Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-01-09T10:54:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 luciareginadossantosandrade.pdf: 1043993 bytes, checksum: 7cc028943835b3ef7c8e1a3da4fb6f03 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Diamantino Mayra (mayra.diamantino@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-01-31T11:23:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 luciareginadossantosandrade.pdf: 1043993 bytes, checksum: 7cc028943835b3ef7c8e1a3da4fb6f03 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-31T11:23:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 luciareginadossantosandrade.pdf: 1043993 bytes, checksum: 7cc028943835b3ef7c8e1a3da4fb6f03 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-16 / O Programa Ensino Médio Inovador (ProEMI) foi criado pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC), em 2009, visando à promoção de redesenho curricular por meio de práticas pedagógicas inovadoras nas escolas estaduais de ensino médio, selecionadas e aprovadas para o programa. A presente dissertação teve como objetivo verificar se a Seduc/AM realizou o monitoramento das ações propostas e desenvolvidas no período de 2009 a 2014. A pesquisa de campo realizada, de caráter qualitativo, utilizou como metodologia a análise de documentos normativos relativos ao ensino médio e ao programa. Foram, ainda, realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com seis servidores efetivos ligados diretamente à Coordenação do programa junto à Seduc/AM, buscando suas percepções quanto ao monitoramento. Os autores utilizados para referencial teórico, no que tange ao ensino médio, foram Cury (2002) e Krawczyz (2003), e quanto ao Ciclo de Políticas Públicas, foram Condé (2012), Mainardes (2006), Luck (2013) e Schneckenberg (2000). A partir da análise dos dados encontrados, o estudo chegou a algumas conclusões, o que nos levou à proposição de um Plano de Ação Educacional voltado para possibilitar a efetiva realização do monitoramento. Buscamos, com isso, atingir os objetivos do ProEMI, i.e., a reestruturação curricular, contribuindo para a melhoria do ensino nessa etapa educacional. / The Innovative High School Program (Programa Ensino Médio Inovador - ProEMI) was created by the Education Ministry (Ministério da Educação – MEC), in 2009, in order to promote the reformulation of school curricula through innovative pedagogic techniques. The present work aims to verify if the Secretary of Education from Amazonas (Secretaria de Educação do Amazonas – Seduc/AM) monitored the proposed and developed actions at the schools from the region, in the period of 2009 to 2014, which were selected and aproved for this program. The field research we present is qualitative, in which the analysis of the normative documents referent to the high school program were used. Even more, semi-structured interviews were made with six government workers whom are directly linked to the coordination of the program at Seduc, in order to understand their perceptions of how the program monitoring proccess followed. About the theoretical aspects of High School, the references we used were Cury (2002) and Krawczyz (2003), and about the cycle of public politics we used the studies by Condé (2012), Mainardes (2006), Lück (2013) and Schneckenberg (2000). From the data analysis, this study reached the conclusion that no monitoring was done, what led the proposition of a educational action plan that enables the monitoring effective realization, to attain the objective of ProEMI, that is, the curricula reestructuration that contributes to the teaching improvement of this educational step.

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Depuis plusieurs années, on observe une vague d'adoption de nouveaux statuts de société dans le droit commercial de plusieurs Etats. En stipulant dans leurs statuts leurs finalités, ces sociétés réinterrogent les buts de l'entreprise et apparaissent comme un paradoxe pour la littérature sur la gouvernance : un tel engagement n'est-il pas de nature à restreindre la flexibilité stratégique et à nuire au contrôle de l'action des dirigeants ? Ne risque-t-il pas de dissuader les associés ? L'objet de cette thèse est d'expliquer le phénomène des « entreprises à missions », leurs motivations, mais aussi de caractériser le modèle de gouvernance alternatif qu'elles dessinent et sa portée en sciences de gestion.L'analyse du processus de conception des premières formes de société à mission américaines vient, en premier lieu, enrichir le modèle du contrat de société, en montrant que celui-ci peut avoir des effets restrictifs sur les finalités du collectif s'il ne contient que des engagements sur les ressources investies, ou une répartition des droits et des intérêts des parties prenantes.La thèse propose, en second lieu, une modélisation de la mission : en spécifiant des propriétés désirables, mais potentiellement inédites, de l'action collective, la mission appelle la conception de nouvelles stratégies pour construire des intérêts collectifs et des biens communs nouveaux. Ce modèle rend visible, au-delà des nouvelles formes de société, une classe plus large d'organisations « à missions » dont on retrouve de nombreuses déclinaisons, dans l'histoire et actuellement.Enfin, la thèse examine les outils de gouvernance des entreprises à mission. L'étude d'une série de cas contrastés montre des dispositifs originaux articulant contrôle de l'exploration stratégique et mécanismes de solidarité. La mission ouvre ainsi des perspectives fécondes sur les régimes possibles de la solidarité. / In recent years, several states have introduced new corporate forms into their commercial law, which requires the commitment of shareholders towards a “mission”. By stipulating their purposes in their documents, these companies appear as a paradox for literature on corporate governance: would such a commitment not hamper strategic flexibility and undermine the monitoring of management? Is it not likely to deter shareholders' investments? The aim of this thesis is to explain the emergence of "mission-driven companies", to understand their motivations, but also to characterize the alternative model of governance they draw and the significance of this model in management science.First, the analysis of the process of emergence and design of these mission-driven forms in the United States enables us to enrich the classical model of the corporate contract, by showing that such a contract can have restrictive effects on the collective purposes if it only contains a commitment on invested resources, or provisions on the distribution of decision rights or value created to stakeholders.The thesis proposes, in a second step, a model of the "mission": by specifying desirable, yet potentially inventive, properties of the upcoming collective action, the mission calls for the design of novel strategies aiming at building new commons and collective interests. This model reveals, beyond the new legal forms, a wider class of “mission-driven” organizations, of which we can observe numerous variations both historically and currently.Finally, the thesis examines the systems of governance of mission-driven companies. A study of contrasting cases shows original devices combining control of the strategic exploration and solidarity mechanisms. The mission thus opens fruitful perspectives to explore new possible systems of solidarity.

