Cognição e Organização: avaliação de programas como instância produtoras de sentidos

ID: 23176

Authors: Anderson Veloso Vianna, Antonio Virgílio Bittencourt Bastos.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 13-28, October-December, 2006. 16 page(s).

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The present study, based on concepts from a cognitive and constructivist perspective of the organization, specially on the concepts and ideas of Karl Weick, analyzes the experience of evaluation of a program, developed in a private hospital in Salvador (“Care for yourself to care for others”). The program was evaluated by external consultants and technicians from the hospital team as well. the data collection and analysis focused on evaluating the decision-making process related to the conception and development of the program. These data, systematically recorded, were the basis for discussion and interpretations that emphasized a socially constructed nature of the processes of organizing. first of all, the results make evident that the organizational context itself, as well as the policies of Human Resources, favor sensemaking processes later and and the development of a collective mind, contributing to make the organization leaders vigilant and attentive so that the moral values and knowledge are duly contemplated. Secondly, the schemes which guide the whole process of sensemaking and how it is shared by the team are clearly shown in the different phases of the evaluation process. The analysis of this experience indicates, in a very significant way, how the evaluation process constituted, in fact, an organizative practice that provides stability to individual experiences and contributes to the sensemaking shared among people, articulating them to the organization´s values and mission.

Planejamento estratégico e gestão feminina em pequenas empresas: o caso das escolas particulares em Curitiba - Paraná

ID: 23177

Authors: Adriana Roseli Wünsch Takahashi, Julia Furlanetto Graeff, Rivanda Meira Teixeira.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 29-44, October-December, 2006. 16 page(s).

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he objectives of this study were to draw the management profile of business owners and to analyse the strategic planning carried out by these enterprises. Initially it was developed a theoretical review on topics like entrepreneurship, gender and strategic planning in small companies. To collect empirical data it was settled a partnership with Paraná Private Schools Syndicate and it was offered a course in strategic planning for thirteen female managers of these schools. It was adopted focus group as a research method and during the course participants received instructions related to concepts and development of strategic planning that was used to subsidise the data analysis of the study. The results showed that the manager profiles were similar to previous studies and that was perceived a growing interest in school management and a significant difficulty in reflecting systematically about information regarding the environmental analysis.

Excluir e acumular: as formas materiais da subsunção

ID: 23178

Authors: Heron Albergaria de Melo.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 45-58, October-December, 2006. 14 page(s).

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The present article seeks to trace a critical line of analysis of the connection ways between alternatives of survival by groups of excluded and the process of accumulation of the capital that excludes them effectively. The objective is to search the evidence that the reconstitution of these alternatives, as a proposal of social and economic development, demands an attempt of identification and rupture of that connections.

Fundamentos da Gestão Social na Revolução Industrial: leitura e crítica aos ideais de Robert Owen

ID: 23180

Authors: Washington José de Souza, Marcos Dias de Oliveira.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 59-76, October-December, 2006. 18 page(s).

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The paper approaches historical bases of Social Management using Robert Owen’s ideas and experiments during the Industrial Revolution. Owen distinguishes himself, using the typical variety, by promoting quality of life, conceiving cooperativism, and tackling environmental and community organization issues, all close to current Social Management concepts. Some weaknesses found both in Owen’s thought and the current Social Management are emphasized: they both start at the given stage of the social and organizational environment rather than considering a rigorous reflexion of men’s relations with others and nature; articulate management strategies aimed at minimizing outcomes from the prevailing type of social relation without question its origins; provide an aesthetic coating to management elements that preserve the substantive rationality and work processes that prevent – or delay – an effective human emancipation. These weaknesses yield fractioned ideas and judgments which, therefore, do not result in a coherent and unique theoretical framework.

Responsabilidade Social Empresarial nas pequenas empresas

ID: 23183

Authors: Raimundo Wellington Araújo Pessoa, Marinina Gruska Benevides, Leandra Fernandes do Nascimento.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 77-91, October-December, 2006. 15 page(s).

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This present study analyses practices of corporate social responsibility – CSR in fourteen bakeries that participate in the projects Bread, Education e Arts and Talents Brood. In addition, the objectives of the healthy study to analyze the proprietors of the participant bakeries of the two projects perception about the actions of CSR; to identify the strategies and practices of the fourteen bakeries in both projects; to analyse the motivational factors used by the bakeries to take part in both CSR projects; and to assess what these bakeries consider as the main CSR important working areas. On the basis of the findings it is possible to ascertain only a small impact of the CSR practices used on the objectives and strategies of the bakeries that participate into both projects, they use insignificant CSR practices which are seen as a mere attempt of CSR, that is their CSR practices emphasize social reaction by approaching one or more problem, trying to soften them or accomplishing mere social obligation.

"Tricotando as Redes de Solidariedade": as culturas organizacionais de uma loja autogestionada de Economia Popular Solidária de Porto Alegre

ID: 23185

Authors: Neusa Rolita Cavedon, Deise Luiza S. Ferraz.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 93-111, October-December, 2006. 19 page(s).

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This article intends to describe and analyze a Solidary Popular Economy experience carried out by the Porto Alegre City Hall from the organizational culture perspective. The local authorities’ determination to establish a self-run system and process in a shop that sells products from various groups of artisans has not been meeting expectations. Resources used to identify the aspects that either hinder or help the selfmanagement implementation included the ethnographic method and the participative observation techniques, as well as interviews to expose the organizational culture. Results indicate a cultural fragmentation, with three groups of artisans in the same shop sharing different views on what Solidary Popular Economy is: the voluntaries group, the socialization group and the beneficiaries group. The non-observance of that cultural heterogeneity on the part of authorities, and furthermore the poor dissemination that leads to disinformation about the City Hall’s project have prevented a more engaged action by those involved.

