Editorial

ID: 8279

Authors: Marco Antonio Pinheiro da Silveira, Edson Keyso Miranda Kubo, Wilson Aparecido da Costa Amorim.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 3-4, January-April, 2012. 2 page(s).

Document type: Editorial (Portuguese)

Measuring financial efficiency of Brazilian municipalities and its relation to the functions of government spending

ID: 8280

Authors: Josedilton Alves Diniz, Marcelo Alvaro da Silva Macedo, Luiz João Corrar.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 5-20, January-April, 2012. 16 page(s).

Keyword: DEA , financial efficiency , municipal administration

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This research aims to evaluate, based on an accounting metric, the financial efficiency in the management of public resources of Brazilian municipalities and measure its relationship with government spending on the functions of the Brazilian budget structure, for municipalities that had a population exceeding 200,000 inhabitants in 2007. For this, initially, it defined ten indicators of the financial condition of municipalities, in the manner used by Brown (1993). After, the DEA was used in two stages: first to define the efficiency scores of each municipality and in a second stage, it was a linear regression with the DEA scores (dependent variable), to investigate explanatory relationships of exogenous variables originating from 28 function of government. The results revealed that, among the 28 functions of government laid out in budget execution, only the per capita spending on health, urban planning and sanitation correlated with the financial  efficiency scores of the municipalities.

Water resources management in the State of Minas Gerais and the situation of the Paraopeba River Basin

ID: 8281

Authors: Fernanda Matos, Reinaldo Dias.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 21-34, January-April, 2012. 14 page(s).

Keyword: conflict , policy , users , water quality

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This work aims to present a reflection from a literature review on the management of water resources in the State of Minas Gerais and its State water resources Policy. The work also provides an overview of the management system of State water resources and of the Paraopeba River basin. It also presents an analysis of questionnaires aimed at managers of 48 municipalities belonging to the basin. This reveals that 52% of representatives reported that there are conflicts or problems among water users in the region of the basin; In addition to the high frequency of various environmental processes that contribute to poor water quality, in various points of the basin.

Work and emancipation: the case of ex-cutters of sugar cane from the northwest region of Paraná State

ID: 8282

Authors: Patrícia Rodrigues da Silva, Maria Iolanda Sachuk.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 35-48, January-April, 2012. 14 page(s).

Keyword: communicative act , human emancipation , professional adjustment

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This article seeks to discover if the ex-cutters of sugar cane currently performing administrative functions at the operational level, in sugarcane mills in the Northwest Region of Paraná State, showed signs of human emancipation from the dialogic action with their professional adjustment. The qualitative research is descriptive, whose time was cut sectional. The results show that: the former sugar cane cutters need to be prepared to seize the opportunities that the locus of the plants research will give them and are responsible for its rise in the hierarchical structure and its social and professional setting; through the accounts of former sugar cane cutters was not observed evidence of emancipation after the professional setting. Therefore, dialogical action were not identified, nor the mutual understanding. It was concluded that the survey participants were coopted and absorbed by the ideology of the plants in the northwest region of Paraná State.

Well being in the workplace: a study with the public employees of city hall of Cerro Largo

ID: 8283

Authors: Franciele Inês Reis Kunkel, Kelmara Mendes Vieira.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 49-63, January-April, 2012. 15 page(s).

Keyword: affective organizational commitment , involvement with work , job satisfaction , municipal public employees , well-being at work

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The presence of feelings of well-being at work contribute to the development of positive emotions, greater work productivity and better business results. Considering the importance of this variable for both the employee and for the company, this study aimed to assess the level of well-being at work of public employees of the City Hall of Cerro Largo through the use of questionnaires to 163 employees. The results reveal that the employees have positive levels of job satisfaction, work involvement and affective organizational commitment contributing to the favorable perception about well-being at work. We noted also a strong association between the factors, satisfaction, involvement, affective commitment and well-being at work, indicating the need for managers to develop policies for the valorization of employees in order to make employees more satisfied, involved and emotionally connected with the organization, given his close relationship with the perception of well-being in the workplace.

Relationship between prices and rivalry and its implications for competitive strategy

ID: 8284

Authors: Kavita Miadaira Hamza, André Bueno Saab, Lino Nogueira Rodrigues Filho.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 65-79, January-April, 2012. 15 page(s).

