The impact of social power and influence on the implementation of innovation strategies: A case study of a UK mega infrastructure construction project

Influence plays a key role in reaching consensus among multiple actors involved in project-based decision-making processes. While prior literature devotes considerable attention to describing influence, little attention has been paid to influence at the individual level of the strategic project manager within the context of megaprojects. This research intended to fill this knowledge gap by identifying and describing the influence strategies that a strategic project manager applies when implementing innovation strategies on megaprojects. A qualitative case study was used to examine the complex social processes involved in a major UK capital investment programme. The findings underline a critical subset of influence strategies, notably higher-management support, inspirational appeal and bargaining. The study proposes a utilitarian structure of social power comprising selective, supportive and executory power bases.     

Challenges to Connecting Sociology and Service Learning

Service-learning programs are not free from challenges brought about by lack of financial support, lack of widespread commitment from professors, community agencies, and recipients of service, and lack of knowledge and insight in students directly involved in such programs. While service-learning initiatives and programs serve positive functions for organizations and individuals, rhetorical accolades for service learning can distort or omit the realities of program implementation and sustained delivery. This paper specifically explores the following challenges connected to service-learning programs: (1) pedagogical difficulties; (2) student limitations; (3) time constraints; and (4) community cooperation.     

韩国大企业集团的海外扩张战略

自 70年代以来 ,韩国政府通过采取出口导向战略扶持大企业进军海外市场 ,带动了韩国经济的发展。韩国在短短的几十年里由一个农业国变成了一个新兴的工业化国家 ,经济总量居亚洲第三。在韩国经济快速发展中 ,大企业的强力出口、大举投资的海外扩张战略功不可没     

CRM的理念与实施中关键因素分析

随着市场环境、竞争环境的快速变化 ,企业的管理理念、服务观念开始发生重大转变 ,使得CRM(CustomerRelationshipManagement,客户关系管理 )成为当前热点。本文试从CRM在国内外的应用情况、CRM体现的管理理念、服务宗旨以及实施中应考虑的一些重要因素进行分析     

战略联盟--企业竞争新模式

战略联盟是企业之间为了一定目的 ,通过一定方式组成的网络式联合体。面对日趋激烈的市场竞争和外部环境的变化 ,企业之间既竞争又合作 ,战略联盟是一种全新的企业竞争模式     

谈汉语诗词中的叠词英译

叠词是汉语的一种修辞格,能带来特殊的语言表达效果。叠词形式多样、功能不一,在传达情感、强调意义和创造意境等方面颇具功效,其使用可促进语言形式和内容达到艺术统一。在结构工整严谨、对字词精炼传神、美学效果要求较高的汉语古诗词中,叠词起着不可忽视的作用。聚焦汉语古诗词中叠词的常见类型、特殊功能,关注其英译的策略原则是必要的。     

反腐败的国内立法问题研究

当前腐败问题的滋生蔓延,与法律规范真空太多、腐败分子有空子可钻有很大的关系。反腐败面临的重重困难,迫切需要有专门的反腐败法律和法律体系的支持。通过借鉴国外和中国古代的立法经验,从如何建立反腐败的法律体系、如何完善反腐败的法律条款等方面提出了一些见解。     

建设学习型教师队伍

在知识经济时代,学习的重要性不言而喻。教师作为一个传播文化知识的职业群体,自觉学习乃至终身学习是他们的职业需要。构建学习型教师队伍不仅可以帮助教师个体成长和发展,而且还能使教师个体和教师群体以及学校组织同步发展。本文简要论述了建设学习型教师队伍的意义,提出构建学习型教师队伍和学习型组织的具体策略。     

Household strategies in the face of resource scarcity in coastal Ghana: are they associated with development priorities?

In many developing regions, women and young girls spend several hours daily in the collection of natural resources. Still the link between these household resource strategies and stakeholder perceptions of development priorities remains unexplored. This project examines this association with survey data representative of the adult population from Ghana’s Coastal Region. Although natural resource scarcity and the sustainability of resource use represent key development challenges, there are others (e.g., energy, sanitation, employment, and educational opportunities). As such, even in the face of natural resource scarcity, individuals may place greater importance on other dimensions of development, especially if household resource strategies are perceived as relatively efficient. The analytical focus here is on water and the results suggest that gender roles shape household water collection strategies, while also shaping these strategies’ perceived opportunity costs. Specifically, Ghanian adults more often see drinking water provision as their primary development need when water sources are distant and/or when male household members collect water (particularly male heads). In the end, I argue that social science inquiry benefits by contextualizing social dynamics within environmental context, particularly within cultural settings in which human subsistence is intimately tied to the state of the natural environment.     

对河北省报业发展的思考

改革开放20余年来,我国报业市场沧桑巨变。在报业资源的大规模重组,竞争从无序到有序,从质量竞争到品牌竞争,面临广播、电视、网络挑战的背景下,对河北报业从宏观和微观两个方面的内容做了一些分析,提出要重视资本运营,实行多元化,塑造品牌,开展数字化,重视人才的引进和培养,充分开发广告市场等发展策略。