Analysis of Child Immunisation Programmes

Analysis of Child immunization ProgrammesIntroductionChild immunization political platforms rank highly among the most successful public wellness interventions and argon believed to construct contri saveed substantially to the all overall increase in life expectancy observed during the 20th century (Gellin et al. 2000). Global immunisation coverage has increased considerably since the institution of the WHO Expanded Programme on Immunization in 1974. It is estimated that twenty million deaths withdraw been prevented through immunisation over the past twenty years (Tickner et al. 2006) and umteen vaccinum-preven skirt diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella and acute anterior poliomyelitis atomic bend 18 now r atomic number 18 in developed countries (Bardenheier et al. 2004).However, in countries including the UK, there are fears that immunisation programmes may have become victims of their own success. Low prevalence judge of vaccine-preventable disea ses have led to public belief that these diseases no longer pose a serious wellness pretend, piece of music concerns over the sanctuary and side establishs of vaccines are now greater than those relating to the diseases these vaccines were designed to prevent. The past thirty years has seen continuing controversy over vaccine safety. Concerns over the whole-cell whooping cough (whooping cough) vaccine were first raised during the 1970s pursuit a direct which reported severe neurological complications in children next immunisation with DTP, a combined vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (Kulenkampff et al. 1974).Controversy surrounding the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) triple vaccine followed in the early mid-nineties after widespread reports suggested a link between this vaccine and both(prenominal) autism and bowel disease. In a get word of 12 children referred to a paediatric gastroenterology unit with con reliable developmental regression and gastrointest inal problems, nine developed autism. The parents of 8 of these children associated the onset of their condition with MMR inoculation (Wakefield 1998). While to a greater extent recent research has shown these fears to be unfounded (Peltola et al. 1998 Taylor et al. 1999), some parents remain unconvinced and vaccine up take a shit has fallen across the UK, with decreases in MMR uptake of up to 30% in some regions. Declining vaccine coverage rates are overly linked to disease outbreaks. A 30% drop in uptake of the pertussis vaccine was recorded following extensive adverse media publicity in 1974 (discussed previously), which was then followed by an epidemic of pertussis (Vernon 2003). Similarly, since the decline in MMR coverage, outbreaks of measles have been reported in a number of European countries including the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Denmark and the Netherlands (Department of Health 2004). Suboptimal vaccine uptake has withal been reported for other vaccines including di phtheria, tetanus and polio (Tickner et al. 2006).Although the trend for decreased vaccine uptake appears to be reversing in recently years, many Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England are still failing to reach the 95% uptake target recommended by the WHO, which is all-important(a) to achieve herd immunity, i.e. where a sufficiently high proportion of the population is immune to a particular disease, thereby preventing transmission of the infectious being (Health and Social Care Information Centre 2005). For example, data collected in 20042005 demonstrated an MMR uptake of 81% across England, a 1% increase on the previous 8-year period. It should be also noned that considerable regional variations were observed, with rates below 70% by some PCTs (Henderson et al. 2008).Immunisations frequently require multiple panelings for supreme disease protection. Between 510% of children remain unprotected after the first dose of the MMR vaccine, whereas this is reduced to below 1% after t he second dose (Tickner et al. 2006). However, there is evidence of poor compliance with childhood immunisation schedules. A take on involving a cohort of 18,819 infants in the UK reported that 3.3% were partially immunised, compared with 95.6% of fully immunised infants (Samad et al. 2006). In the UK, statistics show that among children who reached the age of 5 years in 2004-2005, uptake levels of the primary immunisation of diphtheria, tetanus and polio vaccine plus the pre-school booster inoculation were 14% pass up than those of the primary immunisation alone (Health and Social Care Information centre 2005). Similarly, uptake of the first and second doses of the MMR vaccine was 16% lower than the first dose alone. This pattern of poor compliance has also been observed in other countries including Sweden and Australia (Heiniger and Zuberbuhler 2006 Ferson et al. 1995).In order to maximise vaccine coverage rates, a full figureing of the factors affecting vaccination uptake and compliance is required, both to identify and address existing unmet needs and to develop and implement effective health promotion strategies. In the case of childhood immunisation, it is also important to consider how parental knowledge, attitudes and beliefs may influence decision-making regarding immunisation. The aims of this review are to search those factors associated with low rates of vaccination uptake in children and poor compliance with immunisation schedules, with particular emphasis on the knowledge, attitudes and concerns of those parents who decide not to immunise their children. The specific objectives are to carry out a search to identify relevant published literature, critique selected articles using an appropriate conceptual framework, and discuss the relevance and implications of the findings of this research.Overview Client this piece isnt really an overview, much background material you may therefore wish to consider re-naming this as BackgroundPublic hea lth at bottom the UKPublic health may be defined as the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health throughout the organised efforts of society (Acheson 1988). Public health services within the UK cover a all-embracing range of areas which include general health (e.g. issues such as obesity, smoking and blood pressure), environmental health (e.g. food hygiene and pest control) and disease. The NHS national immunisation programme which focuses on childhood immunisation against diseases including tetanus, diphtheria and polio forms a key component of public health provision within the UK (NHS 2007). The public health ashes comprises a number of core functions which include the health surveillance and monitoring the health status of communities, identifying health needs, developing disease screening and prevention programmes, managing health promotion, and evaluating the provision of health care (Department of Health 2008).Principles of immunisation Client Ive assumed a detailed knowledge of immunity is already held and have therefore kept this section briefImmunisation may be active or passive. Whereas passive immunisation provides short-term protection, active immunisation also known as vaccination induces protective long-lasting immunity. Active immunisation involves the administration of an antigen which elicits an immune response similar to that which a naturally-acquired contagious disease (Robinson and Roberton 2003). This response expirations in the development of immunological storage and is