Keyword: competitive strategy , market concentration , market structure , pricing , rivalry

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This article is about rivalry and it aims to identify its correlations with price determination and its impact to the strategy formulation. The theoretical review is about Market Structure; Market Concentration Indexes; Aspects that impact price determination; and Competitive Strategy. Then, it presents a descriptive quantitative research data analysis, based on a random probabilistic sample of 15 thousand stores in five Brazilian regions. The quantitative data did not meet normal distribution requirements so they were analyzed with non-parametric statistics: Rho and Tau correlation coefficients. The results confirm the existence of a strong and inverse correlation between the rivalry level and the prices. Lastly it presents the implications for the competitive strategy formulation, specially the implications for the companies pricing policy as well as the market attractiveness analysis.

Innovation in logistics services operations: analysis of the interaction between companies involved in logistics operations

ID: 8285

Authors: José Petraglia, Marcelo Meirelles de Souza Freitas, Lucas Nóbrega Dantas de Aquino, Marcelo Caldeira Pedroso.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 81-96, January-April, 2012. 16 page(s).

Keyword: continuous improvement , logistics , organizational interaction , services innovation

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This paper analyses the innovation process in logistic service suppliers. The main objective of this paper is the investigation of innovation and continuous improvements achieved through effective management, the interaction between companies involved in logistics operations and their impact on logistics efficiency. We sought to identify, in the companies surveyed, the understanding of innovation and continuous improvement, what do companies do to manage the interaction between organizations and supply network, and which are the impacts of innovation obtained in this process. This way, the paper seeks to deepen the theoretical framework associated to research performed in companies of the sector. The analytical model of the study is based on literature searches and multiple case studies. The study shows that although companies are aware of the importance of innovation to their business, and the interaction between companies facilitates the generation of innovation, there is no effective management for this purpose.

The concept of networked public sphere and the WEBCIDADANIA website in Brasil

ID: 8286

Authors: Eduardo Henrique Diniz, Manuella Maia Ribeiro.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 97-111, January-April, 2012. 15 page(s).

Keyword: citizen participation , information society , networked public sphere , webcitizenship

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The biggest change of the information society in the public sphere is to provide tools that allow a citizen to be active in the search for information, because he can participate in the construction of information and thus be active in the process of accounting a democratic course for his country, state or city. The aim of this paper is to analyze citizen participation via web in Brazil by analyzing the Webcidadania. This article contains: a review literature on virtual public sphere; an exploratory case study on the movement of webcitizenship in Brazil, and a classification of the cases according to the characteristics of the networked public sphere. The article highlights and aims to test the concept of a public sphere related to the use of new technologies that allow citizens to participate actively in the public sphere and thereby generate impact in the public administration.

The distributor and the retailer: the relationship in the pharmaceutical context

ID: 8287

Authors: Milton Carlos Farina, Maria Aparecida Gouvêa.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 113-127, January-April, 2012. 15 page(s).

Keyword: power , relationship , trust

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

The development of a relationship based on commitment and trust contributes to the realization of good business between supplier and client. This work explores and presents the results of a research carried out with the drugstores and pharmacies in the metropolitan region of São Paulo city about their distributor of medicines. The literature presents several relationship models and in this situation we use the model proposed by Morgan and Hunt (1994), with the inclusion of the constructs conflict and power. The results indicate the adequacy of the model in the pharmaceutical context and, based on the characteristics of the drugstore and the pharmacy profiles and of the responsible for the purchase of medicines, differences are verified in the relationship with the distributor of medicines.

Resenha: - Regionalidade e Organizações – Programa de Pós Graduação em Administração da Universidade de São Caetano do Sul, Páginas & Letras, 2012

ID: 8288

Authors: Aguinaldo Pettinati.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 129-130, January-April, 2012. 2 page(s).

Document type: Book Review (Portuguese)

Resenha: - Carreiras sem fronteiras e transição profissional no Brasil: desafios e oportunidades para pessoas e organizações - (Elza Fátima Rosa Veloso - 2012)

ID: 8289

Authors: Leonardo Nelmi Trevisan.

Source: Gestão & Regionalidade, v. 28, n. 83, p. 131-132, January-April, 2012. 2 page(s).

Document type: Book Review (Portuguese)