As the topic of sustainability is gaining a lot of importance, organizations in the aviation industry are coming together to form networks. The purpose of the study is to understand the concept of inter-organizational networks as potential learning organizations and find out how facilitating processes that enable these inter-organizational networks like collaboration, communication and knowledge management operate within networks. Further research will explore processes of learning in networks to investigate alignment and resemblance with the concept of sustainable learning organization and provide an insight on organization structure and culture as enablers of learning. The basic design of the study consists of semi-structured interviews of two networks in the aviation industry as primary data in order to support research questions with empirical analysis. In addition, systematic review of academic literature and official websites of various network stakeholders was used as a secondary data collection source to discover track record of current research study in this field and identify knowledge gaps and areas for further study. Major findings include impact of formal and informal structure of networks on learning processes and objective setting for the network. It also depicts a need for a holistic and systematic approach at interorganizational level in order to form a learning organization. In the end culture was also identified as a learning enabler in networks that tend to be sustainable learning organizations.

Inter-organizational projects have become common forms of organizing in various industries such as construction, advertising, music, film making etc. The unique structural nature of Inter-organizational projects coupled with the fact that they carried out through the participation of multiple organizations, raises issues of coordination. Particularly when it comes to creative industries, coordination is challenged by demand and transactional uncertainties. In order to understand how inter-organizational projects achieve coordination in such situations, it is important to study their interior processes putting in consideration their environmental context.  The aim of this research is to study how network embeddedness enhances coordination in inter-organizational projects within creative industries. Inter-organizational projects: are projects that are carried out through the collaboration of multiple legally independent organizations Inter-organizational networks: refer to sets of long-term ties among independent organizations that are engaged in continuous exchange relations. Embeddedness: refers to the continuous interaction of individuals, organizations, projects etc. with their environmental context. Macrocultures: refer to the shared beliefs, norms values rules and practices with in inter- organizational networks that guide members on their actions. A qualitative approach using a multiple comparative case study was conducted. Accordingly four projects chosen from creative industries were studied using both primary and secondary data. Macrocultures that are embedded inter-organizational networks facilitate coordination within inter-organizational projects. Further projects that differ in their constituents task nature, time duration and team composition relied on different types of embeddedness for coordination.

Taiwan¡¦s high-tech multinational corporations have two main brand strategies. One is OEM/ODM, and other one is OBM. Different brand strategy will influence the consideration of global arrangement governing the organization network and the global knowledge transfer model. There are five roles building in different meaning in global organization network. And in the knowledge transfer model, there are three different dimensions named knowledge transfer fountain-heading, knowledge transfer interface and knowledge accumulate meaning. According to the administrative department of Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park¡¦s meeting for defining the classification of high-tech industries. This research chose four multinational corporations which nationality is Taiwan. These are the computer-related manufacturing industries and the communication-related manufacturing industries. This research concludes some propositions through the interview with top managers of these sample corporations. Positions are as follows: Proposition 1: Different brand strategies will influence the classification of tendency in exploiting advance technology. Proposition 2: Headquarter will play the different roles in global research network according to the different brand strategy. Proposition 3: The subsidiaries of high-tech corporations will have diversity of role playing and different frequency of knowledge transferring according to brand strategies. Proposition 4: The brand strategies will influence types and frequency of knowledge transferring. Proposition 5: Brand strategies will influence the market knowledge¡¦s flowing direction. Proposition 6: In technology knowledge transfer, the low-end and manufacturing skill will duplicate to the manufacture-based plant, and the high-level and advance knowledge will keep in the headquarter. Proposition 7: human being is the most important interface in the knowledge transfer process.

Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The successful execution of the Physical Asset Management Strategy (PAMS) is an important value driver for organisations, whose core business is highly dependent on the service delivery of physical assets. However, contemporary research demonstrates that scheduled targets are often not met and the means to detect the constraints that can undermine the strategy execution efforts are deficient. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate Social Network Analysis (SNA) as a method to map primary constraints in Physical Asset Management Strategy Execution (PAMSE). A comprehensive literature review addresses the domains of Physical Asset Management (PAM) and SNA. The review of the literature is supported by interviews with practitioners in the field of PAM. Consequently, the challenges experienced in PAM are contextualised along with the capabilities of SNA and the most important constraints in PAMSE are identified. As an interim result, the study found that dysfunctional information flow and poor decision making are the primary constraints that could hinder the execution of a PAMS. As a consequence thereof, a SNA application methodology was developed in order to scrutinise these areas of concern. The methodology was applied at two research sites in the South African mining industry. Network data for the study was collected by surveys conducted in June and July 2012. The case studies demonstrate that a SNA application in PAM requires a number of prerequisites that are crucial to its success. Nevertheless, a successful SNA application may yield valuable results identifying the problems encountered in PAMSE. Most importantly, the SNA highlights overloaded key employees, collaborative breakdowns and excessive intradepartmental collaboration that have the potential to hinder the PAMSE process. The results were validated by means of dialogue with the individuals involved in the study. This study found that SNA can be used as a method to map the primary constraints experienced by PAMSE. It also emphasises that there are important prerequisites that have to be established for SNA to be successful. Future research could be carried out based on the results of this thesis, in order to design improvement plans for the studied research site and possibly conduct a second SNA to investigate whether the constraints, identified in the study, had been resolved. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die suksesvolle uitvoering van die Fisiese Batebestuurstrategie is ’n belangrike genereerder van waarde vir organisasies waar die kernbesigheid tot ’n groot mate afhanklik is van die dienslewering van fisiese bates. Hedendaagse navorsing wys egter dat geskeduleerde mylpale meestal nie bereik word nie en dat die metodes wat gebruik word om vas te stel watter beperkings die strategie-uitvoering ondermyn, ontoereikend is. Die doel van hierdie tesis is om die aanwending van Sosiale Netwerkanalise as ’n metode te ondersoek, om die primêre beperkings ten opsigte van die uitvoering van Fisiese Batebestuurstrategie te identifiseer. ’n Omvattende literatuuroorsig is uitgevoer wat die gebied van Fisiese Batebestuur en Sosiale Netwerkanalise aanspreek. Die literatuuroorsig is aangevul deur onderhoude met kundiges op die gebied van Fisiese Batebestuur. Sodoende kon die uitdagings van Fisiese Batebestuur bestudeer word in die konteks en vermoëns van Sosiale Netwerkanalise, en gevolglik is die belangrikste beperkings in Fisiese Batebestuurstrategie-Uitvoering geïdentifiseer. Die voorlopige resultate van die studie het bevind dat gebrekkige inligtingsvloei en swak besluitneming die hoofbeperkings is wat die uitvoering van ’n Fisiese Batebestuurstrategie kan verhinder. Gevolglik is ’n Sosiale Netwerkanalise toepassingsmetodiek ontwikkel om dié probleemareas onder die mikroskoop te plaas. Dié metodiek is dan op twee teiken-aanlegte in die Suid-Afrikaanse Mynbou Industrie toegepas. Netwerkdata vir die studie is deur middel van meningsopnames in Junie en Julie 2012 ingesamel. Die gevallestudies demonstreer dat ’n Sosiale Netwerkanalisetoepassing in Fisiese Batebestuur waardevolle resultate kan lewer met betrekking tot die probleme wat ondervind word in die uitvoer van Fisiese Batebestuurstrategie. Onder die belangrikste bevindings van die Sosiale Netwerkanalise tel die oorbelasting van sleutelposwerknemers, mislukte samewerking, asook eksessiewe interdepartementele samewerking met die potensiaal om die uitvoering van die Fisiese Batebestuurstrategie te verhinder. Die bevindings is deur dialoog met die individuele deelnemers in die ondersoek gestaaf. Die studie het bevind dat Sosiale Netwerkanalise geskik is as ’n metode om die primêre beperkings, wat ondervind word in die uitvoering van Fisiese Batebestuurstrategie, te identifiseer. Dit moet egter ook beklemtoon word dat daar belangrike voorvereistes bestaan, wat vir die suksesvolle toepassing van Sosiale Netwerkanalise in plek moet wees. Toekomstige navorsing kan gebaseer word op die uitkoms van dié tesis met die doel om ontwerpverbeteringsplanne vir die teiken-aanlegte op te stel. Daarbenewens kan ’n moontlike opvolg Sosiale Netwerkanalise uitgevoer word om te meet of die beperkings wat deur die ondersoek geidentifiseer is, oorkom is.

