A percepção dos indivíduos sobre a inserção de tecnologias de informática nos processos de mudança organizacional: um estudo de caso

This dissertation presents a research aimed at identifying and explaining the individual perceptions as far as the introduction of computer technology concerning the organization change process and the reason underlying those changes, utilizing for study purposes, a customer attendance agency of INSS , located in São Luís-MA, which data collection was carried out by interviews with three managers and application of to thirty employees, all of them working at the unit researched. The core point was to identify feelings and perceptions of individuals, and the reason steering the change actions deployed in this office. Based on this perception, it is presented a literature review on the main thinkers who discussed the role, and the relevance of reasoning in the development of human relations, both in the organizations and in society. To start with, Max Weber thinking on rationality was introduced, on the sequence, the discussion raised by the Frankfurt School in its first phase, mainly on the Max Horkheimer thinking and finally it is shown a summary of Jurgen Habermas thinking, mainly concerning its communicative action theory proposed as a path to emancipation of individual of current instrumental reasoning. Summing up, we can conclude from this research that perceptions, feelings and opinions indicate that the institution uses to discuss with the civil servants the implementation of change process. For those servants the excessive functional control, the limitation of knowledge production and an artificial functional integration are consequences of the shape and intensity, as well as of computer technologies deployed in the institution. It is also shared by most of civil servants, including managers, that the overall participation would have more validity and would decrease the resistance to those changes. And it is also worth registering that despite of the servants having job stability, only 50% have positive expectations as far as its future in the institution.

A complexidade da gestão em processos de internacionalização: como a cultura Nacional impacta o processo decisório de gestores brasileiros expatriados - o caso de uma empresa estatal do setor de energia

In a world where the companies are trying to compete on a global scale, the positioning strategies direct them to go beyond the geographical boundaries of their base countries, seeking for other markets, as a way to keep globally competitive. These conditions make crucial the roles performed by their managers, exposed to different contexts, mainly economical, political, social and cultural and to face the task to manage enterprises like a challenge, probably bigger than the one found on their base countries. This speech tries to examine how much expatriated Brazilian managers feel the influence of local cultural factors in their decisional processes, taking into consideration that they are embedded in their cultural home countries, and they can suffer an impact by the culture of other countries. With this research it is intended to gather empirical material that will supply clues and allow to advance on studies that will make a relationship between decisional process and local culture, through a case study in a Brazilian state-owned energy company and its subsidiaries in South American countries, hoping that the mentioned studies will somehow contribute to a better understanding of the problems that have been stressed in the last decades. Also considering that the vast majority of the theoretical and empirical material about this matter has its own source on the western developed countries and are, in this way, culture-bounded, we hope to increase the production of studies and researches applied to the Latin American reality, mainly the Brazilian one.

Processos de aprendizagem e acumulação de competências tecnológicas na indústria de injeção plástica: o caso da Multibrás da Amazônia S.A.

This resume focus the connection between the learning process and the technological competences evolution. It is based on business case of a plastic injection company named Multibras da Amazonia S/A, that manufacture plastic parts to electro- electronic industry assemblers, the study used the company evolution from 1983 to 2000. Its conclusion allowed to demonstrate, how the theories developed by Figueiredo (2001) can be used to describe the technological competences and the learning process, and on it's scale from 1 to 6 the Multibras case has reached the level 5. Based on the business case, the study confirmed how the technological competences learning process and accumulation is linked to an organizational knowledge. Using the theory basis, but applied to an industry case, different from all the previous studies, this resume shows that it's necessary to have a continuous, organized and integrated effort to generate and develop the knowledge evolution inside the company to make possible the technological competences accumulation on a fast and effective track.

