Temporary Staff,Contractors, and Volunteers: The Hidden Workforce in Victorian Local Government

Theories of strategic Human Resource Management (HRM) emphasise the need to understand and effectively manage the workforce, and to align HRM practices with organisational strategy. Local government in Victoria was radically revised in 1993–94 with forced amalgamations, and later the introduction of Best Value Principles. Alongside this have been changes to council workforces. This article explores the composition of these workforces, and seeks to understand if strategic HRM practices underpin their management. It reports that in addition to the ‘known’ and ‘managed’ internal workforce, many councils have an external workforce which includes temporary staff, independent contractors, those working for external contractors, volunteers, work placement students and trainees. There is little evidence that theories of strategic HRM have been used to produce workforce planning strategies and policies relating to these staff, or that their management has been strategically aligned and reviewed to align with council strategies and business plans.     

经济转型背景下地方政府行政逻辑的自主性辨析

加快经济发展方式转变以实现经济转型,是"十二五"规划目标的基本前提和要义之一,也已成为当下我国继续推进现代化进程的一个新的重要议题。本文认为,在此过程中,压力型体制下形成的我国地方政府行政逻辑中的自主性仍有其发挥作用的空间,但显然需予以再定位。那么,地方政府的这种自主性何以可能?有哪些主要变量因素?其行政逻辑转型的目标模式又应是什么?本文对这些问题进行了相应的讨论。     

Bypassing public procurement regulation: A study of rationality in local decisionmaking

Using private contractors through procurement is common in most public sector areas. Despite the benefits of procurement, officials are sometimes tempted to circumvent procurement regulations. The aim of this article is to examine the strategies used by local governmental decisionmakers to bypass procurement regulations and to analyze the rationality underlying these officials' actions. Interviews, court documents, municipal documents, and newspaper articles describing the actions of Swedish municipal officials concerning special transport service (STS) procurements were collected and analyzed. In a case in which rural municipalities lost regular taxi services after STS procurement, we demonstrate how decisions were driven by pressure from the public and local interest groups, making municipal officials deviate from procurement regulations in striving to secure the existence of regular taxi services. One outcome was that local businesses were given preferential treatment, violating regulations and reducing economic efficiency.     

新时期地方政府网络舆情危机及其控制探析

在我国经济社会发展处于矛盾凸显期和网络社会迅速纵深发展的时代背景下,准确把握正确应对各类政府网络舆情危机,具有十分重要的战略意义。     

地方政府合作中的利益博弈和机制创新

中国区域经济的发展需要地方政府紧密合作,但地方政府间利益冲突使得合作过程产生了不确定性并导致一系列问题。本文在博弈理论的框架下对这些问题进行了系统分析并进而研究其解决机制。     

地方政府绩效评估中公众参与问题研究

目前我国许多地方政府在其绩效评估中,评估主体、评估信息呈现出实质性的政府垄断,公众参与形同虚设,流于形式。因此,调整评估主体,使其组成多元化;发展电子政务,创新政府绩效信息提供方式,促进信息公开化以及重视和提高公众参与政府绩效评估的能力实属当务之急。     

中国集体合同制度法律建设的思考——从地方立法看发展走向

市场化以来,中国的集体合同制度发展迅速,但法律制度上的缺陷与不足制约着集体合同制度的有效运作与实际作用的发挥.近年来,各省市制定了一批集体合同制度的地方立法,其中不乏创新之举.分析评述各地方立法的新意与特点,可以从中看出集体合同制度法律建设的趋势与走向.     

“两型社会”背景下地方政府组织规模优化研究——以“长株潭”为例

从建设"两型社会"的背景来考察,"长株潭"政府组织规模还没有达到与区域经济社会发展相匹配的理想程度。传统的区划经济观念、过高的公务员福利、尚未转变到位的政府职能、稍显滞后的区域合作、非合理性的权力增长以及强大的湖湘文化等都是影响"长株潭"地方政府规模的重要因素。要构建适度的政府组织规模,地方政府要坚持以发展区域经济为着力点,通过强化服务理念,合理定位政府角色,科学调整人员结构,严格规范公共权力,并通过构建电子政府、复合行政、生态政府等方式,不断探索政府组织规模优化的新路子。     

强县扩权背景下我国基层政府公共服务供给能力研究

近年来,试点实行强县扩权的地方政府在义务教育、医疗卫生、社会保障和公共就业服务等基本公共服务供给方面进行了有益的实践,取得了一定的成效,但在权力扩张的同时,地方政府的治理思路和理论也出现了一些困惑。本文对这些新的情况和问题进行分析,并提出一些解决措施,希望会对进一步提高基层政府的公共服务供给能力有所帮助。     

Colt Technology Services v Ofcom – [2013] CAT 29 – Appealing a telecoms regulatory decision

A recent and interesting case (Colt v Office of Communications [2013] CAT 29) has shed some light on when and in what circumstances the decisions of the UK's telecoms regulator can be appealed.