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-02-13T09:51:15Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Leila Sobreira Bastos - 2016.pdf: 3743038 bytes, checksum: bc599b99ce685b6ac4073b49c73851ae (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-02-13T09:51:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Leila Sobreira Bastos - 2016.pdf: 3743038 bytes, checksum: bc599b99ce685b6ac4073b49c73851ae (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-13T09:51:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Leila Sobreira Bastos - 2016.pdf: 3743038 bytes, checksum: bc599b99ce685b6ac4073b49c73851ae (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-21 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / This work seeks to consider logistics as a fundamental attribute for corporate circulation and, consequently, for control, fluidity and territorial appropriation. We understand that logistics, more precisely the figure of the Logistic Operator, constitutes a fundamental agent capable of enhancing the use made to technical networks. In order to corroborate this idea, a study was made on logistics in the context of the expansion of capital with emphasis on Logistics Operators. In order to give depth to the discussion, our research object was the Logistic Operators benefited by the Produzir Program in Goiás. As result, we observed that, in Goiás, few companies can be considered, in fact, Logistics Operators, and among the companies benefited by the incentive towards the OLs, they are, in fact, carriers. In the same way, we observed that the truck drivers are central agents for the productive mobilization of the territory in Goiás and, nevertheless, the margin of the policies directed to the logistics is located, which represents a mistake, since this actor mobilizes a great part of the Agricultural production of the state and lack policies that provide productivity and quality at work. We tried to prove that the joint analysis of the State action and of a specific company format - Logistic Operator - contributes to the understanding of the Senses of modernization in Goiás. We believe that Logistical Operators are one of the new agents of modernity created to operationalize the fluidity and expansion of the contexts of modernity through the corporative apparatus of the territory. Keywords: Corporate Logistics, Logistic Operator, appropriation of technical networks, organizational network. / Este trabalho busca considerar a logística como atributo fundamental para a circulação corporativa e, por consequência, para o controle, fluidez e apropriação territorial. Entendemos que a logística, mais precisamente a figura do Operador Logístico, constitui um agente fundamental capaz de potencializar o uso feito às redes técnicas. Para corroborar com esta ideia foi feito um estudo sobre a logística no contexto da expansão do capital com ênfase na ação dos Operadores Logísticos. Para dar profundidade a discussão, se constituiu nosso objeto de pesquisa, os Operadores Logísticos beneficiados pelo programa Produzir em Goiás. Procuramos comprovar que a análise conjunta da ação do Estado e de um formato específico de empresa - O Operador Logístico - contribui para a compreensão dos sentidos das modernizações em Goiás. Enquanto resultado, observamos que, em Goiás, poucas empresas podem ser consideradas, de fato, Operadores Logísticos, e dentre as empresas beneficiadas pelo incentivo voltado aos OLs são, na verdade, transportadoras. De igual modo, observamos que os caminhoneiros são agentes centrais para a mobilização produtiva do território em Goiás e, no entanto, situam-se a margem das políticas direcionadas à logística, o que representa um equívoco, uma vez que este ator mobiliza grande parte da produção agropecuária do estado e carecem de políticas que proporcionem produtividade e qualidade no trabalho. Entendemos que os Operadores Logísticos são um dos novos agentes da modernidade criados para operacionalizar a fluidez e a ampliação dos contextos da modernidade mediante o aparelhamento corporativo do território. Palavras Chave: Logística corporativa, Operador Logístico, apropriação das redes técnicas, rede organizacional.

Submitted by Mariana Dornelles Vargas (marianadv) on 2015-03-31T17:36:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 simbiose_industrial.pdf: 1193186 bytes, checksum: be75c89b1eddae31918ce17781e9bf16 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-31T17:36:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 simbiose_industrial.pdf: 1193186 bytes, checksum: be75c89b1eddae31918ce17781e9bf16 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-06 / Comitesinos - Comitê de Gerenciamento da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio dos Sinos / FNMA - Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente / Pró-Sinos - Consórcio Público de Saneamento Básico da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio dos Sinos / SEMA - Secretaria Estadual do Meio Ambiente (RS) / Ao longo dos anos, o desenvolvimento industrial trouxe impactos positivos e negativos à sociedade. O setor metal mecânico está inserido neste contexto, pois se caracteriza como setor de grande impacto ambiental adverso, além de consumir recursos naturais, gera uma série de resíduos sólidos, efluentes líquidos e emissões atmosféricas. Na Simbiose Industrial, os vários agentes (stakeholders) que participam, direta ou indiretamente, das atividades das empresas são os grandes propulsores das mudanças em prol da prevenção da poluição. Essa relação entre as partes pode acontecer de diversas formas, formando uma rede de melhorias ambientais conjuntas. É exatamente neste ponto que esta pesquisa pretende expandir-se e estudar a inter-relação das empresas com seus demais atores. Quem motiva quem? Quem ou quais são as molas propulsoras das mudanças ambientais? Que interrelações com esse propósito já acontecem nas empresas? De que forma ocorrem? Essas questões, abrangentes e complexas, são avaliadas e discutidas ao longo deste trabalho e aprofundadas em estudos de caso realizados em três empresas do setor. O estudo também contempla uma identificação das indústrias deste setor na área de abrangência citada, que aponta 331 empresas localizadas em 17 municípios dos trechos médio e inferior