Um estudo sobre a estratégia de expansão de uma escola bilíngüe

The present Study of Case has an objective to describe the development of the Project for the opening of a new unit of a bilingual educational organization in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro. The study of case shows the reasons for the growth of the bilingual educational institutions, growth of the west zone and the decision of the opening of a new unit of the School in question in this specific area. The School in study solicited for its identity to be maintained undisclosed. It opted for the realization of a study of case to describe the development of the project, in a systemized way, through a bibliography and documental research. The limitation of this case is based on the fact of being a single study case. This project can be generalized for other projects within the same institution or replicated to other educational institutions, even if it¿s not bilingual.

O estrategista brasileiro da micro, pequena e média empresa privada nacional

The leadership of American literature in the field of business strategy and its consequent influence on the scientific and entrepreneurial world in Brazil is a real fact. It's also true that the major theories in strategy, especially from the classic school, the oldest and most influent in this field, were originated from empirical studies in large ¿ if not giant ¿ companies, many of them currently present in Brazil. The micro, small and medium Brazilian companies, of well known social and economical importance to the country, and its strategists are certainly not inert to this knowledge, but it doesn¿t necessarily means it can be applied with success in such different context. Previous studies indicate that this strategist makes use of intuition and is not very friendly with bureaucratic controls, but, in reality, the profile of this Brazilian executive is still unknown. Naturally, we do not expect this profile to be static in time, but reactive to changes on business environment, especially with the current globalization process. This research, aiming at knowing the profile of the Brazilian strategist of micro, small and medium companies and through an intensive revision on strategy literature, has built a mathematical model by the use of factor analysis, that can be applied in future studies. A new typology to understand the strategic thinking of these leaders is proposed. The conclusion shows that, for the executives in this research, intuition is not predominant on their decisions. Although more rational than intuitive, they refuse the idea of being purely rational. Besides, in the strategy formation process, they tend to have a collective spirit rather than deciding alone and to believe in the importance of being formal, planning and registering their intentions.

Estudo da influência das competências dos níveis operacionais sobre os processos de estratégia: o caso da empresa farmacêutica MERCK S.A

Based on the approaches and studies on the subject of organizational strategies aimed at intra-firm aspects, resources and competencies developed by organizations have been identified as the key elements toward assessing and explaining a company¿s performance. Considering such perspective, it has been observed that the development and effective implementation of organizational strategies depend on the skills and knowledge supplied by workers who are motivated or led to contribute with their effort so as to meet the organization¿s goals. Considering this, the purpose of this dissertation is to identify how the competencies of the operational levels of an organization are mobilized to contribute to the shaping and implementation of organizational strategies. This assessment was accomplished by observing the existing relationships between organizational and human resources management processes and processes of short term and long term strategies in a company of the pharmaceutical industry. The analysis of the evidence collected during the observation of this company has shown a strong link between personnel processes and the accomplishment of short term strategic goals, and a weaker link with the establishment of long term strategies. As a rule, the corporation¿s operational levels have little influence on the strategic planning and its implementation, even though the company uses a model of competencies designed to create more effective and measurable relationships between individual competencies and the company¿s performance.

Criação e desenvolvimento do conhecimento organizacional com o auxílio da tecnologia de informação

In the last years, a number of enterprises ¿ each time greater ¿ have perceived the importance of the strategic management of the intellectual capital in its strategic planning. Factors like globalization of the economy and consequent awareness of specialized work value enclosed in organizational processes and routines, awareness of knowledge as factor of distinct production and low cost of data processing nets, point to a growing replacement of physical force for cerebral in our organizations and in our social lives. This work has the objective to analyze how the information technology, in its present stage, may contribute to creation and development of knowledge, or intellectual capital, in the organization of business. We will use for this purpose the methodology proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi for creation of knowledge in the organizations. The model is based in two basic points: 1) the existence of two types of knowledge, the tacit and the explicit and its several processes of interaction wich generate operational knowledge (internalization), systematic knowledge (combination), shared knowledge (socialization) and conceptual knowledge (externalization); 2) the view that knowledge in principle is individual, belongs to each member of the organization and must be enlarged 'in an organization way'. Considering the characteristics of the methodology used, the proposal is the construction of a knowledge portal in the organization of business, so that it may be used as a tool for helping to create and develop organizational knowledge.

Tecnologia de informação e colaboração interorganizacional: um estudo no varejo de grande porte no setor de confecção

A colaboração interorganizacional, é uma realidade que atinge muitas empresas, de todos os portes e setores. A TI aumenta a capacidade de gerenciamento e coordenação através de fronteiras organizacionais, permitindo redução de custos, otimização de recursos e melhor coordenação e o controle gerencial. Este projeto identificou o papel da TI nos relacionamentos colaborativos entre empresas. Para isso, analisou-se o emprego da TI no relacionamento colaborativo entre varejistas e fornecedores, no Setor de Confecção. Como resultado da pesquisa, os conceitos estabelecidos foram organizados em um modelo teórico e resumidos em um constructo sobre a colaboração interorganizacional apoiada pela TI.