Implicaciones institucionales de la ley de Protección de Datos

La tesis versa sobre las Autoridades de control en materia de protección de datos. Se divide en tres capítulos, cuyo criterio de división ha sido el territorio: Europa, Estados Unidos y España. En todos ellos se estudia el origen del derecho a la protección de datos, los instrumentos normativos, la jurisprudencia y los organismos encargados de su supervisión, sobre los que se focaliza el desarrollo de la investigación. En el primer capítulo se distinguen tres secciones: el Consejo de Europa, que incluye el Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos y el Convenio 108 así como su Protocolo Adicional y el estudio sobre la revisión del mismo; las Directrices Internacionales, incidiendo en el análisis de las Directrices de privacidad de la OCDE, las de la ONU, el Marco de Privacidad del Foro de Cooperación Asia-Pacífico y los Estándares Internacionales de la Resolución de Madrid; y el tercero, la Unión Europea, cuyo estudio profundiza desde la creación del derecho fundamental hasta la normativa europea, examinando la Directiva 95/46/CE de Protección de Datos, el Reglamento (CE) 45/2001 que regula el tratamiento de datos personales en las instituciones de la Unión Europea, la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales y el nuevo Reglamento General de Protección de Datos. Finaliza este bloque con un análisis pormenorizado de las Autoridades Europeas de Protección de Datos, haciendo especial énfasis en el Supervisor Europeo de Protección de Datos y en el Consejo Europeo de Protección de Datos, valorando la nueva situación que se creará en Europa. Especial relevancia tiene el análisis sobre las características de los organismos de control y en especial sobre la independencia. En el segundo capítulo se realiza un paralelismo entre los modelos estadounidense y europeo, buscando las similitudes y diferencias, para lo que se explica el concepto de privacidad y la protección que EEUU le otorga, así como el tratamiento dado por el principal organismo que tutela los derechos de los ciudadanos en materia de privacidad, la Comisión Federal del Comercio (Federal Trade Commission). Se somete a análisis el Asunto Safe Harbour. El tercer capítulo se dedica a España, donde se analiza el reconocimiento del derecho fundamental a la protección de datos como derecho atípico y el reparto competencial existente teniendo en cuenta que ni la materia ni la competencia son reconocidas en la Constitución española. Se examina la normativa al respecto y se desglosa la naturaleza, estructura y funcionamiento de la Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, en la que se procede a describir todas las funciones que el nuevo Reglamento General de Protección de Datos otorgará a las Autoridades de control nacionales. A nivel autonómico también se profundiza en las Autoridades de control, intentando valorar la problemática de las competencias asumidas por cada una de ellas. Se analiza más pormenorizadamente el Consejo Andaluz de Protección de Datos. Concluye la investigación con un apartado que recoge las principales aportaciones de la autora, tanto desde la observación como desde las propuestas de cambio o mejora. Destaca entre las mismas la necesidad de potenciar por parte de los estados e instituciones una mayor cultura de protección de datos, la necesidad de una autoridad de control a nivel europeo jerárquicamente superior, la de definir los parámetros de la independencia de dichas autoridades con exigencias superiores a las actuales, la necesidad de una modificación constitucional en España que recoja el derecho a la protección de datos como derecho fundamental así como el reparto competencial, y en Andalucía el aprovechamiento de las instituciones existentes en lugar de la creación de nuevos organismos

Supervisory control of (max,+) automata: extensions towards applications

International audience

Os efeitos das perceções de instrumentalização da avaliação de desempenho nas respostas face à organização

Doutoramento em Gestão

A Relação professor-aluno e a afirmação do discente como sujeito do processo projetual: um estudo exploratório sobre a produção do trabalho final de graduação em arquitetura e urbanismo na UFC e na UFRN

This work deals with teacher-student relationship (TSR), held in a very special moment: the semester of graduation of architecture and urbanism, where students prepare the final work called Graduation Final Work (GFW). That is the last stage to obtain the title of architect and urban planner in Brazil. The text discusses this problem in several ways, emphasing the relationship between graduated student and his/her mentors into the consolidation process of the student as an actor of the planning process, here defined as "autonomy". The work is focused on understanding the TSR in order to elucidate its importance for improvement of teaching bases on development of the GFW, more than the relation between curriculum and institution. Related with the exploratory characteristic of this master thesis, methodologically, the field work happened through: (i) observation of mentorship guidance, (ii) interviews, and (iii) application of questionnaires to teachers and students. Participated 10 pairs of student and mentors of two federal university of Northeast: 05 pairs of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and 05 pairs of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). The results presented the development of the GFW as a difficult process / fearful for students, highlighting the main problem situations: the difficulty in choosing the theme, the super-sizing of the process, students' insecurities, and parental relationship with the supervisor process. Summing up, the work indicates that the students has a limited autonomy on the GFW process, which calls for a revision in order to promote the consolidation of the student autonomy, which must be observed for some positions recognition of the role of each actor in the process of orientation

