Regionalização e gestão no espaço turístico: o processo de roteirização e de gestão participativa do Pólo Marajó, Pará

O presente trabalho analisa no contexto da regionalização e gestão no espaço turístico, dois processos inerentes ao Programa de Regionalização do Turismo (PRT), a roteirização e a gestão participativa, tendo como lócus de pesquisa o pólo Marajó. O texto procura evidenciar os fundamentos teóricos do espaço turístico, a partir do pensamento de BOULLÓN (1985), associando esta abordagem com as formulações contidas na teoria dos pólos de crescimento (PERROUX, 1967), no aménagement du territoire (ANDRADE, 1971, 1987), na teoria da inovação (PORTER, 1998) e na desenvolvimento local (Almeida, 2002, Barqueiro, 2001, Buarque, 2002, Rodrigues, 1977). Analisa-se as políticas públicas nacionais recentes, o Programa Nacional de Municipalização do Turismo (PNMT), o PRT, além do Plano de Desenvolvimento Turístico do Estado do Pará, identificando a orientação desses documentos técnicos quanto ao processo de desenvolvimento do turismo. Para que fossem alcançados os objetivos propostos foram formuladas questões orientadoras da análise do objeto de estudo, quanto a Roteirização e Gestão Participativa. Na seqüência, cumpriu-se uma etapa de pesquisa, de caráter bibliográfico e documental, que permitiu a construção do referencial teórico. Complementarmente, realizou-se o trabalho de campo com entrevistas, observações, levantamentos de informações na área em estudo. O resultado desse processo foi sistematizado, a partir da interpretação das informações obtidas no trabalho de gabinete e de campo. Consolidadas estas informações, as mesmas foram organizadas em forma de texto analítico, com o suporte de mapas, fotos, quadro e tabelas. Considerando os dois principais objetivos propostos (análise da roteirização e da gestão participativa no pólo Marajó), observou-se que o trabalho de roteirização na vila do Pesqueiro concentrou-se, basicamente, em dois dos quatro componentes do espaço turístico: a matéria prima e a superestrutura. Os demais componentes (planta turística e infra-estrutura) não receberam atenção adequada. Tais fatos, conjugados a fatores externos ao universo composto pela comunidade local, como a questão do transporte para o Marajó, e a atuação dos agentes de receptivo de Belém - que têm grande influência na comercialização dos roteiros - dificultaram o processo de venda do produto. Quanto a Gestão Participativa , observou-se que foram instituídos dois comitês gestores, um em Soure e outro em Salvaterra, dissociados do processo de constituição do Fórum Regional de Turismo do Pólo Marajó. Além disso, a estrutura do Fórum não obedeceu ao princípio da equidade, em termos de representação dos atores, e a concepção da governança regional do turismo ocorreu após o processo de roteirização do Amazônia do Marajó. Esses elementos indicam que ainda não se pratica, concretamente, uma gestão participativa no pólo Marajó.

Building the capacity for learning and change through reflective conversation

Conversation is central to the process of organizational learning and change. Drawing on the notion of reflective conversation, we describe an action research project, "learning through listening" in Omega, a residential healthcare organization. In this project, service users, staff, members of management committees, trustees, managers, and central office staff participated in listening to each other and in working together towards building capacity for creating their own vision of how the organization could move into the future, according to its values and ethos. In doing so they developed ways of engaging in reflective conversation that enabled progress towards a strategic direction.

An evaluation of Employee Assistance Programs: An overview and case study

Methodologies for the analysis and cross-evaluations of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are necessary to indicate program weaknesses and strengths for both present and future EAP services.^ As EAPs have matured from simplistic industrial alcoholism programs to all problem-encompassing, complex programs, an aggressive group of entrepreneurs has developed. Business and industrial managements need established criteria to select the most suitable professional services for their needs, as well as the best investment value for cost containments.^ Four major EAPs were compared to determine critical areas necessary for cross evaluation. Future standardization of terminology and definitions of services will facilitate both the evaluation of a specific program and its comparison to problems or successes of other EAPs.^ Past evaluation difficulties have been caused by the lack of EAP program accreditations and professional personnel licensure requirements. The Association of Labor Management Administrators and Consultants on Alcoholism (ALMACA) has recently set certification criteria for personnel, which will enhance the professional standards for EAPs. ^

Revisiting labour and gender issues in Export Processing Zones : the cases of South Korea, Bangladesh and India

The establishment of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) is a strategy for economic development that was introduced almost fifty years ago and is nowadays employed in a large number of countries. While the number of EPZs including several variants such as Special Economic Zone (SEZs) has increased continuously, general interest in EPZs has declined over the years in contrast to earlier heated debates regarding the efficacy of the strategy and its welfare effects especially on women workers. This article re-evaluates the historical trajectories and outstanding labour and gender issues of EPZs on the basis of the experiences of South Korea, Bangladesh and India. The findings suggest the necessity of enlarging our analytical scope with regard to EPZs, which are inextricably connected with external employment structures, whether outside the EPZ but within the same country, or outside the EPZ and its host country altogether.

Stigma, social relationship and HIV testing in the workplace : evidence from South Africa

This paper explores whether a worker's unwillingness to make his/her HIV-positive status or test-taking experience known by colleagues impedes his/her decision to test for HIV. After analyzing the new survey data provided by employees working for a large multinational enterprise in South Africa (2009-2010), this study finds that this unwillingness is negatively associated with test-taking (at the enterprise's on-site clinic) of workers who are extensively networked with close colleagues (i.e., know their phone numbers). It appears that the expected disutility associated with HIV/AIDS-related stigma prohibits test uptake. When introducing HIV counseling and testing programs into a corporate sector, providing all workers with an excuse to test in the workplace and/or inducing them to privately test outside the workplace may be effective in encouraging the uptake.

Collective bargaining : a report /

Caption title: Free and responsible collective bargaining and industrial peace.

1982 census of governments.

"GC82(1)-(7)".

Union financial statistics ..

Ceased publication?

The use of economic data in collective bargaining /

Supplement to manual of same title.

Employee relations bibliography : public, non-profit, and professional employment : essay, annotated listing, indexes /

Mode of access: Internet.

1977 census of governments.

v. 1. no. 1. Governmental organization. no. 2. Popularly elected officials -- v. 2. Taxable property values and assessment/sales price ratios -- v. 3. no. 1. Employment of major local governments. no. 2. Compendium of public employment. no. 3. Labor management relations in state and local governments -- v. 4. no. 1 Finances of school districts. no. 2 Finances of special districts. no. 3. Finances of county governments. no. 4. Finances of municipalities and township governments. no. 5. Compendium of government finances -- v. 5. Local government in metropolitan areas -- v. 6. no. 1. Employee retirement systems of state and local governments. no. 3. State payments to local governments. no. 4. Historical statistics on governmental finances and employment. no. 5. Graphic summary of the 1977 census of governments. no. 6. Regional organizations -- v. 7. Guide to 1977 census of governments.

The ALMACA continuum of services : alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace.

Shipping list no.: 87-243-P.

Directory of unions and associations with exclusive recognition in the federal service.

Mode of access: Internet.

Dealing with performance problems /

Mode of access: Internet.

Understanding fact finding and arbitration in the public sector.

Mode of access: Internet.