以价值观为本的领导行为与组织绩效在中国的实证研究

以价值为本的领导理论是 House在综合了 2 0世纪 70年代以后的领导理论后提出的 ,代表了最新的领导理论进展。为了验证以价值为本的领导学理论在中国的有效性 ,本文在 95家企业访谈和问卷调查的基础上 ,对以价值为本的领导行为与领导绩效之间的关系进行了分析。结果表明 ,以价值为本的领导理论非常适合中国的经济环境。此理论所述的核心领导行为能导致下属的认同、满意和激励。     

Leadership by Activity Theory and Professional Development by Social Construction

Culture and human development come together as one. Contradictions and challenges abound in the transformation of social practices of leadership and management. Globalization, organizational, and professional development bring local realities together. Research must embrace characteristic discourses in order to constitute a modified perspective to current approaches. Research must direct attention to the predominant conceptions of leaders, contexts, and relations. Leaders are discoursed objects capable of individual action, acting rationally in order to structure their contexts. Their ability to relate to others is an individual act and a source to progress. Good discourses displace attitudes, personal properties, and individual acts and highlight relations. One shift of attention goes from transcendental notions of truth, right, and suitability to local–historical constructions of reality. Another shift goes from reality as a singular and independent state to multiple socially constructed realities. In the processes of social construction people create individual worlds where unique relations emerge. Coordinated training and research enable different modes of relating to each other in systemic practice.     

基于复杂适应系统的群体组织形成模型及其模拟

以复杂适应系统理论为基本指导思想,利用基于主体的计算机建模方法,在Swarm平台上构建和实现了群体组织形成过程模型.通过设置模型的各种模拟参数,对组成群体组织的微观主体行为,以及主体与主体之间的相互作用进行模拟实验,在可视化窗口观察组织形成的整体动态演化过程,并对模拟结果进行了分析.该模型与实际现象相符合,表明了模型的有效性.     

Systemic Development of Leadership: Action Research in an Indian Manufacturing Organization

This insider action research study differentiates between developing leaders and leadership, evolves a systemic leadership model, and intervenes on the human, social and processes dimensions for developing leadership. This is a real-time study and responds to the organizational reality of fast pace of change and its systemic nature. Consequently, the research too is fast to guide actions and influence positive changes in the organization. As the action research addresses a systemic reality, research and contributions are in multiple aspects, with new techniques having huge implications for theory building as well as improving practice. The study provides a structural solution to perceived lack of commitment in senior colleagues—a syndrome I acronym as HILE (High Intentions and Lukewarm Execution)–by re-designing organizational processes and making time available for its effective utilization in developing leadership. A new technique of triggering major changes in organizations termed “concept sublimation” distils concept from the statements of major stakeholder and sublimates it from lower to higher unit of analysis and to higher levels of positivity. Statistical simplification of a competency framework by applying concepts from Euclidian geometry and making it effective is yet a unique contribution of this action research study. The study adapts the competing values framework in developing a method of assessing cultural congruence of a candidate with the culture of the organization. The uniqueness of the study lies in bridging the gap in the literature by actually and systemically developing leadership in an organization and providing pragmatic insights on developing leadership while also creating knowledge for theory building.     

Designing a Management System for a Rural Community Development Organization Using a Systemic Action Research Process

This paper describes the first phase, 'finding out', of a systemic participatory action research intervention in the management systems of a rural community development organization in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The aims of the intervention were to (a) improve the management system of this organization, and (b) evaluate the usefulness of particular systems methodologies for the improvement of management systems of organizations involved in community development in under-resourced rural contexts. The second phase, "implementation," needs to be completed and thoroughly evaluated before any final conclusions can be drawn about the suitability of the chosen systems framework for Third World type rural contexts. However, the second phase is, at the time of writing, underway and all indications are that an interpretive ('Soft') Systems Methodology, combined with insights from a more functionalist ('hard') approach (with methods chosen through a Critical Systems Thinking framework) holds much promise for participatory systemic interventions in these contexts.     