Acreditação da Idoneidade Formativa do Contextos de Prática Clínica na UCSP de Monforte

O Modelo de Desenvolvimento Profissional integra o Sistema de Certificação de Competências e o Sistema de Individualização das Especialidades. Na primeira alteração ao estatuto da Ordem dos Enfermeiros configura-se um novo Sistema de Certificação de Competências que contempla um período de Exercício Profissional Tutelado, para atribuição do título de enfermeiro, e um período de Desenvolvimento Profissional Tutelado, para atribuição do título de Enfermeiro Especialista. O Conselho de Enfermagem entende que esta Prática Tutelada deve acontecer em contexto de prática clínica de Idoneidade Formativa, reconhecida e acreditada pela Ordem dos Enfermeiros, e sob a supervisão de um Enfermeiro com certificação de competências, enquanto Supervisor Clínico. O estágio teve como finalidade verificar se estavam reunidas as condições para a candidatura a Acreditação de Idoneidade Formativa do Contextos de Prática Clínica, na UCSP de Monforte. Neste relatório, apresenta-se o trajeto percorrido, no levantamento das condições necessárias para a candidatura à Acreditação.

Acreditação da idoneidade formativa do contexto de prática clínica no S. de Urgência do CHMT – Abrantes

Num contexto de mudança dos estatutos da Ordem dos Enfermeiros, reconhece-se a importância de renovar um Sistema de Certificação de Competências, que é contemplado por um período de Exercício Profissional Tutelado, para a obtenção do título de Enfermeiro, e um período de Desenvolvimento Profissional Tutelado, para a atribuição do título de Enfermeiro Especialista. O Conselho de Enfermagem reconhece que para a obtenção destes títulos, esta Prática Tutelada deve acontecer num contexto de prática clinica de Idoneidade Formativa, reconhecida e acreditada pela Ordem dos Enfermeiros, e sob a supervisão de um Enfermeiro com certificação de competências, com a designação de Enfermeiro Supervisor. Serve então o presente relatório para verificar se, se encontram reunidas as condições para um eventual processo de candidatura a Acreditação de Idoneidade Formativa do Contexto de Prática Clinica, no Serviço de Urgência – Unidade de Abrantes – Centro Hospitalar Médio Tejo. Ao longo do relatório são descritas as fases de implementação e feito o levantamento das condições necessárias à candidatura para o processo de Acreditação

Políticas y procedimientos de control de calidad en la organización interna de las firmas de auditoría de acuerdo a la Norma internacional sobre control de calidad No.1.

Ante la problemática observada sobre la deficiente aplicación de un efectivo control de calidad en el desempeño de compromisos de auditoria, y como respuesta a la necesidad de establecer un parámetro de un sistema de control de calidad, se efectuó esta investigación que tiene por finalidad proporcionar un modelo de manual de políticas y procedimientos de acuerdo a la Norma Internacional Sobre Control de Calidad No 1, cuyo contenido está enfocado a las necesidades determinadas en dicha investigación. El desarrollo de una profesión debe hacerse dentro de un marco que requiera un nivel óptimo de calidad. En particular, en el caso de un auditor que emite informes con opinión, se advierte que la incidencia social y económica de su trabajo es muy importante. A mayor calidad de trabajo, menor incertidumbre tendrán los terceros usuarios de esa información. La búsqueda de la calidad del servicio se basa en el cumplimiento de los requisitos establecidos en las normas profesionales al menor costo posible. La Norma Internacional Sobre Control de Calidad No 1 tiene como finalidad establecer normas y proporcionar guías respecto a las responsabilidades de las firmas por sus sistemas de control de calidad para las auditorias y revisiones de información financiera histórica y para otros compromisos de aseguramiento y servicios afines. La investigación se desarrolló bajo el enfoque interpretativo-descriptivo, la cual reseña las características o rasgos de la situación objeto de estudio permitiendo de esta manera la interpretación de los datos recopilados en el desarrollo de la investigación, con la finalidad de comprender la realidad, que mediante técnicas e instrumentos tales como el cuestionario y la encuesta permitió determinar las valoraciones siguientes: La investigación permitió determinar que en las firmas de auditoría los asistentes constituyen más de la mitad del personal con el que se cuenta para desarrollar los compromisos adquiridos y en su mayoría desconocen el contenido y aplicación de la Norma Internacional Sobre Control de Calidad No 1. Por carencia de conocimiento de la aplicación de la Norma Internacional Sobre Control de Calidad No 1, los encuestados confunden las funciones del Revisor del sistema de control de calidad con las tareas que realiza un supervisor del trabajo de auditoria, igual situación sucede cuando se refieren al manual de políticas y procedimientos que la firma debe aplicar en la organización interna, lo que erróneamente se considera que es el manual para desarrollar el trabajo de auditoria. A pesar que el Consejo de Vigilancia de la Profesión de la Contaduría Pública y Auditoria puso en vigencia la Norma Internacional Sobre Control de Calidad No 1 a partir de junio dos mil cinco, en la investigación se determinó que el personal que labora en las firmas de auditoría tienen poco conocimiento de la normativa, y que no tienen establecidas o desconocen políticas y procedimientos que aseguren el cumplimiento de los lineamientos establecidos en el Código de Ética del IFAC y del Código de Ética para Profesionales de la Contaduría Pública.

