An examination of the changing role of housing managers in the face of rising expectation of tenants in public housing management

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-chung Liu
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Housing Management ◽  
The Face ◽  
Changing Role

LOCAL CULTURE MEETS SINGLE EUROPEAN MARKET - AN ASSESSMENT OF INTERNATIONALIZATION CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDEPENDENT ENTREPRENEURS IN THE FRENCH BOOK RETAIL SECTOR

1999 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 365-388
Author(s):  
ELKE PIOCH ◽  
RUTH A. SCHMIDT
Keyword(s):  
European Market ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Single European Market ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Face ◽  
Barriers And Challenges ◽  
Changing Role

The introduction of the Single European Market (SEM) acted as a catalyst to internationalization activities throughout the European Union (EU). Set against the backdrop of a wider study of retail change within the SEM this industry case study examines the changing role of the independent sector within French book retailing in the face of a growing trend towards cross-border activity. The interplay between consumer culture and the dynamics of the changing structural components of the market is discussed against the backdrop of a wider EU context. Barriers and challenges as well as opportunities for international activities are examined and the respective positioning of the different types of retail capital considered. Conclusions highlight the importance of entrepreneurial style rather than the size of the firm as a driver of international activity and present a discussion of likely future trends in this market.

Local government in the face of crisis: changing public management of urban projects in Amsterdam

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
Thijs Koolmees ◽  
Stan Majoor
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Efficient Delivery ◽  
The Face ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Working Processes

This chapter explores the reform of the working processes and organisational structures of the public management bureaucracies in the Amsterdam municipality. It reflects on the mechanisms through which technocratic thinking gets institutionalised within existing public government bodies, and reveals the development of public planning expertise in contemporary urban governance. This chapter particularly questions the changing role of public bureaucracies in the Netherlands, a country where public expertise still plays a central role in urban governance, but is progressively being reformed to accommodate private actors. It shows how the city's internal bureaucratic structure has been reformed and reorganised under processes of austerity and de-regulation to promote quick adjustments to plans and efficient delivery. Leadership and working processes are becoming increasingly focused on ‘flexible implementation’ and the production of entrepreneurial modes of governance.

scholarly journals An examination of the role of the e-tutor

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annegret Goold ◽  
Jo Coldwell ◽  
Annemieke Craig
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Face ◽  
Changing Role

<span>As online learning environments continue to evolve, both teachers and students need to adapt to make the most of opportunities afforded by these environments for teaching and learning. The focus of this paper is on the changing role undertaken by tutors in online learning environments. We present a brief review of the current perspectives on the roles and responsibilities suggested for the e-tutor for effective teaching, and then report on a study where roles of e-tutors in a large wholly online unit were examined. The study supports the view that although the role of the e-tutor is similar to that of the face to face tutor in some respects, there are sufficient differences to make e-tutoring challenging to those who have not undertaken such online activities previously. Ongoing professional development is required to meet the changing demands of the technological environment, as well as the changing needs of students.</span>

scholarly journals Education for Critical Community and the Pedagogy of Asylum: Two Responses to the Crisis Of University Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leszek Koczanowicz ◽  
Rafał Włodarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
University Education ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Face ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
The University ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe current heated debate on the deteriorating status of the university raises a range of pertinent questions, including: What role can the humanities play in culture today in the face of the crisis of higher education? To answer this question, the authors begin by problematizing the relationship between culture, the humanities, and education. In the second part of the paper, they examine the changing role of the humanities in conjunction with the understandings of culture, and outline three salient ways in which culture is conceived of today. Subsequently, they focus on the loss of the dominant status that culture suffered when everyday life was discovered in modernity. In the third part, they argue that everyday life, or rather social representations of everyday life and its practices, are currently becoming the chief criterion for assessing culture, the humanities, and education. However, everyday life remains complex both in theoretical conceptualizations and in research observations. For example, everyday life harbors a range of risks and anxieties which are veiled by its own obviousness and reinforced by socialization. The authors conclude that, given this, everyday life in democratic societies calls for the work of understanding, support, affirmation, and criticism, in which the humanities can retain their superior status. In the fourth part, the authors discuss non-consensual democracy, critical community, and the pedagogy of asylum as the forms of organization and action that promote an auspicious interconnection of culture, the humanities, and education.

How Real are the Opportunities for Multinationals in China?

2018 ◽  
pp. 744-762
Author(s):  
Peter J. Williamson ◽  
Feng Wan
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Chinese Companies ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
The Face ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Country Specific

Many multinationals continue to see the China market as a major contributor to their global growth over the medium term. With the rising capabilities and competitiveness of local Chinese players, however, how real are the opportunities for multinationals in China? This chapter begins by reviewing the evidence on the performance of multinationals versus their local competitors in the Chinese market. The chapter then analyzes the changing strategies and evolution of sources of competitive advantage of both Chinese companies and multinationals competing in China. It compares the differential success of these competing groups in accessing the “country-specific advantages” available in China. The chapter also examines the evidence on “catch-up” by Chinese companies in building their own firm-specific advantages. This includes an analysis of internal investment and learning by Chinese companies with the aim of building new capabilities, improving their absorptive capacity, and accessing strategic assets through foreign partnerships and cross-border acquisitions. The chapter then examines the changing role of Chinese companies in global value chains. This leads the chapter to address the question of whether, in addition to narrowing the capability gaps with multinationals, Chinese companies have also developed new and distinctive dynamic capabilities and sources of competitive advantage. The chapter concludes by examining how multinationals have responded to increased competition from local players in China and the options open to multinationals as they seek to secure future opportunities in China in the face of a rapidly changing market environment.

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