A mão-de-obra como barreira ao desenvolvimento empresarial

As recentes transformações no mundo geraram, para a atualidade, uma exigência peculiar quanto à capacitação dos trabalhadores, estabelecendo padrões inéditos de qualificação, devido à competição mais acirrada por causa da abertura dos mercados, do processo irreversível de globalização, e, sobretudo, a crescente utilização de novas tecnologias que se tomaram cada vez mais corriqueiras na sociedade contemporânea. A preocupação com a necessidade de formar trabalhadores hábeis para enfrentar os desafios que essa nova conjuntura impõe é compartilhada pelos governos de diversas nações que se empenham em reformular as diretrizes básicas para a educação visando, além do emprego, o desenvolvimento humano sustentável. Este estudo investigou um dos obstáculos ao progresso de micro e pequenas empresas e sua influência no desenvolvimento organizacional: a qualificação da mão-de-obra. Tema multifacetado envolvendo diversas instâncias: governos, empresas e, inclusive, o próprio trabalhador com suas dificuldades de formação num mundo em constante transformação. Este trabalho, ainda que se refira a ações governamentais, e, a outros aspectos mais gerais, privilegia a dificuldade própria do gerente, e sua perspectiva, que, para atender as demandas de serviço, não encontra mão de obra qualificada disponível. O referencial teórico utilizado foi o dos autores que adotam os paradigmas do pósfordismo e do pós-modernismo, aliado à pesquisa bibliográfica, para conceituar as habilidades exigidas dos trabalhadores pelas organizações e as ações dos governos visando o emprego. Além disso, foram feitas entrevistas com gestores de mão-de-obra e empresários de micro e pequenas empresas instaladoras de infra-estrutura para o setor elétrico e de telecomunicações, que prestam serviços nas regiões Centro-Oeste, Sudeste e Sul do Brasil. A pesquisa concluiu que, no setor estudado, não há desemprego ou excesso de mão de obra, mas despreparo, ausência de mão de obra qualificada para ocupação de vagas disponíveis. O despreparo é detectado em habilidades básicas como leitura e escrita, o que impede tanto a especialização do trabalhador e seu aprimoramento, quanto o desenvolvimento sustentável da pequena e da micro empresa no Brasil. Os resultados desta pesquisa indicaram que a qualificação básica da mão de obra é um obstáculo ao desenvolvimento que vai além do âmbito da organização empresarial.

Microcrédito como ferramenta de combate à pobreza e inclusão social: o caso do Projeto Amazônia Florescer

O tema central desta dissertação esta voltada para a importância do microcrédito como uma ferramenta de combate a pobreza e inclusão social, e geradora de emprego e renda direcionada a pessoas de baixa. Primeiramente, foram expostos os temas como pobreza, desenvolvimento econômico embasado na teoria de Schumpeter, crédito e os conceitos de microfinanças e microcrédito. Além disso, alguns exemplos de instituições mundiais e locais da cidade de Belém. A pesquisa foi realizada no Amazônia Florescer, um programa de crédito produtivo e orientado na cidade de Belém e no interior do estado do Pará, criado com o apoio do Banco da Amazônia, para atender o micro e pequeno empreendedor. Os levantamentos dos dados sobre a pesquisa foram feitos a partir do banco de dados em carteira ativa do banco. Assim foram tabulados os dados levando em conta o perfil, ocupação, sexo, idade, renda, atividade. Por fim, o resultado demonstrou que o microcrédito em Belém é uma política publica que colabora para o desenvolvimento social e econômico da população de baixa renda da cidade.

Relação entre os resultados do estudo de competitividade do turismo nacional e a agenda do Ministério do Turismo

O turismo vem crescendo bastante em todo mundo e sendo enquadrado, cada vez mais, na perspectiva econômica, pelos resultados que proporciona. Nesse contexto, o desempenho de seus destinos passou a ser avaliado com o mesmo parâmetro de outras atividades do mercado: a competitividade. No Brasil, para atender à meta do Plano Nacional de Turismo de estruturar 65 destinos turísticos, de modo a deixá-los em condições de competir internacionalmente, a Fundação Getúlio Vargas, o Ministério do Turismo e o Serviço Nacional de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas realizaram um diagnóstico de seus níveis de competitividade. Os resultados, apontando as ações necessárias, encontram-se descritos no “Estudo de Competitividade de 65 Destinos Indutores do Desenvolvimento do Turismo Regional”. O objetivo deste trabalho é verificar se os resultados desse Estudo, dado o prazo estabelecido no Plano para estruturação dos destinos, influenciaram a agenda do Ministério do Turismo, em termos de criação de vertentes específicas de programas para alcance das finalidades previstas. Para tanto, foi feita uma pesquisa documental, por meio da qual se comprovou que os problemas detectados no Estudo não foram considerados prioridade, permanecendo no patamar dos demais problemas do país, nem sua solução foi alinhada às ações do Ministério.

