Succession effectiveness in family wineries is considered critical for the incumbents and the owning families looking forward to assure winery success and trans-generational continuity, as this endeavour requires substantial commitment, social skills, financial health, and idiosyncratic considerations that are more often than not unstable. Therefore, this thesis provides a platform of critical reflection and theoretical development upon the findings of a doctoral research on the topic of effective succession in family wineries for bringing further and closer theory and professional practice. Systematic literature review of the best available sources of knowledge served as a starting point. It was shown that there is a plethora of academic research on effective family business succession that makes available useful insights into this important process. The review has identified the major theories, models, and frameworks, and provided information on different factors and variables that are believed appropriate to foster succession process further. However, the review findings are often fragmented and subjective which makes it difficult to draw valid conclusions that can be representative for family wineries. Moreover, the review revealed certain gaps and uncertainties in the research that this thesis has aimed to bridge, and allowed the development of a preliminary conceptual framework (version one) with the testable research hypotheses. A primary research that followed in the organizational context of Cypriot family wineries made use of both quantitative and qualitative approaches, at a greater and lesser extent, respectively. These approaches were put forward based on the researcher’s ontological, epistemological and axiological assumptions. The numeric data were largely generated from a self-completed questionnaire survey that was comprehensive with an open aspect. The questionnaire was mailed to the entire population of fifty-four family wineries inclusive with hundred participants. The statistical analysis was undertaken using SPSS software. Pearson correlation analysis was the foremost statistical device used in the direction of establishment significant relationships among different succession factors. In order to enrich the meaning of statistical analysis with wine-specific insights, the researcher made further use of illustrative evidence collected from the survey open aspect.

Submitted by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2015-05-04T20:05:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ganem, Márcia Luiza Freitas.pdf: 17668068 bytes, checksum: 2900fed97525e8d71ba8674c72dc2ab1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Patricia Barroso (pbarroso@ufba.br) on 2015-05-05T14:18:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Ganem, Márcia Luiza Freitas.pdf: 17668068 bytes, checksum: 2900fed97525e8d71ba8674c72dc2ab1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-05T14:18:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ganem, Márcia Luiza Freitas.pdf: 17668068 bytes, checksum: 2900fed97525e8d71ba8674c72dc2ab1 (MD5) / Em um mundo cada vez mais globalizado, torna-se primordial reconhecer e preservar os valores identitários de cada cultura, enquanto elementos fundamentais para a diferenciação e competitividade no design e para a renovação e dinamização das tradições artesanais, contribuindo para a sua sustentabilidade e permanência. Por isso, a pesquisa Design Dialógico: Uma Estratégia para a Gestão Criativa de Tradições tem por objetivo examinar o campo sinérgico decorrente do relacionamento entre designers e grupos de artesãos tradicionais, contando para isso, com as referências teóricas no campo da criatividade, da inovação, da cultura e do design, examinando práticas para a formulação de estratégias voltadas para a gestão criativa, com base em entrevistas, observação participante e não participante e análise de documentos. A partir da análise de todo material, foi construída uma tecnologia de gestão social que considera as necessidades no relacionamento entre designers e grupos tradicionais, envolvendo reconhecimento de identidades, inovação, fruição, economia plural, monitoramento e celebração de resultados.Essa tecnologia é apresentada em uma proposta de livro que busca contribuir para a re-valorização dos territórios humanos, o respeito às identidades no trabalho entre designers e comunidades tradicionais, bem como o reconhecimento da inovação para a permanência das tradições. Within a globalised world, it becomes essential to recognise and preserve the identity values in each culture, and their contribution to the differentiation and competitiveness is priceless for the design in the global market.Thus, this research seeks to examine the synergetic field emerging from the relationship between designers and groups of traditional artisans. The theoretical basis is the field of creativity, innovation, culture and design. We have examined practices for the formulation of strategies oriented to creative management, using interviews, participant and non-participant observation, and documents.We have built a social management technology considering designers and traditional group necessities, involving the recognition of identities, innovation, fruition, plural economy, monitoring and celebration of results.Present in a book proposal, such technology seeks to contribute to the promotion of human territories, the respect of identities at work among designers and traditional communities, as well as the recognition of innovation for the continuity of tradition.

