The purpose of this study is to identify and explore issues and challenges that impact on transplant coordinators and their practice. Such identification enhances understanding of their role, provides evidence for decision-makers to facilitate the positive aspects of the coordinators' practice, highlights their professional needs and contributions and provides baseline data for future research, education and policy development. The study used both qualitative and quantitative data. Data collection methods involved focus group interviews and Delphi surveys. Participants were coordinators who were employed on a full-time, part-time or relieving basis. Recruitment of participants was done by purposive and snowball sampling. There were 112 coordinators in the study and each was randomly assigned to the focus groups or Delphi survey phases of the research. The analysis of the focus group data together with the literature, informed the development of the first Delphi survey. The second Delphi survey was developed using the data from the focus groups, literature and the first survey. Four categories emerged from the data. The first involved 'knowledge and experience', which explored the education needs of coordinators and the issue of nursing qualification requirements. The work environment, demands and conditions, together with role attributes were discussed in the next category - 'the role'. Recipient, donor family and transplant coordinator outcomes were addressed in the 'outcomes’ category. The basic social process – building relationships - explored the relationships that coordinators have with the health team and their client groups. Four types of relationships emerged which were supportive, non-supportive, aggressive and virtual relationships. The emergent theory of the challenges that transplant coordinators face relates to the building of relationships. The theory also discovers how knowledge and experience, the role and outcomes impact on the building of these relationships in an interdependent manner. This study also emphasises that the transplant coordinators' role is complex, demanding and distinctly unique in terms of the context within which coordinators practice. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1311520 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, 2008

Orientador: Evaldo Piolli / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T16:31:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rocha_SoraiadaSilva_M.pdf: 901340 bytes, checksum: 550c6695374a3c3f99a3b5f4cc6d5695 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Este trabalho analisa a atuação dos coordenadores pedagógicos considerando as políticas educacionais estabelecidas para a rede de ensino do município de São Paulo. O recorte histórico escolhido para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa compreende o período de criação do cargo de coordenador pedagógico, em 1985, interligado ao contexto de abertura política vivida no país, com o fim da ditadura militar, ressoando expectativas para a efetivação da gestão democrática na escola, e segue até os dias atuais. São analisados documentos da Memória Técnica Documental da Secretaria Municipal de Educação de São Paulo, publicados durante a gestão do prefeito Paulo Maluf e que, nos anos 1990, contribuíram de modo significativo para a implementação da política de 'qualidade total na educação', interferindo no trabalho desenvolvido pelos coordenadores pedagógicos. Para compreender melhor o lugar ocupado por estes profissionais também são analisadas as atribuições prescritas aos mesmos, constantes no edital de concurso de acesso, realizado em 2011, levando-se em conta a transferência do modelo de organização empresarial para o campo educacional, presente nas diretrizes das políticas educacionais vigentes. A realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas permite conhecer o cotidiano dos coordenadores pedagógicos, constituído por desafios, obstáculos e sofrimento no trabalho. É possível constatar que os princípios de caráter gerencial, presentes nas políticas educacionais implementadas na rede de ensino do município de São Paulo, interferem de modo significativo não só no trabalho desenvolvido pelos coordenadores pedagógicos, como também contribuem para o comprometimento da saúde destes profissionais. Para reconstituir a relação com o trabalho um dos entrevistados relata a importância de falar e ser ouvido por outros coordenadores pedagógicos, capazes de entender as especificidades e dilemas próprios da atuação. A pesquisa revela ainda que a palavra 'falada e ouvida' é imprescindível na renegociação da organização do trabalho, mas, para tanto, deve concretizar-se prioritariamente no espaço de atuação do coordenador pedagógico e não fora dele. / Abstract: This work analyses the procedure of the pedagogic coordinators regarding the educational policies established for the municipal schools of São Paulo. The historical period chosen for the development of research covers the period of creation of the post of pedagogical coordinator, in 1985, linked to the context of political openness lived in the country, with the end of military dictatorship, resonating expectations for effective democratic management in school and continues until de present day. Documents of 'Memória Técnica Documental¿ from the Department of Education of São Paulo published during the administration of Mayor Paulo Maluf that, in the 1990s, contributed significantly to the implementation of 'total quality in education', interfering with the work done by pedagogical coordinators, are analyzed. To better understand the role played by these professionals are also analyzed assignments prescribed to them, contained in the announcement of entrance test, conducted in 2011, taking into account the transfer of the business organization model for the educational field, present the guidelines of current educational policies.Conducting semi-structured interviews allows to know the daily life of the pedagogical coordinators, consisting of challenges, obstacles and suffering at work. It can be seen that the principles of managerial character, present in the educational policies implemented in education network in the city of São Paulo, interfere significantly not only in work done by pedagogical coordinators, but also contribute to the impairment of health of these professionals. To reconstruct the relationship to work one of the respondents reported the importance of speaking and being heard by other pedagogical coordinators, able to understand the specifics and dilemmas of own activity. The research also reveals that the word 'spoken and heard' is essential in the renegotiation of the organization of work, but, for this, should be realized primarily in the space of action of the pedagogical coordinator and not outside it. / Mestrado / Politicas, Administração e Sistemas Educacionais / Mestra em Educação