Intersections of Critical Systems Thinking and Community Based Participatory Research: A Learning Organization Example with the Autistic Community

Critical systems thinking (CST) and community based participatory research (CBPR) are distinct approaches to inquiry which share a primary commitment to holism and human emancipation, as well as common grounding in critical theory and emancipatory and pragmatic philosophy. This paper explores their intersections and complements on a historical, philosophical, and theoretical level, and then proposes a hybrid approach achieved by applying CBPR’s principles and considerations for operationalizing emancipatory practice to traditional systems thinking frameworks and practices. This hybrid approach is illustrated in practice with examples drawn from of the implementation of the learning organization model in an action research setting with the Autistic community. Our experience of being able to actively attend to, and continuously equalize, power relations within an organizational framework that otherwise has great potential for reinforcing power inequity suggests CBPR’s principles and considerations for operationalizing emancipatory practice could be useful in CST settings, and CST’s vocabulary, methods, and clarity around systems thinking concepts could be valuable to CBPR practitioners.     

Birth and Demise of a Social Protection Organization in Venezuela

In this article a context for the study of a social protection organization is presented. This context is based on three ideas: (i) social protection is a requirement for assuming the cohesion and continuation of society; (ii) in an industrialized society, social protection is conceived in connection with salary; and (iii) the organizational form of social protection in Venezuelan society is Social Security guaranteed by a Welfare State. The becoming of our Social Security organization is interpreted with these concepts. The interpretive process consists in the unfolding of the relation between the organizational form and the conceptions about social protection since the birth of the organization 60 years ago. This unfolding simultaneously reveals failure concerning coverage of the risks typical of social security and a radical change in the conception of social protection in Venezuela. These results rest on the non-realization of premise ii of the interpretive context in the case of the Venezuelan society. The article concludes by showing the need to understand the conceptions regarding social protection in contexts different from that of an industrial society (advanced or not).     

Defining Focus and Integrity in Building a Community Research Coalition

Pervasive and systemic barriers to collaborative university-community research make such studies highly challenging. Yet the necessity of participative research means that feasible ways to conduct high quality collaborative investigations must be sought. In a longitudinal action research study investigating adult literacy, issues facing community and academic researchers centred upon focus and integrity. Differing researchers defined focus and integrity in sharply varying ways, so that terminology employed within the programme formed contested sites of meaning and interpretation. This meant that ideas of research integrity held very different connotations for different actors. Yet the viability of the programme depended on both academics and community people attempting to expand their horizons by understanding and taking into account others’ perceptions.

Enhancing Collaborative Learning in a Blended Learning Environment: Applying a Process Planning Model

The research reported here was undertaken in a blended learning environment where contact tuition is “blended” with computer-supported (online) learning. The context is a developing country (South Africa). After completion of two full cycles of an action inquiry the planning for the third cycle was undertaken according to an existing process planning model which was originally developed for the design and planning of team-based action learning and action research (ALAR) projects. The illustration of the application of the model focuses on the aspect of student collaboration in a blended learning environment and shows how the original process planning model was adapted and applied during the re-planning phase of the project. The final deliverable is a set of action plans for future collaborative learning that could strengthen student-centred learning experiences in a context which still bears the scars of an unfortunate segregated past.     

Chaos in a Damped Power System

The analytical investigation of a damped power system has been made based on Holmes and Marsden's theorems. The condition for the occurrence of chaotic motions in the system is that the damping factor has to possess negative values. The numerical simulation results concur very well with theoretical predictions.     

Reflective Practices in Community Development: a Grounded Analysis

Systemic Practice and Action Research - Reflective practices (RPs) are recognized as fundamental for the conception, development, implementation and improvement of community-based development in...     

