Communication can be divied into two broad areas namely, the verbal and nonverbal levels. While attention has been paid to nonverbal communication in the literature, few studies address the nonverbal communication that takes place in the natural setting of a therapeutic session. The present study provides such a naturalistic study, where the verbal content of actual therapy sessions are integrated with the nonverbal content to yield a holistic view of the session. An ecosystemic epistemology is adopted in this study, and represents a move away from more traditional approaches to nonverbal behaviour which are largely confined to a positivistic framework of thought and design. Symlog Interaction Scoring is employed as a practical method of assisting observers in distinguishing nonverbal behaviours, which are usually perceived unconsciously, and lifting them into consciousness, allowing this infonnation to be integrated with the meanings and hypotheses generated during therapy. By deliberately including descriptions of nonverbal behaviour, the descriptions of therapy were broadened, thereby providing a more holistic approach to therapy. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

The dissertation deals with holistic approach of nursing staff of the Rescue Service by providing pszchosicial support and crisis communication to the survivors or direct sudden death participants from nurse´s }member of the Rescue Service team]perspective. The goal of the dissertation has been 1. To detect problems which nursing staff members of the Rescue Service are prepared for communication with the survivors.

På grund av det ökade antalet äldre kommer befolkningsstrukturen förändras på många håll i världen, vilket ökar behovet av hälsofrämjande projekt. Det är av betydelse att insatserna har en pedagogisk utgångspunkt och att de anpassas utefter äldres förväntningar och upplevelser för att det ska ge goda resultat. Syftet med studien var att utifrån ett hälsopedagogiskt perspektiv belysa ett hälsofrämjande projekt riktat till äldre. De begrepp som använts för att analysera och tolka resultatet är fysisk litteracitet och holistiskt perspektiv. Studien utgick från en kvalitativ ansats där en gruppintervju och två fokusgruppsintervjuer användes som datainsamlingsmetod. Urvalet bestod av tre projektansvariga samt tio deltagare i ett hälsofrämjande projekt. Resultatet analyserades utifrån en konventionell kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Projektets hälsopedagogiska idéer innebar att främja villkor för ökad kunskap, öka fysisk och psykisk hälsa samt främja självständighet. Deltagarna i projektet talade om förväntningar och upplevelser kring följande; att bli sedd, chanser till nya bekantskaper och utveckling av fysiska förmågor. De projektansvarigas idéer och ambitioner med projektet var i linje med de förväntningar och upplevelser de äldre hade på sitt deltagande. Deltagarna såg positivt på projektets upplägg och att det inkluderade kunskapsutveckling, fysiska träningsmoment och social gemenskap. / Due to the increased number of older people the population structure will change in many parts of the world, which increases the need of health promotive projects.  It is important that these interventions is based on pedagogical strategies and gets adapted to the expectations and experiences of the elderly to get good results. The aim of this study was, based on a health educational perspective, highlight a health promotion project directed at the elderly. The concepts that was used to analyze and interpret the results were physical literacy and holistic perspective. This study was based on a qualitative onset where one group interview and two focusgroup interviews where used as a method for data collection. The sample consisted three project leaders and ten participants of a health promotion project. The result was analyzed from a conventional qualitative content analysis. The health educational ideas of the project was to promote increased knowledge, increase physical and psychological health and to promote independence. The participants of the project mainly talked about their expectations and experiences about the following categories; to be seen, chances to make new acquaintances and the development of physical abilities. The project leaders’ ideas and ambitions with the project was in line with the expectations and experiences the elderly had on their participation. The participants valued the project's design and that it included knowledge development, physical training and social community.

