Bien que le nombre de femmes, travaillant dans des cabinets de conseil et à des postes à haute responsabilité, ait augmenté, il reste cependant moins élevé que celui des hommes. En effet, la promotion au statut d’associé est le critère utilisé pour marquer la nature et l’existence, au sein des entreprises de services professionnels, de ce qu’on appelle en français le ‘plafond de verre’. De même, devenir associé constitue une des évolutions professionnelles les plus complexes qui soit, le futur associé devant s’inventer une identité professionnelle nouvelle et différente. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif de cette recherche est double. Tout d’abord, elle s’attache à mieux comprendre comment les femmes et les hommes consultants, au sein d’une culture organisationnelle sexualisée, se construisent leur propre identité professionnelle. Ensuite, son objectif est également d’approfondir les connaissances sur la façon dont l’identité professionnelle contribue à expliquer l’existence et la nature de ce ‘plafond de verre’ dans les entreprises de services professionnels.Cette perspective se base sur une étude qualitative réalisée auprès d’hommes et de femmes consultants et cadres supérieurs, et en particulier, mais pas de façon exclusive, auprès de ceux qui ont été promus associé. L’étude a été menée auprès d’associés et non associés évoluant au sein de quatre grands cabinets de conseil français et de deux grands cabinets américains. / Although there has been an increase in the number of women entering the management consulting firms, they are still proportionally much fewer in the highest levels of the hierarchy than men. Indeed, the promotion to partner is the criterion used to establish the nature and existence of the “glass ceiling” in professional services firms. At the same time, the transformation to partner is one of the most complex professional transformations there can be, in which the aspiring partners must assume a new and different professional identity. In this context, the aim of this research is twofold. On the one hand, the present research aims to better understand how women and men consultants construct their professional identities, in a gendered organizational culture. On the other hand, it also aims to deepen, in particular, the understanding of the ways in which professional identity contributes to explain the existence and nature of the glass ceiling in professional services firms. The perspective developed here is based on a qualitative study of male and female consultants and senior executives, primarily, although not exclusively, those who went through the promotion to partner. The research was conducted with partners and non-partners from four large management consulting firms in France, and two large management consulting firms in the United States.

Introduction: Professional development is an important aspect of working practices for academic librarians. In the past decades the academic library has been subjected to an enormous range of technological and cultural advancements that have constantly required its staff to develop their professional knowledge and understanding. One of the most recent revolutions has been the advent of social media. This advent of a new technology can provide challenges and opportunities but to fully understand these we need to analyse the relationship between social media and various context in more depth. Method: This inductive grounded theory study was iteratively conducted in three different academic libraries in England. At each location an analysis of the social media in use both organisationally and individually was made, and a purposefully selected number of actors was interviewed to gain a deeper understanding of their ideas about social media, CPD and the potential to learn from social media. Findings: The findings demonstrate that the managerial view of CPD is not necessarily compatible with the perception, or needs, of practitioners in relation to their professional development. To increase understanding of this domain, the study analysed the underlying factors related to both social media use and perception, and participation in and perception of professional development. This has led to the discovery of a theory that can be summarised as Continuous Professional Adaptation is learning that occurs as a consequence of professional awareness and preparedness through the use of informal networks. Outcome: The grounded theory presented in this document demonstrates a need to expand the dialogue on professional development in academic libraries, in both an academic and practical context, based on the advent of social media. Formal development in the shape of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is still regarded as the most relevant method of developing human resources due to the prevalence of a managerial approach to professional development. Conclusion: Increasingly academics and practitioners require more than the formal approach to professional development which can be classed as increasingly being irrelevant due to practical limitations of delivery time and mode and speed of changes occurring. This research contributes to that dialogue, providing a unique approach by incorporating social media with professional development.

This diploma thesis deals with professional liability insurance in the Czech Republic. The first chapter focuses on a general description of the insurance and its construction, the basic classification of legal liability and explanation of the types of insurance. The following chapter closely examines the status of professional associations and analyzes the framework agreement concluded by the selected associations. Another part is focused on the professional liability insurance of insurance intermediaries and independent loss adjusters. The last chapter describes the progression and current situation of professional liability insurance, focuses on the current possibilities of arranging insurance and presents selected insurance products.

The thesis is about professional liability insurance, focused primarily on legal professions. The first part describes general liability insurance, then the thesis is focused on characteristics and specific features of professional liability insurance. The thesis also analyzes legal requirements for insurance of selected professions and significance of professional associations in professional liability insurance. In conclusion, it examines availability of professional liability insurance products on the Czech insurance market.

