O gerente de vendas no Brasil e a intenção de comportamento antiético - 1ª Parte

O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é analisar a Intenção de Comportamento Antiético do executivo de vendas e alguns de seus possíveis determinantes, fruto de lacunas relevantes de conhecimento na realidade brasileira. Trata-se de uma replicação de estudo realizado nos Estados Unidos por SCHWEPKER Jr. (1999). Nesta linha, dois são os objetivos específicos. O primeiro, já cumprido na primeira parte do projeto, é descrever o perfil dos construtos Intenção de Comportamento Antiético, Julgamento Moral, Desenvolvimento Moral Cognitivo e Intensidade Concorrencial. O segundo objetivo específico será investigar os efeitos potenciais de Julgamento Moral, Desenvolvimento Moral Cognitivo e Intensidade Concorrencial sobre a Intenção de Comportamento Antiético (a ser cumprido numa segunda parte deste projeto). Para tanto, dados foram obtidos do principal executivo de vendas de 138 das maiores empresas brasileiras.

Trajetória das idéias econômicas no Brasil

Nestes últimos 50 anos o pensamento econômico tem conquistado um enorme espaço nas ciências humanas e os economistas brasileiros tornaram-se atores políticos de primeira grandeza, tendo participado das decisões mais importantes do Estado brasileiro. Porém, nem sempre eles registraram suas idéias ou revelaram em artigos e livros seu pensamento mais íntimo e os mecanismos do poder econômico. Recentemente foram realizadas entrevistas, que têm iluminado ângulos obscuros dessa ação teórica e prática e vem trazendo a baila as polêmicas e as dúvidas dos economistas brasileiros. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os depoimentos dos principais economistas brasileiros contidas das duas séries de entrevistas de Rego, aprofundar suas idéias e demarcar suas diferenças sobre as questões mais importantes da história do pensamento econômico brasileiro.

Controle político da burocracia no presidencialismo americano: uma perspectiva comparada com o Brasil

Pretende-se examinar os mecanismos institucionais de controle político da burocracia no presidencialismo americano, bem como os diferentes enfoques teóricos que explicam sua eficácia ou não. Enfatizando os limites do controle pelo poder legislativo, a estudo estabelece comparação com o Brasil e também indica, com base na literatura, algumas propostas para ampliar a responsabilidade política dos governantes.

Desafios que enfrenta a ANP para regular a indústria de petróleo no Brasil depois da quebra do monopólio em 1997 ate o ano de 2005

This work is analyzing the challenges which the National Petrol Agency is facing to regulate the Petrol industry in Brazil after the Monopoly crash in the period between 1997 until 2005. Due to the necessities of adaptation of its political strategies to the rules which determine the international economic flows, Brazil was forced to use the Economic Regulation in order to control the market. The regulation established in Brazil is not indifferent to imperfect markets. Thus can be find a conflict of interests among companies, the government and consumers within this process of regulation. The established agency does not have enough autonomy for administrating a regulation. The State with its paternalism power does not allow the agency to fulfill its function for which it was established, even though its function was established by law. A regulating policy which is clearly defined will establish a strong and independent agency with a clear limitation of its competences, avoiding divergent interpretation which prioritizes investments and promotes economic development. The agency will have the challenge to regulate the companies that enter the sector, allowing the opening of the market for new initiatives of investments which contribute to the welfare of the country and breaking at the same time the monopoly that is lead by Petrobras since 1953. Combining a stable set of rules with agility in order to adapt to changes will provide the regulator with a great decision-making power. The flexibility in the regulation will improve the correcting of the rules that were set in the beginning, being more efficient, which are based on acquired experience and achieved results. The structure of the agency and the flexibility of the regulation should be orientated on the promotion of competition in order to achieve economic and social development.

Políticas públicas para radiodifusão e imprensa: ação e omissão do estado no Brasil pós-1964

The press and the State had developed, in Brazil, a relation of interdependence. Press and broadcasting corporations depend on state money for its survival and politicians depend on the press and the exposition in the media to communicate with their electorate. This relation of proximity affects the elaboration of public policies for the sector. This study analyzes public policies for broadcasting and the press since 1964, when it was established in the country the military regimen, a mark of a deep reform in the Communications. Public policies are debated in line with two dimensions - one relative to the infrastructure needed by the Communications, and another referring to the content of information. Our conclusion clarifies the urgency of a revision in the laws that regulate the media, many of which are not applicable anymore, and questions the independence of Brazilian parliamentarians to proceed with the necessary reforms and to the discussion about new public policies for the sector.

