Estudo de viabilização para a criação e implementação de uma associação para o desenvolvimento do destino turístico Monte

Numa época em que as tendências internacionais do Turismo se estão a implementar, no sentido da procura de produtos turísticos compósitos diversificados, integrando componentes associadas à cultura, ao património histórico, arquitectónico e monumental e património natural, o Núcleo Histórico do Monte, inteirando todas estas componentes, apresenta-se como um destino de eleição do turista que visita a Ilha da Madeira. Apresentando inúmeras potencialidades, como sejam a riqueza do seu património histórico, cultural e natural e as estruturas de lazer e recreio, distintas na Região Autónoma da Madeira, este destino, apresenta ainda algumas debilidades, nomeadamente a inexistência de alguns serviços fundamentais para o bom exercício da actividade turística e a inexistência de uma promoção conjunta dos locais, tornando a visita consideravelmente dispendiosa. O propósito deste trabalho, visa o estudo de viabilização para a criação de uma Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Destino Turístico Monte, possibilitando melhorias significativas no Núcleo Histórico, em termos de recuperação do seu património edificado; da disponibilização de informação; no estímulo ao comércio, desenvolvendo produtos de merchandising diferenciados; na elaboração de estratégias de promoção conjuntas; na realização de actividades de animação e formação; e na realização de acções de carácter pedagógico, com vista a aproximar a população local ao seu património, fomentando o gosto por iniciativas culturais, bem como, apelando para a importância da salvaguarda do património histórico, cultural e natural, não só como factor de identidade regional, mas também, como instrumento indispensável para o desenvolvimento sustentado da Região Autónoma da Madeira.

Contributo da informação gemelar para a investigação da síndrome metabólica: um estudo da famílias na Região Autónoma da Madeira

Os objectivos gerais deste trabalho foram: (1) estimar a magnitude dos respectivos efeitos genéticos e ambientais nos indicadores da síndrome metabólica; (2) estimar a prevalência da síndrome metabólica nos gémeos monozigóticos e dizigóticos; e (3) estimar o risco de agregação nos indicadores da síndrome metabólica. A amostra envolveu 414 sujeitos madeirenses, nomeadamente 207 pares de gémeos (84 pares de gémeos monozigóticos e 123 pares de gémeos dizigóticos), dos 3 aos 18 anos, que participaram no projecto de investigação: "Influências Genéticas e Envolvimento na Actividade Física, Aptidão e Saúde – O Estudo de Famílias da Madeira" (GEAFAS). A síndrome metabólica teve por base as recomendações do Adult Treatment Panel III (2001), com os pontos de corte propostos por Ferranti et al. (2004). As estimativas de heritabilidade revelaram efeitos genéticos em todos os indicadores da SM: perímetro da cintura (a2 = 0.80), seguida dos triglicerídeos (a2 = 0.61), pressão arterial sistólica (a2 = 0.59), glicose (a2 = 0.55) e colesterol HDL (a2 = 0.34). As estimativas dos efeitos do ambiente único da glicose, pressão arterial sistólica, triglicerídeos, colesterol HDL e perímetro da cintura foram 0.45, 0.41, 0.39, 0.22 e 0.20, respectivamente. O ambiente comum reportou uma estimativa de 0.44 para o colesterol HDL. Foi encontrada uma prevalência da síndrome metabólica de 4.1%, 2.4% para os gémeos monozigóticos e de 5.3% para os gémeos dizigóticos. O colesterol HDL foi o factor de risco mais prevalecente (22.9%). Os gémeos monozigóticos apresentam um maior risco de agregação da síndrome metabólica. Da amostra total, 48.1% das crianças e adolescentes apresentou no mínimo um factor de risco. As crianças e adolescentes madeirenses demonstraram uma etiologia multifactorial nos componentes da síndrome metabólica incluindo os factores genéticos e ambientais. A prevalência da SM foi baixa. Os dados sugerem agregação familiar no risco dos diferentes indicadores da síndrome metabólica.

TECNOLOGITecnologia da informação: commodity ou ferramenta estratégica?

RAMOS, A. S. M. ; FERREIRA, L. B. . Tecnologia da informação: Commodity ou Ferramenta Estratégica?. Revista de Gestão da Tecnologia e Sistemas de Informação , USP, São Paulo, v. 2, n. 1, p. 69-79, 2005.