achieved through the activation of both T and B cells, which produces a high die of memory cells which, after initial exposure, are able to recognise a particular antigen again in the future. Active immunisation can be performed using live or killed whole organisms, components of organisms such as subunits, or fractionated or recombinant (manufactured) vaccines (Robinson and Roberton 2003).Importance of immunisation programm esImmunisation programmes play a key role in the control of infectious disease. Disease-related morbidity and mortality places a substantial shoot on health care systems and preventing individuals from becoming ill is more favourable in terms of health care-associated costs than treating them once they are ill. Immunisation has a direct effect by offering protection to the immunised individual and an indirect effect by reducing the incidence of disease among others, (i.e. by providing herd immunity) since vaccinated individuals are less likely to act as a source of infection, unvaccinated individuals have less chance of being exposed to that infection, thus vaccination also benefits the community (ScotPho 2008). If vaccine coverage rates are high enough to induce high levels of herd immunity within a population, it is possible for a disease to be eradicated, as illustrated by the global eradication of smallpox in 1980. However, if high coverage rates are not sustained, the diseas e could return.Immunisation programmes may be aimed at children, adolescents or adults. Routine immunisation against measles, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and tuberculosis is now provided in all developing countries but many countries also include a wider range of immunisations against influenza, mumps (usually in combination with measles and rubella) and predominant strains of pneumococcal disease (WHO 2005). In addition, hepatitis B immunisation is also recommended by WHO for all countries, while Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is recommended for those countries with a significant disease burden and who have sufficient resources (WHO 2005).UK childhood immunisation programmeThe UK immunisation programme for children and adolescents from birth to the age of 18 years is shown in Table 1 below. Each vaccination is give outed as a single injection into either the thigh or upper arm. The use of combination vaccines is advantageous in reducing the number of injections adm inistered. For example, children in the UK receive only 7 vaccinations before the age of 15 months, instead of the 21 single-antigen injections they would otherwise receive. In the US, children receive up to 21 injections by the age of 15 months (CDCP 2006). Vaccinations are not mandatory in the UK and are offered free of charge by the NHS. This is in contrast to countries such as the United States and Australia where vaccination is compulsory (Salmon et al. 2006) and proof of immunisation is required for school penetration (Vernon 2003). However, despite the lack of a mandatory immunisation policy, coverage rates in the UK are still high compared with many other developed countries, although the current levels of MMR coverage are cause for concern.Table 1. UK childhood immunisation programme (from NHS 2007).When to immuniseDiseases protected againstVaccine givenRoutine immunisationTwo monthsDiphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (H ib)Pneumococcal infectionDTaP/IPV/Hib + Pneumococcal conjugate vaccineThree monthsDiphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and H. influenzae type b (Hib)Meningitis CDTaP/IPV/Hib + MenCFour months greyDiphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and H. influenzae type b (Hib)Meningitis CPneumococcal infectionDTaP/IPV/Hib + MenC + PCVApprox. 12 monthsH. influenzae type b (Hib)Meningitis CHib/MenCApprox. 13 monthsMeasles, mumps and rubellaPneumococcal infectionMMR + PCVBetween 3 years 4 months and 5 yearsDiphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polioMeasles, mumps and rubellaDTaP/IPV or dTaP/IPV + MMR1318 yearsTetanus, diphtheria and polioTd/IPVNon-routine immunisationAt birth(to babies who aremore likely to come intocontact with TB thanthe general population)TuberculosisBCGAt birth(to babies whose mothersare hepatitis B positive)Hepatitis BHep BLiterature reviewA literature search of English language articles was performed using the electronic databases Pubmed and CINAHL. Search terms include immuni sation OR vaccination plus uptake OR compliance OR parent AND belief OR attitude OR knowledge. A number of conceptual frameworks have been developed for use in the critique of both quantitative and qualitative research (Cormack 2000). In this paper, the framework proposed by Cormack (2000) was employed both in the initial selection of relevant, high-quality research articles and in the subsequent critique of those articles. The use of evidence-based exercise is necessary to provide high-quality health care, and it is therefore essential that all healthcare providers possess the understanding and expertise to review and evaluate published research. By following Cormacks framework, an informed judgement can be made regarding the findings of a particular research article and their relevance and implications for practice. A total of 8 articles, including both quantitative and qualitative research, were selected for this review.The article by Gellin et al. (2000) describes a telephone scan have conducted in the United States which investigated parents understanding of vaccine-preventable diseases and immunisation practices and procedures. The article abstract is concise, informative and holds the main points of the study in a clear and easy to understand way. The macrocosm provides the relevant background study needed to set the study in context and clearly states the aims of the research. Study participants were recruited via random digit dialling which is a wide undertakeed manner of ensuring selection of a random population sample. The selection criteria are stated and the study sample size (n=1600) was large enough to yield a confidence interval of 2.5% for the population overall. The comply was conducted using by trained market detectives using a pre-tested scripted interview but a full list of the questions is not provided in the article, nor is the script included as an appendix. Further, no mention is made of ethical considerations such as confide ntiality or the castigate to withdraw participation. The statistical analyses apply to analyse the data are described fully.The results section of the article is well structured and clear with appropriate use of tables to present data. However, for additional clarity, it may have been better to present the demographic characteristics of the study respondents in a table rather than as a list of percentages in the main text. Results showed that 87% of study respondents believed immunisation to be extremely important and believed there to be a high level of overall vaccine safety (X2=8.6 standard deviation (SD)=1.6). Respondents were asked to state their level of agreement with a series of belief statements. Findings showed that while the majority of respondents held beliefs that were consistent with the available evidence on vaccine efficacy and safety, misconceptions were held by a substantial number of respondents. For example, 25% believed their childs immune system could become weakened as a result of too many immunisations, while 23% believed that children got more immunisations than were good for them. Doctors were cited