A utilização da grafologia nos processos de seleção de pessoal

This research has the objective of analyze the possibilities offered by the use of the graphology in the process of personnel's selection that aim at the completion of current vacancies of job offers. The study is based in the verification of the applicability and forms of use of selection instruments of personal, mainly of those developed with objective of identifying the aptitudes and the characteristics of the individual's personality. Analyzing its applicability, as form of adapting to the reality today, the graphology, besides assisting to the new variables that the global changes impose to the individuals' behavior and his relationship with the companies, appears as alternative and it is occupying, every day, more space in the professional evaluation area. This study offers reasons so that one can consider the graphology analysis as one more instrument to be used in personnel's selection, in agreement with the possibilities and identified limitations, when used for that end. Tends as objective to explain the reasons of the use of the graphology analysis as evaluation tool, the exploratory and explanatory researches were adopted. This explanation will appear, then, of the verification and analysis of the data obtained in the bibliographical and of field researches, which allows like this to base its report, development and applicability.

Acumulação de competências tecnológicas e os processos subjacentes de aprendizagem na indústria Mmtal - mecânica : o caso da empresa AGCO comércio e indústria LTDA em Santa Rosa - RS

This dissertation enfoca the relationship between technological competences accumulation and the learning underlying processes. This relationship is examined in the company AGCO Comércio and Indústria Ltda, during the period of 1970 to 2000. It is of a company metal-mechanics, agricultural machines manufacturer. In other words, the dissertation examines the processes technological learning implications for aA technological competences accumulation in the company in study. The dissertation enfoca the competences accumulation for three technological functions: processes and organization, products and equipments. The learning processes are examined to the light of four characteristic: variety, intensity, operation and interaction, from the structure existing analysis use in the literature. Based on study of individual case, this study found that the technological competences ways to accumulation in the studied company are associates to the several processes used to acquire technological knowledge and converts him in organizacional. Ademais, the simple incidence of these processes in the company didn't guarantee in the company a positive implication for the technological competences accumulation. The company accumulated level middleman-superior technological competence (level 6) to accomplish production and function products function processes and organization activities, and intermediary level (level 5) to accomplish function equipments activities. In haves to characteristic key, the learning processes introduce an oscillation differentiated along time: the variety oscillated of moderated the several; the intensity of intermittent the continuous; the operation of bad the good; and the interaction of weak the strong. Through the existing structure use in the literature, however applied to a previous studies different industry, this dissertation suggests that must there be an organized , continuous effort and integrated for the knowledge generation and sowing in every company in order to the technological training accumulation be accelerated in the company.

Acumulação de competências tecnológicas e os processos subjacentes de aprendizagem na indústria de bens de capital: O caso KVAERNER PULPING no Brasil

This dissertation is concerned with the implications of the learning processes for the technological capability accumulation at the firm level. This relationship was examined in Kvaerner Pulping over the period from 1980 to 2000. The firm is located in Curitiba/PR and supplies equipment and complete plants (capital goods) for pulp mills. In other words, based on an individual case study, this dissertation examines how the learning processes influence the building and accumulation of technological capability. The accumulation of technological capabilities is crucial for the survival and the competitive performance of the firms. An analytical framework already available in the literature was used to describe the paths (way and speed) of technological capability accumulation in the firm studied. However, the framework was adapted specifically for the capital goods industry for the pulp & paper sector. The paths of technological capability accumulation are analysed for three different technological functions: ¿engineering activities and project management¿, ¿operational processes and practices¿ and ¿process equipment¿. The learning mechanisms were examined in the light of four key features: variety, intensity, functioning and interaction. During the 1980s and 1990s the firm accumulated different levels of technological capability in the technological functions studied. It was only when the firm started to coordinate systematically the efforts to acquire and convert the knowledge from the individual to the organizational level, at the mid 1990s, that the accumulation of technological capability was accelerated. By the end of this decade the firm was able to accumulate innovative capabilities in all the functions analysed. Similarly to previous studies that investigated other types of firms, the conclusion of this dissertation suggests that the way and rate by which the firm accumulates technological capability can be explained by the learning process and its key features over time.