A dissertation submitted to the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Engineering at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Technology Construction Management / This study investigated the causes and impact of the effects of shortages of skilled artisans on contractor productivity. The objectives of the study were as follows: (i) to identify causes of shortages of skills during the construction production phases; (ii) to define the effects of shortages of skills during the production phase of a project; (iii) to examine how to deal with shortages of skills when they happen; (iv) to determine ways in which the shortage of skills may be reduced; (v) to determine whether shortages of skills cause poor contractor performance. The study was inspired by many international and local studies demonstrating a lack of concern for the impact of shortages of skilled artisans on project performance, and their effects on project time. The research method adopted for study was a survey of construction sites and staff within the NMC group in the Cape Peninsula metropolitan area of the Western Cape Province. The study collected data from 65 participants from 10 different NMC sites. The participants in the survey included Project managers, site managers, quantity surveyors and artisans on sites. The findings of the study revealed that there is lack of formal training of artisans; performance of artisans is not highly regarded and there is lack of motivation, these factors contribute to the shortages of skilled artisans. It is also evident that shortage of skills causes’ poor contractor performance and leads to poor quality of work. The researchers also found that, setting out errors occur due to lack of coordination between the main contractor and subcontractors and the lack of skills on the part of the artisans. In addition, inexperience on the side of the leading hand and / or supervisor and trades foremen and their inability to interpret the drawings contributed to rework during construction phase. A reason also given for shortage of artisans is that young people are afraid to get their hands dirty. Young people would rather work with computers than for engineering and its associated professions. It is recommended that to increase the supply of artisans some measures will have to be implemented to encourage young people to become artisans.

Excavation of middens from two households in a peripheral parish of the colonial city of Riobamba, in the Audiencia of Quito (today Ecuador), has included analysis of faunal and botanical remains, in order to better understand the relationship between race, social class, and material culture in the 18th century Andean city. Although city officials of the 16th century attempted to maintain separate neighborhoods for indigenous people, by the 18th century such neighborhoods had become racially mixed. Despite the hybrid nature of the material remains in such households, poverty, status as artisans, and racial classification as indios were still significant factors in the lives of those who lived in the San Blas parish in the 18th century. Much historical archaeology focuses on the level of households as a scale of analysis, and yet for urban environments, it is important to also consider the parish, or neighborhood, as an important unit of analysis. / La excavación de basurales de dos casas de barrios periféricos de la ciudad colonial de Riobamba, en la Audiencia de Quito (hoy Ecuador), ha incluido el análisis de restos botánicos y de fauna con el fin de lograr un mejor entendimiento de las relaciones existentes entre raza, clase social y cultura material en una ciudad andina del siglo XVIII. A pesar de que las autoridades locales del siglo XVI intentaron mantener barrios exclusivos para la gente indígena, para el siglo XVIII, estos mismos barrios se transformaron en lugares racialmente mestizos. Pese a una naturaleza híbrida de los materiales culturales en estos contextos, la pobreza, un estatus de artesanos y la clasificación racial de «indios» fueron factores determinantes en la vida de quienes poblaron la parroquia San Blas en siglo XVIII. Gran parte de la arqueología histórica se enfoca al nivel de unidades domésticas en la escala de análisis y, aun para entornos urbanos, es importante también considerar a la parroquia, o vecindario, como una importante unidad de análisis.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-08-08T12:50:57Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Dissertação para Aprovação 2016.pdf - Aldir.pdf: 3858734 bytes, checksum: 32e9f8a43d43088f179c583d3ed4de0b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-08T12:50:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Dissertação para Aprovação 2016.pdf - Aldir.pdf: 3858734 bytes, checksum: 32e9f8a43d43088f179c583d3ed4de0b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-13 / O objetivo geral dessa pesquisa é o de compreender os sentidos da produção de mestras artesãs em barro da comunidade do Alto do Moura em Caruaru-PE. Entre os objetivos específicos tem-se, i) identificar os principais sentidos presentes na produção de mestras-artesãs de arte figurativa da comunidade do Alto do Moura; ii) descrever os principais processos de formação de artesãs através da produção de mestras-artesãs e iii) elencar as principais estratégias de invisibilização da produção de arte figurativa de mulheres em comunidades de artesãs(ãos) em barro. No Alto do Moura, as mulheres artesãs tem buscado avisibilidade de sua arte, pois há uma discrepância entre um maior reconhecimento da produção dos homens em detrimento a um menor reconhecimento da produção das mulheres. Ao mesmo tempo elas apontam inquietações acerca da formulação de uma organização para fortalecimento como protagonistas dos seus saberes e das suas produções. Neste sentido, consistiu em dialogar com as compreensões sobre Educação popular, nos