as the key providers of information on immunisation. The article includes a comprehensive discussion of the relevance of the study findings with quote to other published research and addresses the limitations of the study (e.g. only those households with telephone could be contacted via random digit-dialling and the inclusion of English-speaking participants only). A separate conclusions section is not included but the implications of the research are discussed in the context of the future of immunisation programmes and public health.The paper by Pareek and Pattison (2000) reports the findings of a prospective cross-section(a) UK survey to investigate the factors which influence the intention of mothers to vaccinate their children with the two-dose MMR vaccine. The paper contains a well-structured abstract that present the main points o f the study. The introduction is comprehensive with clearly stated aims and lists the metaphysical framework used in the study (i.e. the Theory of Planned Behaviour). Study participants were randomly selected from confidential records held by Birmingham Health Authority, after written consent had been obtained. A total of 300 mothers of children aged between either 5-12 months or 21-35 months received a pre-piloted 48-item questionnaire with the assurance of confidentiality. The full questionnaire is not provided but a list of the terzetto sections in the questionnaire is given. The response rate was 59%. A brief description of the statistical analyses used to analyse the data is given.The results section is unstructured making if baffling to read but is comprehensive in nature. No figures or tables are included. Results showed that significantly fewer mothers intended to take their children for their second MMR immunisation (Group 2), compared with the number intending to take their child for their first immunisation (Group 1) (Group 1 87% vs Group 2 78% pKennedy et al. (2005) reported the findings of an analysis of data from the 2002 annual, mail panel survey of adults in the United States performed to examine the socio-demographic factors and immunisation beliefs/behaviours associated with parental opposition to compulsory vaccination. This article contained a brief abstract which nonetheless detailed the key points of the study but did not list the number of study participants. A comprehensive introduction is included with extensive reference to other published research and the aims and objectives of the study are given, together with the model used (i.e. the Health Belief Model). The method of study participant recruitment is described but this is confusing and difficult to follow. In summary, a total of 6,027 adults received surveys with a response rate of 73%. However, these individuals were not selected randomly.The questions in the survey are not listed and a copy of the questionnaire is not included. However, responses to relevant beliefs statements are listed in a table in the results section, which provides the reader with some insight into what was included. No mention is made of ethical considerations. The statistical analyses used are described adequately. The results section is clear and well-structured with tabulation of relevant data. Study findings showed that 12% of respondents were opposed to compulsory vaccination. Compared with parents who were supportive of compulsory vaccination, those who were opposed were significantly more likely to agree that the the body can protect itself without vaccines (opposed 24% vs supportive 10% pvs 17% pvs 32% pvs 13% pSporton and Francis (2001) performed a study to look for the decision-making process of parents who have chosen not to have their children immunised. Their paper contains a very detailed abstract which describes the study in detail. A short introduction sets the study in context and includes the rationale for performing the study, with a clearly stated aim. The selection of the 13 final study participants (12 mothers and 1 father) is described in detail and details of ethical approval are included. Semi-structured interviews were used to reach information, a widely accepted method in qualitative research which allows the researcher to be guided by the study participant while still allowing key points to be covered. All interviews were conducted by the same researcher, thus ensuring consistency. Although all interviews were transcribed, no mention of consent or other ethical considerations is made in the paper.The results section has a clear and logical structure with a relevant table and figure. Narrative accounts from the study participants are also included within each section. Findings showed that while parents often cited more than one reason for choosing not to immunise their children, the risk of side effects, particularly long-term effects, was identified as a reason by every parent. Other reasons included moral reasons, alternative methods of protection (e.g. placeopathy), realistic reasons (lack of access to clinics) and personal parental experiences of immunisation (e.g. lack of immunisation has not resulted in any adverse effects on their own health). Many parents believed that healthcare providers did not provide balanced information and were unwilling to acknowledge the perceived association between immunisation and adverse effects. The discussion makes very limited reference to other published research an fails to address the limitations of the study (i.e. the extremely limited sample size and the extreme bias towards mothers). The conclusion and discussion of implications for the future are brief but adequate.In their recently published article, Pearce et al. (2008) report the findings of a nationally representative UK cohort study performed to estimate uptake of the combined MMR and single-antigen v accines and explore the factors associated with uptake. This article contains a comprehensive abstract which includes a detailed results section, while the introduction discusses previous research that supports the purpose of the current study. Data from a longitudinal study of 14,578 children born in the UK between 2000 and 2002 were used in this analysis. These data were obtained via face-to-face interviews between trained researchers and the main care giver (usually the mother) conducted at home when the child was approximately 9 months old and again at the age of 3 years but no mention is made of whether consent was obtained from participants. The study sample included adequate representation from all 4 countries within the UK including those from deprived areas and ethnic minorities. A detailed description of the analysis performed is provided in the paper.Results showed that 6.1% of children in the study were not immunised and that various socio-demographic factors were associ ated with immunisation uptake. For example, children were less likely to be immunised if they lived in a household with other children or a single parent if the mother was aged 34 years at the time of the birth or if the mother was more highly educated, unemployed or self-employed. Ethnicity was also strongly associated with single-antigen vaccine uptake. Almost three quarters (74.4%) of parents who had not immunised their children stated that they had made a conscious decision not to do so. The discussion section addresses the studies strengths (e.g. the large sample size) and limitations (e.g. using maternal report of immunisation status in which only one fifth of participants actually look into their childs health record) and compares the findings with that of