Learning to Mediate? The Mediation Support Unit and the Production of Expertise by the UN

The UN Mediation Support Unit (MSU) was created to support peace processes and enable organizational learning. This article analyses the unit through a sociological lens with the aim to understand its present configuration, and what this reveals about the production of knowledge about mediation at the UN. It argues that, because of the constraints imposed by intrastate wars and the existing institutional setting within the Secretariat, the MSU emphasizes generic and depoliticized expertise, by contrast with mediation's traditional reliance on non-transferable skills. This approach, in spite of its pitfalls, enables the unit to justify its own existence and to claim a position of authority within the organization and beyond.     

Public sector leadership‐subordinate ethical diffusion conundrum: perspectives from developing African countries

The interaction between organizational superiors and their subordinates has a practical implication on the entire organizational life cycle in terms of ethical conduct. This study explores how ethics among public leadership could trickle down on the conduct of public employees by using two empirical cases from developing African countries context. Using the attraction–selection–attrition and social learning models, the study assesses how superiors influence street level bureaucrats' interaction with clients or customers. Drawing from existing cases and other secondary data, we propose a leadership‐ethical diffusion model that argues that subordinates' perception and experience of superiors' behavior tend to create a kind of organizational ‘ethical groupthink’, which spans the rank and file of the organization. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The use of simulated crime scenes in teaching undergraduate forensic sciences: Implementing an active learning approach to forensics

Incorporating a simulated crime scene into one’s pedagogy in forensic science undergraduate courses allows students the opportunity to experience a realistic scenario while demonstrating their knowledge and enhancing their critical thinking skills. The purpose of this paper is to examine an active learning approach to using simulated crime scenes to provide an impactful learning experience for students. While potentially challenging for the instructor, constructing a crime scene scenario can provide students with hands-on practical experience while helping to dispel forensic science misconceptions. Through many years of creating crime scenes, best practices for using such high impact activities in forensic science courses are described in detail, including preparatory exercises that culminate in the final crime scene scenario, considerations in preparing and constructing a crime scene activity, and supervising and assessing students once the activity begins. Three major challenges to implementing active learning exercises such as simulated crime scenes in undergraduate forensic science programs include high workload for instructors, limited supplies, and lack of suitable facilities. Workload solutions include instructors and departments considering the cost and benefit of course releases to improve curriculum and student enrollment. Supplies and facilities solutions involve innovation in reuse and repurposing of supplies, and instructor flexibility in using classroom and outdoor spaces.     

加入WTO与发展高职教育

我国加入WTO后,方方面面都受到冲击和挑战。高等职业教育作为与经济衔接紧密的教育类型,应采取积极措施予以主动适应。     

民族地方立法研究三题

概念、表现形式(名称)、生命力依托是民族地方立法研究中的基本问题。从规范意义上说,调整民族关系的法律,可称之为民族法,而民族法的制定活动则为民族立法,民族自治地方制定规范性文件的活动统称为民族地方立法为宜。为规范民族地方法文件的表现形式,一般不应当使用“变通”和“补充”字样来命名法文件。从长远看,以避免概念含义的模糊。民族地方立法的生命力以妥当选择立法项目、注重立法民主、突出立法内容的特定性为依托。     

在高校党建与思想政治教育结合中推进大学生党员先进性教育

在高校党建与思想政治教育结合中推进大学生党员先进性教育意义重大,它是当代大学生所肩负的历史使命的必然要求,是当代大学生健康成长的必然要求,是党和国家对当代大学生殷切期望的必然要求。在推进高校大学生党员先进性教育中,应充分发挥思想政治教育的主渠道作用;应提高发展党员的质量;应加强党员的实践锻炼。     

关于高校图书馆在教学改革中的定位思考

在高校的教学改革中,图书馆发挥着重要的作用.它是教学改革的信息资源宝库,是培养具有创新能力的复合型人才的重要场所,是使学生学会学习全面发展的最佳园地.     

学习型党组织建设的特点和着力点

学习型党组织建设是马克思主义学习型政党建设的基础工程,是推进党的建设的一项长期而重大的战略举措。加强学习型党组织建设必须突出基层党组织和党员学习的主体地位、培养理论联系实际的马克思主义学风、完善学习型党组织建设长效机制、形成浓厚而科学的党建文化、坚持领导带头示范,努力做到学活、学实、学新。     

中央苏区时期提升干部学习能力的经验及其启示

建设学习型政党、学习型组织是我们党一项长期性、根本性的任务。中央苏区时期,为提高干部学习能力,中国共产党采取了许多行之有效的措施,培养了大批治党治国治军的人才,对开展反围剿军事斗争和巩固壮大苏维埃红色政权,起到了积极的不可替代的作用。这些措施,即使到今天,仍然对加强干部队伍建设有着重要的借鉴意义。     

建设学习型政党的理论基础

马克思主义经典作家马克思、恩格斯和列宁关于重视理论学习的思想,是建设学习型政党的根本理论依据;以毛泽东为代表的中国共产党人,在继承经典作家相关思想的基础上所形成的一系列重视理论学习的思想,是建设学习型政党的重要理论基础;改革开放以来党的历届中央领导集体关于马克思主义理论学习的思想,是建设学习型政党的直接理论基础。