Thesis advisor: Dorothy Jones / Background/Purpose: The growth of clinical research trials to improve patient outcomes has significantly affected nursing and the implementation of the nurse research coordinator role. The purpose of this study was to explore how the research nurse coordinator (RNC) perceives this role and associated responsibilities for patients enrolled in a clinical research study and associated problems and ethical tensions that emerge during the delivery of a clinical research protocol. The research questions were 1) How does the RNC perceive his or her role responsibility for patients enrolled in a clinical trial? 2) Does the nurse experience ethical tension during the implementation of the RNC role? Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was used to answer the questions. RNCs from a large Northeastern teaching hospital participated in 1:1 interviews with the investigator. Data were analyzed for this study according to the methods described in Lincoln and Guba (1985) for qualitative research and presented as themes. Results: Eleven RNC participated in the study. Data from the interviews were distilled into five final themes: 1) The RNC develops intentional and mutual relationships with patients and their families that fosters trust; 2) In coming to know the patient the RNC as a clinical expert is able to advocate for the unique needs of patients enrolled in clinical trials; 3) The RNC is respected by the team for his or her skills and as a result is able to practice autonomously; 4) In reflecting on past experiences, RNCs identify with medical science philosophy of cure as opposed to nursing’s one of caring/healing and; 5) In reflecting on some aspects of clinical trials, RNCs recognize ethical tensions and as such are able to influence protocol implementation and future studies. Knowledge gained from this study provides insights about the RNC role perception and highlighted multiple dimensions of care delivery faced by nurses who practice as an RNC. The study participants described practicing in the RNC role with clarity about the role and described practicing with autonomy and independence. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2016. / Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing. / Discipline: Nursing.

A velocidade das informações existentes no mundo atual provocam constantes mudanças, em um ambiente imprevisível. Nesse cenário, argumenta-se que a firma, enquanto agente econômico de produção e transação, para permanecer rentável precisa coordenar os seus recursos no intuito de desenvolver inovações para acompanhar essas mudanças e assimilar a complexidade de um mercado no qual os consumidores estão crescentemente mais informados. Com esta visão, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo aprofundar o entendimento que se tem da firma e, em especial, identificar as suas duas dimensões essenciais: a empreendedora e a coordenadora. Pesquisa-se em que medida as firmas são mais empreendedoras e/ou coordenadoras, e no quê estas dimensões resultam. Para tanto, esta pesquisa apoia-se no contexto teórico apresentado por Coase, em 1937, em sua obra The Nature of the Firm. A pesquisa foi conduzida pelo método de estudo de casos múltiplos, aplicado em seis firmas de diferentes áreas e, como técnica, foi utilizada a das entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados evidenciam tanto a existência de uma dimensão empreendedora quanto a de uma dimensão coordenadora. A primeira está relacionada com a tomada de decisão quanto ao desenvolvimento de novas alternativas para a obtenção dos recursos; e a segunda, com a tomada de decisão quanto à alocação mais eficiente destes recursos e às transações a serem feitas no mercado. Portanto, estas dimensões são complementares entre si. As firmas são mais empreendedoras ou mais coordenadoras, na medida da tomada de decisões e das capacidades do empreendedor-coordenador em seus setores de atuação. E, neste contexto, pela dinâmica e inovação adotadas, que passam a ser inerentes à mecânica de seu funcionamento, a firma se torna o agente responsável pela maior parte do comportamento do mercado, enquanto uma eficiente alternativa de coordenação da produção. / The current world information speed generates great changes, ocurring into an unpredictable environment. In such a scenary, it can be stated that the firm, considered as an economic agent of production and transactions, in order to remain profitable and competitive, it needs to coordinate its resources aiming to develop innovations both for keeping up with these changes and to assimilate the complexity of a market in which the consumers are increasingly better informed. According to this point of view, the present study aims to achieve a better general comprehension of the firm and, specifically, intends to identify its two essential dimensions: the entrepreneur and the coordinator ones. The research here reported that was focused to what extent the studied firms are more entrepreneur or more coordinator, and what are the results of such dimensions. The present research chief principles are based in the theoretical context brought by Coese, in 1937, in his work The Nature of the Firm. The researching work followed the method of multiple study cases, which was applied in six firms of different areas. The adopted technic was the one of the semistructured interviews. The attained results evidenced both, the entrepreneur dimension as well as the coordinator dimension. The first one of them is related to the decision making process, as considering the development of new alternatives for obtaining the necessary resources; and the second one, to the decision making process on managing the most efficient resources allocation and to the transactions to be made in the market. Therefore, these two dimensions are complementary to one another. The firms are preponderantly entrepreneurs or coordinators, depending on the decision-making and on the professional skills of the entrepreneurcoordinator, in his different operating and acting sectors. Additionally, into this context, and due to the dynamics and innovations adopted, which are inherent to its own functional mechanics, the firm becomes the responsible agent for the most of the market performance, as an efficient tool for coordinating of production.

