Cultura e clima organizacionais: um estudo multicasos em indústrias de laticínios do estado do Rio Grande do Norte

The objective of this study is to investigate if exist relationship between organizational culture and the organizational climate, having as research s locus three dairy industries in the Rio Grande do Norte State. As such, an exploratory-descriptive and conclusive-causal study, with a sample composed of 211 employees of all firms hierarchical levels was undertaken. By way the data collection, the employees personal characteristics, the predominant organizational culture profile and the predominant organizational climate in the industries researched were identified. In order to analyse the organizational culture, the Competing Value Model (CAMERON; QUINN, 2006), with adaptations by Santos (1998, 2000), was used. In order to analyse the organizational climate, the Organizational Climate Measurement Scale, proposed by Martins (et al., 2004, 2008), with modifications, was used. The data were submitted to quantitative statistical analyses, firstly to the set of firms and afterwards to the firms alone, that permitted arrival to the following conclusions: the cultural profiles was met in a balanced way in the researched organizations, with emphasis to clan culture and market culture profiles; the researched organizations have a good organizational climate, based in the Martins (2008) classification, with emphasis to boss and organization s support and physical comfort , being these factors coherent whit the clan culture profile; the personal variables are correlated with the cultural profiles and with the organizational climate factors, however, each organization show its singular form of relation; and the cultural profiles showed influence on organizational climate factors. Thus, the results permitted to conclude that there are relations between the cultural profiles and the organizational climate factors in the researched organizations

Efeitos da dieta hipoprotéica na formação e composição de estruturas dentárias: estudo experimental em ratos Wistar

Protein and caloric malnutrition has been considered one of the most concerned endemic diseases in Brazil and in the world. It has been known that depletion or reduction of proteins as far as meals are concerned can steer irreversible damages upon several organic systems. This study had as aim evaluate the effects the low-protein diet had over the formation and composition of the teeth components. 18 females and 6 males were used for the experiment. 12 from the 18 females had undertaken the low-protein diet (DH) for 03 weeks and the other 6, which remained, and those males had undertaken a controlled diet (DC) for the same period. All animals had the diets during their mating, pregnancy and lactation cycle. As soon as the offsprings had been born, 10 young males and females of each group faced a disease hood analysis to check the teeth germs of their lower fore teeth. The rest of the group had their lactation cycle normally 60 days. Then they were put to death and had their lower fore teeth removed both to be analyzed through a scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) of the structure alterations and to have their calcium checked by an atomic absorption of the phosphorus vanadate-molibdate method and by other minerals EDX method. The animals livers were removed to have their hepatic proteins analyzed as well. The histopatologic study showed that at first day of birth, all animals had their lower fore teeth come out. It was verified that 90% of the animals teeth were in an apposition and calcification period and it was possible to observe the dentin formation from 60% of the 90% already mentioned. Through the SEM method it could be realized that 90% of the animals of the DH group had their lower fore teeth easily broken and no definite shape. In this same group itself, it was also observed long micro fissures 369,66 nm ± 3,45 while the DC group had fissures of 174 nm ± 5,72. Now regarding the calcium and phosphorus concentration, it could be noticed that there was a great reduction of these components and other minerals in the DH group. Almost all minerals, except for the Cl and K, presented higher levels in the DC group enamel.The reduction of the protein input greatly influenced the offsprings´ weight and height. However the hepatic proteins had no important difference between the groups what can make one believe that those animals suffered from protein malnutrition of marasmic kind

Mudança dos processos de negócios e adequação da TI nas empresas em decorrência da implantação do sistema público de escrituração digital SPED: um estudo de casos múltiplos

