Este trabalho busca lançar um novo olhar sobre momentos relevantes da história dos concursos de arquitetura no Brasil, partindo da premissa de que concursos são eventos que geram interesse por conterem um tipo de informação que reflete cada momento específico da produção arquitetônica. Discute a importância da representação no desenvolvimento do projeto arquitetônico, o papel do material gráfico na propagação de conceitos, assim como a supervalorização do discurso e da imagem e a inversão de valores que tal processo acarreta. Identifica, neste contexto, a existência de uma gramática específica nos projetos desenvolvidos para concursos, na qual a relação entre texto e desenhos assume características peculiares. Coloca a questão de como estes eventos geram uma discussão crítica e de que maneira este material torna-se referência para a formação de conhecimento específico na área. Para tanto, seu conteúdo está organizado em três momentos. O primeiro estabelece um arcabouço conceitual e define uma metodologia para análise dos projetos coletados. O segundo consiste na análise de três eventos fundamentais de nossa historiografia: o concurso para o Plano Piloto de Brasília (1956) um dos acontecimentos essenciais para a arquitetura brasileira e marco na história dos concursos; o do Pavilhão de Osaka (1969) representante de um período de afirmação de um discurso e parte fundamental da trajetória do movimento moderno brasileiro; e o concurso para o Pavilhão de Sevilha (1991) - evento polêmico e de repercussão expressiva, que caracteriza um atribulado período de transição cultural. Após a análise destes eventos de formação, o trabalho altera seu foco e, em seu terceiro momento, traça a trajetória construída desde a realização do concurso para Sevilha até os dias de hoje. Seguindo esta narrativa panorâmica, discute um evento contemporâneo, o concurso para o Museu da Tolerância da USP (2005), para, a partir do arcabouço gerado pelo estudo dos momentos de formação e seu rebatimento neste evento, abordar o contexto atual. Nas conclusões, o trabalho trata da identificação de uma retórica da representação expressa no conjunto de desenhos e textos analisados e discute a mensagem específica que cada desenho carrega e sua influência no desenvolvimento dos projetos. Confronta a democratização de meios com a especialização dos concorrentes e questiona a acessibilidade às técnicas de representação em contraponto à dificuldade de lançar mão dos recursos disponíveis sem cair na gratuidade. Como segundo ponto discute o valor dos textos que acompanham os desenhos, encarados como fios condutores da opção retórica, e identifica as diferentes posturas adotadas pelos autores. A última questão colocada diz respeito ao papel didático dos eventos enquanto momentos de reflexão crítica e discute a permanência das idéias, os elementos de formação de repertório e sua influência no campo da educação. A pesquisa conclui sua argumentação defendendo a leitura deste conjunto de trabalhos a partir do resgate de documentos que podem revelar aspectos fundamentais para o retrato de uma época e a formação de um conjunto de valores. / This research pursuits a new understanding on relevant moments of the history of architectural competitions in Brazil, by the premise that these are events that render interest for they provide a kind of information that reflects each specific moment of the architectural production. It discusses the importance of representation in the development of the architectural design, the role of graphic material for the transmission of concepts, as well as the overvaluation of discourse and image and the inversion of values that it causes. In this context, it identifies the existence of a specific language in projects developed for competitions, in which the relation between texts and drawings assume peculiar characteristics. It sets the question of how these events generate a critical discussion and how the produced material becomes reference to the formation of specific knowledge in the subject. For that purpose, its content is organized in three moments. The first one establishes a conceptual basis and defines a methodology for the analysis of the collected projects. The second moment consists of an analysis of three fundamental events of our historiography: the Brasilia Urbanization Plan competition (1956) one of the essential realizations for the Brazilian architecture and the history of competitions; the Osaka Pavilion competition (1969) representant of a period of affirmation of a discourse and important part of the Brazilian Modern Movement development; and the Seville Pavilion competition (1991) a polemic event with an expressive repercussion, which characterizes a turbulent period of cultural transition. Following the analysis of theses events of formation the research changes its focus and, in its third part, traces a panorama of realizations from the Seville competition to nowadays. After that, it discusses a contemporary event, the USP Tolerance Museum competition (2005), in order to, from the basis generated by the study of the formation events and its reflections on the recent one, establish an approach to the current context. In the conclusions the research treats of the identification of a representational rhetoric expressed in the analyzed collection of drawings and texts and it discusses the specific message contained in each drawing and its influence in the development of the projects. It confronts the democratization of means with the contestants\' specialization and questions the accessibility to the representation techniques in counterpoint to the difficulty of exploring the available resources avoiding loosing consistence. As a second point, it discusses the values of the texts that accompany the drawings, faced as main conductors of the rhetorical option, and it identifies different strategies adopted by the authors. The last question is about the didactic role of the events while moments of critical reflection and it discusses the permanence of ideas, the formation of repertoire elements and its influence in the field of education. The research concludes its argumentation defending the understanding of the collection of works based in the rescue of documents that may reveal fundamental aspects to the portrait of an era and the formation of our values.