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The most common tools are those based on spreadsheets, whose content is generated through the expertise of the decision makers, and more sophisticated techniques are based on techniques of the operational research inserted in Advanced Planning Systems (APS), whose analytical models seek to generate optimized plans. From the literature review on the computational techniques used to aid the S&OP process, was identified the lack of studies related to the use of System Dynamics. Additionally, the review indicates the need for studies related to the integration of economic and financial analysis during the preparation of aggregates plans and the use of probabilistic variables in the process enabling the statistical analysis in order to provide plans more realistic. Another relevant issue observed is that managers involved in the process S&OP does not always have a global vision of all variables and constraints involved in this process, so it is also observed that the techniques and tools used to implement the S&OP process does not provide a holistic view of activities and variables involved. Thus, the aim of this work is to develop a simulation model of System Dynamics which provides a holistic vision for the S&OP process, allowing the integration of finance processes and the use of probabilistic variables. The research method used was based on a qualitative and quantitative approach procedure with modeling / simulation. Thus, the aim of the research is to develop a simulation model of System Dynamics to assist the S & OP process. The research method used was based on a qualitative and quantitative approach with modeling / simulation procedure. The simulation model based on the methodology of system dynamics for the S & OP process was developed and analyzed in illustrative cases, performed in two companies with feature make to stock (MTS). Simulations of illustrative cases were conducted by a design of experiment (DOE) to select and evaluate a set of scenarios, determining the best scenario and checking the adequacy with practice of companies. A evaluation of the use and results of simulations in both cases shows that the system dynamics model improves the understanding of the managements on all activities involved in the S&OP process, as well provides a holistic view of all areas involved. The simulations provides compatible plans compared with business practice, with the advantage of dealing with economic and financial analysis simultaneously and allow the generation of numerous scenarios of S&OP plans. / Apesar do processo de S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) não ser uma prática nova nas empresas, principalmente naquelas de grande porte, ele ainda carece de estudos nas suas práticas e ferramentas computacionais de apoio. Isso decorre por ser um processo complexo onde a maioria dos representantes gerenciais das funções organizacionais participa da sua execução, com cada um tentando contribuir para definir um planejamento coordenado de ações para um período de curto, médio e longo prazo. Modelos e ferramentas computacionais focadas para o auxílio no processo de S&OP são utilizadas e podem contribuir para a melhoria da qualidade da sua execução e dos seus resultados. As ferramentas mais comuns são aquelas baseadas em planilhas eletrônicas, cujo conteúdo é gerado por meio do conhecimento especializado dos tomadores de decisão, e as mais sofisticadas, são baseadas em técnicas de pesquisa operacional inseridas em sistemas APS (Advanced Planning Systems), cujos modelos analíticos procuram gerar planos otimizados. A partir da revisão bibliográfica realizada sobre as técnicas computacionais usadas para o auxílio do processo S&OP, foi identificada a ausência de estudos relacionados ao uso de Dinâmica de Sistemas. Adicionalmente, a revisão aponta a necessidade de estudos relacionados à integração de análise econômica e financeira durante a elaboração dos planos agregados e o uso de variáveis probabilísticas no processo que possibilitem a análise estatística no sentido de fornecer planos mais confiáveis. Outra questão relevante observada é que os gestores que participam do processo S&OP nem sempre tem uma visão global de todas variáveis e restrições envolvidas neste processo, assim observa-se também que as técnicas e ferramentas utilizadas para execução do processo de S&OP não oferecem uma visão holística das atividades e variáveis envolvidas. Com isso, o objetivo da pesquisa é desenvolver um modelo de Simulação de Dinâmica de Sistemas que proporcione uma visão holística para o processo de S&OP e que permita a integração com os processos da área financeira e o uso de variáveis probabilísticas. O método de pesquisa utilizado foi baseado em uma abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa com procedimento modelagem/simulação. O modelo de simulação baseado na metodologia da dinâmica de sistemas para o processo de S&OP foi elaborado e analisado em casos ilustrativos, realizados em duas empresas com característica de produção para estoque (MTS). As simulações dos casos ilustrativos foram conduzidas por um projeto de experimento (DOE) para selecionar e avaliar um conjunto de cenários, determinando o melhor cenário e verificando a adequação com a prática das empresas. A avaliação do uso e dos resultados das simulações realizadas nos dois casos aponta que o modelo de dinâmica de sistemas melhora a compreensão dos gestores sobre todas as atividades envolvidas no processo de S&OP, como também fornece uma visão holística de todas as áreas envolvidas. A simulação gera planos compatíveis comparados com a prática empresarial, com a vantagem de tratar a análise econômica e financeira simultaneamente e possibilitar a geração de inúmeros cenários de planos de S&OP.

