Plan of work for the Progressive road to reading /

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A comparison of two editions of the RIBA plan of work

The RIBA Plan of Work describes the way a construction process should be organized. Although not officially approved by the RIBA council, a new plan of work was published in 2000 with the intention of replacing the RIBA Plan of Work, so it is useful to analyse both in terms of the organizational structure they impose upon construction projects. Using analytical principles from organizational theory, both plans are analysed by converting them into organizational matrices and assessing their relative complexities, the load on participants, decentralization of responsibility, number of interfaces and the extent to which they provide for co-ordination and control. This demonstrates first, that the analysis of organizational structure is an appropriate approach for undertaking comparisons of such documents; and second, that while both plans of work are of roughly equal complexity, the new one is more demanding on the participants; produces a higher number of interfaces between processes, and provides for more co-ordination than the old one. Neither plan deals with controlling the output of individuals, leaving it as an internal matter for each participating organization.

Intelligent Decision-Making System Frameworks for a Digital Plan of Work: A Theoretical Investigation for the Construction Industry

The construction industry is characterised by fragmentation and suffers from lack of collaboration, often adopting adversarial working practices to achieve deliverables. For the UK Government and construction industry, BIM is a game changer aiming to rectify this fragmentation and promote collaboration. However it has become clear that there is an essential need to have better controls and definitions of both data deliverables and data classification. Traditional methods and techniques for collating and inputting data have shown to be time consuming and provide little to improve or add value to the overall task of improving deliverables. Hence arose the need in the industry to develop a Digital Plan of Work (DPoW) toolkit that would aid the decision making process, providing the required control over the project workflows and data deliverables, and enabling better collaboration through transparency of need and delivery. The specification for the existing Digital Plan of Work (DPoW) was to be, an industry standard method of describing geometric, requirements and data deliveries at key stages of the project cycle, with the addition of a structured and standardised information classification system. However surveys and interviews conducted within this research indicate that the current DPoW resembles a digitised version of the pre-existing plans of work and does not push towards the data enriched decision-making abilities that advancements in technology now offer. A Digital Framework is not simply the digitisation of current or historic standard methods and procedures, it is a new intelligent driven digital system that uses new tools, processes, procedures and work flows to eradicate waste and increase efficiency. In addition to reporting on conducted surveys above, this research paper will present a theoretical investigation into usage of Intelligent Decision Support Systems within a digital plan of work framework. Furthermore this paper will present findings on the suitability to utilise advancements in intelligent decision-making system frameworks and Artificial Intelligence for a UK BIM Framework. This should form the foundations of decision-making for projects implemented at BIM level 2. The gap identified in this paper is that the current digital toolkit does not incorporate the intelligent characteristics available in other industries through advancements in technology and collation of vast amounts of data that a digital plan of work framework could have access to and begin to develop, learn and adapt for decision-making through the live interaction of project stakeholders.

O TEA como estratégia de implicação dos alunos na regulação do seu próprio processo de aprendizagem

Relatório de Estágio apresentado à Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa para obtenção de grau de mestre em Ensino do 1.º e 2.ºCiclo do Ensino Básico

A expansão da educação superior e o trabalho docente: um estudo sobre o Plano Nacional de Formação de Professores da Educação Básica (PARFOR) na UFPA

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar as implicações sobre o trabalho docente com a implantação do Plano Nacional de Formação de Professores da Educação Básica (PARFOR) na Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), como parte da política de expansão da educação superior do país. Para tanto, analisamos as diretrizes e a implementação das políticas de expansão do ensino superior no governo de Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), dentro do contexto da reforma do Estado e da Universidade, que possibilitaram a compreensão do fenômeno que está ocorrendo na UFPA com a adesão ao PARFOR. Trata-se de um estudo de caso sobre a ocorrência do fenômeno na UFPA. Trabalhamos com fonte de dados documentais e com entrevistas semiestruturadas, tendo como sujeitos coordenadores do plano e professores do curso de Pedagogia ofertado em Belém, que nos permitiram identificar as repercussões no trabalho docente universitário, considerando fatores como: carga horária de trabalho, quantidade de turmas e o plano individual de trabalho desenvolvido no período de 2009 a 2011. A análise do material coletado possibilitou chegarmos a algumas constatações, tais como: o PARFOR tem contribuído para a acelerada expansão das matrículas nos cursos de Graduação em Licenciatura Plena na UFPA, sem o correspondente aporte financeiro necessário para a melhoria da infraestrutura e para contratação de novos professores. Como consequência dessa expansão, os docentes têm utilizado o período de férias e recesso para ministrar aulas, em busca de complementação salarial por meio das bolsas pagas pela Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) com recursos do Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Educação (FNDE). Com isso, o trabalho docente tem sido intensificado por meio da sobrecarga de aulas, turmas e jornada de trabalho, o que poderá, a curto prazo, provocar problemas na saúde desse trabalhador.

An account of the stopping of Daggenham Breach ... Containing also proper rules for performing any the like work: and proposals for rendering the ports of Dover and Dublin ... commodious for entertaining large ships. To which is prefix'd, a plan of the levels which were over-flow'd by the breach.

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New elements of conversation, in English and French. A work composed upon the plan of that of Dr. Wanostrocht and John Perrin.

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Putting people out of work : first-year growth and employment effects of the Clinton economic plan /

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Influence of Individual Characteristics on Work Engagement and Job Stress in a Sample of National and Foreign Workers in Switzerland

In most Western postindustrial societies today, the population is aging, businesses are faced with global integration, and important migration flows are taking place. Increasingly work organizations are hiring crossnational and multicultural workteams. In this situation it is important to understand the influence of certain individual and cultural characteristics on the process of professional integration. The present study explores the links between personality traits, demographic characteristics (age, sex, education, income, and nationality), work engagement, and job stress. The sample consisted of 618 participants, including 394 Swiss workers (200 women, 194 men) and 224 foreigners living and working in Switzerland (117 women, 107 men). Each participant completed the NEO-FFI, the UWES, and the GWSS questionnaires. Our results show an interaction between age and nationality with respect to work engagement and general job stress. The levels of work engagement and job stress appear to increase with age among national wotkers, whereas they decrease among foreign workers. In addition, work engagement was negatively associated with Neuroticism and positively with the other four personality dimensions. Finally, job stress was positively associated with Neuroticism and Conscientiousness, and negatively associated with Extraversion. However, the strength of these relationships appeared to vary according to the worker's nationality, age, sex, education, and income.

The Constituents of Democracy. The Individual in the Work of Madame Justice Wilson

Cet article a précédemment été publié par le Dalhousie Law Journal.