termos de Danilo Streck, João Francisco de Souza, Paulo Freire, Carlos Rodrigues Brandão e Marco RaúlMejía. Sobre as discussões referente ao feminismo e suas epistemologias na América Latina dialogamos com Francesca Gargallo, Marcela Lagarde, Graciela Alonso, Raúl Díaz e MaríaLugones. A estética no imaginário popular, foi também outro ponto privilegiado do nosso estudo, em razão disso estudamos as concepções de Gilbert Durand, Michel Maffesoli e Danielle Perin Rocha Pitta. Por fim, o quadro teórico da Sociologia das Ausências de Boaventura de Sousa Santosnos deu base para discutir a invisibilidade da produção da mulher artesã, enquanto mestra.Estes(as) autores(as) contribuíram para uma melhor aproximação com o tema, e pôde nos revelar as diversas formas de exclusões destas artesãs num sistema patriarcal e sexista de dominação. O estudo sobre as mulheres, nos possibilitou uma visão da construção de saberes populares dentro de uma produção feminista, reafirmando, assim, o conhecimento popular das artesãs em barro da comunidade do Alto do Moura. / The overall objective of this research is to understand the significance of the production of master clay artisans in the Alto do Moura community in Caruaru-PE. Specifically, this research aims to, i) identify the key purpose present in the production of figurative art by master-artisans from the Alto do Moura community; ii) describe the principal processes of training artisans through the generation of master-craftsmen, and iii) list the principal strategies which inbisibilize the clay figurative art production by women artisans and female artisan communities. In Alto do Moura, female artisans have sought visibility of their art, because there is a discrepancy between a greater recognition of the works of male artisans, and lesser recognition of the works of female artisans. At the same time they raise concerns about the formulation of an organization to empower women to be protagonists of their own knowledge and their own productions. In this sense, it has been a dialogue with the understandings of popular education, in the terms of Danilo Streck, Joao Francisco de Souza, Paulo Freire, Carlos Rodrigues Brandão and Marco RaúlMejía. In discussions related to feminism and its epistemologies in Latin America, we dialogued with Francesca Gargallo, Marcela Lagarde, Graciela Alonso, Raul Diaz and Maria Lugones. Aesthetics in the popular imagination was also another focal point of our study, and on account of this, we studied the ideas of Gilbert Durand, Michel Maffesoli and Danielle Perin Rocha Pitta. Finally, the theoretical framework of Boaventura de Sousa Santos' Sociology of Absences gave us the basis to discuss the invisibility of the formation of artisan women as master-teachers. These authors contributed to a better approach to the subject, and were able to reveal the various forms of exclusion of these artisans in a patriarchal and sexist system of domination. The study on women enabled a vision of building popular knowledge within a feminist production, and thus reaffirming the popular knowledge of the clay artisans in the Alto do Moura community.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-11T13:59:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Raiana Mendes.pdf: 3314719 bytes, checksum: 0b2a982c69f174d0f981843e958b92ad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The material of this dissertation is constituted by ethnographical descriptions and analysis of testimonials that relate to the past, that revive the whole trajectory of a group of people and of their families. It is by means of the social trajectory of this group of female artisans that I approach the problematic of environmental policy and its consequences for the self-proclaimed traditional peoples and communities. The differential aspect here is that the self-definition of the female and male artisans of the arumã occurs after their gathering under an institutionalization into an association, the AANA- Associação de Artesãos de Novo Airão (Artisans Association of Novo Airão), created with the mediation of Fundação Vitória Amazônica NGO. This mediation occurred in the effort of implementing an organizing logic based on a formal and bureaucratized associative model, and its consequences were the reorganization of these artisans, who began to activate their kin network, by means of family labor, as a mobilization strategy, strengthening and ressignification of its own representative unity created before: the AANA / Constituem o material dessa dissertação descrições etnográficas e análises de depoimentos que se reportam ao passado, que revivem toda a trajetória de um grupo de pessoas e de suas famílias. É pela trajetória social desse grupo de artesãs e suas famílias que me aproximo da problemática sobre política ambiental e suas consequências para os autodenominados povos e comunidades tradicionais. O diferencial aqui é que a auto definição das artesãs e artesãos do arumã ocorre depois do encontro dos mesmos sob a institucionalização em uma associação, a AANA- Associação de Artesãos de Novo Airão, criada com a mediação da ONG Fundação Vitória Amazônica. Essa mediação se deu na tentativa de implementação de uma lógica organizativa pautada no modelo associativo formal e burocratizado, e teve como consequências a reorganização desses artesãos que passaram a acionar suas redes de parentesco, por meio do trabalho familiar, como estratégia de mobilização, fortalecimento e resignificação da sua própria unidade representativa já criada: a AANA