This study investigates the Co-responsible Professional Development (DPC, in Portuguese), in first language teachers’ formation (LM teachers, in Portuguese) based on the Holistic Activity Theory (THA, in Portuguese). The DPC is a triadic conception of professionalization that articulates, based on alliance and reciprocal confidence, three contexts: Academy, Graduation and Market. The DPC is one of the basic concepts of THA studied by Richter (2011) which pattern concerns on the inseparability among conduct, concept and quality in the professional practice, ordered in a systemic way through a set of criteria that are the basis of the parameterization of a specialized job in an autopoietic horizon, denominated as framework. The development of the investigation starts out from an analysis from an excerpt of the activity report of the Portuguese Language Course Subproject that integrates the Institutional Scholarship Program of Introduction to Teaching First Language (PIBID/Português, in Portuguese). Owing that, to implement a DPC, a professional alliance is necessary based on a link of confidence and on the adoption of a paradigm of consensual work (framework) between initial and in-service capacitation, this study begins by analyzing the PIBID/Português as a formative model able to anchor the necessary elements to the professional development of first language teachers. Through a case study within the scope of qualitative research and using the indiciary paradigm from GINZBURG (1989), it is possible to say, in a general way, that PIBID/Português revealed itself as a formative referential with a strong tendency to anchor a DPC and its developments: principles of job framework founded by the DPC, absence of problems in the framework interfaces, setting up as a consequence of the absence of deviation in the means and relations with the socio-interacionist paradigm in the conceptual field of first language, which are revealers of what THA denominates as overcoming akrasia. In other words, this study brings out some positive aspects concerning the inseparability between conduct, concept and value in a triadic situation of professionalization. / Este estudo investiga o Desenvolvimento Profissional Corresponsável (DPC), especialmente, na formação do professor de Língua Materna (LM) à luz da Teoria Holística da Atividade (THA). O DPC consiste em uma concepção triádica de profissionalização, articulando, em bases de aliança e confiança recíproca, três lugares: Academia, Graduação e Mercado. O DPC é um dos conceitos básicos da THA, escudada por Richter (2011), cuja matriz diz respeito à inseparabilidade entre conduta, conceito e valor no exercício profissional, ordenados de forma sistêmica, por meio de um conjunto de critérios embasadores da parametrização de um trabalho especializado num horizonte autopoiético, (enquadramento). O desenvolvimento da investigação partiu da análise de uma parte do relatório de atividades do Subprojeto Letras Português, integrante do Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência – PIBID. Tendo em vista que, para se implementar um DPC, é necessária uma aliança profissional alicerçada num elo de confiança e na adoção de um paradigma de trabalho (enquadramento) consensual entre capacitação inicial e emserviço, essa pesquisa parte da análise do PIBID/Português como um referencial formativo capaz de ancorar os fatores necessários ao desenvolvimento profissional de professores de LM. Por intermédio de um estudo de caso, no escopo das pesquisas de base qualitativa, e através do paradigma indiciário de GINZBURG (1989), pode-se dizer, de modo geral, que o PIBID/Português revelou-se como um referencial formativo, com forte tendência ao ancoramento de um DPC e seus desdobramentos: princípios de enquadramento de trabalho proposto pela THA, ausência de problemas nas interfaces do enquadramento, configurando, consequentemente, ausência de desvios aos meios e relações com o paradigma sociointeracionista no quadro conceitual do ensino de Língua Materna como marca de superação do que a THA denomina de acrasia. Em outras palavras, revelou aspectos positivos no tocante à inseparabilidade entre conduta, conceito e valor, em uma situação triádica de profissionalização.