The purpose of this study was to examine data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) report, identify questions and statements that correlate to the dimensions of professional learning communities (PLCs), and determine the effect PLCs have on student achievement based on the ECLS-K data. In addition, the rationale for doing this research was to measure growth in student achievement over time. A multilevel growth model was used for this research. Univariate analysis was conducted in order to reveal frequencies and percentages associated with teacher responses. Bivariate analysis was applied in order to determine the inter-correlations between the fourteen variables. Once the inter-correlations were determined from the bivariate analysis, principal component analysis was applied in order to reveal the theoretical relationship between the variables. Through the use of principal components a set of correlated variables is transformed into a set of structure coefficient: support and collaborative. Finally, a multilevel growth model was used in order to determine the effect that each variable within the support and collaborative structure coefficients had on student achievement over time. This study revealed a number of variables within the ECLS-K report that correspond to the dimensions of PLCs have a statistically significant effect on student achievement in math and reading over time. This study demonstrated that support and collaborative variables within PLCs have a positive effect on both math and reading IRT achievement from 3rd grade to 5th grade.

Leadership capacity may be enhanced when school staff members work together as a professional learning community (PLC). Leadership style may impact how well a school staff work as a professional learning community. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between principal leadership style and the level of PLC on 18 campuses across the US that were working on becoming PLCs. Staff members answered questions from two surveys which measured the level of leadership capacity, leadership style of the principal, and level of professional learning community within the schools. Questions regarding leadership capacity and leadership style were taken from the Leadership Capacity School Survey. Questions designed to measure the level of PLC on a campus were taken from the Professional Learning Community Assessment. The product-moment correlation coefficient or Pearson r was calculated between the answers from the questions from both surveys. The results indicated that when a capacity building principal is working with staff members to create a PLC, a higher level of PLC development is evidenced. When principals used collaboration with their staff, their schools operated at a lower level as a PLC. These results encourage principals to consider building capacity among their staff members if they want to create professional learning communities on their campus.

Este estudo de tese propõe uma discussão sobre as conexões existentes entre os cursos de qualificação profissional, gestados pelos programas governamentais PLANFOR e PNQ, e a formação da identidade profissional dos agricultores familiares na região de Januária - MG. Estes programas, gestados no início dos anos de 1990, num contexto de profundas mudanças no mundo do trabalho, foram implantados, também no meio rural, na busca por uma profissionalização do agricultor, capaz de conceber-lhes uma identidade profissional e integrá-los ao novo modelo de desenvolvimento. A disseminação dos novos padrões relacionados com a produtividade fez com que se tornassem mais complexas as relações com o mundo do trabalho e, por consequência, uma maior exigência de especialização dos trabalhadores. Pelo menos teoricamente, o acesso à tecnologia através da qualificação tende a proporcionar aumento da produção e da produtividade, o que geraria excedentes que levassem o agricultor a comercializar e se inserir nos mercados consumidores. Esse modelo de desenvolvimento para o campo se desenvolve a partir das políticas públicas de qualificação, mas nem todos os agricultores familiares assimilam essa receita e constroem estratégias de manutenção das suas condições de agricultura de tradição camponesa. A construção de identidades profissionais de agricultores se consolida naturalmente pelos processos sociais, mas também por mudanças nas estruturas produtivas e nas formas organizativas de sociedade. Dessa forma, a identidade profissional dos agricultores está relacionada com a qualificação e ao acesso à tecnologia de produção, com o uso da terra, com o crédito, ao mercado e, principalmente, ao reconhecimento social da profissão de agricultor. A qualificação profissional tem contribuído para o processo de profissionalização, mas, infelizmente, depende de outros elementos importantes de natureza econômica, institucional e social para a sua concretização. / This study thesis proposes a discussion on the connections between the professional qualification courses, gestated by government programs PLANFOR and PNQ, and the formation of professional identity of the farmers in the region Januária - MG. These programs, gestated in the early 1990s, in a context of profound changes in the world of work were deployed also in rural areas, in search for a professional farmer, able to design them a professional identity and integrate it into new development model. The spread of new standards related to productivity made them become more complex relations with the world of work and, therefore, require more specialized workers. At least in theory, access to technology through training tend to provide increased production and productivity which would generate surpluses that led farmers to enter the market and consumer markets. This model of development for the field develops from public policy qualification, but not all farmers assimilate this recipe and build strategies to maintain their conditions of peasant farming tradition. The construction of professional identities of farmers established itself naturally by social processes, but also by changes in production structures and the organizational forms of society. Thus the professional identity of farmers is related to the qualifications and access to production technology, with land use, with credit, market, and especially to social recognition of the farming profession. The qualification has contributed to the process of professionalization, but unfortunately, depends on other important elements of economic, institutional and social for their achievement.

