Diagnóstico ambiental da gestão e destinação dos resíduos da construção e demolição (RCD): análise das Construtoras Associadas ao SINDUSCON/RN e empresas coletoras atuantes no município de Parnamirim - RN

Surveys carried out in many Brazilian cities have shown that the CDW Construction and Demolition Waste, in some cases, represent more than 50% of the mass of urban solid residue. Municipalities have struggled to manage in an effective way huge quantities of CDW generated every day and solve the problem of the illegal dumping in an inadequate area, which compromise the quality of life of the population as a whole, thus causing serious problems concerning social-environmental and sanitary. This paperwork was meant it carry out environmental diagnosis of the management and the final destination of the CDW in the city of Parnamirim/RN. The methodology used in this work constituted in the bibliographical research, conducted to give support and fundaments to the subject in question, identification of the main places of legal and illegal dumping, identification of the environmental impacts caused by the irregular deposition of the CDW, valuation of quantity and quality of the CDW and perception according to the Environmental Legislation. The necessary data for the elaboration of this study were carried out through the appliance of questionnaires with open and closed questions, applied to 14 (fourteen) Real Estate developer companies associated with SINDUSCON/RN and 05 companies that deal with the transportation and collection of CDW, formal and informal interviews, exploitational visits and photographical records. The collected data went through a statistic treatment being organized into tables and graphs. The main results obtained from this research show that the interviewees hold a medium knowledge of the specific Environmental Legislation; do not have an effective model of environmental management, resorting to only reusing CDW; that the reusing of CDW is not substantial, as much as the possibility of recycling has a minimal consideration. It was also verified that a considerable percentage of interviewees affirmed to send CDW to illegal and inadequate locations. It is expected that such study can be used as an important tool to subsidize the public administration in the pursuit of solutions which could bring benefits to society and the environment

Estratégia de produção e competitividade :estudo de caso com enfoque de estratégia de foco em empresas de fibra de vidro

The objective of this thesis is to study the theory of production as it relates to and focuses on the strategy of production and competitiveness. The theory utilized was based on Terry Hill s Strategies through the utilization of Matrix of Manufacturing Strategy Issues and supported by the studies of others in this area. The methodology used for the development of this study was based on observing the engagement between two companies over a long period of time. Through interviews and discussions it was possible to collect the necessary information to guide this study; and by constant involvement in each of these companies, their ways of thinking, performing and administrating were observed and understood. In conclusion, this work created an understanding of the importance of the strategy of production, not as the only important element but as an important factor to direct attitudes and decisions in the company under the concept of strategy and competitiveness

Sistemas certificáveis de gestão ambiental e da qualidade: práticas para integração em empresas do setor moveleiro

O principal objetivo deste artigo é propor, a partir do referencial teórico e de um estudo de caso em uma empresa moveleira, práticas para integração de sistemas certificáveis de gestão ambiental e da qualidade. A coleta de dados do estudo de caso se deu por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com o responsável direto pelos dois sistemas e com alguns colaboradores-chave do nível operacional, além de análise documental e de visitas in loco. Ao final deste artigo, são propostas práticas para integração desses sistemas, relacionadas aos seguintes elementos: alta administração; apoio administrativo, financeiro e pessoal; serviço de consultoria; coordenação do programa de integração; interface entre os sistemas; capacitação técnico-gerencial; sistema de liderança, prospecção, avaliação e desenvolvimento de fornecedores; sistema de informação; indicadores; comunicação com o cliente, e integração contínua.

Criação de empresas à luz do modelo de decisão effectuation: um estudo com mulheres empreendedoras no município de Currais Novos/RN

This study analysed the creation of businesses by entrepreneur women in the Currais Novos city, looking for verifying if they used making decision processes aligned to the Effectuation logic throughout the creation of their companies. To this, was accomplished a multiple cases and exploratory study, whit a qualitative approach of analyse, using the thematic life history technique that match accounts and semi-structured interview route, being accomplished like a long interview, where the researcher interact with the informer continuously. The semi-structured interview route was created by the adaptation of the interview route used by Tasic (2007). The present study appealed to a intentional selection of individuals in function of their importance in relation to the boarded theme. This means that the individuals were chosen in function of their social and theoretical representatively inside the considered situation. The participant individuals of this research were five entrepreneur women that act in the Currais Novos city, owners of five different companies. To the data treatment and analyse, was chosen the content analyse technique. This study worked with a priori theoretical categories. The categories of analyse in this study was obtained with base in the Effectuation approach (SARASVATHY, 2001a, 2001b, 2008), that is an alternative model of making decision to the classic model based in the causality principle. These categories are Clarity of Initial Aims , Tolerance to the Lost and Initials Investments , Control of Resources ( who I am , what I know and who I know ) and Promoting Over Contingencies . As result, the entrepreneur women researched, in a general way, hadn t clear initial aims at the companies creation moment, hadn t aversion to the risk to lose the time and the money that they were investing in the company in formation, they highlighted the products and services identity that offered with a strong link with Seridó region, they had experience in the field of activity in which they decided to open their companies, had the commitment of partners in the beginning of the business and they knew to transform the initial difficulties in opportunities. By the end, this study conclude that the entrepreneur women studied used, in a big part, making decision processes aligned to the Effectuation logic throughout the creation of their companies

O papel dos municípios na segurança pública: relações entre CONSEG e administração municipal (1985-2008)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

O investimento direto externo de empresas brasileiras na América do Sul

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Uso do jogo de empresas Bom Burguer para apoiar o processo ensino-aprendizagem com ênfase em empreendedorismo com alunos do ensino médio público

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Estudo da competitividade em empresas industriais: o caso do arranjo produtivo local (APL) de Votuporanga

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Uma análise de jogos de empresas na área de planejamento da produção e uso integrado de sistemas de informações

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

O uso de jogos de empresas no ensino superior: um estudo sobre a prática docente

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação do nível de maturidade de empresas automotivas

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEG

Sofistas e filósofos na administração imperial: o olhar de Eunápio sobre a unidade política do império Romano no século IV D. C

Pós-graduação em História - FCHS

Governança corporativa em empresas de capital aberto: uma contribuição da ciência da informação para análise da informação estratégica

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Prospecção e monitoramento informacional no contexto da inteligência competitiva em microempresas do ramo óptico da região de Marília - SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)