Holistic nursing care requires body and psyche orientation. That means it stresses both, body and psychosocial human needs. It is necessary for nurses to understand the principle of psychosocial interaction and care of the whole person including his/her dearest in health and illness. The aim of the thesis ?Holistic approach in providing nursing care to handicapped children in health & social facilities? was to find out how the needs of handicapped children are satisfied in health & social facilities from the point of view of holistic approach. The work involved both, qualitative and quantitative research. 104 nurses filled in a questionnaire and 10 respondents were observed within the quantitative research. Two hypotheses were set. The first hypothesis was focused on handicapped children in health & social facilities and on satisfaction of their needs from the point of view of holistic theory. Most of the nurses are convinced that they are providing holistic care. However on the other hand a lot of nurses answered that they preferred provision of physiological needs to psychosocial needs. This finding does not fully confirm the holistic approach in providing nursing care. The second hypothesis says that nurses provide more holistic care in non-profit making facilities than in those operated by regional authorities. Non-profit making facilities could not be included in the research as nurses are not employed there and those who work there work at the positions of social workers and caregivers, not at the positions of nurses. Comparison was only performed at facilities operated by private limited companies and the regional authority. The research also compared the approach to holistic nursing care between head nurses and ward sisters and nurses working on shifts. The nurse managers answered more positively than the nurses working on shifts. A nurse providing holistic care sees a human as a unique complex being, not as its single parts. Such a nurse is ready to help people achieve and maintain optimal health, helps in prevention and reduction of diseases and provides support to those incurably ill. It is important to realize that body and psyche are closely linked, not separated. This thesis may be used by nurses working with handicapped children in health & social facilities. Elaboration of a standard for holistic nursing care for handicapped children in health & social facilities is the practical output of the thesis.

abstract: This study determined if differences exist among the health professions advising community between factors (academic and non-academic) used as selection criteria in medical school admissions, as well as the impact of the holistic review in admissions on new admissions initiatives with respect to personal and professional backgrounds of advisors. The study examined the differences based on the gender, race and ethnicity, age, years of advising experience, institution size and type, classification and region of the population. Statistical analyses were conducted using comparison of means tests: one-sample t-tests and one-way ANOVA to determine the significance of differences for each of the variables. Significant differences were found to exist among the health professions advising community based on gender, race and ethnicity, institution type, classification of appointment, institution size and type. The findings of the study suggested that the personal and professional background of a health professions advisor did impact the perception of importance among the academic and non-academic factors used in the selection of medical students. The medical school admissions community should appreciate the unique viewpoints of the broader health professions advising community when building relationships and finding opportunities to collaborate. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Educational Administration and Supervision 2012

Esta tese teve como objetivos identificar indícios de uma abordagem holística nas práticas gerenciais das empresas, contribuir para a construção de um modelo com características holísticas para orientar o delineamento de práticas gerenciais, e classificar as empresas pesquisadas quanto ao estágio de institucionalização da utilização de elementos da abordagem holística em suas práticas. O holismo, já conhecido na Antiguidade, teve um significado moderno dado pelo pensador e estadista sul-africano J. C. Smuts, através da obra Holism and Evolution, de 1926. Para ele, holismo é um fator que orienta a evolução de todo o Universo, com a formação de estruturas que só podem ser devidamente tratadas como totalidades, numa sequência que começa com a matéria e a vida, passando pela personalidade humana, até chegar às organizações supra-individuais e aos sistemas de valores humanos. Epistemologicamente, o holismo é contraposto ao reducionismo, quer seja nas Ciências Naturais (atomismo), quanto nas Ciências Sociais (individualismo). Após Smuts, vários autores trataram do holismo, com diferentes propósitos, entre eles Quine (1951), Weil (1991), Esfeld (2001) e Descombes (2014). Em relação à Administração, Savory (1999), aborda o holismo com foco na questão ambiental. No Brasil, Almada et al (2004), Aligleri et al (2008), Cunha e Corrêa (2010), entre outros, com focos em atividades administrativas diversas, fizeram considerações que remetem à visão holística por parte da gestão, que consiste em enxergar totalidades, dentre as quais a própria empresa é uma delas, bem como as conexões que ligam estas totalidades. A pesquisa, qualitativa, exploratória e descritiva, utilizou a abordagem