869 resultados para History . Theoretical thought . Collaborative research . Concepts
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Teknologiateollisuuden asiantuntijapalveluorganisaatiot joutuvat nopeasti muuttuvan toimintaympristn vuoksi aika ajoin toteuttamaan strategisen muutoksen toimintansa kehittmiseksi. Tmn tyn tavoitteena oli selvitt, mill tavoin asiantuntijapalveluorganisaatio voi toimintaansa kehitt. Tutkimuksessa keskityttiin kartoittamaan strategista muutosta palveluprosessien, palvelukonseptien sek palvelujrjestelmn osalta teoreettisesti sek kohdeyrityksen toimineen asiantuntijapalveluorganisaation kannalta. Teoreettinen osuus perustuu alan kirjallisuuteen sek verkkolhteisiin. Kohdeyrityksen osalta tutkimusta tehtiin posin perustuen yrityksen henkilstlle tehtyihin kvalitatiivisiin sek vapaamuotoisiin teemahaastatteluihin sek yrityksen sisisiin dokumentteihin. Tutkimuksen tuloksena todettiin trkeiden kehityskohteiden olevan henkilstn koulutus, motivointi sek tehokas allokointi; toimintatapojen standardointi asiakaslhtisyys silytten; ydin- ja lispalveluajattelun lisminen markkinatilanteen mukaisesti; asiakasstrategian luominen sek organisaatiorakenteen sovittaminen henkilstresursseja parhaiten tukevaksi.
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Tm diplomity tutkii moduloinnilla saavutettavaa hyty kuljetinliiketoiminnassa. Johdanto-osassa kerrotaan yrityksen taustasta ja projektiliiketoiminnan kehitysnkymist, hihnakuljetinjrjestelmien historiasta ja nykyisest kilpailutilanteesta. Lisksi siin on mainittu tyn tavoitteet, sek tutkimuksen rajaus. Hihnakuljetinjrjestelmien modulointia ksittelevss osassa selvitetn moduloinnin historiaa ja on kerrottu siihen liittyvi ksitteit ja menettelytapoja. Tutkimusosan alussa on esitetty tutkimuskysymykset. Tutkimusmenetelmn on tapaustutkimus ja siin on verrattu kahta CASE- tapausta keskenn haastattelujen avulla, sek pyydetty osallistuneilta jatkotoimenpide-ehdotuksia, koskien modulointia. Toiminnallisen viitekehyksen osassa kuvataan ne tavat, joilla modulointi yrityksess toteutetaan asiakasvaatimukset ja palveluhallinta huomioiden. Lisksi siin kuvataan osaamisen kehittmisen menettely. Tutkimustuloksien tarkastelun yhteydess on kerrottu CASE- tapauksien perustiedot ja tiedon kermisen tapa. Tutkimustuloksien analysointi on suoritettu siten, ett tuloksista on nostettu esille moduloinnin kannalta oleelliset vastaukset ja ne on analysoitu. Tmn jlkeen suoritettiin pohdinta ja johtoptkset niist analysoiduista vastauksista, jotka ovat trkeit moduloinnin ja yrityksen kehityksen kannalta. Jatkotoimenpiteet on jaettu kolmeen pryhmn, joista ensimmisen on toiminnan kehittminen moduloimalla. Toisessa on tarkasteltu sisisen toiminnan kannalta trkeit kohteita ja ehdotettu toimenpiteit toiminnan tehostamiseksi. Kolmantena ryhmn ovat tutkimusaiheet, joiden avulla pyritn selvittmn puutteet tai epkohdat nykyisess toiminnassa. Yhteenvedossa on tarkasteltu yrityksen strategisten tavoitteiden toteutumista suhteessa hypoteesiin. Siin on mys esitetty tulevaisuuden haasteita ympristnsuojelun asettamat vaatimukset huomioiden.
