Based on Socio-economic Field Laboratory concept, we put forward the need to amplify locally-embedded innovation to address nationwide challenges. The WoodCluster project (2017-2021) aimed to seek solutions to close the national wood supply gap based on farm-wood production in East African countries. Towards achieving the objective, one of the project activities is the implementation of Field School. A field school is understood as a practical element of a thematic study course module, supplementing theoretical teaching. It shall provide the opportunity for students to learn and test research methods in a practical manner and get in contact with the local community to exchange knowledge. It serves as a framework that requires adaptation to the local research demand and context, with its cultural, socio-economic, and environmental features. Two field schools within the framework of the project were conducted in Tanzania in 2018 and in Ethiopia in 2019. The focus of the field school was on local-level wood production from smallholder farmers and market dynamics, but the guideline can be adapted to other thematic areas. Based on the experiences within the WoodCluster project in East Africa, this guideline elaborates the theoretical fundaments, steps, methods, and examples in conducting socio-economic field schools with local communities and graduate students.:Content iii Acknowledgements iv Summary ii 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Justification: Why a Field School and a Guideline? 1 1.2 Background of the WoodCluster project 1 2. Theoretical fundaments: Constructivist and action-oriented approaches in human-ecosystem interaction 2 2.1 Human-ecosystem interaction: the social-ecological co-evolution model as framework 2 2.2 A constructivist perspective: development, action and sustainability 3 2.3 Action Research and Social Learning 3 3. Planning phase: What has to be done? 4 3.1 Study site selection and needs assessment 4 3.2 Resources and specifications for overall organization and students’ group work 5 4. Implementation phase: How to do? 7 4.1 Overall program 7 4.2 Student research group work 9 4.3 Engaging and communicating results to local communities 10 5. Post-field school phase: Reporting & Evaluation 12 6. Further reading 13 7. Bibliography 14 8. Appendix: WoodCluster student group tasks and materials 15 8.1 Farm mapping 15 8.2 Woodlot inventory: 17 8.3 Value chain and market analysis 21

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:54:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mario Jorge da Silveira Junqueira.pdf: 39924272 bytes, checksum: 1dbd5be5a402d0b27cc3c9d4a6df106d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-25 / This dissertation evaluates the relationship between the fields of religion and economics present in the city of Barueri. Through the analysis of the influence of religious actions on the composition of the organizational culture of companies in the municipality, founded in micro and small companies that survive the characteristic difficulties in this business segment, which represent more than 99% of the total formal businesses actually created in the country which in turn represents 53% of jobs created in the whole of Brazil. This present situation created a series of initiatives of the government and the rest of the population incentivizing the improvement of the MPEs (Micro and Small Companies) to compete in the market. One of the initiatives, based on the international model of evaluation of managerial organization created in 2008 by SEBRAE (Brazilian service for the support of micro and small companies) and FNQ (National Foundation of Quality) is the MPE Brazil (prize for competitiveness of micro and small companies). The model mentioned (MPE Brazil) was formulated with a base of studies, which indicated organizations considered as references of success, values in common inserted into the respective cultural organizations. The initial starting point for this dissertation was to take initial data from existing books, materials from the internet, articles and critical research etc., following this the method I used was a case study with data collected in the form of interviews from various business leaders. I also developed analysis of corporative artifacts searching to interpret the presence of the religious field in the aspects of the researched companies cultures. The considerations on the relationship of religiosity in shaping the entrepreneurial spirit of the entrepreneurs interviewed, and their respective leadership styles, hence the formation and transformation of culture and organizational values are presented throughout this dissertation / Esta dissertação avalia as relações entre os campos religioso e econômico, atuantes na cidade de Barueri, por meio da análise da influência de ações religiosas na composição da cultura organizacional de empresas do município, fundadas como micro e pequenas, e que sobreviveram às dificuldades características desse segmento empresarial, correspondentes a mais de 99% do total de empreendimentos formais criados anualmente no país, sendo ainda responsável por 53% dos postos de trabalho em todo o Brasil. Essa situação conjuntural desencadeou uma série de iniciativas do governo e da sociedade civil, visando à melhoria da capacidade de as MPEs (Micro e Pequenas Empresas) competirem no mercado. Uma das iniciativas, baseada em um modelo internacional de avaliação da qualidade da gestão das organizações, foi a criação, no ano de 2008, pelo Sebrae (Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas) e FNQ (Fundação Nacional da Qualidade), do MPE Brasil (Prêmio de Competitividade para Micro e Pequenas Empresas). O referido modelo foi formulado com base em estudos que identificaram em organizações, consideradas referências de sucesso, valores em comum inseridos nas suas respectivas culturas organizacionais. Para o desenvolvimento inicial desta dissertação, foi realizada a coleta de dados, tomando por base fontes bibliográficas primárias, secundárias e em literatura crítica. O método utilizado foi o estudo de casos, com coleta de dados por meio de entrevistas. Desenvolveu-se, também, a análise de artefatos corporativos , buscando interpretar a presença do campo religioso nos aspectos da cultura das empresas pesquisadas. As considerações sobre a relação da religiosidade na formação do espírito empreendedor dos empresários entrevistados, e dos seus respectivos estilos de liderança, consequentemente da formação e transformação da cultura e dos valores organizacionais, são apresentadas ao longo desta dissertação