Acumulação de competências tecnológicas e os processos subjacentes de aprendizagem na indústria eletrônica de consumo : o caso da SHARP do Brasil S/A

Esta dissertação estuda o relacionamento entre a acumulação de competências tecnológicas e os processos subjacentes de aprendizagem. O estudo desse relacionamento foi examinado na fábrica de eletrônica de consumo Sharp do Brasil S/A, situada na cidade de Manaus, durante o período de 1972 a 2000. A acumulação e sustentação de competências tecnológicas são desenvolvidas através de processos de aprendizagem nas organizações. Os processos de aprendizagem estão relacionados diretamente à taxa de acumulação de competências tecnológicas das organizações. A dissertação, utilizando a estrutura de análise existente na literatura, examina os processos de aprendizagem à luz de quatro características: variedade, intensidade, funcionamento e interação. A acumulação de competências é analisada a partir de duas funções tecnológicas: processo/organização e produtos. Ao longo do periodo analisado, a empresa acumulou diferentes níveis de competências tecnológicas e com velocidades variadas nas funções estudadas. Na década de 80, a empresa através de uma melhor coordenação de esforços, passou a adquirir e converter conhecimentos individuais em conhecimentos organizacionais, acelerando o crescimento da taxa de competências tecnológicas acumuladas. Ainda no final da década 80, a empresa foi capaz de acumular competências inovadoras nas duas funções estudadas. A acumulação de competências tecnológicas é um aspecto importante a competitividades e sobrevivência das organizações. No entanto, somente a acumulação de competências tecnológicas não garante o bom desempenho e a sobrevivência da organização. A empresa estudada, apesar da acumulação de elevados níveis de competências tecnológicas ao longo do periodo, enfrenta uma grande crise financeira. A conclusão desta dissertação sugere que a taxa de acumulação de competências tecnológicas pode ser explicada pela capacidade da empresa em socializar e codificar a aprendizagem individual, adquiridas por processos externos e internos de aprendizagem aplicados de forma contínua e organizada, convertendo em aprendizagem organizacional.

Comportamento dos processos intra-organizacionais de aprendizagem tecnológica frente a uma mudança de estrutura de propriedade: o caso da TermoMacaé - PETROBRÁS

This academic work describes the interfirm technological learning processes behavior at a thermo plant throughout the years 2001 till 2007. Its former ownership structure was composed by two foreigners companies. This structure was changed by the acquisition of the company control by a Brazilian state owned company on April 2006. The company is a Natural Gas Fired Power Plant placed at Macaé City, at Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil generating electric power right to National Integrated System (SIN). The goal of this research is verify how the technological knowledge had been acquired by the firm and how it had been spread out throughout the organization before and after the change of the ownership structure. The taxonomy applied to determining of ownership structure take in account three parameters: type, specific characteristic and the ownership structure itself. Technological Learning Interfirm Processes have been examined from a model of systemic approach that establishes four key characteristics: ¿variety, intensity, functioning and interaction¿. During 2001 until 2006, till the change of owner structure, the firm developed its own learning processes in its own operational routines. The main learning processes have been identified from empirical evidences. It has been adopted the cut line at year of 2006 for the comparison among the technological learning processes behavior, when the change of ownership structure took place. The data capture occurred within April and August 2007 covering since 2001. Verified the behavior of these learning processes before and after the ownership structure changed from private property to state owned property. The conclusion of this case study suggests that interfirm processes of technological learning identified by the research had their dynamical behavior promptly affected by a change from private to ownerstate ownership structure, exposing the company to a poor performance in its industry, due to the lack of 51% of the technological intrafirm learning processes and reduction of the acquisition of new technical knowledge and its conversion throughout the organization.

