Análise das dificuldades de ação em equipe numa sociedade relacional: Paradoxos da Gestão no contexto brasileiro, o caso da consultoria ABC.

This study is an analysis of the nature of conflicts in highly qualified teams, searching for its causes and potential consequences for the teams¿ performance. The hypothesis is that establishing a power principle is of utmost importance to provide the team members with parameters for action as well as with an effective coordination, which may lead to the desired outcome. The problem under analysis herein is centered on teamwork, having in mind the growing complexity of the competences necessary for the organizations¿ success, in such a way that, if the human activities in these organizations are not cooperatively developed, the desired outcomes may be threatened. In this context it is perceived that many knowledge organizations lack adequate strategies and tools to promote adequate coordination of highly qualified workers, involved cooperatively in tasks of large intrinsic complexity. ABC Consulting is a particular instance of such problem, that may add to the understanding of the general problem of team work. This study takes into account the more general background of the Brazilian culture, which, in spite of broadening aspects such as social cordiality and the living in others (Holanda, 1995), does not lead naturally to quality teamwork. The research development is anchored in a methodology that combines both field and bibliographical work, with a qualitative approach in the scope of case study.

Sustentabilidade e Desenvolvimento Local: Estudo de Projeto na Formação da Ecovila Viver Simples em Itamonte - MG

Eco-villages are considered models of intentional communities or sustainable communities and have been incorporated by the United Nations in the Sustainable Communities Development Programme (SCDP) as a human scale settlement. They are characterized by human activities being integrated in a non-damaging way into the natural world in such a way as to give support to healthy human development so as to be able to continue indefinitely into the future. This text assesses the extent to which a project to create the Eco-village for Simple Living in Itamonte - Minas Gerais" is successful, based on the concepts of sustainability and local development succeeds, by examining the indicators and attributes that are able to be measured in the planning phase, describing the stages and discussions of the project, as well as assessing the members 'perception of "the concepts of the Eco-village", "sustainability" and "local development". Subsequent analysis of the degree of sustainability (ecological, social, economic, spacial and cultural / spiritual) and local development, based on the social economy, demonstrated the presence of a number of aspects used to support, guide, discuss, plan and implement actions in the creation of the Eco-village being studied. This work could be used as a guide to Eco-villages during the planning phase, indicating the importance of the concepts studied, especially for some communities which are self-proclaimed "Eco-villages" but which in fact do not show even the slightest structural aspects which would describe them as such, like solidarity in the relations between participants, or construction oriented with a view to the precepts of environmental preservation. "

A construção da imagem operária: uma nova dimensão da análise do trabalho

A tentativa de buscar uma nova dimensão para o desempenho satisfatório das atividades humanas em situações de trabalho resume o objetivo primeiro desse estudo. A proposta básica consiste em que as ações humanas podem ser programadas mentalmente antes de serem objetivamente executadas e que essa programação se verifica a partir de e em função de imagens. O conceito de imagem operatória como o processo psicológico capaz de permitir aprioristicamente a simulação imagina da dessas realizações assume, assim, importância vital para essa dissertação. Da percepção de que toda e qualquer atividade se desenvolve num espaço de localização e movimentação corporal próprio de cada sujeito e da necessidade de se encontrar um referencial teórico que melhor situasse o constructo citado, chegou-se a inclusão dos termos espaço pessoal e esquema corporal como susceptíveis de explicitarem a relação proposta. Estabelecido o triângulo conceitual explicativo, capaz de elucidar algumas questões relativas ao binômio homem-trabalho, partiu-se para o levantamento e discussão de algumas das variáveis possivelmente envolvidas na construção da imagem operatória. Como parte final, algumas implicações lógico-formais, são levantadas, considerando-se os conceitos envolvidos a partir de uma perspectiva, que mais se aproxime de um caráter global.