previous research. The implications for future practice and policy-making are discussed in depth with recommendations and appropriate conclusions have been drawn.Gust et al. (2004) conducted a case-control study in the Uni ted States to examine the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of parents whose children were incompletely immunised, compared with those of fully immunised children. This article includes a well-written abstract that provides the reader with all the relevant information about the study. The introduction refers to existing research and clearly identifies the studys aims. Both case and control study participants were randomly sampled from children participating in the National Immunization wad (NIS) and who had adequate provider-reported immunisation data. Case participants were those children who were incompletely immunised with respect to 2 of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP)/diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), hepatitis B and/or measles-containing vaccine (MCV) vaccines (incompletely immunised defined as The results are presented in a structured, logical way which includes tabulation of the data. Findings showed that among case subjects, 14% of incomplete immunisation w as due to parental beliefs, attitudes and behaviours. It is interesting to note that while these beliefs are more common among parents of incompletely immunised children, the parents of fully immunised children also report similar beliefs and attitudes. Parents/guardians of case subjects were more likely not to wishing their child to receive all immunisations, to rate immunisations as unsafe or somewhat safe and to ask the doctor or nurse not to administer a vaccine to their child for reasons other than illness. The discussion section of this paper is comprehensive but makes limited reference to other published research but the limitations of the study are addressed (e.g. potential inaccurate reporting of beliefs and attitudes through inaccurate recall, due to the length of time since their children were vaccinated). Valuable recommendations are made, together with information to guide the reader to the source of potentially useful educational materials for both healthcare provider s and parents.A UK focus group study conducted by Evans et al. (2001) investigated what influences parents decisions on whether to accept or refuse primary MMR vaccination. This article contains a comprehensive abstract that informs the reader about the key points of the study. The introduction is brief but states the study aims. 6 focus group discussions (a commonly used method of gathering qualitative data) were held, which were conducted by a moderator using appropriate open-ended questions which are described in the paper. Assistance was provided by a member of the research steering group, thereby ensuring consistency across the groups. A total of 48 participants were recruited purposefully rather than randomly, such that three of the groups contained immunisers and three contained non-immunisers, from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. Ethical approval was obtained for the study. The methods section describes how data collected was analysed and sorted into themes.The res ults section of the article is easy to understand and includes communicative accounts from study participants within each section. All parents who participated in the study believed the decision about whether to vaccinate was difficult and felt under undue pressure from healthcare providers to comply. Four key factors were found to influence parents decisions (1) their beliefs about the risks and benefits of the MMR vaccine and compared with the risk of contracting those diseases (2) information on the safety of the MMR vaccine (3) trust in healthcare providers about the accuracy of the advice they had given and attitudes towards this advice and (4) views on the importance of individual choice. The paper contains a balanced discussion which refers to other published research and includes both recommendations for practice and the limitations of the study (i.e. that over half of study respondents were highly educated, with a mean age of 35 years), and appropriate conclusions are draw n.Flynn and Ogden (2004) conducted a prospective questionnaire study in the UK to explore which parental beliefs are the best predictors of MMR vaccine uptake. Their paper contains a short abstract which nonetheless details the key points of the study. The introduction to the paper refers extensively to other published research and presents a strong rationale for the study with clearly stated aims. Study participants (n=511) comprised parents whose children were due to receive an invitation for MMR vaccination. A questionnaire was used to gather data, together with additional follow-up data taken from child health records. The various sections within the questionnaire are described in the paper, together with examples of typical questions within each section however, a copy of the questionnaire is not included. A response rate of 56.9% was recorded. Ethical approval for the study was obtained which also complied with the Data Protection Act. The method used for data analysis is desc ribed

Human Resources Management Reform in Chinese Banking

clement Resources Management Reform in Chinese beachingThe Human Resources Management Reform in Chinese confideingA brass of camber of mainland chinaw atomic number 18Chapter 1 IntroductionCh every(prenominal)enge to Chinese intrustingDecember 11, 2001, after 15 years of arduous negotiations, China officially access to the WTO. On the hundreds of pages of Chinas WTO memory access Protocol, the fiscal attend tos trade is the close important pop out of it and gets the most attractions from all heavenss of the community. Since then, Chinas fiscal possible action was provided to an external accelerator and timet fit. The all-round origin up of Chinas financial persistence era has begun. Until the end of 2005, 16 Chinese patoiss introduced remote strategic investors and a total of 71 exotic slangs from 20 countries and regions had stage up 238 operational entities in China. Foreign banks enter the Chinese banking sector has ceaselessly been the impact of the banking industry, academia and regulatory agencies pay close attention to the problem. Gains and risks on some(prenominal) sides of a coin, the Chinese overseas cap into the banking sector in the enjoyment of the proceeds must as well face the attendant challenges.Comp atomic number 18 to overseas banks, Chinas banking sector is still in a very traditional approach to precaution, backward technology, simple transmission line method, single-species products and obsolete commercialized enterprise concepts. In a retentive term, Chinese government takes bank as a very important part of the National Economic Sectors therefore, four state-owned banks enjoy the monopoly state in China. Chinese government set a set of policies to protect the go againstment of these banks. Now, Chinas accession to the WTO spot, the traditional banking sector faces a foreign financial industry developed into single of the great challenges. In that case, it is urgent bespeak for them to present the finan cial industry for rapid see the light and the development orientation should conform to the world development trend. In the face of the challenges of the circumstances, Chinas banking sector began whiz after a nonher round of repossesss, changes in business philosophy, business form and management form, and