Companies have always been organized by processes, often imperceptible to its employees. With the advancement of technology, organizational processes currently run an organization through computers, and thus generate immediate information that is available to each sector. With the objective of seeking business information in real time, the government created the SPED - Public System of Digital, which involves three subsystems, which are the Electronic Invoice, Digital Accounting Bookkeeping and Digital Tax Bookkeeping. This system is revolutionizing the business structures when gathering, in an innovative way, all information and interlinked business processes. For the implementation of SPED, a revision in the organizational processes is required, since the information is generated and is sent online to the government, without mistakes. Thus the study aimed to analyze the change brought about by the implementation of the Public System of Digital SPED in the main business processes. In order to do so, we have performed a multiple case study involving three companies in the state of Para, two operate in wholesale and one explores agribusiness. The Data collection was performed by accounting professionals, IT and managers. According to the results obtained, it was found that in two companies, the IT infrastructure was capable of deploying the new system without major problems, while one company had more difficulties to cope with the new system. However, all companies had to examine its processes to make the customizations needed to fit. It was also observed that there is no IT Governance in two companies. Therefore, we recommend the use of an appropriate model, not only for the implementation of SPED, but as a way to manage and extract better results from investment in information technology

A Segurança Computacional como fator de alinhamento entre Planos Organizacionais

Com esta dissertação de mestrado pretende-se chegar a um modelo que permita alinhar os diferentes planos organizacionais de uma organização ou de um domínio pertencente a esta. A metodologia utilizada na condução desta dissertação foi proposta por Raymond Quivy e LucVan Campenhoudt. Esta ajuda o autor e o leitor, a acompanhar gradualmente o desenvolvimento através das várias fases que a metodologia prevê. Para garantir a coerência de um modelo é necessário um estudo prévio do tema em questão, por este motivo foi necessária uma revisão bibliográfica que abrangesse: os conceitos mais generalistas da área de engenharia organizacional, a linguagem e termos técnicos da segurança computacional, o estado atual da problemática da segurança de informação na Força Aérea e possíveis modelos que poderiam revelar-se úteis no desenvolvimento do objetivo desta dissertação como o Bussiness Motivation Model. Durante o desenvolvimento do modelo surgiu a necessidade de definir o conceito de «Plano Organizacional» pois este estava pouco explorado na comunidade científica e fazia parte integrante do tema desta dissertação, definindo-o como tendo um conjunto de atributos que o identifica e universais a qualquer plano da organização. Identificados os atributos dos planos organizacionais foi possível concluir quais os fatores de alinhamento entre eles, a partir deste ponto surgiu a proposta de modelo capaz satisfazer o objetivo desta dissertação. A validação é atingida através de uma instanciação do modelo no domínio da segurança computacional na Força Aérea, com algumas propostas de alinhamento. No último capítulo é feita uma revisão de todo o trabalho, destacando alguns pontos mais importantes e possibilitando assim ao leitor terminar com uma visão global de toda a dissertação.

A criaçao de climas organizacionais geradores de criatividade e de inovação organizacional: Estudos de caso em contextos culturais diferenciados

Devido ao contexto económico vivido actualmente, de muita concorrência e de incerteza, impõe-se a aposta em fazer diferente, em fazer melhor e a um menor custo. Tal caminho pode ser percorrido com recurso à criatividade e inovação resultando deste binómio elementos potenciadores de mais-valias para a empresa e para o consumidor. Será que o ambiente organizacional influencia o aparecimento de criatividade e inovação? A opinião de que o ambiente é realmente muito importante para tal acontecer é partilhada por vários autores. A cultura organizacional, a forma como é considerado o indivíduo dentro da organização, como é feita a gestão de talentos, a forma como são encorajadas as ideias de todos os indivíduos pode realmente ser um factor decisivo para facilitar e encorajar a criatividade e inovação na empresa. A abordagem empírica assenta num estudo qualitativo, para o qual foram seleccionadas três empresas. A selecção de duas das empresas teve em conta o seu posicionamento no mercado como empresas inovadoras e a terceira pelo facto do seu core business estar directamente relacionado com a criatividade. Através do estudo realizado conclui-se que a cultura e o clima organizacional, ou seja, a forma como é visto o colaborador, como lhe é dado poder de decisão, como é reconhecido o seu esforço, trabalho e empenho, influencia os níveis de criatividade e inovação dentro da Organização. ABSTRACT; Due to the current economic context, marked by a fierce competition and uncertainty, it is necessary to focus on making differently, better and cheaper. Such path can be followed using creativity and innovation. Profit-boosting elements for the company and the consumer. Does the work environment affect the occurrence of creativity and innovation? Several authors share the opinion that the environment is very important for that occurrence. The organizational culture, the way how the individual is perceived inside the organization, how the management of talents is made, the ideas from all individuals are seen, can be a major to facilitate and encourage creativity and innovation in the company.

