Using analytic network process to analyze problems for implementing turn-key construction projects in Taiwan

The turn-key construction project is implemented in Taiwan not by a single company but by a make-shift group of several companies. Hence,problems to coordinate the professional construction management (PCM) and the supervising architectural company often occur for the lack of long-term experience to work together. The various factors that affect the implementation of turn-key projects currently practiced in Taiwan are analyzed using the analytic network process (ANP). The objective is to study how the twelve key factors in the four layers of "Role assignment","Signing contract","Operational procedures" and "Losing capital investment" affect the progress of implementing the turn-key project in Taiwan. The results reveal that "Delay in payment" has the most negative influence with 15.62% weighing factor; "Latent risk" comes next with 11.14% weighing factor,and "Responsibility of construction company for project quality" is the third with 10.79% weighing factor.

Chinese Professional Managers Facing Ten Major Relations

1. Domestic Market and ForeignMarketIt is a new reality that China’s domesticmarket has been increasinglyinternationalized after China’s entering intothe WTO. However, most Chineseenterprises have no strength now to competewith top corporations in the world, andremain difficult to stand firmly even theyhave gone outside of China due to a lot ofsevere non-tariff barriers. Therefore, Chineseenterprises should attach more importanceto domestic market in recent period, in orderto survive themselves at first. The

Exploring Some Tactics on How to Make English Lessons More Effective

This paper explores some effective tactics on the teaching of English. It starts with the introduction of the importance of learning English, then it reveals the qualities and useful strategies that a teacher of English should master if he or she wants to make his or her lessons successful. It also conducts the analysis of how these tactics interact in the classroom teaching. The paper concludes that examining effective ways of teaching is useful in helping teachers either in their academic field or in their professional development.

The Effects of Professional Managers＇ Credit on Their Work Performance： Firm Owners＇ Trust and Credit Identification Mechanisms

Finding successors for private enterprises has become an urgent problem in recent years, partially because those firms＇ owners lack trust in professional managers. Previous research on agents focuses on preventing opportunistic behavior and neglects the value of their entrepreneurship. In our research, professional managers＇ credit is divided into three dimensions： personal credit, professional credit and operational credit. Using a sample of 379 firm owners from 27 provinces in China, we find that credit and its detailed dimensions are positively related to private owners＇ trust in professional managers. We also found that a rigorous and effective credit identification mechanism positively moderate the above relationships. Furthermore, trust affects professional managers＇ work performance in a positive way. Accordingly, we advise that （1） professional managers＇ credit assessment system should be established and improved; （2） professional managers and enterprise owners should attach importance to enhancing professionalism and promoting rigorous credit identification mechanisms; （3） the closed-loop of the credit-trust psychologically interactive mechanism based on credit mechanisms and credit identification mechanisms should be put to use.