Diseño, implantación y análisis de los resultados de un sistema de evaluación integral o 360º. Una propuesta alternativa en el proceso de evaluación de las competencias de trabajo en equipo

La Comunicación se enmarca dentro del análisis y efectividad que la evaluación 360 grados tiene en el desarrollo de las competencias de trabajo en equipo por parte el alumnado de la asignatura Análisis de Mercado Turístico. En la comunicación se detallan las fases de aplicación del sistema de evaluación así como los resultados obtenidos en la ejecución de la evaluación integral o 360º. En último lugar se presentan las conclusiones de la investigación, las cuales permiten plantear una metodología o sistema de evaluación novedoso y renovado en el que se mejoran y complementan los métodos de valoración de competencias así como los mecanismos formativos adscritos a los mismos

L'Avaluació de la cooperació i la responsabilitat individual en els treballs autogestionats a través de rúbriques

En el present treball, membres de la Xarxa d'Innovació Docent sobre Aprenentatge Cooperatiu de la UdG analitzen els requisits de les rúbriques que garanteixen la seva eficàcia a l'hora d'avaluar el treball cooperatiu, i com aquesta eina pot ser usades per a fomentar la responsabilitat individual en els treballs autogestionats per estudiants. També es fa una proposta de rúbrica i es debaten les opcions que planteja la possibilitat que no sigui el professorat qui decideixi els elements que ha de contenir una rúbrica, sinó que aquesta sigui pactada amb l'alumnat en funció dels objectius del treball

El Trabajo colaborativo como método de aprendizaje y evaluación. Un estudio aplicado al primer curso de los títulos de grado de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de la Universidad de Alicante

Estudiamos el grado de implementación del trabajo colaborativo en los distintos títulos de Grado de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de la Universidad de Alicante. A través del empleo de una metodología descriptiva, profundizaremos en los distintos aspectos de interés relativos al trabajo colaborativo que se recogen en las fichas oficiales de cada asignatura. Los resultados del estudio nos permitirán conocer cómo se ha implementado el trabajo colaborativo como método de aprendizaje y evaluación, tanto a nivel particular para cada una de las asignaturas analizadas, como a nivel global para las distintas titulaciones que integran nuestra Facultad

Tutorías académicas grupales evaluables (TAGE) para el seguimiento del trabajo en equipo: un análisis comparativo

La comunicación aborda el diseño y puesta en marcha de Tutorías Académicas Grupales Evaluables (TAGE), para el desarrollo del trabajo en equipo en entornos que incluyen autoaprendizaje. Dichas TAGE se dirigen a los grupos de trabajo de la asignatura Análisis del Mercado Turístico (Grado en Turismo), en la titulación en castellano y en inglés, durante el curso 2010/2011. Se expone el diseño, organización y contenido de las TAGE y el esquema de rúbricas de evaluación, para concluir con la importancia de su aplicación, como reflejan los resultados obtenidos por los estudiantes. Se realiza un análisis comparativo de los resultados obtenidos por los estudiantes de la misma asignatura durante el curso anterior, en el que no se aplicó un sistema TAGE, así como una comparación entre la titulación bilingüe y la no bilingüe

Taller d'iniciació al treball cooperatiu dins el marc de l'EEES

Aquest treball es centra en descriure i explicar la realització d'un Taller d'iniciació al treball cooperatiu de l'assignatura Fonaments de Cognició Humana. Aquesta assignatura té assignada la competència de treball en equip concretada en 'Capacitat de col-laborar amb els demés i de contribuir a un projecte comú'. Per tal d'iniciar als estudiants en el treball cooperatiu es porta a terme un taller en el qual, a partir de tres dinàmiques de grup (el joc dels colors, el quadres esquerdats i construïm ponts) es mostren aspectes clau del treball en equip com la formació de grups, l'assignació i el repartiment de rols i la distribució de les tasques i responsabilitats. L'aplicació d'aquesta taller aporta molts beneficis per tal d'assentar les bases per al treball en equip dels grups i la cooperació entre els seus membres