interpretativista, pela qual o pesquisador busca compreender uma realidade, que possui aspectos objetivos e subjetivos. As 20 empresas pesquisadas foram retiradas de amostra aleatória entre as empresas pertencentes do Novo Mercado da BM&FBovespa, que possuem requisitos mais rígidos quanto às práticas de Governança Corporativa. Os dados foram retirados dos relatórios anuais de atuação e de outros documentos disponibilizados nos sites das empresas, sendo constituídos por informações gerais, mais as práticas gerenciais orientadas para a sustentabilidade e a responsabilidade social corporativa. A Teoria da Institucionalização forneceu critérios para classificar as empresas nos vários estágios de institucionalização do uso de elementos da abordagem holísticas em suas práticas. Para esta classificação, foi necessário construir um primeiro modelo, ou protótipo, para avaliação holística, visto não ser encontrado, nas teorias analisadas, modelo que pudesse ser utilizado. Este protótipo, o primeiro resultado da pesquisa, foi elaborado contrastando princípios holísticos, deduzidos da obra de Smuts, com a Teoria dos Sistemas, Teoria da Complexidade e Cibernética, mais a Teoria dos Stakeholders. Feitas as análises das práticas e as considerações finais para as empresas, observou-se uma alocação com grande homogeneidade pelos estágios citados, permitindo que se coloque como hipótese a ser testada em futuros estudos, que as empresas apresentam, no seu conjunto, uma trajetória de evolução no que concerne à visão holística de suas atividades e atuações na sociedade. Também foram observados mecanismos de evolução diferenciados e fatores limitantes para esta evolução. Finalmente, foi possível apresentar, através de deduções baseadas nos dados e nas teorias, também como hipótese a ser testada, que as empresas podem alcançar ganhos em diversas dimensões, ao utilizar uma abordagem holística nas suas práticas. Este estudo ajuda a cobrir uma lacuna importante das teorias administrativas modernas, qual seja, lidar com um mundo complexo, com ferramentais racionais, sem destruir o que caracteriza esta complexidade, a natureza holística da realidade. / This thesis aimed to identify evidence of a holistic approach in the managerial practices of companies, contribute to the construction of a model with holistic characteristics to guide the design of managerial practices, and classify companies in regards to the the institutionalization stage of the use of elements of holistic approach in their practices. Holism has ancient roots, but its modern meaning was defined by South African thinker and statesman J.C. Smuts, in his book Holism and Evolution, published in 1926. Smuts considers holism as a factor that guides the evolution of the entire universe, with the formation of structures that can only be properly treated as wholes , in a sequence which starts with matter and life, continues through human personality, and finally reaches supra-individual organizations and human value systems. In epistemological terms, holism opposes reductionism, be it in Natural Sciences (atomism), and in Social Sciences (individualism). After Smuts, several authors explored holism, such as Quine (1951), Weil (1991), Esfeld (2001) and Descombes (2014). In regards to Administration, Savory (1999) approaches holism with particular focus on environmental issues. In Brazil, Almada et al (2004), Aligleri et al (2008), Cunha e Corrêa (2010), among others, with focus in different administrative activities, have made allusions which explore holistic approaches in management, such as viewing the companies as totalities, as well as the connections between those totalities. This qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research utilized an interpretative approach, which helped the researcher understand a reality which contains objective as well as subjective aspects. Twenty companies were researched, chosen randomly among companies within the Novo Mercado segment of the BM&F Bovespa (São Paulo Stock Exchange), which has strict corporate rules. Data was collected in the companies\' annual reports and other documents available in the companies\' websites. Information collected was not restricted to general data about the companies, but also included managerial practices, sustainability and corporate and social responsibility. The Theory of Institutionalization provided criteria to classify companies, in various stages of institutionalization, in regards to the use of holistic approach in their practices. In order to obtain this classification, it was necessary to build a model, or prototype for holistic evaluation, as no such model had been found in previous studies. This prototype, the first result of the research, was built through comparisons between holistic principles, taken from the work of Smuts, with the Theory of Systems, the Theory of Cybernetics and Complexity, and the Theory of Stakeholders. After careful analysis of the companies\' practices, the research suggests that future studies should include an evaluation of the companies\' holistic approach of their activities and social endeavors. Also observed were different evolution mechanisms and factors that could limit this evolution. Finally, it was possible to present, based on deductions on data and theories, a hypothesis to be tested that companies can benefit by utilizing holistic approach in their practices. This study fills an important void in modern business theories, helping companies deal with a complex world using rational tools, which do not harm the complexity of the holistic nature of reality.

