Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-03T18:33:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcello_Marchiano.pdf: 1740349 bytes, checksum: df2913ccacd44fbf4d6f4a098e9a94bd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-24 / The individual values researches have gain growing attention of the academy, specially by it??s predicting expected behavior condition. The Schwartz Value Survey (SVS) identifies, evaluates and allows the prioritization of the human values by its relative importance. The objective of this article, exploratory research, is to apply the SVS in the board members population of the brazilian corporations, listed or not, in the BMF&Bovespa. The results allow the evaluation of the influence, the compatibility and conflict of the relation between value-behavior in both Corporate Governance systems; the pro-shareholder and pro-stakeholder. The conclusions obtained, in the sample of 121 board memebers, indicates that significative axiological priorities differences in the individuals values belonging to each of the corporate governance systems could be noted / As pesquisas dos valores individuais t??m ganhado aten????o crescente da academia, especialmente quanto ?? predi????o de comportamentos esperados. O Invent??rio de Valores de Schwartz (IVS) identifica, avalia e permite priorizar os valores humanos em fun????o de sua import??ncia relativa. O objetivo desta disserta????o, de car??ter explorat??rio, ?? aplicar o IVS na popula????o de conselheiros de administra????o das empresas brasileiras, listadas ou n??o, na BM&FBovespa. Os resultados permitiram avaliar a influ??ncia, a compatibilidade e o conflito da rela????o valor-comportamento nos dois sistemas de Governan??a Corporativa: o pr??-shareholder e o pr??-stakeholder. As conclus??es alcan??adas, na amostra de 121 conselheiros de administra????o, sugerem que existem diferen??as na prioridade axiol??gica dos valores dos indiv??duos pertencentes a cada um dos sistemas de Governan??a Corporativa

To date, there has been little, if any, holistic evaluation of one of the BankSETA programmes that bank employees are nominated to attend, the Certificate in Management Development (CMD). The programme began in 2010 with the aim of increasing the pool of skills in entry-level management occupations in the banking and micro-finance sector (BankSETA, 2016). In order to verify whether the CMD programme has achieved the purpose for which it was instituted by the BankSETA, it is important that a programme evaluation be conducted. The main aim of this study was to undertake a holistic evaluation of the CMD programme to determine students’ perceptions, their increase in knowledge, their ability to apply on-the-job learning and the impact of the programme on the organisation. It also aimed to identify any barriers or obstacles and to provide recommendations to the BankSETA. Kirkpatrick’s (1996) four-level model of reaction, learning, behaviour and results was used as the theoretical framework for this study. A convergent parallel design was used to gather and analyse the data. The convergent design allowed the researcher to use quantitative and qualitative data-collection methods simultaneously, prioritising the methods equally and keeping each phase independent during analysis, and to then mix the results during the overall interpretation of the findings. The findings of this study highlight the importance of programme evaluation and how indispensable this practice is to the success of any programme. Even though positive results were conveyed at every phase of the study, there are certain areas that can be improved upon in order to maximise the outcomes of the CMD programme. / Business Management / M. Com. (Business Management)

Forested watersheds in western North America are subject to significant change from natural and anthropogenic disturbance, including wildfire. Forest canopy changes have subsequent impacts on sub-canopy snow processes. A simple, process-based point energy balance model was developed to quantify differences in energy balance characteristics between a burned and a healthy forest stand. Potential model uncertainties were identified using sensitivity analyses. Simulated snowmelt accurately recreated measured snowmelt, providing confidence in the model’s ability to simulate energy balance processes in subcanopy environments where wind redistribution and sublimation are not major drivers of the local snowmelt energy balance. In the burned stand, sub-canopy snow accumulation was greater but melted more rapidly than in the healthy stand. The removal of forest canopy resulted in more energy available for snowmelt, including higher short-wave and lower long-wave radiation, and increased turbulent fluxes. Burned stands should be considered a separate land cover type in larger scale watershed models. / xii, 129 leaves : ill,, map ; 29 cm

As a theme for my diploma thesis I chose „Suggestion of a Model of a successful Manager" for company Unicorn Inc. This model can be used by Unicorn´s owner not only for existing employees but also for hiring new managers and for opening new branches as well. Thanks to my model he will be able to compare existing soft skills of managers who are already on board and he will also know which characteristics, knowledge, experience and processes he should focus on when selecting candidates for managerial positions and posts. The research results, that will be carried out on employed managers, will show which soft skills are neccessary to be focused on when internal empoloyee trainings are carried out. Consequently I will suggest steps that will increase managers´ efficiency which will lead to an increase of efficiency in the whole company.