A velocidade das informações existentes no mundo atual provocam constantes mudanças, em um ambiente imprevisível. Nesse cenário, argumenta-se que a firma, enquanto agente econômico de produção e transação, para permanecer rentável precisa coordenar os seus recursos no intuito de desenvolver inovações para acompanhar essas mudanças e assimilar a complexidade de um mercado no qual os consumidores estão crescentemente mais informados. Com esta visão, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo aprofundar o entendimento que se tem da firma e, em especial, identificar as suas duas dimensões essenciais: a empreendedora e a coordenadora. Pesquisa-se em que medida as firmas são mais empreendedoras e/ou coordenadoras, e no quê estas dimensões resultam. Para tanto, esta pesquisa apoia-se no contexto teórico apresentado por Coase, em 1937, em sua obra The Nature of the Firm. A pesquisa foi conduzida pelo método de estudo de casos múltiplos, aplicado em seis firmas de diferentes áreas e, como técnica, foi utilizada a das entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados evidenciam tanto a existência de uma dimensão empreendedora quanto a de uma dimensão coordenadora. A primeira está relacionada com a tomada de decisão quanto ao desenvolvimento de novas alternativas para a obtenção dos recursos; e a segunda, com a tomada de decisão quanto à alocação mais eficiente destes recursos e às transações a serem feitas no mercado. Portanto, estas dimensões são complementares entre si. As firmas são mais empreendedoras ou mais coordenadoras, na medida da tomada de decisões e das capacidades do empreendedor-coordenador em seus setores de atuação. E, neste contexto, pela dinâmica e inovação adotadas, que passam a ser inerentes à mecânica de seu funcionamento, a firma se torna o agente responsável pela maior parte do comportamento do mercado, enquanto uma eficiente alternativa de coordenação da produção. / The current world information speed generates great changes, ocurring into an unpredictable environment. In such a scenary, it can be stated that the firm, considered as an economic agent of production and transactions, in order to remain profitable and competitive, it needs to coordinate its resources aiming to develop innovations both for keeping up with these changes and to assimilate the complexity of a market in which the consumers are increasingly better informed. According to this point of view, the present study aims to achieve a better general comprehension of the firm and, specifically, intends to identify its two essential dimensions: the entrepreneur and the coordinator ones. The research here reported that was focused to what extent the studied firms are more entrepreneur or more coordinator, and what are the results of such dimensions. The present research chief principles are based in the theoretical context brought by Coese, in 1937, in his work The Nature of the Firm. The researching work followed the method of multiple study cases, which was applied in six firms of different areas. The adopted technic was the one of the semistructured interviews. The attained results evidenced both, the entrepreneur dimension as well as the coordinator dimension. The first one of them is related to the decision making process, as considering the development of new alternatives for obtaining the necessary resources; and the second one, to the decision making process on managing the most efficient resources allocation and to the transactions to be made in the market. Therefore, these two dimensions are complementary to one another. The firms are preponderantly entrepreneurs or coordinators, depending on the decision-making and on the professional skills of the entrepreneurcoordinator, in his different operating and acting sectors. Additionally, into this context, and due to the dynamics and innovations adopted, which are inherent to its own functional mechanics, the firm becomes the responsible agent for the most of the market performance, as an efficient tool for coordinating of production.

