Institutional reform in British construction: partnering and private finance

The British construction industry is presently going through a period of rapid change. A combination of government-led reform initiatives, changes in government procurement strategies, and increasing exposure to international competition is focusing minds and shifting positions. This paper provides an analysis of the institutional aspects of these changes, identifying the root of the problems that the reforms are tackling, and indicating what the prospects of success might be. The paper starts with a historical overview of the evolution of what is here called the professional system, which has dominated the British industry for 150 years. This provides the context for the exploration of the two principal forces for change in the industry - the reform of contractual relations, especially the diffusion of partnering, and the shift of government procurement towards concession contracting in the shape of the Private Finance Initiative. In conclusion, the prospects for success are discussed, noting that the British construction industry is relatively successful in international markets, but that it shares many traditional problems of other sectors of British industry - the predominance of personal capitalism has meant a failure to develop organizational capabilities - the most notable symptom being the continuing reliance on self-organizing gangs of workers for actual production. Le secteur de la construction britannique traverse actuellement une periode de mutation rapide. Des initiatives de reforme lancees par le gouvernement, une evolution de la strategie des approvisionnements gouvernementaux et une plus grande sensibilite a la concurrence internationale occupent les esprits et font bouger les positions. La presente communication analyse les aspects institutionnels de ces changements, localise les racines des problemes auxquels s'attaquent les reformes et indique quelles sont les chances de reussite. Ce document commence par une revue historique de l'evolution de ce que l'on appelle au Royaume-Uni le 'systeme professionnel' qui domine l'industrie britannique depuis 150 ans. On dispose ainsi des elements qui permettent d'explorer les deaux principaux axes du changement qui agissent dans l'industrie britannique de la construction, a savoir la reforme des relations contractuelles (notamment la diffusion du partenariat) et le passage des approvisionnements gouvernementaux a des contrats de concession sous forme d'initiatives financieres privees. En conclusion, l'auteur examine les chance de reussite et note que l'industrie de la construction du Royaume-Uni obtient d'assez bons resultats sur les marches internationaux mais qu'elle partage bon nombre des problemes traditionnels d'autres secteurs industriels de ce pays. La predominance du capitalisme personnel a empeche le developpement des capacites d'organisation, le symptome le plus remarquable etant le fait que l'on continue a s'appuyer sur des groupes auto-organises de travailleurs pour la production proprement dite.     

专业认证背景下电力系统分析思政建设

针对电力系统分析课程在工程教育专业认证理念背景下，进行课程思政建设时所存在的问题，提出了以具体思政方法构成的解决措施内环，以工程认证思想构成的理念约束外环，在内外双环手段的共同作用下，使电力系统分析课程的教学过程能够在专业认证理念约束的框架下，合理并有效地进行课程思政建设与改革，最终实现专业认证、课程思政工作相互促进融合与立德树人的伟大教育目标。     

Remediating Knowledge-Making Spaces in the Graduate Curriculum: Developing and Sustaining Multimodal Teaching and Research

Functional, critical, and rhetorical training in multimodal teaching and research must span all aspects of professional development within the graduate curriculum in order to best prepare emerging professionals for success in the age of digital media. The authors call upon multiple perspectives of their home program and offer a range of benchmarks for other programs that want to promote digital teaching and research as integral, sustainable components of their knowledge-making spaces.     

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice: Reuben J. Silver.

Reuben J. Silver received the 2001 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice. He was given this award for his contributions to the field. During his 50 yrs as a practitioner, an educator, and a supervisor, he has been an outstanding advocate for psychology. His contributions as a leader on state and national levels include serving as chair of the New York State Board for Psychology, a member of the Commissioner of Education's Task Force on Training, chair of the New York Health Department's Medical Access Review Committee, and a founder of the Association of Medical School Psychologists. He pioneered opportunities for psychologists nationwide with his appointment as director of a medical school psychiatry clinic. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

In Defense of A Little Theory

It is common to hear students in today’s engineering programs remark, “Theory is useless…?. Please get past it and give practical instruction.” This complaint seems odd, given that these same students aspire to be the masters of technology in our complex twenty-first century culture. But the complaint is not new. Most engineering schools appeared in America in the mid-nineteenth century, directly in response to the growth of engineering science. But then, interestingly enough, it was the established engineer, not the student, who disdained theory. The self-styled nineteenth century engineer whose knowledge base was his experience tended to take a dim view of the university graduate and regarded theoretical education as “not being very practical.” In contrast to these two extremes, this paper argues that theory promotes understanding, and understanding enables engineers to develop the practical expression of judgment and intuition vital to the engineering profession.     

Anne S. Labowitz: APA/APAGS Ddistinguished Graduate Student Award in Professional Psychology.

Announces Anne S. Labowitz as the recipient of the APA/APAGS Distinguished Graduate Student Award in Professional Psychology for 2002. A biographical statement is included, along with major works and contributions for the field. Labowitz is commended for her ability to alternate focus between her individual clients' needs and their implications for the community. Her career choices demonstrate an intense commitment to public service and public mental health: Pathways to Housing, a nonprofit agency serving the homeless mentally ill; the New York City Department of Health; the Consultation Center of the Yale University School of Medicine; and the Adolescent Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization that she cofounded. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

高校给排水科学与工程专业实习实效性探索

专业实习是给排水科学与工程专业重要的教学环节,对学生的能力培养起到了至关重要的作用。本文针对目前给排水科学与工程专业实习教学的现在和存在问题,特别是在卓越工程师教育培养的目标下,探讨为达到培养卓越工程师高级用于型人才的目的,提出了建立稳定的实习基地、多元化的考核方式,加强教师工程实践能力培养与合理利用实习经费等措施。     

专业学位教育质量评估指标权重分析研究

专业学位研究生教育质量主要通过教育评估来保障,科学合理的评估方案是推行专业学位研究生教育质量评估的核心,而评估指标权重的确定又直接影响着评估结果的合理性。招生、课程教学、学位论文和管理等重要评估指标的权重分配是反映专业学位研究生教育质量的关键,对这几项指标权重进行分析和述评,可为建立科学的专业学位研究生教育质量评估体系提供借鉴。     

浅谈护理工作中的职业道德美

护理美学渗透在临床护理工作中的每一个环节,本文从护理职业道德美探讨护理工作中真、善、美的和谐与统一,提出爱心、责任心和同情心是护士的重要品质。     

Energy provision and housing development: Re-thinking professional and technological relations

This paper questions policy's approach to the implementation of sustainable technologies as part of the UK environmental policy (Code for Sustainable Homes—‘the Code’). Current policy adopts a market-based model promoting rational choice and technological determinism as a solution to the environmental challenges of carbon emissions and energy reduction. We argue that this approach externalises professional actors' situated practices by singling out isolated factors impeding policy's rationale of implementing the Code (e.g. cost). Drawing on our empirical study we identify diverse practices that transpire from professional-technology interactions, demonstrating how sustainable technologies and professional practices are mutually shaped. The important implication of our study is that these ‘black-boxed’ interactions directly impact on how energy is provided, with consequences for future energy consumption.