da Bacia dos Sinos, que é onde ocorrem os maiores impactos negativos oriundos de atividades industriais. Dentro do contexto apresentado, o presente trabalho tem como principal objetivo o de contribuir para a minimização dos impactos ambientais gerados pelo setor metal-mecânico na Bacia do Rio dos Sinos, tendo como horizonte a Ecologia Industrial. Aliando os resultados da identificação das indústrias e dos estudos de caso, o presente trabalho propõe um modelo de Simbiose Industrial, com o foco em coprodutos, aplicável ao setor, na área de abrangência da Bacia dos Sinos. O modelo é composto de sete etapas, que impulsionam as melhorias ambientais dos participantes, englobando desde a realização de uma gestão ambiental preventiva até a criação de uma rede de intercâmbios de co-produtos e recursos intangíveis, como conhecimento e informações. Para tal, diversos stakeholders são fundamentais, como entidades de apoio, universidades e instituições de fomento. Os estudos de caso demonstram que não existe uma única resposta à questão sobre os motivos das empresas para aprimorarem-se ambientalmente. A empresa X possui uma motivação exclusivamente cultural. A Empresa Y tem sua motivação mais arraigada na pessoa do diretor da empresa no que na empresa, embora exista um grande esforço do diretor para tal. Já na Empresa Z, a motivação é exclusivamente estratégica. De qualquer forma, os estudos demonstram que a cultura ou educação ambiental direcionam os motivos da mudança. Identificaram-se relações simbióticas entre empresas e stakeholders nos três casos estudados. / Over the years, industrial development has brought positive and negative impacts on society. The metal mechanic sector is em bedded in this respect because it is characterized as a sector of major adverse environmental impact, in addition to consuming natural resources; it generates a series of solid wastes, liquid effluents and atmospheric emissions. Industrial Symbiosis in the various actors (stakeholders) involved, directly or indirectly, the activities of firms are major drivers of change towards pollution prevention. This relationship between the parties can happen in various ways, such as forming a network of joint environmental improvements. It is exactly this point that it intends to expand and explore the inter-relation of the companies with their other players. Who drives whom? Who or what are the mains prings of environmental change? Those inter-relationships for this purpose is already happening in business? How do they occur? These issues, comprehensive and complex, are addressed, evaluated and discussed throughout this work and in-depth case studies in three companies in the industry. The study also includes an identification of the industries of this sector in the area range cited, which identifies 331 companies located in 17 cities from the medium and lower Basin of the Sinos River, which is where the greatest impacts occur from industrial activities. Within the context presented, this dissertation ma in objective is to contribute to the minimization of environmental impacts caused by the metal-mechanic sector in the Basin of Sinos River, having in mind the Industrial Ecology. Combining the results of identification of industries and case studies, this dissertation proposes a model of industrial symbiosis, focusing on by-products, applicable to the sector in the area of the Basin of the Sinos River. The model consists of seven steps that drive environmental improvements of the participants, comprising the implementation of a preventive environmental management for creating a network for exchange of by-products and intangible assets such as knowledge and information. To this end, several stakeholders are the key, such as support entities, universities and funding institutions. The case studies show that there is no single answer to the question about the motives of companies to improve themselves environmentally. Company X has a purely cultural motivation. Company Y has its motivation rooted more in the person of the company's director from the company, although there is a great director for this effort. In the Z Company, the motivation is purely strategic. Anyway, studies show that culture or environmental education directs the reasons for the change. It was identified symbiotic relationships between companies and stakeholders in the three cases studied.

[pt] Uma Rede Organizacional Virtual é uma organização de cooperação interorganizacional, com uso intenso de Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação, típica do ambiente globalizado. Nesta dissertação, busca-se caracterizar esse padrão de rede e propor instrumentos para seu gerenciamento. O termo Redes Organizacionais Virtuais é introduzido, a partir da caracterização e da classificação das Redes de Cooperação e das Organizações Virtuais. Propõe- se a Metodologia de Reticulação para o planejamento e formação dessas redes e explicita-se a necessidade de instrumentos de coordenação, controle e avaliação para assegurar o seu melhor desempenho. Com essa fundamentação, analisa-se a Rede de Projeto e Desenvolvimento de Turbinas a Gás - RTG, determinando-se suas características e propondo-se metodologias de planejamento, coordenação e controle para sua administração. Recomenda-se, ainda, a implementação de um sistema de informações como instrumento reticulador. / [en] A Virtual Organizational Network is an inter-organizational cooperation organization, based in Communication and Information Technology, typical of the global environment. The objective of this dissertation is to characterize this network and propose appropriate management tools for its adequate functioning. The term Virtual Organizational Network is introduced based on the characteristics and taxonomy of Cooperation Networks and Virtual Organizations. To form, consolidate and plan this network, the Reticulation Methodology is proposed. The necessity of coordination, governance and performance evaluation tools for these networks is made explicit. This constitutes the basis for the analysis of the Gas Turbine Development and Project Network- RTG. Its characteristics are identified and methodologies for its planning, coordination and governance are proposed, as well as an Information System, as instrument for reticulation.