Toward a Buddhist Systems Methodology 3: An Application in a Taiwanese Non-Governmental Organization

This paper describes the application of a Buddhist systems methodology (BSM) to tackle a significant conflict (and underlying issues) threatening the future of a large non-governmental Buddhist membership organization in Taiwan. An evaluation of the BSM, undertaken six months after the intervention, demonstrated positive impacts, including a major reduction in conflict; improved communications across the organization (especially from the bottom-up); a successful restructuring to address some of the underlying issues; a significant upturn in the recruitment and retention of members; and a consequential turn-around of the organization's financial position. In addition, several senior managers took on the BSM for their personal use, trained others, and cascaded the methodology down the organization. This resulted in the official adoption of the BSM as the ‘main decision-making system’ for part of the organization, and the start of wider dissemination. Based on these results, the authors argue that the BSM may have more general utility for problem solving and problem prevention in Taiwanese (and possibly other) Buddhist organizations.

Collaborative Inquiry as a Critical Systemic Approach to Improving Ethics and Governance in the Philippine National Police

Improving ethics and governance in policing is often considered an institutional function that police agencies do as ??expert?? institutions. Participation by other stakeholders may be welcome so long as police are able to control the processes and mechanisms of participation. This paper, based on research done with the Philippine National Police, argues that collaborative inquiry could be an effective critical systemic approach to participation by the wider society in police reform. This could enable both police and non-police stakeholders to work together towards mutual understanding and cooperation as equals towards better policing. This participatory approach is not meant to replace the institutional mechanisms that the police use for their own reform effort, but it is supposed to complement them. The research on which this paper is based was an attempt to design a model for collaborative inquiry at the local municipal level of policing in the Philippines, since the municipality is the lowest operational level for the Philippines?? police service. The results of that study suggest that it is possible to establish such a mechanism and make it work, in effect establishing a Close Knit Knowledge Organisation at the lowest level of operational policing.     

学习型组织的内部控制及其评价

学习型组织被认为是21世纪的最成功的企业模式，但对于如何建立学习型组织并加强其管理控制，目前尚处于探索阶段。从组织学习与内部控制之间的相关性入手，旨在分析学习型组织内部控制的特征、方式和评价方法。     

复杂性隐喻及其在组织研究中的应用

对几个主要的复杂性隐喻在组织研究中的应用现状进行综述,并指出复杂性隐喻在组织研究领域的未来发展趋势.     

Apprehending and Embedding Customer Expectations in the Collaborative Development of Performance Indicators

Systemic Practice and Action Research - The purpose of this paper is to detail a systematic and systemic approach to capturing and embedding multiple customers’ expectations into a framework...     

虚拟样机协同建模环境中建模工具的集成与应用

针对虚拟样机协同建模环境对建模仿真工具集成的需求，对典型建模工具MATLAB的应用方法进行研究，提出在虚拟样机协同建模环境中仿真模型的建立、验证以及仿真应用软件开发各个阶段中MATLAB的集成与应用方法。并且结合一类武器系统虚拟样机的开发实例详细介绍了MATLAB工具的应用和集成。     

组织知识屏蔽与知识延迟的复杂性--学习型组织的知识动力哲学初探

从知识动力学的角度，对组织中的知识屏蔽和知识延迟现象进行了复杂性分析。该理论框架对知识管理、知识创新和学习型组织的研究具有创新意义。     

计算网格及其在虚拟样机协同环境中的应用探讨

网格技术对分散资源进行定位、分配、收集、协同和利用,并为人机交互提供不同资源,简要介绍了当前网格技术的发展与应用状况。Globus项目是目前国际上最有影响的网格计算项目之一,在Globus2.0软件包的基础上搭建了一个原型系统,并探讨了Globus对在虚拟样机分布式协同建模/仿真环境中的对计算能力的支撑应用。在新发布的采用OGSI(Open Grid Services Infrastructure)的3.0版本基础上进行了网格服务的开发,为在网格环境中各种仿真资源的进一步共享奠定了基础。     

基于知识中介的项目型组织知识转移多群体演化博弈分析

根据项目组织环境特点,构建了以PMO为知识中介的有限理性知识转移多群体动态演化博弈模型,通过计算分析得到演化稳定策略和演化稳定相图。研究表明,知识溢出效应、知识协同效应、知识转移成本以及知识转移的奖惩措施,是知识转移行为主要影响因素,并决定项目型组织知识转移的整体演化趋势。