Submitted by Fabiana Gonçalves Pinto (benf@ndc.uff.br) on 2016-02-02T16:10:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tatiana Ibrahim de Serpa Pinto Rocha.pdf: 653236 bytes, checksum: 3f12cf84347ed66912cd8107722cc769 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-02T16:10:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tatiana Ibrahim de Serpa Pinto Rocha.pdf: 653236 bytes, checksum: 3f12cf84347ed66912cd8107722cc769 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Empresa de Ônibus e Turismo Pedro Antônio LTDA / Mestrado Profissional em Enfermagem Assistencial / O processo de trabalho do (a) enfermeiro(a) é construído por saberes originários de diferentes matrizes científicas e configuram uma atividade centrada no cuidado com articulação no campo da administração. No exercício da função, o (a) enfermeiro (a) utiliza uma série de saberes que podemos chamar de tecnologias. Tecnologias que são empregadas no trabalho do enfermeiro nos diferentes momentos da produção. Este estudo tem como objetivo, analisar o processo de trabalho do (a) enfermeiro (a), buscando identificar o uso das tecnologias no gerenciamento e no cuidado em saúde. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo com abordagem qualitativa. Como campo de estudo foi escolhido o Hospital Universitário Sul Fluminense, no Município de Vassouras. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevista temática com enfermeiros do hospital e observação participante. A análise dos dados se deu por meio da triangulação associada ao método hermenêutico dialético. Os resultados mostraram a utilização de diferentes ferramentas tecnológicas no gerenciamento do cuidado em que a fusão da função gerencial com a assistencial é uma constante. Nesse processo, destacamos o saber da teoria clássica da administração, como elemento presente em grande parte da produção naquele hospital. Apontamos, como conclusão, a importância de novos dispositivos para a descentralização do trabalho e a recuperação da centralidade no usuário / The working process of the nurse is constituted by facts derived from different scientific matrixes and configures an activity centered in the care, with an articulation in the administration field. In the realization of his function, the nurse uses a series of knowledge that we can call technologies. Technologies that are used in the work of the nurse on the different moments of the production. This study has as objective analyze the working process of the nurse, trying to identify the use of the technologies in the management and in the care in health. It‟s a descriptive study with qualitative approach. The Hospital Universitário Sul Fluminense, in Vassouras, was selected as the study field. The data were collected through a theme interview with the nurses of the hospital and participated observation. The analysis of the data was done by triangulation combined with the Hermeneutic-Dialectical Method. The results showed the utilization of different technological tools in the management of the care, in which the fusion of the management and care functions is a constant. In this process, we give emphasis to the knowledge of the administration classic theory, as an element present in a great part of the production in that hospital. We point out as a conclusion, the importance of new ways to the decentralization of work and the re-acquire of the users‟ centrality

In this study the notion of domestic democratic peace will be examined by using a holistic understanding of internal conflicts. Domestic democratic peace has most commonly been studied by using quantitative methods. This study will be qualitative using an abductive approach when understanding why mature democracies are more stable than other types of regimes. The holistic understanding of internal conflicts used in this study is based on the concepts of relative deprivation, instrumentalisation of politics and politicisation of identity. Burton’s sources of conflict are used to show how relative deprivation can be experienced. The questions to be answered in this essay are as follow: How can the proposed holistic understanding explain why mature democracies are more stable than newly established democracies and autocratic states? In what ways do mature democracies decrease experience of relative deprivation and thereby safeguarding Burton’s sources of conflict? In what ways do mature democracies cater to a more peaceful process of politicisation of identity and instrumentalisation of politics?