Sobre (vivência) e mortalidade de pequenos negócios: o caso de mercados varejistas potiguares

This paper‟s starting point was the objective of understanding the relation between the reasons pointed out by small businesses owners for the continuity or shutdown of their businesses, and the reasons presented by the Environmental Theories. The paper discusses the Environmental Theories understand that it is supported by a systemic metaphor speech, discussing the theme in terms of organizational survival and mortality . The text reviews the literature showing the changes in the administrative thinking regarding the organization versus environment relation, and presenting general ideas about the micro and small businesses. In methodological terms, the qualitative approach was used in the research. Regarding the data collection technique, an in-depth thematic interview was used. It was carried out considering the elements of the techniques of life history and oral history, always giving priority to real world related narratives told by the interviewed subjects. The empirical corpus of the research was made up of seven owners of small retail businesses in two Potiguar cities: Natal and Mossoró. The interpretative and analytical process focused, at first, on the reflexive dialogue with each one of the owners‟ professional life history and business management experience, constituting the first level of analysis: reflections on individual narratives; and, afterwards, the interpretative process was developed through the analysis of all the subjects‟ statements, identifying the recurring themes and constituting the second level of analysis: reflection on the totalizing narrative. The themes identified in the totalizing narrative, that refer to the continuity of the businesses are: evolution, control, fidelity, liking what one does for a living. The themes that came up as reasons for shutdown are: lack of empathy with the business, lack of evolution, competition problems, suppliers and the government. The text synthesizes its comprehensions affirming that the reasons associated with continuity and shutdown of small markets, for this group of owners specifically, come up as a permanent tension between the volunteerism (quite human) and the determinism (systemic). The tension is shown in testimonies that at the same time evoke the organicist systemic logic through the themes evolution/no evolution, and also counterpoints with themes related to the interested human action, based on desires, feelings and personal convictions such as: liking what one does/ lack of empathy. As for the reflexive dialogue between the postulates of the Environmental Theories and the narratives, the results make it possible to affirm that, differently from the tension expressed by the subjects while talking about their reasons, the reasons associated with survival and mortality of businesses according to the Environmental Theories are theoretically polarized, seeming to preach options that are stagnated and shaping towards the subjects involved in the organization-environment relation

A evolução do emprego formal industrial nas cidades médias do estado do Ceará (Juazeiro do Norte, Crato e Sobral) no período de 1990 a 2010

The work consists in a discussion of the evolution of formal employment in the industrial cities of Ceará state averages from 1990 to 2010, since this period was marked by important changes. It is emphasized that in order to achieve this aim, the present study was based on a survey of relevant literature on the subject, as well as the use of the Annual Report of Social Information (RAIS), published by the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTE) and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The central question to be considered in this study is how we evolved formal employment industry in medium-sized cities (Juazeiro do Norte, Crato and Sobral) of Ceará? The assumption that guides this work is that given the economic policies of the 1990 and 2000 these policies encouraged the relocation, thus implying significant growth in the formal manufacturing employment in these cities. Regarding the results obtained in the survey, it was found that the industrial sector of these cities, showed considerable dynamism in what refers to the expansion of establishments. When observed in percentage terms medium-sized cities (345.5%) had the highest growth in number of establishments in the 1990s with rates higher than the Northeast region (285.9%) and Brazil (167.5%). The highlight was the city of Juazeiro, with the highest concentration of micro and small footwear companies in the state. Regarding the number of formal jobs created in medium-sized cities, it went from 6.596 in 1990 to 41.660 million formal jobs in 2010, with a growth rate of 532%. The sector contributed most to employment generation was the footwear. Although the levels of minimum wages, the 1990 recorded the lowest levels. In the 2000, there were real gains in levels of minimum wages in all cities, however, it may be noted that over the decades there has been significant momentum. However, this momentum was not enough to prevent the end of the study period CMs-Ceará present low wages

Risk management in software projects through Knowledge Management techniques: Cases in Brazilian Incubated Technology-Based Firms

In businesses such as the software industry, which uses knowledge as a resource, activities are knowledge intensive, requiring constant adoption of new technologies and practices. Another feature of this environment is that the industry is particularly susceptible to failure; with this in mind, the objective of this research is to analyze the integration of Knowledge Management techniques into the activity of risk management as it applies to software development projects of micro and small Brazilian incubated technology-based firms. Research methods chosen were the Multiple Case Study. The main risk factor for managers and developers is that scope or goals are often unclear or misinterpreted. For risk management, firms have found that Knowledge Management techniques of conversion combination would be the most applicable for use; however, those most commonly used refer to the conversion mode as internalization.. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. APM and IPMA.