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Tutkielman tavoitteena oli selvitt teknologiansiirrosta vuorovaikutusnkkulmasta tehdyt empiiriset tutkimukset systemaattisen kirjallisuuskatsauksen avulla. Teoreettinen nkkulma perustui vuorovaikutteisten innovaatioverkostojen rakentamista yliopistojen, yritysten ja valtion vlille korostavaan Triple Helix -viitekehykseen. Valtion ohjaava rooli rajattiin tutkielman ulkopuolelle. Tutkimuskysymykset olivat miten teknologiansiirtoa on empiirisesti tutkittu yliopistojen ja yritysten vlisen vuorovaikutuksena, mitk ovat yliopistojen ja yritysten vliset vuorovaikutusmuodot ja miten teknologiansiirtoa kannattaisi tutkia. Tutkimuksista koostuva aineisto hankittiin systemaattisella kirjallisuushaulla. Aineisto rajattiin teknologiansiirtoa vuorovaikutusnkkulmasta tutkineisiin empiirisiin tutkimuksiin. Analysointimenetelmn kytettiin sisllnanalyysi. Tulosten perusteella teknologiansiirron tutkimisen teoreettisia lhestymistapoja olivat yrittjyyssuuntautuneisuuteen yliopistoissa kannustava entrepreneurial university -suuntaus, innovaatiot ja innovaatiojrjestelmt, tutkijoiden ominaisuudet ja sosiaalinen poma, vuorovaikutus- ja tiedonsiirtoprosessit, organisationaalinen oppiminen ja yliopiston teknologiansiirtopolitiikat. Teknologiansiirtoa oli tutkittu enemmn yliopisto- kuin yritysnkkulmasta. Tutkimuksista puolet otti huomioon hiljaisen tiedon siirrettvyyden vain vuorovaikutuksen avulla. Tutkielman tuloksena tunnistettiin 34 erilaista vuorovaikutusmuotoa teknologiansiirrossa yliopistojen ja yritysten vlill. Tutkituimmat vuorovaikutusmuodot olivat patentit ja lisenssit, asiantuntija-apu ja konsultointi, epmuodolliset kontaktit ja verkostot, yliopistojen spin-off-yritykset ja sopimustutkimus. Tutkimusyhteistyt oli tutkittu suhteellisen vhn. Teknologiansiirron tehokkuutta kannattaisi tutkia yritysnkkulmasta selvittmll tutkimusyhteistyn ja innovaatioiden vlinen yhteys. Teknologiansiirtoa vuorovaikutusprosessina kannattaisi tutkia kaikkien siihen osallistuvien sidosryhmien nkkulmista. Teknologiansiirtoprojektien onnistumiseen vaikuttavia tekijit voisi selvitt vertailevien tapaustutkimusten avulla. Tiedonsiirtoprosessiin liittyv vuorovaikutusta ei prosessina kannattaisi tutkia irrallisena ilmin siihen liittyvist tiedonsiirto-olosuhteista. Vuorovaikutusmuotojen mr suomalaisessa teknologiansiirrossa olisi tutkimisen arvoinen asia. Vuorovaikutusmuotojen lukumrn selvittmisell voisi arvioida yhteistysuhteen syvyytt yliopistojen ja yritysten vlill. Yritykset tulisi nhd aktiivisina toimijoina teknologiansiirrossa, ja teknologiansiirtoa tulisi tutkia mys yritysten nkkulmasta.
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This Masters thesis illustrates how growing a business ties up the companys working capital and what the cost of committed capital. In order to manage a companys working capital in rapid business growth phase, the thesis suggests that by monitoring and managing the operating and cash conversion cycles of customers projects, a company can find ways to secure the required amount of capital. The research method of this thesis was based on literature reviews and case study research. The theoretical review presents the concepts of working capital and provides the background for understanding how to improve working capital management. The company in subject is a global small and medium-sized enterprise that manufactures pumps and valves for demanding process conditions. The company is expanding, which creates lots of challenges. This thesis concentrates to the companys working capital management and its efficiency through the supply chain and value chain perspective. The main elements of working capital management are inventory management, accounts receivable management and accounts payable management. Prepayments also play a significant role, particularly in project-based businesses. Developing companies working capital management requires knowledge from different kind of key operations in the company, like purchasing, production, sales, logistics and financing. The perspective to develop and describe working capital management is an operational. After literature reviews the thesis present pilot projects that formed the basis of a model to monitor working capital in the case company. Based on analysis and pilot projects, the thesis introduces a rough model for monitoring capital commitments in short time period. With the model the company can more efficiently monitor and manage their customer projects.