Die Arbeit befasst sich mit Methodenproblemen in der Strategischen Managementforschung. Auf Basis einer Meta-Analyse zum Zusammenhang zwischen Ressourcen im Sinne des Resource-based view und der Performance von Unternehmen werden verschiedene Erklärungen für die zu beobachtende Ergebnisheterogenität in den Primärstudien empirisch gegenübergestellt. Es kann gezeigt werden, dass die Operationalisierung des Konstrukts "organisationale Leistung" den größten Beitrag zur Erklärung der Varianz der Studienergebnisse erbringt. Die Appropriationstheorie liefert einen überzeugenden Erklärungsansatz zum systematischen Zusammenhang zwischen Leistung und Studienergebnissen.:1. Einleitung 1 1.1 Problemstellung 1 1.2 Forschungsfragen, zentrales Erkenntnisinteresse, Aufbau und Einordnung 5 2. Grundlagen 8 2.1 Die Rolle von Theorie, Empirie und Hypothese in der Wissensgenerierung 8 2.2 Der Leistungsbegriff 19 2.3 Strategische Managementforschung 25 2.4 Zwischenfazit 30 3. Theoriegeleitete Analyse 33 3.1 Überblick 33 3.2 Das Problem der Populationsselektion 34 3.3 Das Appropriationsproblem 44 3.4 Das Time-Lag Problem 70 4 Qualitative Literaturreview 77 4.1 Forschungsansatz 77 4.2 Ergebnisse 89 4.3 Diskussion 96 5. Metaanalyse 99 5.1 Forschungsansatz 99 5.2 Hypothesenentwicklung 103 5.3 Daten und Operationalisierung 106 5.4 Analyse 113 5.5 Diskussion der Ergebnisse 141 5.6 Abgrenzung und Limitationen 153 6. Zusammenführung und Diskussion 157 6.1 Zusammenfassung der Kernergebnisse 157 6.2 Diskussion und Ausblick 165 Anhänge 174 / The dissertation thesis contrasts various explanations for heterogeneity in strategic management research findings using meta-analytical techniques. I evaluate research results for a well-known research questions in strategic management research, the relation between performance and resources in the framework of resource-based view, and find that the way how the construct ‘performance’ is being operationalized explains a significant part of the observed heterogeneity in research findings, distinctly more than problems like population selection or the unclear temporal link between dependent and independent variables. Appropriation theory is shown to provide a convincing explanation for the observed outcome.:1. Einleitung 1 1.1 Problemstellung 1 1.2 Forschungsfragen, zentrales Erkenntnisinteresse, Aufbau und Einordnung 5 2. Grundlagen 8 2.1 Die Rolle von Theorie, Empirie und Hypothese in der Wissensgenerierung 8 2.2 Der Leistungsbegriff 19 2.3 Strategische Managementforschung 25 2.4 Zwischenfazit 30 3. Theoriegeleitete Analyse 33 3.1 Überblick 33 3.2 Das Problem der Populationsselektion 34 3.3 Das Appropriationsproblem 44 3.4 Das Time-Lag Problem 70 4 Qualitative Literaturreview 77 4.1 Forschungsansatz 77 4.2 Ergebnisse 89 4.3 Diskussion 96 5. Metaanalyse 99 5.1 Forschungsansatz 99 5.2 Hypothesenentwicklung 103 5.3 Daten und Operationalisierung 106 5.4 Analyse 113 5.5 Diskussion der Ergebnisse 141 5.6 Abgrenzung und Limitationen 153 6. Zusammenführung und Diskussion 157 6.1 Zusammenfassung der Kernergebnisse 157 6.2 Diskussion und Ausblick 165 Anhänge 174

