O laboratório de microbiologia dos alimentos do Instituto Ricardo Jorge na investigação de surtos de toxinfeção alimentar

Apresentação do INSA, I.P., do Departamento de Alimentação e Nutrição e do Laboratório de Microbiologia. Conceitos de Microbiologia/ Microbiologia Alimentar. Importância da análise microbiológica. Vigilância microbiológica em unidades de restauração coletiva. Estudo e investigação de surtos de toxinfeções alimentares

La parodia como forma expresiva utilizada en la novela Tierra de Ricardo Lindo en su relectura del pasado colonial

La presente investigación sobre la parodia como forma expresiva en la novela “Tierra” de Ricardo Lindo, ofrece un estudio que permite conocer el pasado colonial salvadoreño y centroamericano inmerso en el texto. El análisis de la novela “Tierra”, como texto modélico, está enfocado en un estudio exhaustivo sobre aspectos narrativos que el escritor utilizó para representar un periodo de la historia salvadoreña, se habla de ese periodo de conquista y colonización. La finalidad de este trabajo es identificar la parodia como forma expresiva utilizada en la novela Tierra de Ricardo Lindo para leer el pasado colonial. Este trabajo en sí, aborda la relación de aquellos aspectos contextuales y estilísticos que contiene a la nueva novela histórica; en otras palabras, es un estudio que muestra el tipo de reciprocidad que existe entre el texto y contexto, aspectos esenciales de la nueva narrativa histórica como una nueva relectura del pasado colonial.

Ricardo Pérez Monfort: “La historia es fundamental para generar una conciencia sobre la necesidad de una transformación”

Infatigable en la búsqueda, observación y conocimiento de las expresiones culturales en México, Pérez Montfort considera que el estudio y la divulgación de la historia representan un generador de conocimiento, conciencia e identidad para desentrañar el enigmático ser del mexicano.

Músico fundador de la OSUANL: Ricardo Gómez Chavarría

El desempeño destacado del maestro Ricardo Gómez Chavarría como uno de los escasos ejecutantes de la viola y como maestro de violín le abrieron múltiples facetas en sus tareas universitarias tales como maestro en la Escuela de Música y ejecutante en la Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de Nuevo León.

El Barrio Prado : por obra y gracia de don Ricardo

Fondo Margaritainés Restrepo

La controvertida nacionalidad de Ricardo Maduro Joest, candidato a la Presidencia de la República de Honduras.

Con independencia de una eventual aplicación retroactiva de los preceptos sobre nacionalidad de la vigente Constitución hondureña, el relato fáctico puesto en relación con los sucesivos cambios legislativos acaecidos en Honduras y con la incorporación a Convenios internacionales de este país, es totalmente favorable a la consideración de que Ricardo Maduro Joest posee la nacionalidad hondureña por nacimiento y que junto a otras circunstancias personales que en él concurren esta en plenitud, por ende, de los derechos de ciudadanía que tal modalidad de nacionalidad confiere.

“El cadáver de la vieja historia política todavía insepulto. Crítica de la obra de Joaquín Vargas Coto ‘Crónicas de la época y vida de don Ricardo’"

IntroducciónLa Editorial Costa Rica nos entraga, en un voluminoso tomo de más de cuatrocientas páginas, una crónica bibliográfica. Se trata de una serie de escritos realizados por Joaquín Vargas Coto, periodista nacional, y ordenados por sus hijos en particular la Lic. Alicia Vargas de Fournier, quienes le darían el carácter de lobro de valor histórico. La obra del periodista se proyectó con el consentimiento de don Ricardo para dejarnos algo así como un testamento político en la forma de esta crónicas.

The necessary alignment between technology innovation effectiveness and operational effectiveness

Organisations are increasingly investing in complex technological innovations such as enterprise information systems with the aim of improving the operations of the business, and in this way gaining competitive advantage. However, the implementation of technological innovations tends to have an excessive focus on either technology innovation effectiveness (also known as system effectiveness), or the resulting operational effectiveness; focusing on either one of them is detrimental to the long-term enterprise benefits through failure to achieve the real value of technological innovations. The lack of research on the dimensions and performance objectives that organisations must be focusing on is the main reason for this misalignment. This research uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative, three-stage methodological approach. Initial findings suggest that factors such as quality of information from technology innovation effectiveness, and quality and speed from operational effectiveness are important and significantly well correlated factors that promote the alignment between technology innovation effectiveness and operational effectiveness.

Performance measurement and feedback in a public sector program

Establishing a framework for measuring the performance of public sector programs is fraught with dangers. Many public sector organisations are satisfied with measuring activity in programs and fail to see the need for establishing a framework that will meet the needs of participants and measure outcomes as well as activities. This paper explores how a government department in Queensland went about establishing a performance management framework to measure the outcomes and activities in a program that was a public private partnership. Findings indicate that using an iterative consultative approach performance measure can be put in place that are meaningful and assist the participants to review the program.