Growing concern for the popularity of art competitions that encourage participation of secondary school senior art students is reflected in debate by many Australian art educators. It appears that acceptance of the external goal of winning a prize may demonstrate that many students and teachers have not fully considered the adverse implications of extrinsic rewards on learning strategies relevant to artistic behavior. On the other hand the benefit of exhibitions of student art work appears to be overshadowed by the prevalence of art competitions. This study surveys attitudes and perceptions of art teachers and secondary senior art students towards art competitions supported by the school. Subjects include secondary senior art students and teachers from selected Brisbane Independent Schools. It appears that participation in art competitions is more frequent in these schools. Results may prove beneficial to art educators who are concerned with the issue of extrinsic rewards for artistic behavior.

Este trabalho busca lançar um novo olhar sobre momentos relevantes da história dos concursos de arquitetura no Brasil, partindo da premissa de que concursos são eventos que geram interesse por conterem um tipo de informação que reflete cada momento específico da produção arquitetônica. Discute a importância da representação no desenvolvimento do projeto arquitetônico, o papel do material gráfico na propagação de conceitos, assim como a supervalorização do discurso e da imagem e a inversão de valores que tal processo acarreta. Identifica, neste contexto, a existência de uma gramática específica nos projetos desenvolvidos para concursos, na qual a relação entre texto e desenhos assume características peculiares. Coloca a questão de como estes eventos geram uma discussão crítica e de que maneira este material torna-se referência para a formação de conhecimento específico na área. Para tanto, seu conteúdo está organizado em três momentos. O primeiro estabelece um arcabouço conceitual e define uma metodologia para análise dos projetos coletados. O segundo consiste na análise de três eventos fundamentais de nossa historiografia: o concurso para o Plano Piloto de Brasília (1956) um dos acontecimentos essenciais para a arquitetura brasileira e marco na história dos concursos; o do Pavilhão de Osaka (1969) representante de um período de afirmação de um discurso e parte fundamental da trajetória do movimento moderno brasileiro; e o concurso para o Pavilhão de Sevilha (1991) - evento polêmico e de repercussão expressiva, que caracteriza um atribulado período de transição cultural. Após a análise destes eventos de formação, o trabalho altera seu foco e, em seu terceiro momento, traça a trajetória construída desde a realização do concurso para Sevilha até os dias de hoje. Seguindo esta narrativa panorâmica, discute um evento contemporâneo, o concurso para o Museu da Tolerância da USP (2005), para, a partir do arcabouço gerado pelo estudo dos momentos de formação e seu rebatimento neste evento, abordar o contexto atual. Nas conclusões, o trabalho trata da identificação de uma retórica da representação expressa no conjunto de desenhos e textos analisados e discute a mensagem específica que cada desenho carrega e sua influência no desenvolvimento dos projetos. Confronta a democratização de meios com a especialização dos concorrentes e questiona a acessibilidade às técnicas de representação em contraponto à dificuldade de lançar mão dos recursos disponíveis sem cair na gratuidade. Como segundo ponto discute o valor dos textos que acompanham os desenhos, encarados como fios condutores da opção retórica, e identifica as diferentes posturas adotadas pelos autores. A última questão colocada diz respeito ao papel didático dos eventos enquanto momentos de reflexão crítica e discute a permanência das idéias, os elementos de formação de repertório e sua influência no campo da educação. A pesquisa conclui sua argumentação defendendo a leitura deste conjunto de trabalhos a partir do resgate de documentos que podem revelar aspectos fundamentais para o retrato de uma época e a formação de um conjunto de valores. / This research pursuits a new understanding on relevant moments of the history of architectural competitions in Brazil, by the premise that these are events that render interest for they provide a kind of information that reflects each specific moment of the architectural production. It discusses the importance of representation in the development of the architectural design, the role