Orientador: Maria Carolina de Azevedo Ferreira de Sousa / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T14:34:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Teodoro_AntonioDuarte_M.pdf: 340444 bytes, checksum: 4f030a0e8fff5345c651e8b0da7822e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004 / Resumo: Neste trabalho procurou-se desenvolver um estudo que permitisse obter uma visão mais clara e realista sobre o tema competências. Muito se fala sobre o assunto, com a maioria concordando que é bom, porém pouca gente o aplica integralmente em suas práticas. Para isto, é necessário observar e refletir sobre os conceitos, as experiências já implantadas e analisar as crenças, teorias e conclusões de alguns estudiosos sobre esse assunto. Utilizou-se de pesquisa bibliografia para obter informações sobre experiências, pertinentes ao tema, desenvolvidas em vários países, incluindo o Brasil. Este trabalho foi embasado, também, em experiências reais, relativas ao diagnóstico, ao desenvolvimento e ao processo de avaliação, tendo como princípio norteador o conceito de competências, ou seja, a capacidade de mobilizar conhecimentos, habilidades e atitudes para o desempenho eficiente de um trabalho. Sob a ótica da gestão da qualidade, as afirmações, deduções e conclusões tiveram como foco a sua aplicabilidade e possível contribuição para a condução dos processos organizacionais. A posição de alguns autores que têm uma visão diferente à filosofia da competência, inclusive a visão dos discordantes, contrapondo com a visão idealista daqueles que a defendem, foi outro importante elemento que reforçou a necessidade de aprofundamento nesse assunto. Acredita-se que os resultados deste trabalho sejam importantes para estudos sobre formação profissional e desenvolvimento de RH, assim como para o processo de gestão das empresas / Abstract: In this work it was looked to develop a study that allowed to get a clearer and realistic view on the subject competences. Much is said on the subject, with the majority agreeing that it is good, however little people integrally apply it in its practical. For this, it is necessary to observe and to reflect on the concepts, the experiences already implanted and to analyze the beliefs, theories and conclusions of some studious on this subject. Bibliography was used of research to get information on experiences, pertinent to the subject, developed in some countries, including Brazil. This work was based, also, in real experiences, relative the diagnostic, the development and the evaluation process, having as direction principle the concept of competences, or either, the capacity to mobilize knowledge, abilities and attitudes for the efficient performance of a work. Under the view of the quality management, the affirmations, the deductions and the conclusions had as focus its applicability and possible contribution for the conduction of the processes in the organizations. The position of some authors who have a different view to the philosophy of the competence, also the view of the opponents, opposing down the idealistic view of that they defend it, was another important element that confirmed the necessity of research in this subject. It is given credit that the results of this work are important for studies on professional formation and development of people, as well as for the process of companies management / Mestrado / Gestão da Qualidade Total / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