The critical competences needed for innovative organizational inter-firm and intra-firm integration

In today's highly challenging business environment, an innovative and systemic approach is imperative to survival and growth. Organisational integration and technological integration, are often seen as a catalyst of change that could lead to significant improvements in organisations. The levels of improvement in inter and intra firm integration should arise from a detailed understanding and development of competences within and between organisations. Preliminary findings suggest that lack of trust across organisational cultures within the firms has a negative influence on the development of the capabilities to integrate and align technological innovations and hinders implementation and the effectiveness of the operations. Additionally, poor communication and conflict effects customer satisfaction. Firms need to transfer the competences that support cooperative integration, developed through interaction with supply chain partners, to their relationship arrangements with other supply chain partners, as these are key to ensuring low operational costs.

Contribution of cross-functional teams to the improvement in operational performance

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of cross-functional teams in the alignment between system effectiveness and operational effectiveness after the implementation of enterprise information systems (EIS). In addition, it aims to explore the contribution of cross-functional teams to improvement in operational performance. ---------- Design/methodology/approach: The research uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, in a two-stage methodological approach, to investigate the influence of cross-functional teams on the alignment between system effectiveness and operational effectiveness and the impact of the stated alignment on the improvement in operational performance. ---------- Findings: Initial findings suggest that factors stemming from system effectiveness and the performance objectives stemming from operational effectiveness are important and significantly well correlated factors that promote the alignment between the effectiveness of technological implementation and the effectiveness of operations. In addition, confirmatory factor analysis has been used to find the structural relationships and provide explanations for the stated alignment and the contribution of cross-functional teams to the improvement in operational performance. ---------- Research limitations/implications: The principal limitation of this study is its small sample size. ---------- Practical implications: Cross-functional teams have been used by many organisations as a way of involving expertise from different functional areas in the implementation of innovative technologies. An appropriate use of the dimensions that emerged from this research, in the context of cross-functional teams, will assist organisations to properly utilise cross-functional teams with the aim of improving operational performance. ---------- Originality/value: The paper presents a new approach to measure the effectiveness of EIS implementation by adding new dimensions to measure it.

Relational factors that explain supply chain relationships

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the types of relationships that exist along the supply chain and the capabilities that are needed to manage them effectively. ---------- Design/methodology/approach: This is exploratory research as there has been little empirical research into this area. Quantitative data were gathered by using a self-administered questionnaire, using the Australian road freight industry as the context. There were 132 usable responses. Inferential and descriptive analysis, including factor analysis, confirmatory factor and regression analysis was used to examine the predictive power of relational factors in inter-firm relationships. ---------- Findings: Three factors were identified as having significant influence on relationships: sharing, power and interdependency. “Sharing” is the willingness of the organisation to share resources with other members of the supply chain. “Power” relates to exercising control based on experience, knowledge and position in the supply chain. “Interdependency” is the relative levels of dependency along the supply chain. ---------- Research limitations/implications: The research only looks at the Australian road freight industry; a wider sample including other industries would help to strengthen the generalisability of the findings. ---------- Practical implications: When these factors are correlated to the types of relationship, arm's length, cooperation, collaboration and alliances, managerial implications can be identified. The more road freight businesses place importance on power, the less they will cooperate. The greater the importance of sharing and interdependency, the greater is the likelihood of arm's length relationships. ---------- Originality/value: This paper makes a contribution by describing empirical work conducted in an under-researched but important area – supply chain relationships in the Australian road freight industry.

Understanding the impact of strategic alignment on the operational performance of post implemented technological innovations

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of three strategies - organisational, business and information system – in post implementation of technological innovations. The findings reported in the paper are that improvements in operational performance can only be achieved by aligning technological innovation effectiveness with operational effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach – A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used to apply a two-stage methodological approach. Unstructured and semi structured interviews, based on the findings of the literature, were used to identify key factors used in the survey instrument design. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine structural relationships between the set of observed variables and the set of continuous latent variables. Findings – Initial findings suggest that organisations looking for improvements in operational performance through adoption of technological innovations need to align with operational strategies of the firm. Impact of operational effectiveness and technological innovation effectiveness are related directly and significantly to improved operational performance. Perception of increase of operational effectiveness is positively and significantly correlated with improved operational performance. The findings suggest that technological innovation effectiveness is also positively correlated with improved operational performance. However, the study found that there is no direct influence of strategiesorganisational, business and information systems (IS) - on improvement of operational performance. Improved operational performance is the result of interactions between the implementation of strategies and related outcomes of both technological innovation and operational effectiveness. Practical implications – Some organisations are using technological innovations such as enterprise information systems to innovate through improvements in operational performance. However, they often focus strategically only on effectiveness of technological innovation or on operational effectiveness. Such a focus will be detrimental in the long-term of the enterprise. This research demonstrated that it is not possible to achieve maximum returns through technological innovations as dimensions of operational effectiveness need to be aligned with technological innovations to improve their operational performance. Originality/value – No single technological innovation implementation can deliver a sustained competitive advantage; rather, an advantage is obtained through the capacity of an organisation to exploit technological innovations’ functionality on a continuous basis. To achieve sustainable results, technology strategy must be aligned with organisational and operational strategies. This research proposes the key performance objectives and dimensions that organisations should focus to achieve a strategic alignment. Research limitations/implications – The principal limitation of this study is that the findings are based on investigation of small sample size. There is a need to explore the appropriateness of influence of scale prior to generalizing the results of this study.