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Internationally, Finland has been among the most respected countries during several decades in terms of public health. WHO has had the most significant influence on Finnish health policy and the relationship has traditionally been warm. However, the situation has slightly changed in the last 10-20 years. The objectives of Finnish national health policy have been to secure the best possible health for the population and to minimize disparities in health between different population groups. Nevertheless, although the state of public health and welfare has steadily improved, the socioeconomic disparities in health have increased. This qualitative case study will demonstrate why health is political and why health matters. It will also present some recommendations for research topics and administrative reforms. It will be argued that lack of political interest in health policy leads to absence of health policy visions and political commitment, which can be disastrous for public health. This study will investigate how Finnish health policy is defined and organised, and it will also shed light on Finnish health policy formation processes and actors. Health policy is understood as a broader societal construct covering the domains of different ministries, not just Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (MSAH). The influences of economic recession of the 1990s, state subsidy reform in 1993, globalisation and the European Union will be addressed, as well. There is not much earlier Finnish research done on health policy from political science viewpoint. Therefore, this study is interdisciplinary and combines political science with administrative science, contemporary history and health policy research with a hint of epidemiology. As a method, literature review, semi-structured interviews and policy analysi will be utilised. Institutionalism, policy transfer, and corporatism are understood as the theoretical framework. According to the study, there are two health policies in Finland: the official health policy and health policy generated by industry, media and various interest organisations. The complex relationships between the Government and municipalities, and on the other hand, the MSAH and National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) seemed significant in terms of Finnish health policy coordination. The study also showed that the Investigated case, Health 2015, does not fulfil all necessary criteria for a successful public health programme. There were also several features both in Health 2015 and Finnish health policy, which can be interpreted in NPM framework and seen having NPM influences.
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This study focuses on teacher practices in publicly funded music schools in Finland. As views on the aims of music education change and broaden, music schools across Europe share the challenge of developing their activities in response. In public and scholarly debate, there have been calls for increased diversity of contents and concepts of teaching. In Finland, the official national curriculum for state-funded music schools builds on the ideal that teaching and learning should create conditions which promote a good relationship to music. The meaning of this concept has been deliberately left open in order to leave room for dialogue, flexibility, and teacher autonomy. Since what is meant by good is not defined in advance, the notion of improving practices is also open to discussion. The purpose of the study is to examine these issues from teachers point of view by asking what music school teachers aim to accomplish as they develop their practices. Methodologically, the study introduces a suggestion for building empirical research on Alpersons robust praxial approach to music education, a philosophical theory which is strongly committed to practitioner perspectives and musical diversity. A systematic method for analysing music education practices, interpretive practice analysis, is elaborated with support from interpretive research methods originally used in policy analysis. In addition, the research design shows how reflecting conversations (a collaborative approach well-known in Nordic social work) can be fruitfully applied in interpretive research and combined with teacher inquiry. Data have been generated in a collaborative project involving five experienced music school teachers and the researcher. The empirical material includes transcripts from group conversations, data from teacher inquiry conducted within the project, and transcripts from follow-up interviews. The teachers aspirations can be understood as strivings to reinforce the connection between musical practices and various forms of human flourishing such that music and flourishing can sustain each other. Examples from their practices show how the word good receives its meaning in context. Central among the teachers concerns is their hope that students develop a free and sustainable interest in music, often described as inspiration. I propose that good relationships to music and inspiration can be understood as philosophical mediators which support the transition from an indeterminate interest in music towards specific ways in which music can become a (co-)constitutive part of living well in each persons particular circumstances. Different musical practices emphasise different aspects of what is considered important in music and in human life. Music school teachers consciously balance between a variety of such values. They also make efforts to resist pressure which might threaten the goods they think are most important. Such goods include joy, participation, perseverance, solid musical skills related to specific practices, and a strong sense of vitality. The insights from this study suggest that when teachers are able to create inspiration, they seem to do so by performing complex work which combines musical and educational aims and makes general positive contributions to their students lives. Ensuring that teaching and learning in music schools remain as constructive and meaningful as possible for both students and teachers is a demanding task. The study indicates that collaborative, reflective and interdisciplinary work may be helpful as support for development processes on both individual and collective levels of music school teacher practices.