Nous développons des modèles de processus pour décrire et gérer efficacement la conception innovante, en suivant la méthodologie DRM. D'abord, nous présentons un modèle descriptif de la conception innovante. Ce modèle reflète les processus fondamentaux qui sont utiles pour comprendre les différentes dimensions et étapes impliqués dans la conception innovante. Il permette aussi de localise les possibilités d'innovation dans ce processus, et se focalise sur les facteurs internes et externes qui influencent le succès. Deuxièmement, nous effectuons une étude empirique pour étudier la façon dont le contrôle et la flexibilité peuvent être équilibrés pour gérer l'incertitude dans la conception innovante. Après avoir identifié les pratiques de projets qui traitent de ces incertitudes en termes de contrôle et de flexibilité, des études de cas sont analysés. Cet exemple montre que le contrôle et la flexibilité peuvent coexister. En se basant sûr les résultats managériaux issu de cette étude empirique, nous développons un modèle procédurale de processus et un modèle adaptatif à base d’activité. Le premier propose le cadre conceptuel pour équilibrer l'innovation et le contrôle par la structuration des processus au niveau du projet et par l'intégration des pratiques flexibles au niveau opérationnel. Le second modèle considère la conception innovante comme un système adaptatif complexe. Il propose ainsi une méthode de conception qui construit progressivement l'architecture du processus de la conception innovante. Enfin, les deux modèles sont vérifiées en analysant un certain nombre de processus et en faisant des simulations au sein de trois projets de conception innovante. / We develop a series of process models to comprehensively describe and effectively manage innovative design in order to achieve adequate balance between innovation and control, following the design research methodology (DRM). Firstly, we introduce a descriptive model of innovative design. This model reflects the actual process and pattern of innovative design, locates innovation opportunities in the process and supports a systematic perspective whose focus is the external and internal factors affecting the success of innovative design. Secondly, we perform an empirical study to investigate how control and flexibility can be balanced to manage uncertainty in innovative design. After identifying project practices that cope with these uncertainties in terms of control and flexibility, a case-study sample based on five innovative design projects from an automotive company is analyzed and shows that control and flexibility can coexist. Based on the managerial insights of the empirical study, we develop the procedural process model and the activity-based adaptive model of innovative design. The former one provides the conceptual framework to balance innovation and control by the process structuration at the project-level and the integration of flexible practices at the operation-level. The latter model considers innovative design as a complex adaptive system, and thereby proposes the method of process design that dynamically constructs the process architecture of innovative design. Finally, the two models are verified by supporting a number of process analysis and simulation within a series of innovative design projects.

In the theoretical part of the thesis we will define the term of assessment according to the literature and we will also present different types, functions and forms of assessment. The main part of the theoretical part is focused on final verbal assessment which is currently put on the same level within the educational system by the new Education Act as the traditional mark system. The development of this way of assessment since 1989 will be reflected. Advantages and disadvantages of this kind of assessment will be summed up in the thesis. Strategies which can help the teacher to collect the materials for the final verbal assessment effectively are also to be found in the thesis. Then, there will be the comparison of traditional and final verbal assessment. The form of final verbal assessment in Great Britain and in Germany will be introduced in the next part of the thesis. In the empirical part of the thesis we will examine the way of final verbal assessment in the primary schools' practice. Advantages and disadvantages of this assessment will be presented from the view of the pupils, the teachers and the parents. The school director will also evaluate final verbal assessment. This information will be obtained by different research methods - a questionnaire for the pupils and the parents, an...