Participación en competiciones internacionales como experiencia para dinamizar la universidad

Durante los años 2008-2010 en la Universidad Cardenal Herrera-Ceu de Valencia, se desarrollo el Proyecto SML House para participar el Concurso Internacional Solar Decathlon, que junto 19 universidades de todo el mundo pretende fomentar el diseño y construcción de viviendas autosuficientes, que utilicen solo energía procedente del sol y que hagan un uso eficiente de los recursos naturales. Durante estos años, la Universidad formo un equipo multidisciplinar con alumnos y profesores de diferentes áreas de conocimiento, y definió diversas estrategias para involucrar a los alumnos ofertando formación tanto en las propias escuelas como con empresas externas a la Universidad

Ball Recovery in the Handball Tournament of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: Sequential Analysis of Positional Play as Used by the Spanish Team’s Defence

In sport there is a great need to obtain as much information as possible about the factors which affect the dynamics of play. This study uses sequential analysis and temporal patterns (T-patterns)to examine the evolution of defence (against an equal number of attackers)as used by the Spanish handball team at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The aim is to help handball coaches (during their training and gathering of professional experience)to understand the importance of the structure of defensive systems. This can be achieved through observational processes that reveal the evolution and adaptation of these defensive systems according to different variables: the match score, the response of the opposing team and progress through the tournament.

Democratic dialogue and collective learning in the context of self-managed teams

This paper provides a longitudinal, empirical view of the multifaceted and reciprocal processes of organizational learning in a context of self-managed teams. Organizational learning is seen as a social construction between people and actions in a work setting. The notion of learning as situated (Brown & Duguid 1989, Lave& Wenger 1991, Gherardi & al. 1998, Easterby-Smith & Araujo 1999, Abma 2003) opens up the possibility for placing the focus of research on learning in the community rather than in individual learning processes. Further, in studying processes in their social context, we cannot avoid taking power relations into consideration (Contu & Willmott 2003). The study is based on an action research with a methodology close to the ‘democratic dialogue’ presented by Gustavsen (2001). This gives a ground for research into how the learning discourse developed in the case study organization over a period of 5 years, during which time the company abandoned a middle management level of hierarchy and the teams had to figure out how to work as self-managed units. This paper discusses the (re)construction of power relations and its role in organizational learning. Power relations are discussed both in vertical and horizontal work relations. A special emphasis is placed on the dialectic between managerial aims and the space for reflection on the side of employees. I argue that learning is crucial in the search for the limits for empowerment and that these limits are negotiated both in actions and speech. This study unfolds a purpose-oriented learning process, constructing an open dialogue, and describes a favourable context for creative, knowledge building communities.

Scientific production on workplace bullying/harassment in dissertations and theses in the Brazilian scenario

OBJECTIVE To analyze scientific production about workplace bullying and harassment in dissertations and theses in Brazil, with emphasis on the year of publication; educational institution; area of knowledge; professional and academic background of the authors; keywords used; and concept map organization. METHOD Bibliometric study with a quantitative approach with a sample consisting of 57 papers, 5 theses and 52 dissertations, published between 2002 and 2012. RESULTS It was found that 2012 was the year with the highest number of publications in this topic area. The region that stood out was the Southeast. The institution with the highest number of publications was the Federal University of Santa Catarina. There was a predominance of dissertations and most publications were produced by researchers focused on a multidisciplinary perspective. CONCLUSION Expanding the views regarding bullying in order to disseminate scientific production was proposed, promoting further advancement of debates and raising pertinent questions.

The relationship between a short measure of health status and physical activity in a workplace population.

