Development of an Information-Based Leadership Evaluation Index System for School Management Teams:A Comprehensive Approach

In the context of educational informatization reform,there are many uncertain factors in the process of education development.To optimize the educational environment so that it can be effectively combined with information technology,teachers need to change their teaching ideas,strengthen the school’s own adaptability to informatization,and promote the development of informatization construction in schools.As a branch of information leadership,the management team should establish an evaluation index system for information leadership in order to ensure the construction of school informatization,so as to provide a boost for the integration of school resources and information technology.Based on the overview and connotation of information-based leadership of the management team,this paper explores the construction of an evaluation index system of information-based leadership of the school management team,aiming to provide references for the research of relevant personnel in the future.

Is Business School Performance Impacted by Market Orientation Toward Students, Employers of Students, and Parents of Students？ Views from Accounting Department Chairpersons, Business School Deans, and Academic Vice-Presidents of AACSB Business Schools

This paper is part of a continuing research stream dealing with organizational behavior and performance in higher education, specifically within AACSB-Intemational business schools. Using responses to a national survey sent to AACSB-International members schools located in the United States, we report market orientation levels toward students, parents of students, and employers of students as well as levels of organizational performance reported by accounting department chairpersons, business school deans, and academic vice-presidents. Theory and empirical research suggest that higher levels of market orientation result in higher levels of organizational performance. Comparisons of the various input scores for each customer group （students, parents of students, and employers of students） submitted by the survey respondents are made against a benchmark established for businesses in the marketing literature and then scores are compared by administrative groups against one another. Finally, regression analysis is used to determine if the reported levels of organizational performance are impacted by the levels of reported market orientation. Altogether, 101 accounting department chairpersons, 130 business school deans, and 110 academic vice-presidents responded. The paper presents details of the research process, findings, statistical inferences, and discusses the implications of the research for schools of business and academic accounting departments.

Enabling Proactive Management of School Dropouts Using Neural Network

The growing need to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in addressing challenges in education sectors of developing countries is undermined by low awareness, limited skill and poor data quality. One particular persisting challenge, which can be addressed by AI, is school dropouts whereby hundreds of thousands of children drop annually in Africa. This article presents a data-driven approach to proactively predict likelihood of dropping from schools and enable effective management of dropouts. The approach is guided by a carefully crafted conceptual framework and new concepts of average absenteeism, current cumulative absenteeism and dropout risk appetite. In this study, a typical scenario of missing quality data is considered and for which synthetic data is generated to enable development of a functioning prediction model using neural network. The results show that, using the proposed approach, the levels of risk of dropping out of schools can be practically determined using data that is largely available in schools. Potentially, the study will inspire further research, encourage deployment of the technologies in real life, and inform processes of formulating or improving policies.

A Discussion on Forewarning and Management of Crises to Vocational and Technical School

Some vocational and technical schools, facing every kind of crises, should have scientific forewarning and management methods to resolve these problems. After classifying the crises and analyzing the cause, this paper makes use of the modem-forewarning and management theories to discuss the forewarning and management method of the crises of the vocational and technical school.

Cultivate Talent and Seek for Innovation in the past 20 Years——Exclusive Interview with Professor Li Chunling Dean of the School of Economics and Management, Yanshan University

Yanshan University was formerly known as Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute,and was one of the key universities in China at that time.As of1985,the institute moved to Qinhuangdao Island,and as it was located at the foot of Yanshan,it was called as Yanshan University.The School of Economics and Management was established in1979and the Management Engineering Department was established in1984,which was renamed as the School of Economics and Management in1998.This year is the20th anniversary for the establishment of the School.

The study of college secondary department student status management and countermeasures——as KunmingUniversity of engineering secondary departments for case analysis

The management of College Students’ status is a professional policy work. The point of regulating college students’learningbehavior is registration management. According to the analysis on the issue of popular education stage of college registration management,it’s important to reinforce the registration management of affi liated college and put forward work ideas, formulate detailed measures. Thatcan regulate and optimize students’ learning behavior and promote school spirit, teaching style, study style, improve the effectiveness of theeducation of students.

School of Management of UESTC

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) is a leading university in the domain of information science and technology. It is one of the universities being supported both by the national "211 Project" and co-built by Ministry of Education and the local provincial government. It is also a research-oriented university with its own graduate school. The university has long been reputed as "the cradle of the Chinese national electronic industry". Today UESTC has developed into a multidisciplinary university, which has electronics information science and technology as its nucleus, engineering as its major field, and incorporates science, management and liberal arts.

The Innovative Application of Principal's Leadership Art and Leadership in International School Management

At present,most schools adopt the principal management system.In the International Campus,the principal's leadership has a great impact on the quality of school operation.Headmasters must combine the actual situation and use of international schools,and lead in an innovative way to better promote the development of international schools.Therefore,this paper analyzes the current situation and importance of principal leadership and leadership art in international school management,and discusses the innovative application strategies of principal leadership art and leadership in international school management.

Managing Behaviour in Classrooms

Managing the class is a fussy but indispensable job for the class teacher.The relationship between teachers and students is a subtle one,which is different with each group.So it is a duty to manage their behaviour,meanwhile the teachers'skills of management appears more important.