so on.1.2 Aim of the DissertationThis musical com maculation through analysis the enlisting and pick situation and human mental imagery reform in Bank of China is to explore the human resource reform experiences and the development of human resource management in Chinese banking and it also could be a good reference to the self-colored Chinese banks. The aim of the search is therefore to understand the challenges with foreign banks entry into China and the current development of human resource management situation in Chinese banking. Furthermore, the human resource reform in Bank of China invited an American consultancy company as the councilor. There is no doubt saying i t would begin to practice more occidental human resource management methods to manage this traditional state-owned bank which in a ache time is considered as in a conservative industry area in China.On one hand, these advanced western human resources concepts are introduced to China. they pee to pursue their rules in line with the Chinese legislations and current situation. Therefore, associate to the real situation and pool of candidates on Chinese banking to study the manipulation and transfer of recruitment and selection practices in Bank of China will stand by us come to further understand the development human resource management situation on Chinese Banking, curiously the development of recruitment and selection field. From it we can know in what aspects the western recruitment and selection practices are more rational and scientific than Chinese topical anaesthetic enterprises. On the other hand, these methods always implemented by foreign banks in their parent-country and now are transferred and practiced by a representative Chinese character banks. Obviously, it also could be a good reference and experience to foreign banks who want to enter into the Chinese food market. In a word, this study seeks to fill the gap by evaluating the western recruitment and selection practices in China and provide a new perspective to Chinese local banks and foreign banks how to introduce these practices and manipulate them.Chapter 2 Literature follow-upLong Yongtu, Chinas point man on WTO negotiations, said, as the people, enterprises also need external pressure could push them ahead. If there no pressure comes from outside, Chinas enterprises is impossible to form. subsequently Chinas accession to the WTO, the enterprises turn in to face a considerable external pressure and force them taking the path of externalization and enhance their war-riddenness. Unlike the overall economy, delinquent to relatively weak foundation, the financial services industry wi ll face more pressures, but in the medium and long term it will value more. According to Premier Zhu Rongji s words, there are pros and cons for financial opening to the outside world. If we can do a good job, the advantages would outweigh the disadvantages. The so-called do a good job, can non be limited to the impact of the simple response, but conversion mechanism, update the system and improving the competitiveness in a comprehensive way.2.1 The Status Quo and Opening- Up Process of Chinese BankingFrom 1949 to the 1970s, Chinas banking sector under the planned economic system running, four state-owned commercial banks play the appoint role of specialized banks in Chinese banking sector. The late 1980s, the new commercial banks and non-banking financial institutions had set up. Some of the newly established commercial banks, now cognize as the other nationwide commercial banks, allowed providing nationwide commercial banking services, while some commercial banks only allowed operational in the local market. After Chinas accession to WTO, Chinese banking launched a comprehensive joint-stock reform and the successful listing. They through improve corporate disposal, develop strategies, operate performance to reduce the ever-narrowing gap with the advanced outside(a) banks. Since 2003, four former state-owned commercial banks (Bank of China, Peoples Construction Bank of China, industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China) pattern no longer exists. The U.S. Goldman Sachs share the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Royal Bank of Scotland share Bank of China, and Bank of America also become the one shareholder of Peoples Construction Bank of China. At present the only state-owned Agricultural Bank of China whose shareholding system reform is now in progress. In future, there will be no state-owned commercial banks in China.Actually, as an important instalment part of Open-door policy, China has opened the door to foreign b anks since 1979. At the end of September 2001, foreign banks operating(a) in China, a total of nearly 190 institutions, of which 158 branches, corporate bodies 19, two branches 13. Foreign banks total assets reach 44 one million million million U.S. dollars, 18.6 billion U.S. dollars loans, deposits 6.5 billion U.S. dollars, capital (including working capital) 3 billion U.S. dollars. 31 foreign banks have been permitted to conduct RMB business, including 23 in abduct, 8 in Shenzhen, with total assets of RMB 41 billion Yuan. In market share, foreign banks were up to 20% and 30% in foreign supervene upon loans and multinational settlement business areas. The speed of Chinese banking sector opening up, from a global perspective, still is a faster as well. Although many developed countries has joined the WTO and signed the terms of trade in services, they still non yet open up the domestic currency business to foreign banks and the implementation of geographical re moroseions.Accor ding to Chinas WTO accession protocol, in the financial services industry, the banking sector is completely open commitment(1) Prudent business of issuing permits. It means there are not economic needs tests or quantitative restrictions in the business license. After Chinas accession to WTO 5 years later, they should abolish all the existing ownership, management, foreign financial institutions and enterprises to establish branches of the non-permission of prudent measures. That is, when foreign banks apply for the physical composition of branches, the Peoples Bank of China in addition to carefully follow the standards can not set other restrictions. Foreign banks set up business outlets in the city, with the approval conditions of Chinese domestic bank.(2) The timely opening of foreign exchange business. Chinas accession to the WTO, foreign financial institutions will be fully liberalized to foreign exchange business and the abolition geographical and customer restrictions. In oth er words, once accession to the WTO, China will allow foreign banks to all customers (including Chinese-funded enterprises and Chinese residents) operating all foreign exchange operations (including the companys business and re stern business).(3) The phased opening of RMB business. For foreign banks RMB business in China will grant to open 20 cities in four years. Five years later, they will abolish all geographical restrictions for foreign banks. In the service targets, two years after accession, foreign banks would be allow to handle RMB business with enterprises in 12 cities of China. After five years accession, foreign banks would be allowed to provide services for customers in all China.