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Lobjectif de cette tude est de saisir une image des lments explicitement reconnaissables de la recherche en communication visibles dans les revues savantes Canadian Journal of Communication et dans Communication de 1974 2005. Il sagit dune analyse bibliomtrique des articles publis par les chercheurs dinstitutions canadiennes et de leurs rfrences bibliographiques. La bibliomtrie est lapplication de mthodes statistiques aux livres et aux autres moyens de communication (Pritchard, 1969: 348-349). Cest la premire fois quune analyse de ce type est tente dans ce corpus particulier. Nous nous sommes appuys sur des postulats thoriques provenant de la sociologie des sciences et des tudes en communication scientifique. Lide matresse est la suivante : lactivit scientifique est un continuum de cration de nouvelles connaissances (Vassallo, 1999), dont lorganisation est base sur lchange dinformation (Price, 1963; Crane, 1972), qui se traduit en reconnaissance sociale, en autorit scientifique, et constitue un investissement pour lacquisition de crdibilit (Merton, 1938; Hagstrom, 1965; Bourdieu, 1975; Latour et Woolgar, 1986). partir de lanalyse des articles, nous identifions sils sont le rsultat de recherches empiriques ou fondamentales, ou le produit dune rflexion critique. Il sagit aussi de dtecter les approches mthodologiques et les techniques dinvestigation utilises, ainsi que les sujets qui y sont abords par les chercheurs. Nous dtectons galement les principaux lieux de recherche (universits et types de dpartements). Nous analysons aussi les thmatiques des articles. Enfin, nous analysons des rfrences bibliographiques des articles afin de cerner les sources dides qui y sont dcelables. Notre corpus principal comporte 1154 articles et 12 840 titres de documents en rfrence. Lanalyse bibliomtrique des articles rvle ainsi une recherche canadienne en communication demble qualitative, intresse pour les spcificits historiques, le contexte social et la comprhension des interrelations sous-jacentes aux phnomnes de communication, en particulier, au Canada et au Qubec. Au cur de ces tudes se distingue principalement lapplication de lanalyse de contenu qualitative dans les mdias en gnral. Cependant, partir de 1980, lexploration du cinma, de laudiovisuel, des nouvelles technologies de linformation et de la communication, ainsi que la multiplication des sujets de recherche, annoncent un dplacement dans lordre des intrts. Communication et le CJC, se distinguent cependant par lorigine linguistique des chercheurs qui y publient ainsi que dans les thmatiques. Lanalyse des rfrences bibliographiques, et de leurs auteurs, met en relief lintrt partag des chercheurs dinstitutions universitaires canadiennes pour les agences de rglementation et les politiques gouvernementales canadiennes sappuyant souvent sur lanalyse de documents lgislatifs et de rapports de diverses commissions denqute du gouvernement canadien. Lanalyse rvle aussi les principales inspirations thoriques et mthodologiques des chercheurs. Parmi les plus cites, on voit Innis, McLuhan, Habermas, Tuchman, Bourdieu, Foucault, Raboy, et Rogers. Mais ces rfrences voluent dans le temps. On voit aussi une distinction relativement claire entre les sources cites par la recherche francophone et la recherche anglophone.
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La jeune gnration de salaris est souvent accuse dtre moins militante, moins solidaire que les gnrations prcdentes. Lobjectif gnral de cette recherche est de dmystifier les prjugs entourant lengagement militant chez les jeunes syndiqus qubcois daujourdhui. Pour ce faire, divers concepts sont prsents, comme celui de jeunesse, de gnration et dengagement militant. Une synthse de lvolution historique de lengagement militant ainsi que la situation particulire de la jeunesse contemporaine dans laction syndicale permettent de dresser un portrait gnral. Notre cadre thorique repose sur les concepts dindividualisme et de conflit. Lapproche qualitative et lentrevue semi-dirige ont t privilgies. Le rsultat de notre enqute mene auprs de dix-sept facteurs et factrices du Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes nous rvle que lengagement militant des jeunes est la fois le reflet dune distanciation et une manire diffrente de concevoir lengagement militant. Les jeunes syndiqus ne sont pas plus individualistes que les autres gnrations, mais ils connaissent peu le syndicalisme. Dune part, les jeunes adoptent une position de recul afin de mieux sapproprier la chose syndicale. Il est possible daffirmer que lengagement militant nest pas un phnomne statique, il volue en acqurant lexprience. Dautre part, faiblement socialiss au syndicalisme et fortement socialiss au droit, au dialogue et au respect, les jeunes syndiqus apprhendent les conduites violentes et les discours martiaux. Ces derniers ont une vision modre sans tre pour autant passive, car ils valorisent laction collective et ont plus de facilits dposer des griefs.
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La prsente recherche vise explorer et dcrire laccommodation des valeurs professionnelles au sein du systme de valeurs culturelles par les bibliothcaires universitaires sngalais. Elle rpond aux questions de recherche suivantes : (1) Quel est le systme de valeurs culturelles dominant chez les bibliothcaires universitaires sngalais ? (2) Comment les bibliothcaires universitaires sngalais priorisent-ils leurs valeurs professionnelles ? (3) Comment les bibliothcaires universitaires sngalais accommodent-ils leurs valeurs professionnelles leurs valeurs culturelles ?cette recherche confirme la thorie de la prdominance dans les socits africaines en gnral dun systme de valeurs sinscrivant dans laxe Continuit Dpassement de soi du modle thorique de Schwartz (2006, 1992). Dans ce systme, les valeurs dominantes sont des valeurs de types universalisme, bienveillance, tradition, conformit et scurit. Ces valeurs favorisent lintgration de lindividu au groupe, la solidarit et la scurit familiale et le refus des actions de nature porter atteinte lharmonie du groupe. Au plan pratique, la recherche dmontre la ncessit de renforcer la socialisation professionnelle en intgrant lthique et les valeurs dans la formation des bibliothcaires universitaires sngalais.