A velocidade das informações existentes no mundo atual provocam constantes mudanças, em um ambiente imprevisível. Nesse cenário, argumenta-se que a firma, enquanto agente econômico de produção e transação, para permanecer rentável precisa coordenar os seus recursos no intuito de desenvolver inovações para acompanhar essas mudanças e assimilar a complexidade de um mercado no qual os consumidores estão crescentemente mais informados. Com esta visão, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo aprofundar o entendimento que se tem da firma e, em especial, identificar as suas duas dimensões essenciais: a empreendedora e a coordenadora. Pesquisa-se em que medida as firmas são mais empreendedoras e/ou coordenadoras, e no quê estas dimensões resultam. Para tanto, esta pesquisa apoia-se no contexto teórico apresentado por Coase, em 1937, em sua obra The Nature of the Firm. A pesquisa foi conduzida pelo método de estudo de casos múltiplos, aplicado em seis firmas de diferentes áreas e, como técnica, foi utilizada a das entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados evidenciam tanto a existência de uma dimensão empreendedora quanto a de uma dimensão coordenadora. A primeira está relacionada com a tomada de decisão quanto ao desenvolvimento de novas alternativas para a obtenção dos recursos; e a segunda, com a tomada de decisão quanto à alocação mais eficiente destes recursos e às transações a serem feitas no mercado. Portanto, estas dimensões são complementares entre si. As firmas são mais empreendedoras ou mais coordenadoras, na medida da tomada de decisões e das capacidades do empreendedor-coordenador em seus setores de atuação. E, neste contexto, pela dinâmica e inovação adotadas, que passam a ser inerentes à mecânica de seu funcionamento, a firma se torna o agente responsável pela maior parte do comportamento do mercado, enquanto uma eficiente alternativa de coordenação da produção. / The current world information speed generates great changes, ocurring into an unpredictable environment. In such a scenary, it can be stated that the firm, considered as an economic agent of production and transactions, in order to remain profitable and competitive, it needs to coordinate its resources aiming to develop innovations both for keeping up with these changes and to assimilate the complexity of a market in which the consumers are increasingly better informed. According to this point of view, the present study aims to achieve a better general comprehension of the firm and, specifically, intends to identify its two essential dimensions: the entrepreneur and the coordinator ones. The research here reported that was focused to what extent the studied firms are more entrepreneur or more coordinator, and what are the results of such dimensions. The present research chief principles are based in the theoretical context brought by Coese, in 1937, in his work The Nature of the Firm. The researching work followed the method of multiple study cases, which was applied in six firms of different areas. The adopted technic was the one of the semistructured interviews. The attained results evidenced both, the entrepreneur dimension as well as the coordinator dimension. The first one of them is related to the decision making process, as considering the development of new alternatives for obtaining the necessary resources; and the second one, to the decision making process on managing the most efficient resources allocation and to the transactions to be made in the market. Therefore, these two dimensions are complementary to one another. The firms are preponderantly entrepreneurs or coordinators, depending on the decision-making and on the professional skills of the entrepreneurcoordinator, in his different operating and acting sectors. Additionally, into this context, and due to the dynamics and innovations adopted, which are inherent to its own functional mechanics, the firm becomes the responsible agent for the most of the market performance, as an efficient tool for coordinating of production.