(4) Financial advisory business categories timely open. Since the date of accession to the WTO, foreign institutions can be obtained the right to engage in related business deposits and loans, financial leasing, pay for all the designated services, security and acceptance, the company mergers a nd acquisitions, securities investiture advisory, brokerage and other ancillary services in China.That is to say, joining the WTO 5 years later, there are no differences in service area and service object between Chinese domestic financial institutions and foreign financial institutions. Chinese government make an important commitment to realize trade liberalization, opening up the domestic market and in accordance with international practices which go beyond the general peoples expectations.2.2 Human Resource Management in Foreign BanksAs an increasing number of foreign banks enter the Chinese market, the content and the extent of competition crossing international b lay outs has surged dramatically to Chinese banking. The competitive advantages of foreign banks mainly reflected in financial advantages, institutional advantages, the mesh topology edge, technological advantages, innovative advantages and business strengths. Foreign banks expand their business in China, the biggest obstacle for them it is not familiar with the local situation, and therefore, the only way to take the short cut is to achieve the management of localization, because of their well-known local business, market information, public relations, skills of the management of state-owned commercial banks, and the most pressing needs of local people. Thus, human resource management inevitably becomes one of the most important field of this competition. Especially, accompanied by the increase of foreign banks, they need to recruit more and more qualified members from local labour market. In China, owing to these foreign banks competitive salary, systematic career planning, good work condition, and oversea work opportunity .etc their recruitment always attracts many most excellent peoples attentions. It is, hence, imperative for Chinese banks to attract, select, develop and retain best employees who can live and work effectively in this international competitive circumstance. However, Chinas historical development, political structure and culture influence its business philosophy and management way. Therefore, some standardized recruitment and selection methods developed in western have to be modified according to Chinese situation. They need more reform experiences and practical opportunity. In that case, the study of recruitment and selection practices of Chinese banking, actually, illustrates how to implemented western advanced practices under conditions of high cultural and institutional distance country.Human resource management is a systematic management relevant to recruitment and selection, rearing and development, performance, and rewards. All of these areas are mutual influence, interrelation and thus constitute a complete set of human resources management system. Human resources reform is in this interaction, and mutual contact conducted, thereby improving overall organizational performance, enhancing the effective and efficient of all the organization. Th erefore, although this paper more concentrates on recruitment and selection area, it still will contain other areas of human resource management reform content in many places.Chapter 3 Methodology and Research Design3.1 Research QuestionsChapter 4 Case Study and Discussion4.1 IntroductionBank of China, as one of the four state-owned commercial banks, like the other Chinese state-owned enterprises, it also forced by its obsolete institutions and management in a long time. However, on the list of The Ideal Employer for Chinese Graduates released by Swedish Universum Communications specialized in employer steel management, Bank of China always looms over the whole list in recently years. In 2005, surpassing such transnational banks as CitiBank, HSBC and Deutsche Bank, it tops all financial enterprises. What makes the Bank of China be able to compete successfully with these foreign banks? What is the Bank of China to surpass those of foreign banks preferential treatment salaries and o versea opportunities and finally to choose it?As the major part of the stock holding system reform, the reform of human resource management in Bank of China is a most profound, most complex and most arduous one. Early in 2003, Bank of China had invited famous American consultancy company as the councilor of human resource reform. Combining with the banks actual situation and local experiences, they had worked out human resource reform program and practice scheme after repeated argumentations and revisions. In August 2004, human resource reform at the head theatrical role level was carried out. At the end of 2004, pilot reforms were conducted in its two branches in Jiangsu Province and Sichuan Province respectively. In 2005, human resource reform was implemented throughout its system in a full scale. The human resource reform in Bank of China is so spectacular that it is thus quotable for other domestic banks.This chapter will concentrate on the analysis of interview and documents findings in order to explore the recruitment and selection situation in Chinese banking sector as well as the development of relevant human resource management policy in Chinese banking. The other occupy of this research is to compare the gap and the differences of human resource management practices between Chinese banks and foreign banks. Interviewees were selected from all levels of the hierarchy and different banks of various ownerships in order to acquire more reliable primary data and more varied opinions within the Chinese banking.4.2 Background to Bank of ChinaBank of China is one of Chinas four state-owned commercial banks. Its businesses cover commercial banking, investment banking and insurance. Members of the group include BOC Hong Kong, BOC International, BOCG Insurance and other financial institutions. The Bank provides a comprehensive range of high-quality financial services to individual and corporate customers as well as financial institutions worldwide. In terms o f tier one capital, it ranked 18th among the worlds top 1,000 banks by The Banker magazine in 2005.Over the past century, Bank of China played an important role in Chinas financial story. It was established in February 1912 and is Chinas most long-standing history of the bank. During 1912 to 1949, the functions of the Bank of China have changed three times. From 1912 to 1928, Bank of China was the central bank of that time. In 1928 it was changed to the concessionaire of the international exchange bank. In 1942, Bank of China became the professional development of international trade banks. As the pillar of the countrys financial industry, Bank of China was committed to serving the public and developing the domestic financial sector. During these volatile years, the Bank strived to expand its presence in the market by prudent operation and aggressive reform, leading the market in many areas of its operations for a long period. Having branched out into overseas market, the Bank open ed a brilliant chapter in Chinas modern-day and contemporary banking history.1949 founding of the PRC, the new Chinese government took over the Bank of China and in December the same year the headquarters of the Bank of China moved to Beijing from Shanghai. Bank of China in 1950 under the management of the Peoples Bank of China head office leadership. October 27, 1953 the Central Peoples Government Cabinet announced the statute of Bank of China and specifically endowed the Bank of China as the Peoples Republic of China Cabinet Chartered Banks foreign exchange professional. From