Rural left-behind children’s academic psychology in Western China and the school management countermeasures

Left-behind children refer to those left behind by parents working away from home and taken care of by only one of the parents or relatives because one or both of the parents go out to work in the city.By using questionnaires,this study involves 8627 rural pupils chosen from 10 provinces to examine academic psychological characteristics,containing academic self-concept,teacher-student relationship and the student attitudes towards school;and then it discusses the school management countermeasures.The results show:(1)children living with parents have the best academic performances;(2)children left behind with both parents working out show better than those living with one of the parents on academic psychological performance;and(3)children left behind with only one of the parents working out performs the worst,especially when only living with the father.Therefore,much more attention should be paid to those children.

2006 International RFID Technologies Summit Forum Held in Tsinghua School of Economics and Management

The International Radio Frequency Identification （RFID） Technologies Summit Forum, organized jointly by the Research Center for Contemporary Management, Tsinghua School of Economics and Management （SEM） and the Asia Pacific RFID Technology Association, was held from August 21 to 23, 2006 in Tsinghua＇s SEM international auditorium.

ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVE ENERGY RETROFIT STRATEGIES AND RELATED IMPACT ON INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY A case study of an elementary school in the State of Maryland

1.0.INTRODUCTION In the United States,K-12 school buildings spend more than$8 billion each year on energy-more than they spend on computers and textbooks combined[1].Most occupied older buildings demonstrate poor operational performance-for instance,more than 30 percent of schools were built before 1960,and 53 percent of public schools need to spend money on repairs,renovations,and modernization to ensure that the schools’onsite buildings are in good overall condition.And among public schools with permanent buildings,the environmental factors in the permanent buildings have been rated as unsatisfactory or very unsatisfactory in 5 to 17 percent of them[2].Indoor environment quality(IEQ)is one of the core issues addressed in the majority of sustainable building certification and design guidelines.Children spend a significant amount of time indoors in a school environment.And poor IEA can lead to sickness and absenteeism from school and eventually cause a decrease in student performance[3].Different building types and their IEQ characteristics can be partly attributed to building age and construction materials.[4]Improving the energy performance of school buildings could result in the direct benefit of reduced utility costs and improving the indoor quality could improve the students’learning environment.Research also suggests that aging school facilities and inefficient equipment have a detrimental effect on academic performance that can be reversed when schools are upgraded.[5]Several studies have linked better lighting,thermal comfort,and air quality to higher test scores.[6,7,8]Another benefit of improving the energy efficiency of education buildings is the potential increase in market value through recognition of green building practice and labeling,such as that of a LEED or net zero energy building.In addition,because of their educational function,high-performance or energy-efficient buildings are particularly valuable for institution clients and local government.More and more high-performance buildings,net zero energy buildings,and positive energy buildings serve as living laboratories for educational purposes.Currently,educational/institutional buildings represent the largest portion of NZE(net zero energy)projects.Educational buildings comprise 36 percent of net zero buildings according to a 2014 National New Building Institute report.Of the 58 net zero energy educational buildings,32 are used for kindergarten through grade 12(K-12),21 for higher education,and 5 for general education.[9]Finally,because educational buildings account for the third largest amount of building floor space in the United States,super energy-efficient educational buildings could provide other societal and economic benefits beyond the direct energy cost savings for three reasons:1)educational buildings offer high visibility that can influence community members and the next generation of citizens,2)success stories of the use of public funds that returns lower operating costs and healthier student learning environments provide documentation that can be used by others,and 3)this sector offers national and regional forums and associations to facilitate the transfer of best design and operational practices.

Former Harvard Business School Senior Associate Dean F.Warren McFarlan Appointed Co-Director of Tsinghua School of Economics and Management China Business Case Center

Tsinghua University＇s School of Economics and Management （SEM） announced the appointment on August 18, 2009, of former Senior Associate Dean of the Harvard Business School Professor F. Warren McFarlan as Co-Director of SEM＇s China Business Case Center for the next three years. During his tenure, Professor McFarlan will design a Harvard Business School case study based teaching platform for SEM adapted to the current business environment in China. Professor McFarlan will also select a company as the basis for case study and research on the problems the company encounters in its growth process. He may also open further case development and teaching seminars in the future.

Former Harvard Business School Senior Associate Dean F.Warren McFarlan Appointed Co-Director of Tsinghua School of Economics and Management China Business Case Center

Tsinghua University＇s School of Economics and Management （SEM） announced the appointment on August 18, 2009 of former Senior Associate Dean of the Harvard Business School Professor F. Warren McFarlan as Co-Director of SEM＇s China Business Case Center for the next three years.

The influencing factors of the WTP for the risk reduction of chemical industry accidents in China

To explore the factors that influence respon- dents＇ willingness to pay （WTP） for the risk reduction of chemical industry accidents, a questionnaire survey combined with contingent valuation and psychometric paradigm methods were conducted in the city of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China. Both traditional socioeconomic variables and perceived characteristics of the hazards were considered in this study, and a Tobit model was used to find the factors influencing WTP under three risk reduction scenarios. The results showed that three demographic characteristics, age, gender, and income, significantly affected the WTP for chemical risk reduction. In addition, three extracted public risk perception factors, effect, knowledge, and trust, also strongly affected the WTP. The mean WTP value increased as the magnitude of the risk reduction increased. The number of factors influencing the WTP decreased as the reduction level improved, and only the effect factor had a significant influence on the WTP for a higher level （80%） of risk reduction. The cost for chemical safety management of Yancheng was calculated, and the optimized risk reduction level was determined. These findings can assist governments and policy makers to formulate suitable strategies for risk control, to reach target groups of people to develop effective communication, and to provide specific refer- ences for the best investment for the security of local residents.