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This master's thesis deals with the issue of modeling and simulation of systems based on the DEVS formalism. The result of this work is a library that is inspired by the adevs tool and based on the classical DEVS formalism. The library is implemented in the programming language C++20 and is supplemented by predefined models of components for creation of queueing systems. The library also contains a set of examples for use in teaching. In comparison with the paralel adevs tool it is less effective but it has simpler interface with focus on clarity, which is more important for teaching. The library also simplifies definition of models with the use of modules, intelligent pointers for memory management and the use of mentioned components.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_la_me_rcla.pdf: 4204097 bytes, checksum: 888f7206989d7cb084a0185f99869dfc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-03 / Este estudo objetivou compreender a constituição do professor coordenador e do coordenador pedagógico no contexto escolar, levando em consideração suas atribuições (administrativas e pedagógicas) e as relações que estabelece com a comunidade escolar (gestão, professores, funcionários, alunos e pais) e com a Secretaria Municipal de Educação. A pesquisa foi realizada no contexto da Secretaria Municipal da Educação (SME) de Rio Claro/SP. Enquanto Coordenadora Pedagógica do Ensino Fundamental das séries inicias dessa rede, coordenei um Grupo de Estudos, do qual participaram professores coordenadores desse segmento escolar. A questão principal desta pesquisa foi problematizar os desafios que o professor coordenador e o coordenador pedagógico enfrentam cotidianamente para exercer seu papel no contexto escolar e na Secretaria Municipal da Educação, respectivamente. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa que, tomando como perspectiva metodológica a investigação narrativa, possibilitou: a) refletir acerca da organização dos encontros com os professores coordenadores que participavam do referido Grupo de Estudos a partir das problematizações postas por eles e b) olhar para minha constituição enquanto formadora desse Grupo de Estudos, nesse espaço de formação. Entre os instrumentos de produção de dados encontram-se: legislações da Secretaria Municipal de Educação, registros dos professores coordenadores e dos professores das escolas nas quais estavam inseridos, caderno da coordenadora pedagógica, questionários aplicados aos participantes do Grupo de Estudos, escrita de cartas de quatro professoras coordenadoras. A análise dos dados foi realizada a partir do paradigma indiciário (GINZBURG, 1989). Como lições aprendidas durante o estudo, explicito: a relação estabelecida com os participantes do Grupo de Estudos revelando a necessidade de revisitar nossa atuação; a presença do silêncio atrelado a concepção de formação; os desafios presentes nas funções dos professores coordenadores e do coordenador pedagógico que não estão postos na legislação; as atribuições dos professores coordenadores, que não consideram nos seus projetos de trabalho propostas atentas às relações interpessoais e a presença do aluno; o professor coordenador ser eleito pelos pares e posteriormente sofrer com as ameaças veladas em função das posturas que assume na sua atuação; incumbir-se das responsabilidades individualmente, frente à necessidade de assumir a corresponsabilidade visando a construção da coletividade perante a aprendizagem dos alunos. Este trabalho poderá contribuir para repensar a concepção de formação presente entre os professores coordenadores, a coordenação pedagógica e a SME, para buscar ações que transformem os processos de eleição e/ou recondução, definir uma outra relação entre CAP (Centro de Aperfeiçoamento Pedagógico) e Supervisores Escolares. / This study aimed to understand the constitution of the coordinating teacher and the pedagogical coordinator in the school context, considering their tasks (administrative and pedagogical) and the relationship it establishes with the school community (management, teachers, staff, students and parents) and the Department of Education of the City. The survey was conducted in the context of the Municipal Education in Rio Claro/SP. As Pedagogic Elementary Education Coordinator of the initial series of municipal schools, coordinated a Study Group, which was attended by head teachers of this school segment. The main issue of this research was to discuss the challenges that the coordinator teacher and the pedagogical coordinator face daily to exercise their role in the school context and the Municipal Department of Education, respectively. This is a qualitative study which examines a methodological perspective the narrative research, made possible: a) reflect on the organization of meetings with head teachers who participated in the Study Group, as of problematizations held by them and b) look at my constitution while forming this Study Group, this training space. Among the data production tools are: laws of the Municipal Department of Education, head teachers of records and schoolteachers that worked, notebook pedagogical coordinator, questionnaires given to participants of the Study Group, writing letters four coordinators teachers. Data analysis was performed from the evidential paradigm (GINZBURG, 1989). As lessons learned during the study are explicit: the relationship established with the participants of the Study Group, revealing the need to revisit our professional practice; the presence of silence linked to design training; the challenges present in the functions of coordinating teachers and pedagogical coordinator, which are not present in the legislation; the duties of head teachers who do not consider in their work projects proposed attentive to interpersonal relations and the presence of the student; the coordinator teacher elected by peers and subsequently suffer from the veiled threats depending on the positions it takes in their work; entrusted to the responsibilities individually on the need to take responsibility of all people, for the construction of the community before the students' learning. This work will contribute to rethink the design of training present among head teachers, pedagogical coordination and the City Department of Education, to pursue actions that transform the election process and/or renewal, set another relationship between the Educational Improvement Center the School Supervisors.

This thesis debates differences of an ICT coordinator's work in different countries. In its theoretical part, it examines work of an ICT coordinator and If and how this role could be separated to methodical (pedagogical) work and coordinating work and emphasizes how important it is to separate this role from a work of a technician. This work also brings results of various international researches from this field and compares them with a research done in the Czech Republic. Comparing the results reveals that situation of Czech ICT coordinators does not differ in most points from their international counterparts. The two areas that show differences is that the Czech coordinators are more often expected to cover work of a an IT technican and more issues with quality of hardware and internet connection. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)