Acumulação de competências tecnológicas em processos e produtos e aprendizagem tenológica: o caso da ELETROLUX do Brasil S/A - Unidade de Guabirotuba - Curitiba/PR

This dissertation is concerned with the implications of the learning process on the technological capabilities accumulation. This relationship was examined at the Electrolux do Brasil S/A ¿ Guabirotuba Unity ¿ in Curitiba/PR, over the period of 1980 to 2000. The Brazilian factory products White Goods destined to the Brazilian market as well as to exportation. The Swedish group Electrolux, to which the Brazilian factory belongs to, produces and sell goods to more then 150 countries. Regardless their importance, studies on the accumulation of technological capabilities and the underlying learning process are still scarce in Brazil, especially those focusing on the eletrodomestics products, and more specifically on the refrigerators and freezers industry. Based on a case study in the Electrolux do Brasil S/A, from 1980 to 2000, this investigation examined the influence of the learning process in the paths of the technological capabilities accumulation in the firm. The learning processes were analyzed in the light of the analytical framework proposed by Figueiredo (2001). This framework consists in four key features: variety, intensity, functioning and interaction. The technological capabilities accumulation were studied considering two technological functions: Process and Production Organization Activities and Products Activities. The evidences to classify and describe the paths of technological capabilities accumulation as well as to analyse the learning were mainly qualitative. This investigation joins other previous studies, in which there was noticed that the learning process have great involvement on technical changes, playing a relevant role on the technological capabilities of a company. Based on the investigation done and on the practical utilization of the analytical structure proposed by Figueiredo (2001), we infer that the way and the speed of technological capabilities accumulation are related to how the various learning processes were used by the company. One implied that, in levels from one to six, the studied company cumulated capabilities to level (5). Regarding technological competence, it approached industrialized countries firms, which present level (6), advanced.

Modelo de gerenciamento dinâmico da cadeia de suprimentos incorporando os efeitos dos custos de transporte

Este trabalho apresenta um modelo de gerenciamento dinâmico de uma cadeia de suprimentos que tem por objetivo determinar os níveis de pedidos, vendas, estoque e níveis de serviço da cadeia de suprimentos de modo a otimizar a lucratividade total da cadeia. A lucratividade da cadeia de suprimentos é enfocada sob a perspectiva da inclusão dos efeitos dos custos de transporte por meio de uma estrutura linear côncava de custos. Essa estrutura é composta por um conjunto de equações ajustadas, representativas dos custos de transporte. Assim, é possível a obtenção de economias de escala em função das quantidades entregues. O trabalho pode ser dividido em duas etapas principais. A primeira etapa compreende, em um contexto de gerenciamento da cadeia de suprimentos, uma revisão bibliográfica que abrange os principais aspectos da modelagem tradicionalmente utilizada para a determinação de quantidades ótimas de pedido e entrega, as principais deficiências e as diferentes abordagens de custos de transporte. A segunda etapa é caracterizada pela formulação, simulação e avaliação dos resultados do modelo de gerenciamento dinâmico da cadeia. Nessa etapa, analisa-se a influência da estrutura de custos de transporte nas decisões de reabastecimento da cadeia de suprimentos. A determinação dos níveis de pedidos, vendas, estoque e de serviço, os custos e a lucratividade da cadeia é feita a partir da otimização de cenários. Neste trabalho realiza-se uma análise comparativa de cenários para identificar a influência da alteração de parâmetros nos resultados do modelo. Os resultados apresentam-se promissores e, com relação aos custos de transporte, verificou-se que os limites de capacidade de transporte e os custos mínimos de transporte têm grande influência nas decisões de reabastecimento. Enfim, a principal contribuição deste trabalho está relacionada à possibilidade de tornar a estrutura de custos de transporte dos modelos de gerenciamento dinâmico da cadeia de suprimentos mais próxima da estrutura de custos reais. Palavras-chave: cadeia de suprimentos; custos de transporte; modelo de gerenciamento dinâmico.