The current shortage of artisans in the Nigerian house construction sector has constrained the productivity of the sector and exacerbated the nation‟s housing problem. The persistent neglect of the artisan training system has negatively impacted on the stock of artisans available for house construction projects. Nigeria‟s large and fast-growing population of over 140 million with an estimated growth rate of 3.2 percent has engendered increased investment in shelter provision; especially by individuals and families due to fast rising housing rentals- mainly in the urban centres. Past policies have not adequately addressed the realities of the skills crisis occasioned by inadequate and neglected apprenticeship training and poorly developed vocational education and training systems. The fallout of this is manifested in the difficulties faced by developers in sourcing suitably qualified and experienced artisans for house construction projects. In response to this challenge, an upsurge of migrant artisans and craftsmen from neighbouring West African nations like Togo, Benin Republic and Ghana to Nigeria has occurred in the recent times. They were attracted by building contracting firms to fill the gap created by inadequate artisan supply that is currently being experienced locally. This development is totally unacceptable as it exacerbates the overarching socio-economic problems in Nigeria, especially the already high unemployment rate which is estimated to be 23.9 percent. This study has consequently investigated the inadequate training of house construction artisans in South Western Nigeria; evolving interventions and developing a strategic model for improving the artisan training system to ensure an adequate and sustainable artisan supply in the house construction sector. The model incorporates best practices, rethinking strategies and integrated approaches in mitigating the identified challenges. The model is underpinned by reviewed literature and empirical findings. Quantitative surveys and interviews were utilised as the data sources. The research findings show that the factors which negatively impact on the artisan training system in the house construction sector include: the poor image of artisans in society; lack of recruitment strategies for attracting potential artisans; inadequate policy framework for training and employment; a faulty and rigid National Qualification Framework (NQF); the non-participation of employers in training; a poor funding mechanism; a weak regulatory framework and corrupt practices in training administration. Recommendations for addressing the inadequate training of artisans include education policy reforms to give priority to vocational education; a new regime of funding for vocational education and training; a review of the National Qualification Framework to integrate the vocational colleges with the university system; a reform of the regulatory framework; public re-orientation on the societal image of the artisans; adoption of a new approach of public- private partnership in artisan training; the provision of incentives schemes to attract potential artisans and the appropriation of the proposed model for an integrated approach to addressing the challenges.

The generation of attractive innovations is one of the most important and complex tasks companies undertake, the process of open innovation is being used to support this endeavour. SMEs often face difficulties applying and commercialising external sources’ technologies for their own purposes due to liability of smallness and related lack of capability of co-ordination. In particular, small and medium-sized system integrators of electronic consumer products (SIs) are (1) highly dependent on close collaboration with external organisations, (2) have to cope with turbulent technology markets, and have to manage (3) the continuous shortening of innovation cycles. These factors necessitate small and mediumsized SIs of electronic consumer products to increase their dynamic capability to innovate, which subsequently forms the basis for the SIs’ sustainable competitiveness. The effective embedding of the Purchasing Organisation (PO) into the innovation outside-in process can potentially become a major driver in improving the overall innovation process and company performance. However, given academic research does not provide sufficient insight concerning relevant Enabling Factors (EFs) and related drivers. Therefore, academics allude to a demand for further research in the field of early purchasing involvement in the innovation process. In addition, purchasing practitioners point to the low maturity of Purchasing Organisations with regard to securing innovations. To explore relevant Enabling Factors for purchasing integration into the innovation process, the qualitative study design was based on an embedded case study inquiry with multiple units of analysis. Data collection and analysis was realised through a sequential qualitative  quantitative mixedmethod approach. For this reason, interviews were conducted with 7 purchasing experts from the medium-sized German television set manufacturer Loewe. To obtain insights as to the generalisability of the findings, a purposive selected sample of 11 purchasing experts from other SIs with high dependency on innovation suppliers were interviewed via webbased questionnaires. The study identified: EF1: External Interconnectedness EF2: Preferred Customer status Process EF3: Management Commitment to the PO EF4: External Interconnectedness EF5: Early Integration into Product Planning EF6: Degree of Professionalisation of the PO EF7: Innovation Management System and EF8: Open-minded Relations based on Trust as a relevant Enabling Factor. Furthermore, the study suggests direct relations between the EFs and 32 drivers that are formative to the related Enabling Factors. Based on the study findings, 14 strategic measures were defined via focus group interviews. In this way, the study contributes to given academic knowledge in the field of early purchasing involvement into new product development processes (NPD). With regard to such new product development processes, this study suggests integrating the PO, as a third element, into the R&D and marketing interface.

Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2020 / This thesis examined the impact skills shortage among artisans in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) field have on the industry. The rationale for this investigation is based on the view of engineers and company owners in the HVAC industry that there is a dire need to train more artisans and to improving the skills of already qualified artisans. The thesis employed a mixed method research approach and reviewed relevant literature. Empirical data was obtained from HVAC contracting companies being members of the South African Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors Association (SARACCA) in the Western Cape. The study demonstrates that there is a shortage of skilled and qualified artisans in the HVAC industry. Although there are individuals within the HVAC industry who are passionate about training, their efforts cannot supply the whole industry with knowledgeable qualified artisans. More emphasis should be placed on basic education, the level of artisan training, continuous training of qualified artisans and the retention of skilled artisans. Based on the findings, the study concluded that skilled artisans and poor quality workmanship is being experienced on a continuous basis. The lack of skilled artisans and the cost implication to obtain skilled artisans force companies to employ unskilled labour. It is recommended that the industry should work closer with government agencies to ensure that training being offered by private training institutions and colleges is aligned with the industry requirements. This together with an improved education system will secure skilled artisans.

In this study I explore two understudied aspects of India's informal economy, viz. the institutions that sustain informal knowledge, and gender disparities among self-employed workers using a combination of primary survey and interview methods as well as econometric estimation. The data used in the study come from the Indian National Sample Survey (NSS) as well as from fieldwork conducted in the city of Banaras (Varanasi) in North India. The vast majority of the Indian work-force is "uneducated" from a conventional point of view. Even when they have received some schooling, formal education rarely prepares individuals for employment. Rather, various forms of apprenticeships and on-the-job training are the dominant modes of knowledge acquisition. The institutions that enable creation and transfer of knowledge in the informal economy are poorly understood because informal knowledge itself is understudied. However, the rise of the so-called "Knowledge Society" has created a large literature on traditional and indigenous knowledge and has brought some visibility to the informal knowledge pos- sessed by peasants, artisans, and other workers in the informal economy. The present study extends this strand of research. In Chapter Two, taking the weaving indus- try as a case-study, work is introduced into the study of knowledge. Thus informal knowledge is studied in the context of the production relations that create and sustain it. Further, the family mode of production and apprenticeships are foregrounded as important institutions that achieve inter-generational transfer of knowledge at a low cost. Clustering of weaving firms ensures fast dissemination of new fabric designs and patterns which holds down monopoly rents. In Chapter Three taking advan- tage of a recently issued Geographical Indication (GI), an intellectual property right (IPR) that attempts to standardize the Banaras Sari to protect its niche in the face of powerloom-made imitation products, I investigate the likely effects of such an at- tempt to create craft authenticity. Through field observations and via interviews with weavers, merchants, State officials and NGO workers, I find that the criteria of authenticity have largely been developed without consulting artisans and as a result tend to be overly restrictive. In contrast, I find that weavers themselves have a more dynamic and fluid notion of authenticity. Homeworking women are widely perceived to be among the most vulnerable and exploited groups of workers. Piece-rates and undocumented hours of work hide ex- tremely low hourly wages and workers themselves are often invisible. Though women form a crucial part of the Banaras textile industry, to the outside observer they are invisible, both because they are in purdah and because women's work proceeds in the shadow of weaving itself, which is a male occupation. In Chapter Four, using field observations, interviews, and time-use analysis I show that women perform paid work for up to eight hours a day but are still seen as working in their spare time. Because the opportunity cost of spare time is zero, any wage above zero is deemed an improvement. Hourly wage rates in Banaras are found to be as low as eight to ten cents an hour, well below the legal minimum wage. In Chapter Five, I use Na- tional Sample Survey data on the informal textile industry to test the hypothesis that emerges from ethnographic work in Banaras. If women are indeed penalized for un- dertaking joint production of market and non-market goods, women working on their own without hired workers are expected to perform much worse than men working by themselves. I find that after accounting for differences in education, assets, working hours, occupation and other relevant variables, women working by themselves earn 52% less than their male counterparts. This gender penalty disappears in case of self- employed women who can afford to employ wage-workers. I also show that women in the informal economy are more likely to be engaged in putting-out or subcontracting arrangements and suffer a gender penalty as a result.