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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-08-29Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:54:30Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 cervi_afc_me_bauru.pdf: 752756 bytes, checksum: 05739da00470af857c0d8d7f3cdf3889 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O aumento cada vez mais acentuado da competitividade faz com que as empresas busquem formas de se manter no mercado. Esse objetivo muitas vezes é alcançado formando-se clusters industriais que fornecem vantagens competitivas, melhorias no fluxo de informações, cooperação, aprendizagem entre outros. Este trabalho tem por objetivo criar e validar uma proposta para o desenvolvimento de Círculos de Controle de Qualidade em clusters industriais para que os processos sejam melhorados. Desta forma realizou-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica para que os conceitos sobre o tema fossem entendidos e fixados, confeccionou-se a proposta composta por dois focos de atuação, um para o cluster e um para as empresas, de forma a desenvolver os Círculos de controle da qualidade em clusters industriais e realizou-se sua validação. Esta pesquisa é composta pelas seções, introdução, referencial teórico, proposta pré-validação, validação da proposta, proposta para o desenvolvimento de círculos de controle da qualidade em clusters industriais, conclusão, referências e apêndice. Após a realização de todas as modificações feitas com base na experiência dos respondentes, está adequada à realidade de um cluster industrial / The indrease in competitiveness makes companies seek ways to stay in the market. This goal is often achieved by forming industrial clusters that provide competitive advantages, improvements in the flow of information, cooperation, learning, and more. This work aims to create and validate a proposition for the development of Quality Control Circles in clusters for industrial processes to be improved. Thus, we carried out a literatura search to understand the concepts and formulate the proposition that is composed of two focuses, first, on the cluster and second, on companies. This research is composed of the following sections: introdution, theoretical framework, proposition before validation, validation of the proposition, the proposition for the development of quality control circles in industrial clusters, conclusion, references, and appendix. After completion of all stages of this research, is was noted that the proposition is applicable and with subsequence modifications based on the experience of respondents it became adequate to the reality of an indutrial cluster

Currently an overwhelming number of businesses have adopted diversification strategies and are exhibiting great success and have a prominent footprint on the global market. On the contrary, there is divergent scholarly thinking on the diversification-performance link and a wide-spread condemnation for the adoption of diversification strategies. As a result, managers of successful diversified companies are running far ahead their scholarly counterparts. Priori constructs, developed through an extensive and wide ranging literature review, focused the theory building power of the inductive case study research methodology employed. Through the lens of the emerging dynamic capabilities theory, four of the most highly successful diversified conglomerates over an extended period, were selected through the extreme case variant method, and were investigated in a longitudinal study from 1997 to 2013, to realise some of the key insights to their success. The outcomes of the research provided a rich explanation of how all five elements of dynamic capabilities are implemented in response to the increasingly dynamic environment within an entrepreneurial approach to sustain competitive advantage. The understanding of dynamic capabilities was extended through the emergence of two new themes, people and supportive structures. The findings gleaned are encapsulated within a simple framework that business practitioners can implement. In addition, the findings bring together a vast body of knowledge and provide a meaningful contribution in response to the lack empirical findings in business practice. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / pagibs2014 / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / MBA / Unrestricted