A industrialização da intimidade em serviços: uma contribuição à metodologia de redesenho e melhoria de processos de serviços de alta percepção de risco a partir da gestão do valor do cliente

Apresenta metodologia pra redesenho e melhoria dos processos de negócios para prestação de serviços de APRC (alta percepção de risco pelo cliente), a partir da gestão do valor do cliente para a empresa prestadora do serviço. Propõe novo enfoque para a segmentação de serviços sob aspectos psicográficos. Analisa situação dos serviços de reparos de veículos em Concessionárias autorizadas, detectando possibilidades de melhoria dos sistemas de gestão da sua qualidade

Dimensões do processo de cuidar na enfermagem : um olhar da enfermeira

Este estudo busca compreender as dimensões do processo de cuidar na enfermagem, sob o olhar das enfermeiras, em uma realidade hospitalar. A investigação caracteriza-se como um estudo qualitativo com abordagem fenomenológica. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se em um hospital geral, de médio porte, localizado em uma cidade da região norte do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. As participantes foram oito enfermeiras assistenciais; o instrumento utilizado para a coleta das informações foi à entrevista semi-estruturada e para a análise dos discursos utilizou-se a hermenêutica de Paul Ricoeur. As dimensões do processo de cuidar na enfermagem desvelaram os seguintes temas e subtemas: o mundo do cuidado: organização, gerenciamento e competência técnica; o processo de enfermagem; a humanização do cuidado: estar com o ser cuidado no mundo do cuidado, respeitando o ser cuidado na sua singularidade, construindo uma relação dialógica e (des)conhecendo o cuidado humanizado; o estar com o cuidador no mundo do cuidado: o ser aí do cuidador de enfermagem, compartilhando tomadas de decisões, compartilhando saberes e construindo uma relação de cuidado; o vir-aser no mundo do cuidado. Ao compreender as dimensões do processo de cuidar na enfermagem, desvelou-se o mundo do cuidado vivido pelas enfermeiras na instituição pesquisada, caracterizado por ser um ambiente com nuanças próprias, no qual o processo de cuidar se apresentou multifacetado. O encontro de cuidado autêntico entre os seres que ali coabitavam se manifestou a partir da compreensão do ser humano enquanto ser único, capaz de compartilhar suas vivências e experiências no cotidiano de cuidado.

Simulação termodinâmica dos processos de nitretação, nitrocarburação e carbonitretação gasosas

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo o estudo dos tratamentos termoquímicos comuns na indústria metalúrgica denominados: nitretação, nitrocarburação e carbonitretação com o auxílio da ferramenta conhecida como ‘termodinâmica computacional’. Com o uso de um aplicativo computacional e de um banco de dados compacto procurou-se primeiramente o perfeito entendimento dos processos, por exemplo, através da análise do efeito de variáveis como temperatura, pressão e composição das fases gasosa e condensada. A partir deste entendimento procurouse simular os tratamentos termoquímicos dentro de parâmetros conhecidos da prática industrial e, finalmente, procurou-se sugerir algumas outras atmosferas possíveis de serem aplicadas, que se mostraram apropriadas aos objetivos de tais tratamentos. Durante a simulação, constatou-se que alguns resultados mostraram-se algo diferente dos existentes na literatura, provavelmente por diferenças nos dados termodinâmicos utilizados. Este fato, contudo, não invalida as simulações. Sugere-se apenas, para o futuro, a utilização de bancos de dados ainda mais compatíveis com os resultados obtidos na prática industrial.

Sistema de gerenciamento de liquidez sob a ótica da teoria das restrições: uma adaptação da metodologia Fleuriet

A Teoria das Restrições (TOC) tem se mostrado um instrumento eficaz de gestão empresarial, no auxílio à tomada de decisão. Por outro lado, a Metodologia Fleuriet é uma ferramenta sistêmica e dinâmica, que demonstra o efeito de decisões tomadas na liquidez das empresas. Desta forma, este trabalho elabora um modelo de análise e gerenciamento da liquidez, construído a partir destes dois conceitos, utilizando ferramentas de pesquisa operacional e simulação para testar a aplicação do modelo nos dados de uma empresa