Estruturas cerâmicas a base de zircônia e alumina utilizadas na confecção de infra - estruturas para coroas e pontes fixas

The continuous advances in ceramic systems for crowns and bridges infrastructure getting researchers and manufacturers looking for a material that has good mechanical properties and aesthetic. The purpose of this study was to verify in which composition and sintering temperature the ceramic system for infrastructure composed of alumina and zirconia would have the best mechanical properties. With this objective we made in UFRN laboratories 45 test bodies in the form of rectangular bars with the following dimensions: 30mm x 8mm x 3mm, where we separated by the sintering temperature: 1200°C, 1300ºC and 1400ºC, and by comp osition: 33% Zirconia + 67% Alumina; 50% Zirconia + 50% Alumina and 25% Zirconia + 75% Alumina, these test bodies were not infiltrated with glass. Also, were made nine test bodies by a technical from a laboratory with a commercial ceramic system: in the Ceram Zircônia (Vita - Zahnfabrik) with the following dimensions: 20mm x 10mm x 0.5mm, these test bodies following all recommendations of the manufacturer and were infiltrated with glass. Were realized optical and electronic microscopy analyses, hardness testing, resistance to bending in three points, porosity and bulk density. After analysis of the results we verified that with the increasing of sintering temperature, increased the value of resistance to bending, but with the same temperature there was no significant difference between the different compositions, samples made with the commercial ceramic that were infiltrated, presented a resistance to bending six times greater than the samples sintered to 1400°C and which have not been infiltra ted. There was no significant difference between the values of apparent porosity for the samples made in UFRN laboratories, but the samples of commercial ceramic obtained 0% in porosity apparent value. In tests of Rockwell Hardness there is an increase in the value of Hardness, with the increase of sintering temperature for the samples not infiltrated. Samples infiltrated showed similar values as the samples sintered in 1400°C. There was no significant difference between the values of apparent density among samples manufactured in UFRN laboratories and samples made with a commercial ceramic

Insatisfação com sistemas organizacionais e repercussão no atendimento a clientes

O objetivo central deste trabalho interdisciplinar é verter um facho de luz sobre a relação entre a insatisfação com sistemas organizacionais e a dissonância cognitiva no atendimento a clientes. Os vendedores e seus clientes, de três unidades de uma rede de vendas de veículos autorizada a atuar no Sul do Brasil, foram selecionados para a pesquisa. Dois instrumentos de coleta de dados foram construídos pelo autor, para investigar os selecionados. Eles foram aplicados em dois momentos distintos. No primeiro, os vendedores e seus clientes responderam a questões sobre atendimento, nas diversas fases de vendas. No segundo, os vendedores responderam a questões sobre o sistema organizacional da rede, por meio de instrumento construído com base nas proposições de Spitzer (1997). A teoria bidimensional de Herzberg foi utilizada na construção da ponte entre os resultadoschave observados nas duas pesquisas. A constatação desse autor, sobre a influência da insatisfação com fatores higiênicos na motivação, foi ratificada.

Análise gráfica de estruturas porosas sobre a ótica da estereologia

In this work we developed a computer simulation program for physics porous structures based on programming language C + + using a Geforce 9600 GT with the PhysX chip, originally developed for video games. With this tool, the ability of physical interaction between simulated objects is enlarged, allowing to simulate a porous structure, for example, reservoir rocks and structures with high density. The initial procedure for developing the simulation is the construction of porous cubic structure consisting of spheres with a single size and with varying sizes. In addition, structures can also be simulated with various volume fractions. The results presented are divided into two parts: first, the ball shall be deemed as solid grains, ie the matrix phase represents the porosity, the second, the spheres are considered as pores. In this case the matrix phase represents the solid phase. The simulations in both cases are the same, but the simulated structures are intrinsically different. To validate the results presented by the program, simulations were performed by varying the amount of grain, the grain size distribution and void fraction in the structure. All results showed statistically reliable and consistent with those presented in the literature. The mean values and distributions of stereological parameters measured, such as intercept linear section of perimeter area, sectional area and mean free path are in agreement with the results obtained in the literature for the structures simulated. The results may help the understanding of real structures.