Automação da drenagem no teste de produção convencional em tanque cilíndrico

This document aims to improve the quality of the production test in vertical tanks with free water drain pipes, through a device to control the draining system. This proposal consists of an interface detector close to the tank bottle and a control valve on the pipe-drain; they are attached to a remote supervisor system, which will be minimizing the human influence in the conclusion of the test result. And for more consciousness the work shows the importance of the wells production test in the attendance and diagnosis of the productive process, informing the large number of tests executed and problems of the procedure adopted in the field today. There are many possible sources of uncertainty in this kind of test as shown in the experiments realized in the field; the object prototype of this dissertation will be made in the field, based upon the definition of parameters and characteristics of the devices proposal. For a better definition of the draining process the action results of the assessment test are shown, especially changed some for the understand ing of the real process. It shows the proposal details and the configuration that will be used in the tank of Monte Alegre s field Production Station, explaining the interface detector kind and the control system. It is the base to a pilot project now in development, named as the new project classified in the status of the new technology and production improvement of PETROBRAS in Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará. This dissertation concludes that the automation of the conventional test with the draining system will bring benefits both economically as metrologically, because it reduces the uncertainty of the test procedures with free water draining, and also decreases the number of tests with problems

Detonating the research plan: exploding the supervisory process

Bomb making is dangerous work. And not just because what you’re creating can blow up in your face. Even as you type in your search terms – how to make a bomb – you wonder who is watching, what algorithm might throw you up into the light of surveillance and trigger the knock at the door. (McKnight, 2014, p. 1)AbstractSo begins Lucinda’s PhD. In this dialogic paper of interwoven stories we employ a critical auto-ethnographic approach to explode moments of our lives and work together as we worked through the “research plan” at the heart of the supervision timeline. Lucinda’s thesis highlights the way curriculum emerges from the struggles of ideological becoming (Bakhtin 1981) as she and a group of teachers, sought to produce and perform both individual gendered identities (Butler 1997, 2007) and plans for the identities of student subjects, while negotiating subject positions made available to girls and women in broader social contexts. The link between the personal and political is created by a methodology combining narrative inquiry and discourse analysis as a heteroglossic (Bakhtin, 1981) text. In this paper we detonate the research plan developed in the first months of the PhD timeline as Jo responds to Lucinda’s narratives with her own, and we share jointly written narratives that try to capture some key moments of the process. We rework our own stories of the supervised and the supervisor through the competing discourses of our work and lives.

The role of participative leadership and trust-based mechanisms in eliciting intern performance: evidence from China.

In this article, we investigate the relationship between participative leadership and job performance within the internship setting. Based on two-waves of survey data obtained from 309 intern-supervisor dyads, we find that participative leadership has a positive relationship with job performance, and that affective trust mediates that relationship. We also find that although cognitive trust is not significantly related to intern job performance, it mediates the relationship between participative leadership and affective trust. Our findings contradict those of previous research which question the effectiveness of participative leadership in short-term employment situations such as internships. They also highlight the importance of designing internships to be reflective of typical performance situations, characterized by participative leadership practices, rather than more directive leadership practices.

Perceptions of ad hoc supervision encounters in general practice training: a qualitative interview-based study

BACKGROUND: Ad hoc supervision encounters occur between general practitioner (GP) supervisors and general practice registrars outside scheduled teaching sessions. Anecdotally reported as important learning opportunities, these encounters are rarely explored in the literature. OBJECTIVE: This study examined supervisors', registrars' and practice managers' perceptions of ad hoc supervisory encounters. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposively sampled supervisors, registrars and practice managers from regional general practice settings. Data were analysed using template analysis. RESULTS: Fifteen respondents participated in the interviews. Their perceptions of ad hoc encounters were reported under the categories of immediacy, safety, education, professional identity and supervisor stress. DISCUSSION: Ad hoc encounters in general practice registrar training are highly valued for supporting patient safety and registrar education. The encounters serve a range of practical purposes for supervisors, registrars and practices, and warrant further exploration on how to optimise their benefits within general practice.