A importância da Arquitetura da Informação no planejamento de ambientes digitais inclusivos

SANTOS, Raimunda Fernanda dos; SILVA, Eliane Ferreira da. A importância da Arquitetura da Informação no planejamento de ambientes digitais inclusivos.In: SEMINÁRIO DE PESQUISA DO CENTRO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS,17.,2012,Natal/RN. Anais... Natal/RN: Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, 2012. Trabalho oral.

Modelo institucional do processo de estruturação de empresas de desenvolvimento de software: um estudo de múltiplos casos

Some authors have shown the need of understanding the technological structuring process in contemporary firms. From this perspective, the software industry is a very important element because it provides products and services directly to many organizations from many fields. In this case, the Brazilian software industry has some peculiarities that distinguish it from other industries located in developed countries, which makes its understanding even more relevant. There is evidence that local firms take different strategies and structural configurations to enter into a market naturally dominated by large multinational firms. Therefore, this study aims to understand not only the structural configurations assumed by domestic firms but also the dynamic and the process that lead to these different configurations. To do so, this PhD dissertation investigates the institutional environment, its entities and the isomorphic movements, by employing an exploratory, descriptive and explanatory multiple cases study. Eight software development companies from the Recife's information technology Cluster were visited. Also, a form was applied and an interview with one of the main firm s professional was conducted. Although the study is predominantly qualitative, part of the data was analyzed through charts and graphs, providing a companies and environment overview that was very useful to analysis done through the interviews interpretation. As a result, it was realized that companies are structured around hybrids business models from two ideal types of software development companies, which are: software factory and technology-based company. Regarding the development process, it was found that there is a balanced distribution between the traditional and agile development paradigm. Among the traditional methodologies, the Rational Unified Process (RUP) is predominant. The Scrum is the most used methodology among the organizations based on the Agile Manifesto's principles. Regarding the structuring process, each institutional entity acts in such way that generates different isomorphic pressure. Emphasis was given to entities such as customers, research agencies, clusters, market-leading businesses, public universities, incubators, software industry organizations, technology vendors, development tool suppliers and manager s school and background because they relate themselves in a close way with the software firms. About this relationship, a dual and bilateral influence was found. Finally, the structuring level of the organizational field has been also identified as low, which gives a chance to organizational actors of acting independently

O uso do móbile marketing como estratégia de fidelização de clientes :um estudo e empresas do setor de comércio e serviços em natal-RN

This study aims to understand the effects of the mobile marketing use as a relationships tool for companies that operate locally, because of the lack of information about this new marketing tool, as well as the scarcity of studies in this area. This is an exploratory and qualitatively study, based on primary sources, raised through books, articles in the marketing area and the telecommunications industry organs as well as secondary sources. With the purpose to look into the issue, a semi-structured interview is made with the companies managers of the sectors of trade and services in Natal-RN. The advances in technology allow an important discussion focused on the marketing in the new communication technologies scenario. It appears that the mobile marketing adoption and use by local companies is already a reality and companies are awake to changes and technological innovations accessible, especially the mobile telephony as well as convergence with other media. There is, however, that the use of technologies offered by mobile marketing is still limited to the sending of text messages (SMS), despite the numerous possibilities of it use. Moreover, the results obtained with mobile marketing use show that companies can identify them, but there is no effective monitoring in quantity and financial terms. Only affect sales growth and support for progress in loyalty with customers. It shows up that the mentality of not measuring the results still in the plan of changes and technological innovations. The data allow saying that the mobile marketing is a reality, however has not yet signed as a tool for carrying out campaigns and marketing tool for loyalty of customers, despite presenting a wide range of possibilities to streamline and make more effective the marketing businesses process

