Na Presença de Marina Abramović - notas sobre musealização da performance

De 14 de Março a 31 de Maio o Museu de Arte Moderna de Nova Iorque (MoMA) apresentou, pela primeira vez, uma exposição individual retrospectiva dedicada exclusivamente à arte da performance intitulada Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present. A artista está presente, é também o título da obra criada especialmente para a exposição, que envolveu a presença permanente de Abramović no átrio do museu, sendo os visitantes “convidados a sentar-se em silêncio com a artista durante o tempo que entenderem”. Inédita na ambição de expor quase quarenta anos de performance da artista, a exposição utilizou estratégias expositivas menos convencionais que integraram a reperformancede cinco obras emblemáticas lado a lado com a documentação tradicionalmente utilizada: fotografias, vídeos, objectos. A nova performance, poderosa na sua extrema simplicidade, mereceu surpreendente adesão do público que acorreu a participar. O acontecimento despoletou imediatas críticas, comentários, testemunhos que circularam em sites institucionais, blogs pessoais e redes sociais, produzindo um cenário de recepção também ele inédito pela diversidade e quantidade de públicos envolvidos. As notas que se apresentam, produzidas em cima do acontecimento, tentam reflectir essas realidades enquadrando-as na reflexão e debate crítico em curso em torno das questões colocadas pela preservação, e reapresentação da arte da performance a que a exposição no MoMA veio dar nova dimensão e urgência.

The impact of the Board of Director's composition on companies performance

The impact of the Board of Directors’ composition on companies’ performance This paper studies the impact that the board of directors’ composition has on companies’ performance in the Italian market. The research has been carried out by using a sample of 10 Italian companies, across different market sectors, over a period of 10 years (2005-2014). The characteristics of the BoD taken into consideration are the following: board size, board diversity (% of female directors), board independence and CEO duality. Results from the sample data collected concluded that these factors have a statistically significant impact on the performance of the companies that have been analysed.

Recensão: Fukuko Ando et "Amaterasu". Exposition – performance

Recensão de: Fukuko Ando, "Amaterasu". Exposition – performance

A behavioral perspective on the effects of using performance measurement systems in the companies: Evidence from a case study

The effects of PMSs on the people’s behaviour represent a high degree of relevance in the context of an organization performance and success. Thus, motivational and behavioural consequences of performance measurements are far from being totally understood (Franco-Santos et al., 2012). This work project (WP) purposes going further regarding the consequences/effects on people’s behaviour of using PMSs in organizations. The researcher conducted 11 interviews to managers during a nine-month internship as a controller in a Portuguese multi-national company. The evidence from this WP suggests that the way how managers understand a PMS determines a lot the way how they behave. Data also supports that PMSs influences in several ways motivation, perceptions, participation and job-related stress of managers.

Perception of organizational politics and the effect of authenticity and affective commitment on deviance and task performance in contact centers

This study aimed to understand employees’ reactions to organizational politics in Contact Centers. Drawing from a sample of 187 supervisor-employee dyads, we studied the relationship between employees’ perceptions of organizational politics and supervisor-rated task performance and deviance, and mediation effects by authenticity at work and affective commitment. Results indicate that workers tend to react to workplace politics with deviant behavior and worse task performance. We found that the relationship between perceived politics and task performance was mediated by authenticity. The relationship between perceived politics and supervisor-rated deviance was mediated by affective commitment to the organization. Implications for management are discussed.

Performance management practices in Portugal.

Performance management and assessment has returned to the forefront of the public debate in Portugal, at the same time that some international studies point Portugal as a country with bad management practices, highlighting performance management practices. Despite all this attention, there is little information about how those practices are applied in the country. This research’s goal is to assess why performance management systems and practices are so poorly applied in Portugal. To achieve this goal we studied employees’ perception about the topic and diagnose the associated problems. The methodology comprised inductive and qualitative research, in the form of interviews with employees from different professions, industries, hierarchies, and ages. Our findings suggest that performance management failure is related with a procedural problem with three different dimensions: Insufficient Planning, Process & Integrity Issues, and Non-Meritocratic Logic. By exposing the different components of the Portuguese performance management problem, we shed light into the topic and allow organizations to understand and face their performance management systems’ flaws.

The relationship between the education level of successor's and the firm performance in German publicly listed family firms- an empirical analysis

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how far the education level of the second or third generation of publicly traded German family firms affects the post-succession firm performance. By conducting a correlational and regression design, the aim is to examine how several variables influence the performance of family firms. Performance measures, for example ROA and Tobin’s q and variables, like Education level and succession periods, examine analytically that a positive succession trend will occur. However, with the used model, only a less rigid model shows empirical evidence.

How could marketing automation impact the business performance of Comexposium?

Comexposium continues to exhibit strong growth through global acquisition of key events. However, the company identified the need to increase the renewal rate of its exhibitors. In order to do so, Comexposium determined marketing automation software could have enormous value. However, the company currently does not have the appropriate data to determine to specific returns the software could provide. Thus, this report focused on assessing the impact of marketing automation on the business performance of a B2B enterprise and the best methods to implement and measure it. The main findings were that the software could be of immense value to Comexposium, if the company is ready to invest in internal resources and take the time to adapt to the changes the tool will incur.