O capital social nas aglomerações produtivas de micro e pequenas empresas: estudo de um Arranjo Produtivo Turístico

ID: 23188

Authors: Francisco Sávio de Oliveira Barros, Maria Vilma Coelho Moreira Faria.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 113-130, October-December, 2006. 18 page(s).

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The approach of Local Productive Arrangement (LPA) has been considered a new conceptual framework to analyze organizations’s arrangements. Traditionally, the focus of this analysis has been on the industry sector.Tourism, as a branch of the service sector has largely been studied superficially. Therefore, this article aims at analyzing the organization of several actors located in the Tourism LPA of the Canoa Quebrada-CE region, by studying the social capital dimensions within the territory. The exploratory-descritive research, which is also qualitative and quantitative in nature, adopted the case study methodology. The study concludes that the functioning dynamics of the organizational configurations within the territory indicated of incipients and less consistents ties among them. The existence of obstacle concerning the level of the actor’s trust in the LPA territory, hinders the establishment of more integrated relationships, especially among the actions focused on the tourism, main product of the studied region.

Política de educação continuada corporativa: capacitação gerencial em empresa pública

ID: 23190

Authors: José Francisco Salm, Francisco G. Heidemann, Maria Ester Menegasso.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 131-148, October-December, 2006. 18 page(s).

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The reader will find here a report on the results of a research conducted by authors with the purpose of identifying and analyzing the policies and strategies pursued by a Santa Catarina State corporation to develop the managers of its regional agencies during the period of 1997 through 2001. Needed theoretical references and pertaining empirical information were obtained, respectively, from selective literature, corporate budget documents, top management decision-makings and interviews and from questionnaires answered by managers. Research findings allow researchers to contend that this public company is able to formulate its policies of corporate continuing education based on: (1) the results expected to be achieved by the company in the specific fields of result specified in its strategic planning; (2) the transitive strategies leading from the technobureaucratic model to the participative model of management by results, by using strategies of dynamic conservatism; and (3) the knowledge a manager must command as to how well he or she is supposed to perform in each event associated with the desired model of management.

Adoção do modelo de Planejamento Estratégico Situacional no setor público brasileiro: um estudo de caso

ID: 23191

Authors: Francisco Sobreira Neto, Flavio Hourneaux Junior, Edison Fernandes Pólo.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 149-165, October-December, 2006. 17 page(s).

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Despite all the importance of strategic planning in organizations of the private industry, similar experiences described in the public administration context are rare. Furthermore, the methodologies used in these cases are neither clear nor consolidated as they should be, because they are, in general, adaptations from their parallels of the private sector. This article aims at identifying the main elements concerning the Situational Strategic Planning (PES) methodology, and its adoption by the Tributary Administration Coordination (CAT) of the State of São Paulo. It consists of an exploratory study, introducing a notorious experience within the Brazilian tributary administration, which qualifies for a unique case study method. The text investigates: the main aspects of strategic management in the public administration; the process of strategic planning inside CAT with the PES adoption; the main results achieved; and, finally, the conclusions considering the case context.

Instrumentos de Gestão e Controle de Gastos em C&T: o caso das prestações de contas simplificadas do Programa de Demanda Social na CAPES

ID: 23192

Authors: Pedro Marcos Roma de Castro, Luiz Alberto Rocha de Lira, Geciane Silveira Porto.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 169-186, October-December, 2006. 18 page(s).

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The present paper reports an experience of construction and implantation of a management information system for a management institution of Science and Technology – S&T. Nowadays the control and accompaniment of execution of expenses related with scholarships of master and doctor degree is realized through of the innovator system of simplified accounts rendering. This system managing the execution of it surrounds of 34.000 scholarships related with the graduate studies in all the national territory. The conditions of implantation of system put CAPES (Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education) and the diverse nationals Institutions of Superior Education, in partnership for to make the process of accounts rendering of the scholarships of post-graduation stricto sensu, a process dynamic, rapid and creative. The objectives this work is: a) To make public the experience of implantation of system of simplified accounts rendering of Social Demand (Program of concession scholarships of master and doctor), b) to evaluate the results reached and the performance of the system; c) to register and to evaluate key aspects of character technique/politics of the information system, with its difficulties and limitations. The improvement of flow of information promoted by the software adapted and reduction of bureaucracy in the process of accounts rendering it reflects in improvement of accompaniment, control and management decisions in skillful time, lessons about the management of process and information in S&T, whose knowledge can to be of utility for similar entrepreneurships.

Resenha: - Inovação e Cooperação Intergovernamental: microrregionalização, consórcios, parcerias e terceirização no setor saúde - (KEINERT, Tânia Margarete Mezzomo; ROSA, Tereza Etsuko da Costa & MENEGUZZO, Marco - 2006)

ID: 23193

Authors: Antonio Ricardo de Souza.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 189-190, October-December, 2006. 2 page(s).

Document type: Book Review (Portuguese)

Resenha: - Auto-ajuda e gestão de negócios: uma parceria de sucesso - (MARTELLI, Carla Giani - 2006)

ID: 23194

Authors: Marcio Gomes de Sá.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 191-193, October-December, 2006. 3 page(s).

Document type: Book Review (Portuguese)

Resenha: - Construire des gouvernances: entre citoyens, décideurs et scientifiques - (Solinís, Gérman (org.) - 2005)

ID: 23195

Authors: Tânia Fischer.

Source: Organizações & Sociedade, v. 13, n. 39, p. 195-196, October-December, 2006. 2 page(s).

Document type: Book Review (Portuguese)