Simulação computacional de medidas estereológicas em estruturas de metal duro (WC-Co)

This work focuses on the creation and applications of a dynamic simulation software in order to study the hard metal structure (WC-Co). The technological ground used to increase the GPU hardware capacity was Geforce 9600 GT along with the PhysX chip created to make games more realistic. The software simulates the three-dimensional carbide structure to the shape of a cubic box where tungsten carbide (WC) are modeled as triangular prisms and truncated triangular prisms. The program was proven effective regarding checking testes, ranging from calculations of parameter measures such as the capacity to increase the number of particles simulated dynamically. It was possible to make an investigation of both the mean parameters and distributions stereological parameters used to characterize the carbide structure through cutting plans. Grounded on the cutting plans concerning the analyzed structures, we have investigated the linear intercepts, the intercepts to the area, and the perimeter section of the intercepted grains as well as the binder phase to the structure by calculating the mean value and distribution of the free path. As literature shows almost consensually that the distribution of the linear intercepts is lognormal, this suggests that the grain distribution is also lognormal. Thus, a routine was developed regarding the program which made possible a more detailed research on this issue. We have observed that it is possible, under certain values for the parameters which define the shape and size of the Prismatic grain to find out the distribution to the linear intercepts that approach the lognormal shape. Regarding a number of developed simulations, we have observed that the distribution curves of the linear and area intercepts as well as the perimeter section are consistent with studies on static computer simulation to these parameters.

Reabilitação de estruturas religiosas desactivadas

Dissertação de Mestrado para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Arquitectura, apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Preditores do empenhamento organizacional: práticas organizacionais virtuosas, justiça organizacional e marketing interno

Dissertação de Mestrado, Psicologia Social e das Organizações, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, 2015

Estruturas metodológicas direcionadas ao ensino de cinemática para educandos diagnosticados com TDAH : utilizando o modellus como interface interativa entre a teoria e a experimentação

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Física, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, 2015.

Estratégias para intervenções de reparação e reforço em estruturas de betão armado

Já se passaram algumas décadas desde que o betão é o principal material de construção que ergue cidades e estruturas nas civilizações contemporâneas. Num passado não muito longínquo, a área da durabilidade, manutenção e prevenção das estruturas de betão não foi vista como prioridade, chegando a ser negligenciada, por consequência hoje existem graves problemas nalgumas construções de betão. Por outro lado, devido ao excedente de construção habitacional em Portugal e à, a atual conjuntura económica/financeira que a Europa atravessa, o setor da construção tem sofrido um abrandamento acentuado. A consciência e postura de sustentabilidade das novas gerações e entidades competentes, acentuou a necessidade de preservar, reparar e reforçar muito do património no parque habitacional português e europeu. O projeto de intervenção numa estrutura nunca é abordada da mesma maneira, não existem duas estruturas iguais, e há particularidades neste tipo de projetos que não existem num projeto de uma estrutura nova. Para intervir numa estrutura já construída é necessário um conhecimento abrangente em várias temáticas, tais como: regulamentação, métodos de avaliação de segurança, definição das características mecânicas dos materiais, técnicas de reparação e reforço, metodologias de diagnostico e intervenção, comportamento estrutural, etc. Atualmente existe muita informação acerca da temática de reparação e reforço de estruturas de betão armado, no entanto há ainda alguma falta de documentação onde a informação aparece de forma integral e objetiva. Consideando o apresentado anteriormente, tentou-se compilar informação sobre os principais assuntos que interessam a um projeto de reparação/reforço de estruturas de betão armado, nomeadamente as normas e legislação aplicável, exemplos de metodologias de inspeção e intervenção, os principais ensaios em laboratório e in situ para caracterização dos materiais, principais técnicas de reparação/reforço. Sobre este tópico e a título de exemplo, aprofundou-se com mais detalhe as considerações relativas ao dimensionamento com reforço com FRP´s.

Ideias de hoje em estruturas de ontem

Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura com a especialização em Arquitetura de Interiores, apresentada na Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Arquitetura.