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Fujaba is an Open Source UML CASE tool project started at the software engineering group of Paderborn University in 1997. In 2002 Fujaba has been redesigned and became the Fujaba Tool Suite with a plug-in architecture allowing developers to add functionality easily while retaining full control over their contributions. Multiple Application Domains Fujaba followed the model-driven development philosophy right from its beginning in 1997. At the early days, Fujaba had a special focus on code generation from UML diagrams resulting in a visual programming language with a special emphasis on object structure manipulating rules. Today, at least six rather independent tool versions are under development in Paderborn, Kassel, and Darmstadt for supporting (1) reengineering, (2) embedded real-time systems, (3) education, (4) specification of distributed control systems, (5) integration with the ECLIPSE platform, and (6) MOF-based integration of system (re-) engineering tools. International Community According to our knowledge, quite a number of research groups have also chosen Fujaba as a platform for UML and MDA related research activities. In addition, quite a number of Fujaba users send requests for more functionality and extensions. Therefore, the 8th International Fujaba Days aimed at bringing together Fujaba develop- ers and Fujaba users from all over the world to present their ideas and projects and to discuss them with each other and with the Fujaba core development team.
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Debido a las crisis mundiales, la perdurabilidad empresarial se ha convertido en la primera preocupacin de las organizaciones, puesto que los problemas econmicos en otros pases pueden generar un efecto negativo en las condiciones del mercado domstico, que junto con el entorno empresarial complejo y dinmico en el que se deben desempear las empresas hoy en da gracias a la globalizacin, sumado al aumento en la competitividad nacional e internacional, la perdurabilidad de las empresas se est viendo seriamente comprometida. Lo anterior, ha llevado a las empresas a buscar nuevas formas de mejorar su salud financiera. Para medir la salud financiera empresarial, se pueden usar distintos indicadores como lo es el flujo de caja que est asociado con la rentabilidad, el patrimonio que est asociado a las dificultades financieras, entre otros, o a travs de varios modelos de bancarrota, los cuales, por medio de un conjunto de ratios financieros, reflejan el estado actual de la organizacin y su probabilidad de fracaso en el futuro. Las estrategias comunitarias y el marketing permiten incrementar la salud financiera de las empresas a travs de la orientacin al cliente y el establecimiento de relaciones gana-gana a largo plazo con las diferentes comunidades con las que se relaciona la organizacin.
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Esta investigacin busca aportar a la literatura sobre las tcticas de influencia en el liderazgo. Surge como una aplicacin, a un caso especfico, del proyecto de investigacin Los mecanismos de influencia en la relacin de liderazgo, dirigido por el profesor Juan Javier Saavedra Mayorga e inscrito en la lnea de Liderazgo del Grupo de Investigacin en Perdurabilidad Empresarial (GIPE) de la Escuela de Administracin de la Universidad del Rosario. La investigacin busca identificar y analizar las tcticas que utiliza un lder en particular (la seora Yolanda Snchez, Directora de Mercadeo y Servicio al Cliente de una Cmara de Comercio colombiana) para ejercer influencia en sus colaboradores, as como la reaccin de estos ltimos ante las tcticas de influencia que son ejercidas sobre ellos. El trabajo parte de una revisin terica sobre los conceptos de poder e influencia en el liderazgo, y sobre las reacciones que los mecanismos de influencia pueden generar en los colaboradores para, posteriormente, desarrollar el estudio emprico. La estrategia metodolgica empleada es el estudio de caso. La tcnica de recoleccin de informacin es la entrevista semi estructurada, y el mtodo de anlisis de informacin, el anlisis de contenido temtico. Como resultado del anlisis de la informacin, se encontr que las principales tcticas de influencia utilizadas por la lder estudiada son Persuasin Racional, Intercambio Negociacin, Apelacin Inspiracional, Presin, Colaboracin, Amistad, Modulacin, Apelacin a la capacidad Individual, Involucramiento grupal, Aceptacin y Pedir el favor. Estas tcticas provocan en los colaboradores principalmente una reaccin de Conformidad y, en menor medida, de resistencia. El trabajo hace un anlisis de la forma como ella utiliza dichas tcticas de influencia con sus colaboradores, y describe los efectos que ello tiene en el trabajo cotidiano de la organizacin.