of graphic material for the transmission of concepts, as well as the overvaluation of discourse and image and the inversion of values that it causes. In this context, it identifies the existence of a specific language in projects developed for competitions, in which the relation between texts and drawings assume peculiar characteristics. It sets the question of how these events generate a critical discussion and how the produced material becomes reference to the formation of specific knowledge in the subject. For that purpose, its content is organized in three moments. The first one establishes a conceptual basis and defines a methodology for the analysis of the collected projects. The second moment consists of an analysis of three fundamental events of our historiography: the Brasilia Urbanization Plan competition (1956) one of the essential realizations for the Brazilian architecture and the history of competitions; the Osaka Pavilion competition (1969) representant of a period of affirmation of a discourse and important part of the Brazilian Modern Movement development; and the Seville Pavilion competition (1991) a polemic event with an expressive repercussion, which characterizes a turbulent period of cultural transition. Following the analysis of theses events of formation the research changes its focus and, in its third part, traces a panorama of realizations from the Seville competition to nowadays. After that, it discusses a contemporary event, the USP Tolerance Museum competition (2005), in order to, from the basis generated by the study of the formation events and its reflections on the recent one, establish an approach to the current context. In the conclusions the research treats of the identification of a representational rhetoric expressed in the analyzed collection of drawings and texts and it discusses the specific message contained in each drawing and its influence in the development of the projects. It confronts the democratization of means with the contestants\' specialization and questions the accessibility to the representation techniques in counterpoint to the difficulty of exploring the available resources avoiding loosing consistence. As a second point, it discusses the values of the texts that accompany the drawings, faced as main conductors of the rhetorical option, and it identifies different strategies adopted by the authors. The last question is about the didactic role of the events while moments of critical reflection and it discusses the permanence of ideas, the formation of repertoire elements and its influence in the field of education. The research concludes its argumentation defending the understanding of the collection of works based in the rescue of documents that may reveal fundamental aspects to the portrait of an era and the formation of our values.

Today we are no longer only motivated by a paycheck, the new generation needs to feel that the work they are doing is stimulating, fun, and challenging. Gamification is based on the old concept of sales competitions. It is about using game elements in non-game contexts to bring out the fun in work. However, one has to keep in mind the culture in which the gamified system in implemented. Since it is in culture, values and goals are developed. These goals and values have an effect on our motivation, by affecting how we are motivated. Masculinity is one of Hofstede’s six cultural dimensions. Masculine cultures are more focused in achievements and rewards. This is something that is also commonly employed in gamified systems. Consequently, what is researched is: Does the cultural dimension of masculinity have an impact on the motivation from gamification? – Why, or why not? The question is studied with theoretical foundation from three perspectives: motivation, gamification, and culture. Furthermore, to answer this question, both qualitative and quantitative research was conducted. The study was done with Volkswagen in Sweden and their employees, and it centered around Volkswagen’s use of gamification in their sales department, and employee motivation. The results indicated that the employees generally appreciate the sales competitions and that they generally feel motivated. However, the results also indicated that they were not motivated in accordance with traditional gamification elements and theory. Nevertheless, it could be concluded that in Volkswagen’s case, gamification does have a motivational impact on the employees, even though they belong to a feminine culture.