O arranjo produtivo de malharias retilíneas em Socorro (SP): organização do espaço industrial e a informalidade

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

A crise econômico-financeira internacional e seus impactos sobre a preservação das microempresas e empresas de pequeno porte

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Efeito do envelhecimento na qualidade da cachaça produzida por pequenos produtores

This article reports the results of a study that aimed at evaluating the effects of aging technique on cachaça samples produced and sold by small farmers in São Paulo State, Brazil. Cachaças, aged and not aged were sent by 10 cachaça producers that take part in the community project and course: São Paulo State Contest of Distillery Cachaça and Production Chain of Cachaça Meeting, organized by the Food and Nutrition Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University, UNESP/Araraquara, SP, Brazil, in partnership with the Brazilian Service of Support to Micro and Small Enterprise of São Paulo State (SEBRAE-SP) and the Rural Union of Araraquara. The evaluation of the samples was made based on sensory tests conducted in Analysis and Quality Control of Foods and Drinks Laboratory of the Department. The survey results showed significantly higher acceptance average in the aged samples compared with not aged ones. The aging process, which was one of the topics discussed in the course, was considered as an effective way to improve the quality of cachaça, the research also confirmed the importance of the University support to improve the quality of food and drink produced in Brazil.

Plano de marketing para o centro de excelência em natação e condicionamento físico acquamondo

This work of course conclusion has as objective main the development of a plan of marketing for academy of Acquamondo gymnastics. The enterprise has good equipment and training structure, allowing the client a propitious exercise that shows valuables results. However, there's no structured organization of internal and external communication and marketing: the concern with this topics, essential nowadays to the companies' survivor, practically doesn't exists. Expecting the improvement of the relationship between academy and its clients, enlarge the horizons of the mark and make it known at Bauru and region, stablish priority publics and actions and prospect new clients, the main ideas have been used of practices which contribute in an expressive way for the e stablished objective, like planning, strategic planning, marketing, communication and Public Relations, all applied to the reality of a micro and small company. Based on the concepts described above and by means of SWOT Analysis, a model of marketing plan was proposed with the aim of expanding the reach and impact power of Acquamondo gymnastics in the region its operates

Gestão de informação : O caso das empresas participantes do programa de incubação de empresas daUniversidade Federal de Goiás

The main objective of this paper is to point out the information management strategic profile of companies participating in the program of business incubation of Universidade Federal de Goiás (PROINE-UFG). This new alignment of social network aims to promote the competitiveness of micro and small business by approaching them to the knowledge producers that, in the Brazilian case, are the universities. The strategic information aligning model, proposed by Marchand, was used as the theoretical framework. The research took the design of a case study, as it limited to study the UFG incubation program. Nine companies of PROINE-UFG were investigated. The main conclusions are that the PROINE-UFG companies have a tendency of proactivity. Nevertheless the financial and technological resources are scarce to monitor the external environment as demanded by the strategy. They use few information sources and the interaction with the university is still incipient

Gestão de informação : O caso das empresas participantes do programa de incubação de empresas daUniversidade Federal de Goiás

The main objective of this paper is to point out the information management strategic profile of companies participating in the program of business incubation of Universidade Federal de Goiás (PROINE-UFG). This new alignment of social network aims to promote the competitiveness of micro and small business by approaching them to the knowledge producers that, in the Brazilian case, are the universities. The strategic information aligning model, proposed by Marchand, was used as the theoretical framework. The research took the design of a case study, as it limited to study the UFG incubation program. Nine companies of PROINE-UFG were investigated. The main conclusions are that the PROINE-UFG companies have a tendency of proactivity. Nevertheless the financial and technological resources are scarce to monitor the external environment as demanded by the strategy. They use few information sources and the interaction with the university is still incipient

Gestão de informação : O caso das empresas participantes do programa de incubação de empresas daUniversidade Federal de Goiás

The main objective of this paper is to point out the information management strategic profile of companies participating in the program of business incubation of Universidade Federal de Goiás (PROINE-UFG). This new alignment of social network aims to promote the competitiveness of micro and small business by approaching them to the knowledge producers that, in the Brazilian case, are the universities. The strategic information aligning model, proposed by Marchand, was used as the theoretical framework. The research took the design of a case study, as it limited to study the UFG incubation program. Nine companies of PROINE-UFG were investigated. The main conclusions are that the PROINE-UFG companies have a tendency of proactivity. Nevertheless the financial and technological resources are scarce to monitor the external environment as demanded by the strategy. They use few information sources and the interaction with the university is still incipient