Many interventions promoting physical activity (PA) are effective in preventing disease onset, and although studies have found a positive relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQL) and PA, most of these studies have focused on older adults and those with chronic conditions. Less is known regarding the association between PA level and HRQL among healthy adults. Our objective was to analyse the relationship between PA level and HRQL among a sample of 573 employees aged 20-68 taking part in a workplace intervention to promote PA. Measures included HRQL (using a single item) and PA (i.e. Godin Leisure-Time Questionnaire). The Modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (MCAFT) was also completed by 10% of the employees. MET-minute scores (assessing energy expenditure over one week) were compared across HRQL categories using ANOVA. A multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to further examine the relationship between HRQL and PA, controlling for potential covariates. Participants in the higher health status categories were found to report higher levels of energy expenditure (one-way ANOVA, p < 0.001). In the multiple linear regression model, each unit increase in health status level translated in a mean increase of 356 MET-minutes in energy expenditure (p < 0.001). This single-item assessment of health status explained six percent of the variance in energy expenditure. The study concludes that higher energy expenditure through PA among an adult workplace population is positively associated with increased health status, and it also suggests that a single-item HRQL measure is suitable for community- and population-based studies, reducing response burden and research costs.

Beliefs and practices in the assessment of workplace pollutants

OBJECTIVES: A survey was undertaken among Swiss occupational hygienists and other professionals to identify the different exposure assessment methods used, the contextual parameters observed and the uses, difficulties and possible developments of exposure models for field application. METHODS: A questionnaire was mailed to 121 occupational hygienists, all members of the Swiss Occupational Hygiene Society. A shorter questionnaire was also sent to registered occupational physicians and selected safety specialists. Descriptive statistics and multivariate analyses were performed. RESULTS: The response rate for occupational hygienists was 60%. The so-called expert judgement appeared to be the most widely used method, but its efficiency and reliability were both judged with very low scores. Long-term sampling was perceived as the most efficient and reliable method. Various determinants of exposure, such as emission rate and work activity, were often considered important, even though they were not included in the exposure assessment processes. Near field local phenomena determinants were also judged important for operator exposure estimation. CONCLUSION: Exposure models should be improved to integrate factors which are more easily accessible to practitioners. Descriptors of emission and local phenomena should also be included.

Collectiveness within startup teams – Leading the way to initiating and managing collective pursuit of opportunities in organizational contexts