A democratização da política pública e o fortalecimento da cidadania. Conhecendo o projeto Casa Brasil : unidades Vitória e Vila Velha

The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the Casa Brasil Project and its contribution for promoting actions related to citizenship in Vitoria and Vila Velha cities. The essay was led through a theoretical discussion about citizenship, public space, social participation and public politics. Thereafter thematic interviews based on a non-probabilistic method were done with seventeen people such as public power representatives, organized civilian society and community. The speech analysis was used for data treatment. Some negative and positive aspects referred to citizenship and public power were identified. The aim of the research was checking if there is any encouragement to a genuine and consciousness participation of the society for the structure and continuous citizenship practice. The Casa Brasil Project experience in Vitoria and Vila Velha demonstrates that its sustainability and effectiveness depend on how interacted and committed the strategic stakeholders are, since the condition of local institutions influences the model of social mobilization and individual participation. Besides, this essay shows it is necessary: to improve the citizen involvement ¿ by implementing the board of directors, which assures public participation in order to stimulate the community to take the unity control ¿ to grant democratic feature to the public power, and to increase citizenship.

Fatores relevantes na construção de processos government-to-government no Banco Central do Brasil

This dissertation seeks to recognize the factors, which are relevant to the construction of the processes Government-to-Government (G2G), and how these factors influence the success of those processes. For this research, two existing cases in Banco Central do Brasil (Bacen) were used: i) the Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN) X Senado Federal case; and the Bacen x Poder Judiciário case. The framework of this dissertation is based on the methodology of multiple study cases described by Robert Yin (2001). This work analyzed separately each of the cases and compared the results obtained in each analysis. In this way, this research aimed at analyzing the reasons that led these cases to gain such distinct outcomes, despite the existing potential benefits in each one of them. The obtained results suggest that three factors influence the success of G2G processes in a relevant way: computational safety; the culture of the organizations involved; and the capacitation of people involved. Each of these factors, according to what results showed, bring a set of considerations which should be observed by the public administrator in relation to the strategies of implementation of G2G processes.

O campo de energia elétrica no Brasil - de 1880 a 2002

Since electric power is an essential element in modern society, this paper analyzes the historic and institutional factors that have contributed to the formation and organization of the Brazilian electric sector, from the time when it started to be used in this country until the end of year 2002. This analysis is based on a linear description of historic facts, giving emphasis to crucial events ¿ or critical incidents, as they were called for the purpose of this paper. As to these happenings, the social actors who played an important role in the development of the Brazilian electric power sector were analyzed. An analytical model based on the theoretical references offered by the Institutional Theory was used. The study also highlights the elements that comprehend the development of the phenomenon in face of the ambivalence existing in a developing country, which is the case of the Brazilian electric power sector. The organizational fields that were established at the time determined by the main crucial incidents presented throughout the length of time covered by this study. The resources that the main social actors involved in the electric power sector may use by are also identified, as well as their main interests and level of influence these actors may have. Several documents were analyzed. The qualitative methodology was used. Also, many semi-structured in-depth interviews of the people who have made the history of this sector for reliability were conducted. Finally, this study includes the main elements that have shaped the institutional model of the Brazilian electric sector. It also characterizes the external environment as the element which has most influenced the sector and has also led its way throughout the different developmental phases, especially with respect to funding. The growing rates of power consumption indicate the need for a constant increase in the supply of electric power to meet the needs of society and economic development. This requires constant investment. Lack of investment is a limiting factor. Not only does it hinder the development of the country but it may also result in very unfortunate mishaps such as electric power rationing, such as the kind we had to endure a while ago.

A formação do campo da saúde suplementar no Brasil

The aim of the present study is to analyze the evolution of the historical and institutional elements that generate the current design of the private health market in Brazil. Its main theoretical basis is the Theory of the Symbolic Power, by Pierre Bourdieu, complemented, in the non-conflictive aspects of these two visions, by the Anthony Giddens¿ institutional vision on the field genesis motivational factors. The research¿ data were collected through documents and semi structured interviews during 2002 e 2003 period, involving the qualitative analyze due to understand the field¿s phenomena under an actors¿ perspective. The research identifies the several players that integrate the market, their evident strategic goals, and those that are not so, besides of the powers¿ resources used to reach them, by DiMaggio and Powell¿ vision. Thus, it tries to show, through a historic linear description, and emphasis in the determinant facts, the evolution of the market¿s constitution. The study demonstrates that the field had formed from several Estate¿ actions, basically after the past seventy¿ decade, as result of a alternative Government¿ strategy towards a Brazilian population¿s dissemination plan of health¿ services that enforced the institutionalization of isomorphic structures, with a strong internal interaction and a hierarchy between kinds of values, that had emphasized the health¿ symbol as a citizenship¿s value. In the end, the study estimates that the crescent longevity¿ Brazilian¿s population and the consequent work¿s dismiss may cause a private health¿ elitism conforming a future problem in this sensible segment of the social politics of the Brazilian government.