then on, Bank of China became the state-designated specialized foreign exchange bank and substantially contributed to development of foreign trade and the national economy. In 1994 and following the entrenchment of the reform of the financial sector, Bank of China was reborn from a state-owned specialized bank into a wholly state-owned commercial bank. Together with the other three wholly state-owned commer cial banks, it constituted pillars of the countrys financial industry.As a Chinese financial institution with a history of almost a hundred years, the Bank is well known for its continuous business innovations, introducing many brand new products and services in the domestic banking industry. It is widely recognized and commended by its peers and customers in international settlement, foreign exchange, trade finance, etc. In 2003, it was named by the invoke Council as one of the pilot banks for joint-stock reform of wholly state-owned commercial banks. In order to develop itself into an internationally competitive modern joint-stock commercial bank, with the capital adequacy, strict internal control, safe operations, good service and efficiency, building international competitiveness of the modern joint-stock commercial banks objectives, Bank of China further improved the corporate governance mechanism, strengthened risk management and internal control system, integrated management Processes and business processes, promoted human resources management reform, speed up product innovation and service innovation, and steadily push forward joint-stock transformation. In 2004, the Bank of China from state-owned commercial banks overall restructuring for the state-controlled joint-stock commercial banks, known as the Bank of China Limited. In 2005, Bank of China introduces the Royal Bank of Scotland and Temasek, and other strategic investors. In October 2005, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC announced a $3.1 billion investment which would march on the British bank control of just under 10 percent stake in the Bank of China. Further investments were made by Swiss bank UBS AG, and by Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd, who also promised to subscribe for an additional $500 million worth of shares during Bank of Chinas initial public offering. In 2006, the Bank of China listed on June 1 in the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It was the largest IPO in the world since 2000, and the fourth largest IPO in the world ever, raising some US$9.7 billion in the H-share Global Offering. The Over-Allotment Option was then exercised on June 7, 2006, raising the total value of their IPO to US$11.2 billion. In July 5, it listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It successfully made the largest IPO in mainland China on July 5, 2006, by offering up to 10 billion A-shares on the Shanghai A Stock Exchange, or up to RMB20 billion. These were priced at RMB3.00 per share. In 2007, the Bank of China and Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) cooperated to the public private banking business of Bank of China. All of these reform and internalisation make it turn a new chapter in its history and signal a huge step forward in becoming a modern joint stock commercial bank with good corporate governance practices.Furthermore, Bank of China is the most internationalized commercial bank in China. BOC London Branch, the archetypical overseas branch of the Chinese banks, was esta blished in 1929. From then on, the Bank successively opened branches in global financial centers, and has built up its network in 27 countries and regions. Currently, it had over 10000 domestic operations and over 600 overseas operations. In 1994 and 1995, Bank of China became the note issuing bank in Hong Kong and Macao respectively. It was the first among Chinese banks to recruit international experts and to introduce modern business management concepts into its operations with a view to become a premiere international bank. It has received wide recognition from its peers, customers and authoritative media for the credit and performance it achieved in past years. It has been awarded shell Bank in China and trump out Domestic Bank in China by Euromoney for eight times it has been included in the Fortune Global 500 for 16 consecutive years in addition, it was awarded Best Domestic Bank in China by The Asset, awarded Best Trade Finance Bank in China and Best Foreign Exchange Bank i n China by Global Finance, and awarded the Top 10 Product Service Enterprises in China by Far Eastern Economic go off since BOC Hong Kong was restructured and listed in the Hong Kong stock market, it has been the winner of many significant awards, including Best IPO Investor Relation Award issued by the Investor Relations Magazine and Best Transactions and Best Privatization Award issued by Asian Finance.4.3 The Challenges and ProblemsThere are gains and risks on both sides of a coin. Chinas banking sector in the enjoyment of foreign capital into the revenue, it must also face the attendant challenges from it. The author is known as its challenge rather than risk or defects, because these challenges from the competitions of foreign banks is an integral part of the main power of Chinese banks reform. The only choice is to take the initiative to actively fight.For a long time solely state-owned banks have absolute monopoly position in China, although such a monopoly can get benefits from its scale. However, its survival and development is formed under the planned economy of monopoly and depend on policy and the protection of the state, which resulted in Chinas financial markets both single and thin. Chinas banking industry, especially the four major state-owned commercial banks, has long been regarded as a government-driven development of the countrys economic engine. They had to implement of considerable mandate of government policies, including investment loans, interest-free and low-interest loans, veterans resettlement and local governments intervention. Someone describe the state-owned banks as a dinosaur, because the death of dinosaur is too much energy consumption and too slow response. When the enemy bites the tail of the dinosaur, it will need five minutes to convey this message to the brain, and then five minutes time to make a counterattack. If Chinese banks do not get rid burden, in the face of the competition of foreign banks, it is bound in a pass ive position. According to the statistics, to the end of 2001, the four major banks have over 100 million employees and per capita profit is only 16,700 yuan, while foreign-invested banks in the number though much less, but in the same period the per capita mesh 270,300 yuan which is 16 times of state-owned banks. Now, the banks historical burden was getting heavier and heavier. Access to foreign banks, the existence of such a burden, Chinas banks would lose the conditions for equal competition, in a very disadvantaged position.Lack of flexibility of their personnel system and institutional setup is extremely unreasonable. Like other state-owned enterprises, Bank of China also constrained by its rigid personnel system. Because ownership is not clear, the banks policy-makers and operators are the same members. The lack of the necessary internal control mechanisms resulted in lower levels of management, lax management. Their judging is not operated on actual performance-based, but i n line with the government officials ranks, that is, the higher your position are and the better your assessment result can