Diversos pesquisadores têm sinalizado que o impacto da globalização e das modernas tecnologias da informação e comunicação transformou a noção de como o trabalho é desenvolvido nas organizações. No atual contexto, antigas promessas de estabilidade de emprego não conseguem mais ser sustentadas, fazendo-se necessário repensar os paradigmas de desenvolvimento profissional. Frente a este cenário, surge uma abordagem denominada carreiras sem fronteiras, onde os indivíduos transitam mais livremente entre diversas organizações, desatrelam suas identidades de empregadores específicos e incorporam outras dimensões da vida humana, além da profissional, como elementos vitais à sua realização pessoal. Além disso, o novo paradigma comporta de forma mais natural interrupções temporárias de carreira, entendendo-as como parte da evolução profissional e de vida do indivíduo. Neste sentido, pesquisadores americanos têm crescentemente investigado um movimento denominado \"revolução opt-out\", descrevendo indivíduos altamente qualificados e com alto desempenho que, em busca de maior realização pessoal, voluntariamente tomam alguma decisão de carreira que vai de encontro às tradicionais premissas de evolução profissional. Alguns modelos explicativos têm sido elaborados buscando compreender as motivações de tais profissionais, dentre os quais o modelo ABC de carreiras caleidoscópio utilizado neste trabalho. Embora muito se discuta sobre o cenário acima no exterior, não existem estudos científicos investigando se o movimento opt-out ocorre no país, e se ocorre, quais as suas características e qual o perfil dos profissionais que o adotam, sendo este, portanto, o objeto de pesquisa deste trabalho. Para examinar tais questões, realizou-se um censo quantitativo e descritivo de 248 ex-alunos de graduação e pós-graduação da Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade da Universidade de São Paulo (FEA USP), que estiveram presentes em encontro de ex-alunos realizado em 10 de novembro de 2007. Os dados coletados foram analisados por meio de estatística descritiva e estatística inferencial (testes qui-quadrado, t de Student, análise de variância, análise de correspondência e análise fatorial). Os resultados obtidos levaram à aceitação das quatro hipóteses propostas para o trabalho, indicando que uma parcela significativa dos respondentes já fez movimentos opt-out ao longo da carreira, e foram comprovadas vinculações significativas entre o perfil dos respondentes e a realização de opt-out; entre o perfil dos respondentes e os motivos apontados para a decisão; e entre os tipos de movimento opt-out e as razões subjacentes à decisão. / Several researchers have indicated that the impact of globalization and modern information and communication technologies transformed the notion of how work is done in the organizations. In the present context, previous promises of job stability can no longer be sustained, resulting in the need to rethink the paradigms of professional development. In this scenario, it comes into play a concept called boundaryless careers, in which individuals move more freely among different organizations, dissociating their identities from specific employers and incorporating other dimensions of life - beyond their professional activities - as essential elements for their personal fulfillment. Furthermore, the new paradigm accepts temporary career interruptions in a more natural way, considering them as part of the evolution of professional and personal lives. In that regard, American researchers are increasingly investigating a movement called \"opt-out revolution\", describing highly qualified and highly performing individuals who voluntarily make a career decision contrary to the traditional premises of professional evolution. Some explanatory models have been elaborated in order to understand the motivations of these individuals, including the ABC model of kaleidoscope careers used in the present study. Despite the intense discussions abroad regarding such scenario, there are no scientific studies investigating if the opt-out movement occurs in Brazil and, if it occurs, what characteristics it has and what is the profile of professionals who adopt it - and these are the objectives of the current study. To examine these questions, a quantitative and descriptive research was performed involving 248 graduate and post-graduate alumni from the School of Economics, Management, and Accounting of the University of São Paulo (FEA USP), who attended the alumni meeting occurred in November 10th, 2007. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (qui-square test, t-Student test, analysis of variance, correspondence analysis and factor analysis). The results permit to accept the four hypotheses proposed for this study, indicating that a significant amount of the respondents had done opt-out movements along their careers, and significant connections were found between the respondents` profiles and the adoption of opt-out movements; between the respondents` profiles and the reasons for making such decisions; and between the type of opt-out movement and the reasons for making the opt-out decisions.

As education reform initiatives around the world are becoming more focused on developing teacher professional development and school professional learning communities (PLCs), the role of school principal leadership in implementing reforms related to the government vision of teacher professional development and school PLC has come to be seen as important. This has also led to the establishment of leadership training programmes for school principals to assist these principals with their new role as leaders of school reform implementation. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the school principals' roles in leading teacher professional development in four public schools in similar socio-economic contexts, but with different levels of learner achievement, within the greater Cape Town area. Towards this end, the thesis relates professional development practices to the relevant policy - the Integrated Strategic Planning Framework for Teacher Professional Education and Development (the 'Framework'), to the Advanced Certificate of Education: School of Management and Leadership (ACE-SML) training curriculum and to the idea of a professional learning community, which is promoted by this policy and this training course. The research reported in this thesis draws on Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of field, habitus, capital, and doxa to conceptualise and describe the relationships between the various players and the ways in which these relationships affect teacher professional development practices and school PLC culture in the participating schools. Findings from this research reveal similarities and differences between the schools with regard to the roles of school senior leaders and the schools' approaches to teacher professional development practices. Ironically, government policy is taken less seriously in the three schools that achieve higher learning outcomes than in the school that achieves weaker outcomes. Instead of conforming to the policy, the approach in each of the three higher achieving schools is based on the history and values of the particular school, the preferences of the principals and whether or not the principal attended the school management and leadership training course.