The Use of Lay Assessors

This paper reports on some findings from a research study conductedby the authors for the Commission for Social Care Inspection.It examines the reasons for the involvement of lay assessorsand perceptions of the effectiveness of lay assessors in specificregulatory functions.     

Quality Management in Multi‐Level Supply Chains with Outsourced Manufacturing

Outsourcing stretches supply chains longer with added contract manufacturers responsible for the manufacturing of parts and final products. Should a firm change its quality management approach as its supply chain becomes longer with outsourced manufacturing? This paper studies a brand owner's optimal choice between two commonly used quality management approaches: an inspection‐based approach and an external failure‐based approach, in two supply chains – a dyadic supply chain and a multi‐level supply chain where the brand owner outsources manufacturing to an independent contract manufacturer. Our study finds that the brand owner's optimal choice between the two quality management approaches could be opposite in the two supply chains. Specifically, we show that if agency costs exist between the contract manufacturer and the brand owner, the brand owner may prefer an inspection‐based approach in the multi‐level supply chain in contrast to preferring an external failure‐based approach in the dyadic supply chain. In particular, inspections can be effective for the brand owner to limit the manufacturer's profit by excluding defective finished products and components, which in turn reduce agency costs in the multi‐level supply chain. Hence, the efficiency of an inspection‐based approach relative to an external failure‐based approach can be higher in the multi‐level supply chain as compared to the dyadic one. Our findings suggest that firms should adjust to changes in supply chain structures and re‐evaluate the efficiencies of different quality management approaches accordingly.     

明成祖的亲王守边政策

以往学界认为 ,明成祖在即位后将塞王内徙 ,以天子守边和总兵镇边取代了藩王守边。但对已发现材料的考察表明 ,在永乐十一年四月以前的大部分时间里 ,成祖之子汉、赵二王曾先后防守北京一带 ;二王拥有较大的军、政权力 ,可以统帅大将 ,抗击蒙古 ,地位接近于洪武末年的塞王 ;永乐初年塞王内徙出于本王自请 ,成祖只是顺水推舟而已 ;永乐时留在北边的其他塞王可起拥有护卫以壮边防声威之效 ,在定位上与洪武末年的安边保国不同     

试论强化纪检监察部门信访监督的法律意识

党中央、国务院在《关于加强新时期信访工作的意见》中从三个方面给信访工作作了科学的定位。根据这个定位,纪检监察部门的信访监督至少拥有九个途径,与党委政府信访部门的监督存在六方面的不同。至于如何强化纪检监察部门信访监督的法律意识,就必须做到用法律的眼光审视每一起信访件,以法律的视角保护好信访监督人的合法权益,用法律的理念去构建动态的信访监督信用体系,用法律思维审视信访"泛作为"和"不作为"情况。     

高校巡视制度建设的进展、问题与构想

概述了当前高校巡视制度建设取得的进展,分析了高校巡视制度建设存在的问题,指出今后高校巡视制度建设要在原有工作制度基础上,从立足全局、设计基础制度;结合实际、完善制度内容;改革创新、构建配套机制3个方面予以推进。     

Errors in inspection and grading distributional aspects ofscreening and merarchal screening

Continuing the studies of Johnson et al (1980) and Johnson and Kotz (1981), further distributions arising from models of errors in inspection and grading of samples from finite, possibly stratified lots are obtained. Screening, and hierarchal screening forms of inspection are also considered, and the effects of errors on the advantages of these techniques assessed.     

对高校纪检监察工作与时俱进的思考

按照十六大报告对深入开展党风廉政建设和反腐败工作的要求,结合高校特点就创造性地开展纪检监察工作,论述了思维方式、工作内容、机制体制、整体合力上的创新。     

南方谈话以来教育模式的多元发展

本文分析了邓小平南方谈话以来我国教育模式从计划体制下的“大一统”转向市场体制条件下的多元化发展情况 ,指出强烈的社会需求与政府的有力扶持促进了教育模式多元发展 ,经济发展的不平衡必然带来教育模式的多元化 ,“三个有利于”是衡量教育模式优劣的唯一标准     

职工医疗保险中医疗服务行为分析与监管对策研究

文章通过对江苏省南通市职工基本医疗保险2000￣2004年的运行数据分析,发现在职工基本医疗保险中,存在着诱导消费、过度提供服务等较为严重的不规范行为,这些不规范行为的存在,对医保基金和参保职工个人均会造成沉重的经济负担,不利于城镇职工基本医疗保险制度的可持续发展。笔者建议,利用计算机管理信息系统加强医疗服务监管,加大对不规范服务行为的处罚力度,同时通过探索新费用支付制度和医疗服务合理补偿政策,促进职工基本医疗保险的健康发展。     

利率市场化实施条件的定量分析与中国的检验

选取了美国、英国、日本、韩国、泰国、阿根廷、智利等 7个国家作为研究对象 ,从宏观经济运行、资金市场发展规模等宏观层面对利率市场化前后所发生的变化进行了一系列的比较研究 ,提出实施利率市场化的定量条件 ,从而为中国利率市场化改革决策提供一般经验。