A Influência da Concentração de Poder na Melhoria da Qualidade: O Caso Royal

This work intends to analyze the influence of the power in the process of quality improvement in managerial organizations, being taken based on a case study regarding to a company of medium load placed in the southeast area of Brazil which in the intention of solving difficulties in inserting its products in the market, it opted to implement quality programs. The data were collected through observations and bibliographical researches about the company, where the author participated as employee for a close period of 6 years. The results indicate that the imported methodologies of administration ¿ as it is the case of the quality models ¿ cannot produce the expected results, when these methodologies are implemented by ignoring cultural factors, mainly related to form as the power is shared and practiced in the organizations.

Cultura organizacional e relações de poder: mapeando a rede ferroviária federal S.A, em liquidação

o objetivo dessa dissertação é conhecer as relações de poder - fonnais e informais - existentes na Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A., em liquidação (RFFSA) e aquelas que atuam sobre a empresa. Para isso, foi utilizado o Método Etnográfico, observando-se de forma participante a cultura da empresa, complementando assim o levantamento bibliográfico sobre o Estado, sobre a burocracia - especialmente o hibridismo das empresas estatais - e sobre as relações de poder entre esses no Brasil. Concluiu-se que: os funcionários de uma empresa em liquidação não são facilmente motivados e trabalham contra os objetivos organizacionais, já que se apresenta um conflito de interesses; como o processo de liquidação da RFFSA é longo, as relações de poder infonnais se fortificam com o intuito de que a estratégia organizacional não tenha sucesso; a comunicação entre lideres e liderados não atenua os conflitos entre os objetivos organizacionais e de Recursos Humanos, dado que os empregados manipulam o discurso como forma de resistência à liquidação. De forma mais genérica, recomenda-se a redução da ingerência político-partidária na burocracia estatal, por meio de uma refonna administrativa que considere o aspecto cultural do serviço público, podendo se desenvolver a idéia de "accountability" entre os servidores.

A flexibilização do processo de formulação de estratégias empresarias. O caso da transportadora brasileira Bolivia-Brasil

Com a maIOr interação entre povos, culturas e nações e a conseqüente abertura dos mercados, a concorrência entre as organizações tem aumentado consideravelmente, forçando-as a buscarem diferenciais que lhes garantam a criação e a manutenção de altos níveis de competitividade. A presença de algumas das técnicas de flexibilização do processo formal de formulação de estratégias pode ser um indicativo de maior preocupação das empresas com a instabilidade externa, porém, sem necessariamente, dar à organização o poder de adaptar-se continuamente às possíveis alterações. o presente estudo pretende analisar o caso da Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto BolíviaBrasil sob o prisma das teorias de Motta, Mintzberg e Grant verificando se o processo de formulação de estratégias da citada organização se caracteriza pela criação de estratégias emergentes ou deliberadas e se demonstra flexibilidade diante do ambiente externo.

A composição da dívida pública mobiliária federal interna e os fundos de investimento no Brasil: análise dos fatores de influência

This work intends to study the relationship between Brazilian Internal Public Debt mix and Mutual Funds. In the theoretical framework, the discussion about liquidity preference theories implies considering risk averse investors. Portfolio selection is also discussed, particularly Markowitz efficient frontier. Historical data from November of 1999 to December of 2004 of Brazilian Internal Public Debt mix and Mutual Funds portfolio are analyzed. Official goals concerning Public Debt's mix and its actual composition are presented, as well as Mutual Fund preferences as buyers of public debt securities. Time series of three securities (LFT, LTN and NTN-C) in Public Debt mix and Mutual Funds portfolio are compared and a similar behavior is identified. Relevant facts of the macroeconomic context which may have affected Public Debt or Mutual Funds are discussed. Some indications of a possible influence of Mutual Funds upon Public Debt Mix are obtained and hypothesis to be tested in future studies are proposed.

Direitos humanos e Poder Judiciário: Federalização, Lei Maria da Penha e Juizados Especiais Federais

A partir de uma parceria com o Escritório do Brasil da Fundação Ford, o Centro de Justiça e Sociedade apresentou aos alunos de um de seus cursos de Especialização em Poder Judiciário — realizado em parceria com a Escola da Magistratura Regional Federal da 2ª Região — o desafio de pesquisar e escrever sobre temas vitais de direitos humanos diretamente conectados ao Poder Judiciário, quais sejam: a Lei Maria da Penha e a violência contra a mulher; a Federalização das graves violações de direitos humanos; e o acesso à Justiça nos Juizados Especiais Federais. Dessas parcerias institucionais e desse desafio acadêmico resultou a presente coletânea de artigos. É o produto de um esforço institucional e, sobretudo, de uma reflexão preocupada com a garantia e a efetividade dos direitos humanos. Como qualquer outro livro, merece ser lido com o espírito crítico e a desconfiança epistemológica que deve marcar o processo democrático de construção do conhecimento. Ao final, possui a característica de toda a obra engajada: a esperança num mundo melhor.