While traditional entrepreneurship literature addresses the pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities to a solo entrepreneur, scholars increasingly agree that new ventures are often founded and operated by entrepreneurial teams as collective efforts especially in hightechnology industries. Researchers also suggest that team ventures are more likely to survive and succeed than ventures founded by the individual entrepreneur although specific challenges might relate to multiple individuals being involved in joint entrepreneurial action. In addition to new ventures, entrepreneurial teams are seen central for organizing work in established organizations since the teams are able to create major product and service innovations that drive organizational success. Acknowledgement of the entrepreneurial teams in various organizational contexts has challenged the notion on the individual entrepreneur. However, considering that entrepreneurial teams represent a collective-level phenomenon that bases on interactions between organizational members, entrepreneurial teams may not have been studied as indepth as could be expected from the point of view of the team-level, rather than the individual or the individuals in the team. Many entrepreneurial team studies adopt the individualized view of entrepreneurship and examine the team members’ aggregate characteristics or the role of a lead entrepreneur. The previous understandings might not offer a comprehensive and indepth enough understanding of collectiveness within entrepreneurial teams and team venture performance that often relates to the team-level issues in particular. In addition, as the collective-level of entrepreneurial teams has been approached in various ways in the existing literatures, the phenomenon has been difficult to understand in research and practice. Hence, there is a need to understand entrepreneurial teams at the collective-level through a systematic and comprehensive perspective. This study takes part in the discussions on entrepreneurial teams. The overall objective of this study is to offer a description and understanding of collectiveness within entrepreneurial teams beyond individual(s). The research questions of the study are: 1) what collectiveness within entrepreneurial teams stands for, what constitutes the basic elements of it, and who are included in it, 2) why, how, and when collectiveness emerges or reinforces within entrepreneurial teams, and 3) why collectiveness within entrepreneurial teams matters and how it could be developed or supported. In order to answer the above questions, this study bases on three approaches, two set of empirical data, two analysis techniques, and conceptual study. The first data set consists of 12 qualitative semi-structured interviews with business school students who are seen as prospective entrepreneurs. The data is approached through a social constructionist perspective and analyzed through discourse analysis. The second data set bases on a qualitative multiplecase study approach that aims at theory elaboration. The main data consists of 14 individual and four group semi-structured thematic interviews with members of core entrepreneurial teams of four team startups in high-technology industries. The secondary data includes publicly available documents. This data set is approached through a critical realist perspective and analyzed through systematic thematic analysis. The study is completed through a conceptual study that aims at building a theoretical model of collective-level entrepreneurship drawing from existing literatures on organizational theory and social-psychology. The theoretical work applies a positivist perspective. This study consists of two parts. The first part includes an overview that introduces the research background, knowledge gaps and objectives, research strategy, and key concepts. It also outlines the existing knowledge of entrepreneurial team literature, presents and justifies the choices of paradigms and methods, summarizes the publications, and synthesizes the findings through answering the above mentioned research questions. The second part consists of five publications that address independent research questions but all enable to answer the research questions set for this study as a whole. The findings of this study suggest a map of relevant concepts and their relationships that help grasp collectiveness within entrepreneurial teams. The analyses conducted in the publications suggest that collectiveness within entrepreneurial teams stands for cognitive and affective structures in-between team members including elements of collective entity, collective idea of business, collective effort, collective attitudes and motivations, and collective feelings. Collectiveness within entrepreneurial teams also stands for specific joint entrepreneurial action components in which the structures are constructed. The action components reflect equality and democracy, and open and direct communication in particular. Collectiveness emerges because it is a powerful tool for overcoming individualized barriers to entrepreneurship and due to collectively oriented desire for, collective value orientation to, demand for, and encouragement to team entrepreneurship. Collectiveness emerges and reinforces in processes of joint creation and realization of entrepreneurial opportunities including joint analysis and planning of the opportunities and strategies, decision-making and realization of the opportunities, and evaluation, feedback, and sanctions of entrepreneurial action. Collectiveness matters because it is relevant for potential future entrepreneurs and because it affects the ways collective ventures are initiated and managed. Collectiveness also matters because it is a versatile, dynamic, and malleable phenomenon and the ideas of it can be applied across organizational contexts that require team work in discovering or creating and realizing new opportunities. This study further discusses how the findings add to the existing knowledge of entrepreneurial team literature and how the ideas can be applied in educational, managerial, and policy contexts.

Green teams: Understanding their roles in the environmental management of companies located in Brazil

Green teams are frequently considered in the state-of-the-art literature as an essential factor for companies aiming to implement and improve environmental management approaches and practices. However, most of the available literature on green teams is conceptual and theoretical by nature. Therefore, the main purpose of this article is to evaluate the main characteristics of green teams in Brazilian companies and to analyse the relationships between green teams and the maturity level of environmental management in those companies. Based on a conceptual background on corporate environmental management and green teams, a research was done in two complementary phases: a survey of 94 companies with ISO 14001 certification; and a multiple case study of four industrial companies. Survey results suggest that 82% of the studied companies have cross-functional green teams, i.e. involving various companies' departments; and 65% have functional green teams, i.e. individual department teams. The results of the case study suggest that the use of green teams is an instrument to the greening of companies with ISO 14001 in Brazil. The company with the most proactive and advanced environmental management is the same company which uses green teams more intensely. Green teams are especially necessary for implementing more technical environmental management practices, e.g. Life Cycle Assessment. Since this is one of the first studies analysing green teams, the results presented can be useful for companies and public policies aiming to implementation of environmental initiatives. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.