A common phenomenon in the private higher education environment is that lecturers are highly qualified subject specialists and conduct research mainly in areas in their fields of expertise. Therefore they are not always well informed about the dynamics of the global educational environment and they do not have an indepth knowledge of how learning takes place. As a result of this the traditional lecturing style is mainly used during contact sessions and mostly theoretical knowledge is assessed in written examinations. During class visits that were conducted as part of my duties as quality assurer of the teaching, learning and assessment that take place in the Production Management Institute of Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd (trading as PMI), a private higher education institution, it was noticed that the facilitators of learning present mostly lectures that are based on one-way communication with very little student participation. Learning style flexibility and allowing active student participation during the contact sessions are, in most instances, not considered. This lecturer-centred practice prevents the students from developing responsibility for their own learning process and creating an interest in becoming lifelong learners. An action research-driven professional development programme was presented to the academic staff of PMI to allow them the opportunity to develop innovative facilitation of learning practices. The programme aimed to create a scholarly approach to establishing a culture of lifelong learning in the private higher education environment – in literature commonly referred to as a scholarship of learning and teaching. The academic staff members conducted action research on their own practices as facilitators and assessors of lifelong learning. I conducted living theory action research on my style of being a mentor for the participants of the project. The programme commenced in 2009. The content of and the level on which the programme was presented are in line with a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) that is offered at a public institution. The participants were introduced to, inter alia, the principles of the Ned Herrmann Whole Brain® theory, Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory and Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive levels. As the first step in the programme all the participants completed the on-line Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® (HBDI®). An accredited Hermann Brain Dominance practitioner was contracted to provide feedback to the participants and to explain the principles of this instrument. The HBDI® practitioner is affiliated on a full-time basis with the education faculty of a public higher education institution. He was contracted to facilitate the professional development programme as well. The success of the programme became evident through student feedback and requests, and feedback received from the participating facilitators of learning. Top level management of PMI also became aware of the successes and it resulted in the inclusion of the development of the academic staff members as one of the main focus areas in the strategic management plan for 2010. It was decided that the programme should be repeated every year in order to ensure the continuous professional development of existing and new academic staff members. PMI was invited to offer the programme in the Agriculture and Science Faculty of a public university. Parts of the project were showcased at the 2010 and 2012 conferences of the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa (HELTASA) and the Knowledge 2011 international conference. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / lk2014 / Humanities Education / PhD / Unrestricted

Cette thèse a pour objectif de mieux comprendre et d’accompagner les stratégies d’innovation des entreprises face aux défis liés à l’intensification de la dynamique et des changements de l’environnement économique. Or, afin de survivre à ces rythmes économiques, la littérature préconise aux organisations de concilier leurs activités d’exploitation et leurs activités d’exploration de façon concomitante. Dans ce cadre, notre travail étudie spécifiquement une stratégie d’innovation conférant une importance particulière aux initiatives des individus dans les activités d’exploration : l’ambidextrie contextuelle. Simultanément, notre recherche examine un objet de recherche jusque là inédit dans le milieu académique : le Fab Lab d’entreprise (ou Fab Lab interne). A la croisée des chemins de ces deux sujets, cette thèse pose la question du développement de l’ambidextrie contextuelle à l’aide d’un Fab Lab d’entreprise.L’étude de cas menée au sein de l’une des premières structures à développer cette pratique de Fab Lab d’entreprise – le Groupe Renault – définit cet outil de gestion comme une quasi-structure propice au développement de l’ambidextrie contextuelle. Elle présente ensuite le pilotage à mener afin de développer l’ambidextrie contextuelle à l’aide d’un Fab Lab d’entreprise. / This thesis aims to better understand and support corporate innovation strategies to help them coping with the challenges associated with the intensification of the dynamics and changes in the economic environment. However, in order to survive these economic rhythms, previous research recommends organizations to reconcile their exploitation and their exploration activities, concomitantly. In this context, our work specifically examines an innovation strategy giving particular attention to the initiatives of individuals in exploration activities : contextual ambidexterity. Simultaneously, our research examines an object of research previously unreleased in academic studies : the corporate Fab Lab (or internal Fab Lab). At the crossroads of these two subjects, this thesis raises the question of the development of contextual ambidexterity through a corporate Fab Lab. Our case study is conducted in Renault Group, one of the first structures to develop this practice of corporate Fab Lab. Our analysis permits to define this management tool as a quasi-structure conducive to the development of contextual ambidexterity. It then presents the guidance to lead in the objective of developing contextual ambidexterity through a corporate Fab Lab.