Gestão da informação: um estudo de caso em um instituto de pesquisa tecnológica

Each two years the amount of available information in the world double. This is the Information Age, where the success depends on what one knows, not on what one has. A new economy appears with the capacity to generate, to store, to process and to apply effectively the knowledge, based on information, determining the companies productivity and competitiveness.The objective of this work is to understand the information management model of a technological research institute - CTGÁS (Gas Technology Center). The research has been done focused on the 5 main processes and the 15 support processes of the organization value chain , aiming to understand the information management in the organization based on Davenport´s Information Management model (1998). Therefore, it was necessary to identify how the necessary information for the organizational processes accomplishment are determined, obtained, distributed and used by the organization. The research can be classified as descriptive, regarding to its aims, and as a case study, related to the research ways. Interviews with the managers of the organization value chain processes have been carried through, with the objective to identify how they perceive the Information Management process that circulates in the organizational processes. Complementarily, a documentary research has been carried through, associated to the direct observation and procedures and actions follow up, involving the Information Management. The data treatment and analysis have been done from the authors theoretical support and from the managers interviews analysis, documents and processes observed by the researcher in the organization. It was noticed that the organization has raised its level of information needs that are not difficult to be determined and are satisfactorily obtained and distributed, although the majority of them are not structuralized, automatized or even classified regarding to its confidence. These peaces of information have good quality and are important, however they reflect a medium dependence on external and informal information, besides being used only in its great majority for people to know what and how to do something

A gestão da informação sob a luz do Enterprise Content Management (ECM): um estudo de caso em uma universidade pública

This work involves the organization and content perspectives on Enterprise Content Management (ECM) framework. The case study at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte was based on ECM model to analyse the information management provided by the three main administrative systems: The Integrated Management of Academic Activities (SIGAA), Integrated System of Inheritance, and Contracts Administration (SIPAC) and the Integrated System for Administration and Human Resources (SIGRH). A case study protocol was designed to provide greater reliability to research process. Four propositions were examined in order to reach the specific objectives of identification and evaluation of ECM components from UFRN perspective. The preliminary phase provided the guidelines for the data collection. In total, 75 individuals were interviewed. Interviews with four managers directly involved on systems design were recorded (average duration of 90 minutes). The 70 remaining individuals were approached in random way in UFRN s units, including teachers, administrative-technical employees and students. The results showed the presence of many ECM elements in the management of UFRN administrative information. The technological component with higher presence was "management of web content / collaboration". But initiatives of other components (e.g. email and document management) were found and are in continuous improvement. The assessment made use of eQual 4.0 to examine the effectiveness of applications under three factors: usability, quality of information and offered service. In general, the quality offered by the systems was very good and walk side by side with the obtained benefits of ECM strategy adoption in the context of the whole institution

Aspectos do gerenciamento de riscos de tecnologia da informação nas empresas: um estudo de caso múltiplos

The information technology - IT- benefits have been more perceived during the last decades. Both IT and business managers are dealing with subjects like governance, IT-Business alignment, information security and others on their top priorities. Talking about governance, specifically, managers are facing it with a technical approach, that gives emphasis on protection against invasions, antivirus systems, access controls and others technical issues. The IT risk management, commonly, is faced under this approach, that means, has its importance reduced and delegated to IT Departments. On the last two decades, a new IT risk management perspective raised, bringing an holistic view of IT risk to the organization. According to this new perspective, the strategies formulation process should take into account the IT risks. With the growing of IT dependence on most of organizations, the necessity of a better comprehension about the subject becomes more clear. This work shows a study in three public organizations of the Pernambuco State that investigates how those organizations manage their IT risks. Structured interviews were made with IT managers, and later, analyzed and compared with conceptual categories found in the literature. The results shows that the IT risks culture and IT governance are weakly understood and implemented on those organizations, where there are not such an IT risk methodology formally defined, neither executed. In addition, most of practices suggested in the literature were found, even without an alignment with an IT risks management process

Práticas de governança de tecnologia da informação: um estudo de caso em empresas de telecomunicações do Rio Grande do Norte

This study aims to understand the general model of governance of information technology adopted by telecommunication companies operating in Rio Grande do Norte. The research methodology used involved a theoretical and empirical approach prepared, involving two case studies on companies in the telecommunications industry working in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The study covered the area of IT organizations, through interviews with managers responsible for the area of Telecommunications / IT. To study in accordance with the approach and address the problem of research, this study was based on qualitative criteria, which enabled the understanding of how companies adopt the governance of information technology. In conclusion, it was found that the governance practices of information technology employees are incipient, but that meet the needs of business and that they intend to implement in specific areas and use other practices of IT governance