Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 89-90).

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

吳展超. / 論文(碩士)--香港中文大學, 1998. / 參考文獻: leaves 138-144. / 中英文摘要. / Wu Zhanchao. / 論文提要 --- p.3 / 導言 --- p.4 / Chapter 第一章： --- 香港的工業、貿易與經濟發展 --- p.8 / Chapter 第一節： --- 香港戰後的工業化 / Chapter 第二節： --- 香港的工業化與貿易 / Chapter 第三節： --- 貿易與香港的經濟發展 / Chapter 第二章： --- 香港貿易發展局的成立 --- p.26 / Chapter 第一節： --- 香港貿易發展局成立的背景 / Chapter 第二節： --- 香港貿易發展局成立的經過 / Chapter 第三節： --- 香港貿易發展局的宗旨、職能及組織 / Chapter 第三章： --- 香港貿易發展局成立初期的貿易 拓展工作 --- p.55 / Chapter 第一節： --- 五、六十年代香港工業的機遇與挑戰 / Chapter 第二節： --- 香港貿易發展局的拓展策略和工作 / Chapter 第四章： --- 七十年代香港工業發展與貿易 拓展的變化 --- p.71 / Chapter 第一節： --- 七十年代香港工業的發展與挑戰 / Chapter 第二節： --- 香港貿易發展局的拓展策略和工作 / Chapter 第五章： --- 八十年代以來的挑戰與應變 --- p.91 / Chapter 第一節： --- 八十年代以來香港經濟轉型與 國際政經情勢的變化 / Chapter 第二節： --- 香港貿易發展局的應變策略與工作 / 結語 --- p.133 / 參考資料 --- p.138 / 附錄 --- p.145

Introduction The main aim of the study was to explore the technical capacity of members of the 12 Sector Human Resource Development committees of the Human Resource Development Council in the management of evidence-based policymaking in the course of implementing the national and sector-specific Human Resource Development plans for all matters of national human resource development. The study set out to contribute to the urgency and growing importance of research evidence as the basis for making informed policy and practical decisions across the world. There is a significant research gap in understanding how members of the Human Resource Development committees, as policymakers in the context of this study, use research-based evidence in the course of developing Human Resource Development plans. There is limited understanding of the factors that may induce or constrain members of the committees to use research-based evidence in implementing the national and sector-specific Human Resource Development plans. Methodology The study adopted an exploratory, sequential, inductive mixed methods approach in addition to the deductive use of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) knowledge-to-action framework. The target participants for the study were the members of the 12 Sector Human Resource Development committees of the Human Resource Development Council who were asked to complete a questionnaire. The questionnaire elicited respondents’ perceptions about their capacity to adapt knowledge generated; identify inhibiting/ facilitating factors; assess and approve research evidence and sustainable use of research evidence. Qualitative data was collected through conducting interviews with the chairpersons of the committees. The scope of the in-depth interview questions covered respondents’ perceptions on the same key areas as in the questionnaire. This was to allow respondents to express their feelings during the in-depth discussions without any limitations. Findings The insights based on the perceptions of chairpersons and members of the committees in this current study have revealed the areas for possible improvement in managing evidence-based policies in the context of Botswana. Issues that emerged with respect to the perceptions of respondents to adaptation of research evidence included packaging and presenting research evidence; lengthy reports and use of complex language; lack of understanding of the policymaking context by researchers, and inversely, policymakers not understanding the research process; lack of collaboration and engagement between researchers and policymakers; and lack of implementation plans. Issues that related to the perceptions of respondents on factors that may inhibit or facilitate the use of research evidence entailed positive attitude towards evidence-based policies; development of policy briefs; difficulty in accessing research articles, databases and journals; building policymakers’ ability to search for relevant research evidence; insufficient time to read and evaluate research articles; lack of organisational support; and authority and decision-making power. Concerning respondents’ perceptions on assessing and approving research evidence, issues raised covered skills in interpreting the research evidence; policymakers being generalists; lack of appraisal criteria and guidelines; and training on appraising research evidence being more theoretical than practical. As for the strategic interventions suggested to sustain evidence-based policies, respondents highlighted the need for skills development for both researchers and policymakers; participation of policymakers in the research process; and provision of incentive schemes. Conclusions In conclusion, the findings of the current study show that all the sub-constructs of adaptation of research evidence, factors inhibiting or facilitating the use of research evidence, and assessing and approving the quality of research evidence are significantly and positively related to research evidence informing policy and practice. Overall, the insights emerging from this current study provide conceptual tools to use research evidence to inform policy and practice. The study sought to complement and advance the literature on the field of evidence-based policy management, essentially contributing to the research-policy interface in Botswana context. Botswana, as an emerging economy, is still grappling with understanding the dynamics of evidence-based policy management. There is still a need to initiate, develop and sustain evidence-based policy management through strategic interventions. The insights gained from the current study can be used as a basis for future research. / Educational Management and Leadership / Ph. D. (Educational Leadership and Management)

O presente artigo tem como objeto o Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social do Rio Grande do Sul – CDES RS – e a representação da sociedade civil na sua composição, particularmente, o processo de escolha dos conselheiros. O estudo analisa as condições políticas, sociais e históricas para formação do Conselho de Desenvolvimento e as possibilidades dessa nova experiência de diálogo e concertação social através de um espaço público institucional. Estabelece ainda uma análise do processo de escolha dos conselheiros para formação do CDES RS em relação ao debate sobre a institucionalização da sociedade civil em processos de democratização, controle social e transparência da gestão pública. Entre os aspectos trabalhados destacam-se os esforços de concertação político-social que foram realizados por parte da sociedade gaúcha e de diferentes governos estaduais ao longo do tempo, especialmente, a partir da segunda metade do século XX; os processos de organização institucional de espaços públicos e de integração entre Estado e sociedade civil. / This article has as its object the Council of Economic and Social Development in Rio Grande do Sul - RS CDES - and the representation of civil society in its composition, particularly the process of choosing advisors. The study analyzes the political, social and historical formation of the Council for Development and the possibilities of this new experience of social dialogue and consensus through a public institution. It also establishes a process analysis of choice of advisors for the formation of RS CDES regarding the debate on the institutionalization of civil society in democratization processes, social control and transparency in public management. Among the issues worked out the efforts of political and social agreement has been made by the gaucho society and different state governments over time, especially from the second half of the twentieth century, the processes of institutional spaces public and integration between state and civil society.

