理方面有一些成功的实践经验,其对北京市解决固体废弃物管理存在的基本问题提供了借鉴。为此,本文尝试提出了北京市固体废弃物管理的相关政策建议。     

内地高校新疆少数民族学生教育管理现状浅析

内地高校多年来为培养新疆少数民族高层次人才做出重大贡献,但客观地看,在这些高校就读的新疆少数民族学生无论从思想政治标准还是学业水平,都存在明显差距。这一方面是由于新疆籍少数民族学生自身的固有条件限制;另一方面也是培养高校教育管理的不够到位所致。文章提出,内地高校应当以中华民族认同教育为主线,切实加强新疆少数民族学生的思想政治教育;应当加大预科阶段的素质教育,真正提高学生跨文化认知能力;应努力探索从根本上提高民族学生教学质量的途径,停止＂求率降标＂和＂一味照顾＂。以此实现教育管理的真正目标。