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Como proyecto de grado, el presente trabajo consiste en una revisin terica de los conceptos de liderazgo, poder e influencia, junto con las posibles relaciones que entre ellos se pueden presentar. Para ello, cada concepto es definido de manera individual, y con base en ello, se identifica la dependencia que tienen estos conceptos entre s y la importancia dentro del desarrollo del liderazgo transformacional actual. Para lograr lo propuesto, se llev a cabo la revisin de una parte de la literatura acadmica presente en libros, revistas acadmicas, bases de datos y documentos relacionados con los temas y conceptos tratados. A partir de ello, se entendi la evolucin del concepto del liderazgo y los enfoques presentados desde la dcada de los 1920s hasta la actualidad, junto con el modelo de rango total y el tipo transaccional y transformacional del liderazgo, para luego definir el papel y la importancia de los conceptos de poder, los tipos de poder, la influencia y las tcticas de influencia, y as, identificar las posibles relaciones que se presentan entre los conceptos y la importancia de estos en el entorno organizacional actual.
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Face ineficcia das mudanas planificadas externamente, a investigao recente evidencia a relevncia da cultura organizacional de escola na qualidade dos processos educativos e dos resultados escolares, bem como a importncia decisiva do papel liderana na melhoria da escola. A partir da questo Como podem os lderes promover a melhoria na organizao escolar?, a investigadora caracteriza a escola como organizao, analisa a importncia da cultura organizacional na melhoria, afere o papel da liderana na melhoria da organizao escolar e apresenta formas de atuao que conduzam melhoria escolar. O enquadramento terico debrua-se sobre os conceitos de organizao escolar, liderana e melhoria. Neste trabalho de projeto, procedeu-se recolha e tratamento de dados a partir da leitura e anlise dos relatrios de avaliao externa e de autoavaliao de um agrupamento de escolas, seguindo a metodologia de investigao qualitativa. Face ao diagnstico realizado, foram definidas trs reas de melhoria: o sucesso educativo, o desenvolvimento profissional de docentes e outros agentes educativos e a consolidao da identidade do agrupamento e colaborao com a comunidade. Como plano de resoluo apresentado um plano de melhoria, em que constam os objetivos estratgicos e as aes/dinmicas a implementar no agrupamento que a investigadora dirige.
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O presente trabalho de investigao, realizado no mbito do Mestrado de Museologia da Universidade Lusfona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, pretendeu analisar a importncia da conservao de objectos e memrias no seio de processos museolgicos, tendo tido como base de estudo o caso do Museu da Indstria da Chapelaria de S. Joo da Madeira. Partindo do princpio chave de que os objectos museolgicos so mudos, no sentido em que por si no exprimem mais do que a dimenso da sua materialidade, procurou-se entender qual o papel da conservao de objectos e de memrias (individuais e colectivas) e como se articulam museologicamente a materialidade de uns e a imaterialidade de outros, na construo da(s) Identidade(s) de uma comunidade e o valor dessa identidade no contexto da afirmao cultural e social local, analisando-se desta forma o valor e papel do acto de conservao de objectos e da conservao de memrias individuais, inerentes criao de um museu e, mais especificamente, do Museu da Indstria da Chapelaria. Para tanto este trabalho estrutura-se em dois momentos fundamentais. O primeiro momento, de carcter terico, explora quatro conceitos fundamentais, o de conservao, o de memria, o de identidade e o de desenvolvimento local e a sua interligao no processo museolgico. O segundo momento, o estudo de caso propriamente dito, analisa estas condicionantes luz de um caso prtico, o da criao de um museu no seio de uma localidade altamente industrializada que teve na produo de chapus uma das suas maiores fontes de riqueza e afirmao scio-econmica. O objectivo da investigao passa assim por entender qual o papel das memrias individuais, no caso concreto, das memrias individuais de ex-operrios da indstria da chapelaria, e a sua articulao com uma significativa coleco material, quer no mbito restrito da criao do museu quer, de forma mais ampla e abrangente, da construo da identidade colectiva da comunidade, e em que medida o patrimnio industrial assim tratado um meio facilitador para a compreenso dessa mesma identidade.