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The emergence of information exchange and act of offering features through external interfaces is a vast but immensely valuable challenge, and essential elements of learning environments cannot be excluded. Nowadays, there are a lot of different service providers working in the learning systems market and each of them has their own advantages. On that premise, in today's world even large learning management systems are trying to cooperate with each other in order to be best. For instance, Instructure is a substantial company and can easily employ a dedicated team tasked with the development of a video conferencing functionality, but it chooses to use an open source alternative instead: The BigBlueButton. Unfortunately, different learning system manufacturers are using different technologies for various reasons, making integration that much harder. Standards in learning environments have come to resolve problems regarding exchanging information, providing and consuming functionalities externally and simultaneously minimizing the amount of effort needed to integrate systems. In addition to defining and simplifying these standards, careful consideration is essential when designing new, comprehensive and useful systems, as well as adding interoperability to existing systems, all which subsequently took part in this research. In this research I have reviewed most of the standards and protocols for integration in learning environments and proposed a revised approach for app stores in learning environments. Finally, as a case study, a learning tool has been developed to avail essential functionalities of a social educational learning management system integrated with other learning management systems. This tool supports the dominant and most popular standards for interoperability and can be added to learning management systems within seconds.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Previous research has found that the clarity of information provided to raters about women managers’ performance affects ratings of their competence, likeability, and overall evaluation. The current study sought to contribute to this literature by examining whether individual differences of raters can explain the reason for differential performance evaluations of male and female managers, despite them both performing equally. For this purpose, the current research extended the findings of Heilman and colleagues by replicating their methodology while introducing a moderator variable, the rater’s Implicit Person Theory (IPT). The IPT differentiates people into either entity theorists (that is, those who believe that behavior is trait-based and therefore fixed and stable) and incremental theorists (those who believe that behavior is situationally mediated and hence, changeable). Specifically, it was proposed that the effects found in the previous study would be stronger when the rater possessed an entity theory as opposed to an incremental theory. In doing so, this research attempted to provide an understanding of why male and female managers might be given different ratings, all other things being equal. Analyses revealed results that were consistent with, as well as some that were quite inconsistent with, previous findings. Rater IPT was found to have a significant effect on ratings provided by male participants but not those of female participants. Other findings and implications are discussed and limitations and future research directions are stated.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / In 2008, grassroots NGOs formed 13 alliances in response to the need for emergency relief and post-disaster recovery after the Sichuan Earthquake that occurred in West China and killed approximately 87,000 people. These alliances served to raise and deliver relief materials, train and supervise volunteers, promote information sharing, and assist victims with mental health and livelihood recovery. However, all alliances were terminated within less than four years. Although plenty of scholarship discusses how corporate alliances evolve or fail, few studies focus on interorganizational collaboration among nonprofits. To explore how NGOs developed collective actions in China’s adverse sociopolitical environment, the author performed three years of observation in four coalitions and interviewed 60 alliance leaders, employees, and volunteers. This paper identifies four types of termination these NGO alliances experienced: three of them failed at their very births, five self-disbanded shortly after the end of emergency aid, three dissolved due to failed institutionalization, and the remaining two evolved into independent organizations. Tracking their life cycles, this study finds four main factors accountable for their terminations: political pressure, funding shortage, short-term orientation, and leadership failure. In particular, the repressive NGO regulation regime and limited funding sources fundamentally restricted all alliances’ capacity and sustainability. Further, the transient nature of disaster relief efforts and the conflict between disaster management and planned work areas contributed to the short-term orientation among alliance members and, thus, led to the closure of some alliances shortly after they provided emergency relief. In addition, though generally exempt from internal rivalry that often undermines inter-firm partnerships, NGO alliances of all types were confronted with leadership challenges—partner misfits concerning resources, strategy, and mission; flawed governing structures, and undesired individual leadership. The four factors interplayed and led to alliance dissolution through different combinations. The paper points out that, in addition to environmental uncertainty, leadership failure has become a major challenge for nonprofit collaborations.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Derived from the field of art curation, digital provenance is an unforgeable record of a digital object's chain of successive custody and sequence of operations performed on the object. It plays an important role in accessing the trustworthiness of the object, verifying its reliability and conducting audit trails of its lineage. Digital provenance forms an immutable directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure. Since history of an object cannot be changed, once a provenance chain has been created it must be protected in order to guarantee its reliability. Provenance can face attacks against the integrity of records and the confidentiality of user information, making security an important trait required for digital provenance. The digital object and its associated provenance can have different security requirements, and this makes the security of provenance different from that of traditional data. Research on digital provenance has primarily focused on provenance generation, storage and management frameworks in different fields. Security of digital provenance has also gained attention in recent years, particularly as more and more data is migrated in cloud environments which are distributed and are not under the complete control of data owners. However, there still lacks a viable secure digital provenance scheme which can provide comprehensive security for digital provenance, particularly for generic and dynamic ones. In this work, we address two important aspects of secure digital provenance that have not been investigated thoroughly in existing works: 1) capturing the DAG structure of provenance and 2) supporting dynamic information sharing. We propose a scheme that uses signature-based mutual agreements between successive users to clearly delineate the transition of responsibility of the digital object as it is passed along the chain of users. In addition to preserving the properties of confidentiality, immutability and availability for a digital provenance chain, it supports the representation of DAG structures of provenance. Our scheme supports dynamic information sharing scenarios where the sequence of users who have custody of the document is not predetermined. Security analysis and empirical results indicate that our scheme improves the security of the typical secure provenance schemes with comparable performance.