get. Furthermore, they intentional banks job description and ranks according to the State Civil Service series. On the other hand, banks at all levels in the institutions set up on the still-led brass instrument and management level was complexity. Compared to western commercial banks focus on customer relationship management, such pyramid-like and multi-level administrative management had proved their effects vary widely. specialised to the area of human resources management, mainly concentrated in the areasFirst is the traditional orientation of Human resources Management incision. The traditional orientation of Human Resources Management Department of Bank of China is only a personnel department. The majority of works remain in the management people and other affairs and it mainly reflected in attendance, personnel file management, pay and benefits, and some other traditional work. The foreign banks have taken Human Resources departments in a clear strategic position which take on the major functions of personnel learn and development and as the important guarantee of banks upshot competitiveness. The main reasons of this difference lies in the banks human resources is not the end results of competition in the market and personnel training, lack of market concepts, leading to large-scale and very difficult to promote change.Second is the difference in personnel recruitment and deployment of standards and military rating of the value. In a long term, Bank of China takes the management province of foreign currency exchange. It is a commercial bank and also is a part of government. In that case, it shows firm administration tendency. One of main representations is the recruitment and deployment is under the unified management and distribution of its head office or regional branchs human resources management department. The actual n eeds are poorly understood and valued more than diploma and the past experiences. However, foreign banks have their own recruitment of competent model for quality standards, according to the requirements of jobs analysis on-demand recruitment. They focus on candidates practical work capability and potential, more concerned whether candidates fight with the organisation. There are survey shows that foreign banks in the recruitment process always use talent measurement tools and pay much attention to mental facultys personalities, especially the values of the match with organizations.Third is the difference in the understanding strategic significance of training. Although Bank of China has its own training base and develop training programme, it was taken as the main function forms sticking to the training books and classroom commandment model and following the what is lacking and what will teach in condition practice. It only focused on the surface of the master work skills and ignored the staff own development and value-added value. The quality of the staff can not be matched with market demand. The former president of Chase Manhattan once said, Only by allowing banks to advance the personnel development to the business development, can more quickly alter to the international financial markets and to develop. Under the guidance of such concept, during the training of the current work, these foreign banks also pay more attention to the quality of staff training and development potential. With each individual staffs situation, training program also need be intent tailored and help them achieve career goals. In training, teaching experiments, simulations, the network learning, and other new educational methods are widely used. The difference over the foreign banks will be mainly payable to the attitude to the people, that is, foreign banks take talents as a strategic and scarcity of resources and the ongoing effective staff training and development of comp etition in the international banking is an important component of the strategy and also is one of the most important strategic investment. Take Citigroup as an example, it establishes a special institution and equipped with full-time staff with responsibility for training. According to different posts and the personal characteristic of staff, they develop detailed training programme and take the appropriate incentive measures to promote and guarantee staff training. Citibanks Shanghai branch, the per capita cost of training is more than 17,000 yuan and in the Bank of China, the training costs of Shanghai Branch per capita is less than 500 yuan. The main reason of this situation is they still take training as a cost Spending. On training and curriculum design is very arbitrary and even that on some(prenominal) occasions Dangke can also replace part of the training target.Fourth is the difference in performance management and performance assessment. Performance Evaluation is the core of modern human resources management issue. It not only provides important information basis for the distribution and selection of personnel, but also is considered as a strong incentive for the staff (Michael, 2008). State-owned commercial banks as a financial enterprise, its operating profit maximization is their goal, thus human resources management should be subordinated to and serves this business objective. However, the state-owned commercial banks have not established a systematic, scientific and reasonable performance assessment system. First, there are not distinguish between the different categories of staff posts in the military rating, but they adopted the moral character, ability, diligence, achievements, these relatively abstract and difficult to quantify the indicators to evaluate. Even, they had not yet been standard analysis of jobs. It presents in there are no standard title to regulate all types of positions and no uniform standard job descriptions, so that the staff responsibilities of different positions is very fuzzy Third, the evaluation index system in the absence of key performance indicators (KPI indicators), in particular, guard against and defuse financial risks has not yet fully reflected in the evaluation of specific indicators in the evaluation. In addition, the performance evaluation of the results did not become the direct indicator of employees pay and rewards, job changes and incentives. Performance evaluation is often a mere formality and away from the commercial banks operating objectives. As one of the state-owned Banks, Bank of China also got into this trap in a long time. They eyeshot performance management is the regular staff evaluation that the bonuses were paid to staff and provide the basic references for promotion, that is, simply equate performance management with performance evaluation. Generally, appraisal objective was set by the bank unilaterally and the staffs can only passively accept. Therefore, it often for the evaluation and assessment ignored the real purpose of the examination, that is, rebuke the level of individual performance of staff. In addition, the unscientific assessment standards and methods and the ineffective implementation of the results of the evaluation made the performance appraisal could not play their due role. The cause of the gap is also the main reason for the management of Chinese banks, the strong bureaucracy and lack of the necessary lines of communication between management and staff. In the course of investigation, the author also learn that in three years ago, in one county branch of Bank of China, subsidiary manager of this branch submitted his fortitude after this

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