The Importance of Relationships for the Produced Knowledge in the Sector of Management Consulting

While the management consulting industry has been largely linked to the knowledge produced within the disciplines of strategic management in the academic field, the truth is that very little literature is produced in terms of research in this area, while the researchers focused more on a set of static techniques to be applied in the development of this field of research concerns. This article seeks to bridge this gap as well, showing by example that the consultancy sector is a true field of opportunities for the study of relationships management. This presentation is thus the aim of contributing both theoretically and empirically in the area of relationships through research in the context of management consulting, trying to visualize how the relationships are manifested in a context of high involvement and personal contact, and what’s the perception that must be taken into consideration by clients and consultants in terms of the benefits of their greater or lesser degree of involvement.

Vulnerabilidade ao Stresse Profissional e Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho : Estudo empírico numa amostra de cuidadores/as formais de pessoas portadoras de deficiência Cláudia Marques Caçote Leiria

Portugal é dos países com maior índice de stresse da UE, sendo a profissão dos/as cuidadores/as de pessoas deficientes uma das que apresenta maior vulnerabilidade ao stresse profissional em deterioramento da Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT). Este trabalho visou analisar a relação entre vulnerabilidade ao stresse profissional e QVT nos/as cuidadores/as formais das IPSS de Ourém, com resposta na área da deficiência. A amostra foi composta por 225 colaboradores/as formais. Neste estudo aplicaram-se os instrumentos o inventários QVT de Rafael & Lima (2007) e 23 QVS de Vaz Serra (2000). Os resultados demonstraram que é inexistente a correlação entre QVT (frequência) e vulnerabilidade ao stresse e salientaram a importância do apoio social e familiar no trabalho para a promoção de QVT, sendo o stresse profissional dependente das variáveis habilitações literárias, categoria profissional e tempo de serviço.

The Importance of Relationships for the Produced Knowledge in the Sector of Management Consulting

While the management consulting industry has been largely linked to the knowledge produced within the disciplines of strategic management in the academic field, the truth is that very little literature is produced in terms of research in this area, while the researchers focused more on a set of static techniques to be applied in the development of this field of research concerns. This article seeks to bridge this gap as well, showing by example that the consultancy sector is a true field of opportunities for the study of relationships management. This presentation is thus the aim of contributing both theoretically and empirically in the area of relationships through research in the context of management consulting, trying to visualize how the relationships are manifested in a context of high involvement and personal contact, and what’s the perception that must be taken into consideration by clients and consultants in terms of the benefits of their greater or lesser degree of involvement.

The importance of local museums in Portugal

The widening of the notion of heritage and the consequent redefinition of the “museological object”, the idea of community participation in the definition and management of the museological practice, museology as a development factor, the issues of interdisciplinarity, the use of “new technologies” of information and museography as an autonomous communications means, are examples of issues resulting from contemporary museological practices. If indeed museology in Portugal intends to continue to participate in international museology’s renovation process, it is evident that it must adequately (re)think theoretical and practical museology so as to meet the new demands…