Psychosocial working conditions and suicide ideation: evidence from a cross-sectional survey of working Australians

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationship between psychosocial working factors such as job control, job demands, job insecurity, supervisor support, and workplace bullying as risk factors for suicide ideation. METHODS: We used a logistic analytic approach to assess risk factors for thoughts of suicide in a cross-sectional sample of working Australians. Potential predictors included psychosocial job stressors (described above); we also controlled for age, gender, occupational skill level, and psychological distress. RESULTS: We found that workplace bullying or harassment was associated with 1.54 greater odds of suicide ideation (95% confidence interval 1.64 to 2.05) in the model including psychological distress. Results also suggest that higher job control and security were associated with lower odds of suicide ideation. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest the need for organizational level intervention to address psychosocial job stressors, including bullying.

Providing mental health first aid in the workplace: a Delphi consensus study

BACKGROUND: Mental health problems are common in the workplace, but workers affected by such problems are not always well supported by managers and co-workers. Guidelines exist for the public on how to provide mental health first aid, but not specifically on how to tailor one's approach if the person of concern is a co-worker or employee. A Delphi consensus study was carried out to develop guidelines on additional considerations required when offering mental health first aid in a workplace context.

METHODS: A systematic search of websites, books and journal articles was conducted to develop a questionnaire with 246 items containing actions that someone may use to offer mental health first aid to a co-worker or employee. Three panels of experts from English-speaking countries were recruited (23 consumers, 26 managers and 38 workplace mental health professionals), who independently rated the items over three rounds for inclusion in the guidelines.

RESULTS: The retention rate of the expert panellists across the three rounds was 61.7 %. Of the 246 items, 201 items were agreed to be important or very important by at least 80 % of panellists. These 201 endorsed items included actions on how to approach and offer support to a co-worker, and additional considerations where the person assisting is a supervisor or manager, or is assisting in crisis situations such as acute distress.

CONCLUSIONS: The guidelines outline strategies for a worker to use when they are concerned about the mental health of a co-worker or employee. They will be used to inform future tailoring of Mental Health First Aid training when it is delivered in workplace settings and could influence organisational policies and procedures.

Is guanxi always good for employee self-development in China? Examining non-linear and moderated relationships

The nature of work and careers in China are constantly evolving as a result of market-oriented economic transition in the country. Increasingly, employees are required to be proactive and self-starting in skill and competency improvement for employability. Employee self-development (ESD) involves considerations embedded in a wide range of relationships including both work and non-work domains. This research draws from social exchange theory and information processing theory to investigate how guanxi, a relational phenomenon unique to traditional Chinese culture, influences ESD. Drawing from the experience of a sample (n = 404) of employees in China, an inverted U-shaped relationship between guanxi and ESD is found, suggesting that initial positive influences of guanxi on ESD diminish after reaching an inflexion point. We also found that these influences are stronger for gender congruent employee-supervisor dyads. The theoretical and managerial implications that too much guanxi is not necessarily good for ESD, particularly in the presence of gender congruence, are also discussed.

Validation de l’échelle de mesure de la conscience de l’environnement d’affaires

La conscience de l’environnement d’affaires est définie comme l’ensemble des savoirs détenus par les employés non-cadres par rapport à l’environnement d’affaires interne et externe de leur organisation. Elle se manifeste lorsque l’employé est impliqué dans la prise de décision ou résolution de problème affectant l’entreprise. Ce travail a comme objectifs la validation d’une échelle de mesure du concept à l’étude, ainsi que la vérification de sa validité de construit et nomologique. L’ensemble initial d’items de l’échelle de mesure a été déterminé suite à des entrevues avec les employés d’organisations participantes (Gauvreau-Jean, 2008). L’ensemble initial de 40 items a été testé avec un échantillon de 508 employés d’une manufacture. Suite à des ajustements, l’échelle modifiée couvre quatre dimensions du construit. L’adéquation de son contenu a ensuite été mise à l’épreuve par deux groupes cibles et deux évaluations expertes (Lessard, 2014). Finalement, dans le cadre de notre étude, la validité du contenu et nomologique de l’échelle modifiée (contenant 24 items) a été testée avec 330 employés de première ligne de quatre entreprises. Les quatre dimensions du construit furent supportées, la fiabilité de l’échelle était haute, puis les hypothèses reliant la conscience de l’environnement avec les caractéristiques au travail, l’évaluation de la performance par un superviseur et l’engagement affectif furent supportées également. Un autre sondage complété par les gestionnaires (n=43) avait comme but une évaluation de la performance contextuelle des employés supervisés. Le développement de l’échelle à 24 items sur la conscience de l’environnement d’affaires pourrait répondre aux questions portant sur la participation de l’employé et l’efficacité organisationnelle.