This Master´s thesis entitled Implementation of management 2.0 principles in Czech businesses focuses on innovative ways of managing companies and their employees. The aim of the work is to evaluate based on qualitative research to what extent and in what form are management 2.0 principles pursued in the Czech business environment. The theoretical part contains definitions of basic management concepts, reasons of management model innovation and description of management practices used in both traditional and alternative management. Based on academic literature, the theoretical part prepares the ground for practical work. The practical part is in addition to the analysis of available information based primarily on interviews with managers and employees of Czech companies that are outwardly practicing various approaches to management 2.0. The work is beneficial especially to business executives and management students, who can deepen their knowledge about management trends in the 21st century. The thesis can serve to future job applicants as a source of valuable information on innovative employers on the Czech market.

Cette thèse vise à appliquer la théorie de la régulation en fonction des objectifs à l’analyse du comportement innovant au travail. Après avoir examiné l’état de l’art de la littérature sur l’innovation (premier chapitre), nous avons mené trois études empiriques sur des échantillons différents. Dans la première étude (deuxième chapitre), nous avons supposé et montré que la génération proactive des objectifs – incluant les processus de projection et de planification – était positivement liée au comportement innovant, et que l’engagement affectif, en interagissant avec la flexibilité du rôle ou avec le soutien du leader à l’innovation, modérait positivement cette relation. Dans la deuxième étude (troisième chapitre), nous avons proposé et montré que la planification médiatisait la relation entre la projection et l’innovation, et que l’habilitation psychologique et le soutien du leader à l’innovation modéraient positivement la relation entre la projection et la planification. Enfin, dans la troisième étude (quatrième chapitre), nous avons supposé et démontré que l’orientation d’apprentissage, le climat d’équipe pour l’innovation, et la variété dans la tâche stimulaient la performance innovante indirectement, à travers la médiation de la projection et de la planification, et que l’orientation d’apprentissage renforçait la relation entre la planification et l’innovation. Les implications théoriques et pratiques de nos études sont traitées dans la discussion générale. / The present dissertation aims at applying goal regulation theory to the study of innovative work behaviour. After reviewing the state-of-the-art of innovation literature (first chapter), we conducted three empirical studies on distinct samples. In the first study (second chapter), we hypothesized and found that proactive goal generation – which includes envisioning and planning processes – was positively related to innovative behaviour, and that affective commitment, interacting with production ownership or, alternatively, with leader support for innovation, strengthened this relationship. In the second study (third chapter), we proposed and showed that planning mediated the link between envisioning and innovation, and that psychological empowerment and team support for innovation positively moderated the relationship between envisioning and planning. Finally, in the third study (fourth chapter), we theorized and demonstrated that learning goal orientation, psychological climate for innovation, and task variety enhanced innovative performance indirectly through the mediation of envisioning and planning, and that learning goal orientation amplified the relationship between planning and innovation. Theoretical and practical implications of our works are addressed in the general discussion.

The rapid convergence of collaborative technologies, democratisation of digital communication and consumerisation of Smart Grid infrastructure (i.e.: smart metering and distribution substation automation) have faltered the efficacy of centralised command-and-control and its insular sub-culture. For complex firms in today's creative economy, this infers that management innovation (MI)—“an induced managerial capacity to search for novel ways to create value”, is rapidly becoming liabilities unless it is innovatively managed for overcoming the inertia of discontinuity opportunities. The raison d'être of this thesis is to investigate the generative managerial processes through which MI can be fostered for experimentation and innovatively managed for acceleration. It comprises four qualitative case studies that involved in-depth interviews, surveys, public records and archival documentaries of four Canadian energy and utilities organisations. The conclusions are fascinating both expected and unanticipated. I found that many, if not most, of the contemporaneous routines of pyramidal target-setting and benchmark-driven cultures are ubiquitously evident. Business planning and risk management still function, albeit the objects of those tenets are different. These quasi-objects include, but are not limited to, organic structures, web-enabled paradigm, pragmatic mindset of middle-down-up crowdsourcing and fragmented evaluation of efforts to evoke the innovative management of management innovation (IMMI). Further adjacent to the quest for driving renewed growth, a new governing dynamic is hinging upon the IMMI that forges a pattern for resiliency and sustainability. Managers capitalise on the epistemic IMMI to regain competitive advantage while enduring endogenous fiefdoms and exogenous disruptions. They catalyse information semantically, harness collective capability effectively, stage prolifically faster MI experimentations and accelerate the cycle of MI more pervasively. I henceforth propose a unified managerial process, dubbed the "Cloverleaf 4S Model" (Strategise—Synchronise—Steward—Sustain). Implicit in this approach, managers believe that their finely-tailored practices epitomise an evolutionary process of deliberate selection in the pursuit for distinctive MI capabilities and expanding authority dynamics in the managership. This allows for self-adaptive mechanisms shifting from silos to swarming as well as the indigenous aspects of IMMI practices—exaptation, cognitive flexibility, speed to adaptation and executional excellence. The implication of this study presents heuristical insights to managers in galvanising perennial innovation and unlocking their IMMI to build an agile, intelligent enterprise.