Em meio às manifestações sociais crescentes, as insuficiências das democracias representativas em recepcionar e fluir as expectativas sociais, e estados nacionais fracos e subordinados aos mercados financeiros globais, novas institucionalidades democráticas interrogam as democracias existentes. Coerente com estas questões, a tese desenvolvida neste estudo propõe que o tamanho do desafio exige mais democracia, não menos. A ampliação dos modelos de democracia participativa, combinados em um sistema que integre participação cidadã, democratização da gestão e interação em redes, alargam o modelo representativo e garantem novos canais de comunicação entre sociedade e Estado. São alternativas disponíveis às democracias. Dentre elas, interessa verificar as condições para a validade de processos de concertação social em arranjos de ampla representação societal. O modelo referenciado na teoria habermasiana transporta a esfera pública e a estrutura comunicacional original adequando-as conceitualmente ao espaço público institucional e à concertação social, respectivamente. Durante os quatro anos de existência do Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social do Rio Grande do Sul (CDES RS) quase duzentas propostas elaboradas por noventa conselheiros e conselheiras da sociedade civil e dez do governo, a partir de um processo dialógico e colaborativo, foram tratadas e encaminhadas pelo executivo estadual. O resultado foi possível, conforme o estudo, por uma série não exaustiva de condicionantes para a validade da concertação social, um conjunto reconhecível e executável de políticas e práticas democráticas. Todavia, defende, ainda, a diversificação dos arranjos institucionais participativos como formas complementares de democracia, multifacetada e transversalizada, para sociedades complexas fruto das novas formas de acumulação capitalista e da transformação dos sujeitos no mundo do trabalho. / In the midst of growing social manifestations, the inadequacies of representative democracies in welcoming and flowing social expectations, and weak national states subordinated to global financial markets, new democratic institutions question the existing democracies. Coherent with these questions, the thesis developed in this study proposes that the size of the challenge requires more democracy, not less. The expansion of participative democracy models, combined in a system that integrates citizen participation, democratization of management and interaction in networks, broadens the representative model and guarantees new channels of communication between society and State. They are alternatives available to democracies. Among them, it is important to verify the conditions for validity of social concertation processes in arrangements of broad societal representation. The model referenced in the Habermasian theory transports the public sphere and the original communicational structure, adapting them conceptually to the public institutional space and the social conciliation, respectively. During the four years of existence of the Social and Economic Development Council of Rio Grande do Sul (CDES RS), almost two hundred proposals prepared by ninety councilors and councilors of civil society and ten of the government, from a dialogical and collaborative process, were treated And forwarded by the state executive. The result was, according to the study, a nonexhaustive set of constraints to the validity of social concertation, a recognizable and enforceable set of democratic policies and practices. However, it also defends the diversification of participatory institutional arrangements as complementary forms of democracy, multifaceted and cross-cutting, for complex societies resulting from new forms of capitalist accumulation and the transformation of subjects into the world of work.

檔案館是指一個機構或行政單位負責檔案資料的辦識、鑑定、登錄、保存、編排、描述與提供參考服務。國家檔案館亦可被稱為國家公共檔案館或公共檔案館。它是檔案館的其中一種。由國家各級政府設立並領導，負責接收和管理一定範圍的具有社會和歷史價值的各種檔案，並提供社會利用的重要文化事業機構。 檔案是傳承歷史及人類知識的最佳媒介，檔案管理人員則是手握傳承鑰匙的主要角色，而檔案管理機關則是重要歷史見證者及紀錄者。在臺灣及澳門最高檔案管理機關，對於了解該地區在檔案事業管理及發展上是十分值得研究的對象。檔案行政構在兩地有所不同，筆者對此作比較時會偏向法規、功能以及兩地檔案機關在位階的定位。 透過比較對上述兩地政府機關的體系進行比較研究，比較分析兩地在檔案法、檔案管理行政體制(以檔案管理局與澳門歷史檔案館為研究對象)以及檔案機關之功能任務的異同。冀能了解兩地的檔案管理事業發有何異同之處。 / Archives can be referred to an institution or administrative unit which is responsible for archival identification, appraisal, log in, preservation, arrangement, description and reference service. The National Archives can be also known as the National Public Archives or Public Archives. It is a type of the archives, which is established by the national governments, responsible for various archives with social and historical values, and distributed to fulfil the usage of social and cultural organizations. Archives is the best medium of human knowledge and historical heritage, records management staff are holding the key to a major role in transmission, and archival management institution is an important witness of history and archives holder. By studying about the highest management authority of Archives in Taiwan and Macau, it can help to understand the differences between the region and the development of the Archive Management. Archives administrative structures differ in these two places, this study is focusing on comparing the archival laws, functions and .organization structures of the two places mentioned above. A comparative study of these two archival institutions through the comparison, analyzing the two places in the differences of Archives Act, the administrative management system (National Archives Administration National Development Council and Historical Archives of Macao) and the functional tasks of them can help to deepen understanding the similarities and differences between both parties.