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Architectural competitions offer opportunities to the participants which are both, individual and collective in nature. For the individual, it is an exercise in the ability to crystallize ideas and communicate them clearly - often exclusively through graphic means. Competitions are also a means of further developing one’s pre-existing ideas, as well as, investigating new ones. Collectively, they provide the opportunity of seeing the work and thoughts of others on a level which is, otherwise, rarely possible. It offers the combined aspects of: concentrated effort; demand of various architectural tools; diversity of thought and its equally diverse interpretation on a single theme. The work herein represents submitted entries to competitions through which these general observations were made. / Master of Architecture

В диссертационном исследовании проведен анализ всероссийских соревнований по чир спорту, выявлены проблемы и предложены пути их решения. Разработана модель проведения соревнований по чирлидингу на примере городского соревнования города Екатеринбурга. Разработанные мероприятия по организации соревнований могут быть использованы при планировании и проведении соревнований по чир спорту муниципальных образований Свердловской области, России. / The paper analyzes the prerequisites for the development and implementation of an electronic educational resource in the discipline of Physical culture in the process of teaching students. As a result of the research, the mooc (mass open online course) "Physical culture" for people with disabilities was developed and implemented in the educational process of Tyumen state University. It is aimed at students of non-physical education areas of training and students interested in physical culture and health-forming behavior.

Design brief is the descriptive and connective medium of design competitions. The main aim (design problem) of the design competition is explained by means of design brief which is setting up all needs and requirements or design program (specification) which is explaining the requirement list. The definition of design problem should be formulated to make clear statements in order to avoid misapprehensions by forming creative environment to enable creation of new ideas. The communication processes are composed between the participants of the competition, which are the client, competitors, jury and the public, by means of the formulation of design problem by the design brief. This thesis aims to understand the role of design brief as different from design program (specification) in the process and result of the urban design competitions by studying the nature and effects of design brief as the main communication tool in the design and evaluation processes in design competitions. Three urban design competitions are chosen as the main study areas of the thesis because of their different processes and results.

Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att få en ökad förståelse för vad som motiverar säljare, studien ämnar undersöka hur säljares motivation påverkas av belöningssystem och det sociala samspelet i form av; tävlingar, interaktion med kollegorna och utvecklingsmöjligheter. Metod: För att samla in material till studien har semi-strukturerade intervjuer används. I studien har åtta säljare intervjuats. Slutsatser: Studien har visat att kollegor och feedback är viktigt för våra respondenters motivation på arbetsplatsen. Viljan att gå till arbetet påverkas av relationerna till kollegorna. Feedback är viktigt för motivationen till arbetet. Kollegornas feedback värmer medan chefens feedback fungerar mer som en sporre till att arbeta hårdare. Provision, tävlingar och utvecklingsmöjligheter är något som motiverar flertalet av våra respondenter. Provisionen är en morot för de flesta och tävlingar gör det lite roligare för de anställda. Utvecklingsmöjligheter är viktigt för majoriteten av studiens respondenter. / Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to obtain a better understanding of what motivates salespeople, the study aims to investigate how the motivation of salespeople is influenced by reward systems and social interaction in the form of; competitions, interaction with colleagues and development opportunities. Methodology: To collect material for the study semi-structured interviews has been used. Eight salespersons were interviewed. Conclusions: The study has shown that for our study’s respondents colleagues and feedback is the most important source of motivation in the workplace. The will to go to work is influenced by relationships with colleagues while the feedback is important for the motivation to work. Colleagues' feedback is warming while the manager's feedback acts more as an incentive to work harder. Commissions, competitions and development is something that motivates the majority of our respondents. The commission is a carrot for the majority and competitions make it more fun for employees. Development opportunities are important for the majority of the study respondents.

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