Disertacijoje yra analizuojami šiuolaikiniai visuomenės įtikinėjimo procesai ir teigiama, kad šiuolaikinės informacinės kampanijos, orientuotos į pozityvių pokyčių skatinimą visuomenėse, neturi siekti konstruoti tvirtų identitetų ir nekintančių socialinių nuostatų, nes tokio pobūdžio įtikinėjimas yra susijęs su masių visuomenei būdingais informacijos vartojimo būdais ir nebeatitinka šiandieninio mobilaus, atviro pokyčiams individo poreikių. Disertacijoje siekiama įrodyti, kad šiuolaikinės pozityviojo visuomenės įtikinėjimo kampanijos turi būti paremtos silpnuoju tinkliniu įtikinėjimu; darbe toks įtikinėjimo būdas yra konceptualizuojamas, pasiūlomas tinklinio silpnojo visuomenės įtikinėjimo modelis ir aprašomas jo veikimas. Šis modelis pristatomas kaip praktinis ir analitinis instrumentas, galintis padėti organizuoti komunikacines pozityvių socialinių pokyčių programas bei jas tirti. Teorinės ir metodologinės disertacijos idėjos yra patikrinamos atliekant 2011 m. Lietuvoje vykusio savanoriškos veiklos populiarinimo, susieto su tuo metu visoje Europos Sąjungoje vykusiais Europos savanoriškos veiklos metais, analizę, savanorystės idėjų sklaidą šalyje vertinant kaip pozityvių visuomenės pokyčių skatinimo programą. Remiantis kritinės diskurso analizės ir socialinio tinklo analizės tyrimo technikomis, yra įvertinama savanoriškos veiklos populiarinimo akcijų turinys bei organizacinės jų kūrimo formos tinklinio silpnojo visuomenės įtikinėjimo modelio požiūriu. Darbas gali būti... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Contemporary society persuasion processes are analysed in the Dissertation and it is stated that the contemporary informational campaigns, oriented towards the encouragement of positive processes within societies, should not seek for the construction of solid identities and not changing social provisions, because the persuasion of such type is linked with ways of the information consumption, characteristic to society of masses and does not correspond to contemporary needs of the mobile individual, open for changes. It is strived to prove in the Dissertation that contemporary campaigns of the positive society persuasion should be based on the soft networked persuasion; such way of persuasion in the Work is conceptualised; the model of the soft networked society persuasion is presented and its operation is described. This model is introduced as the practical and analytical instrument able to help organising the communicative programmes of positive social changes as well as to analyse them. Theoretical and methodological ideas of Dissertation are verified by implementing analysis of the voluntary activity promotion that took place in Lithuania in 2011, linked with the Year of European Voluntary Activities Promoting of the European Union, assessing the spread of ideas of volunteering in the country as the programme for promoting positive changes within the society. Under research techniques of the critical discourse analysis and social network analysis, the content of voluntary... [to full text]

p. 1-163 / Submitted by Santiago Fabio (fabio.ssantiago@hotmail.com) on 2013-03-19T18:02:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 22222.pdf: 1050858 bytes, checksum: ce4219fa73772a7da834a80afb30904e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Tatiana Lima(tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2013-04-03T18:56:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 22222.pdf: 1050858 bytes, checksum: ce4219fa73772a7da834a80afb30904e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-04-03T18:56:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 22222.pdf: 1050858 bytes, checksum: ce4219fa73772a7da834a80afb30904e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Este estudo tem como objeto os consórcios de operação formados por empresas de ônibus no município de Porto Alegre na década de 90. O seu principal objetivo foi o de investigar se os benefícios assegurados pelo modelo de organizações em rede podem ser estendidos aos consórcios gaúchos. De forma secundária, buscou-se caracterizar a estrutura de organização, entender o seu processo de formação e identificar que mudanças sofridas pelo transporte público de Porto Alegre no período 1990-2005 lhes podem ser atribuídas. A pesquisa se desenvolveu com base em fontes secundárias e a partir de entrevistas com informantes-chave do sistema de transporte local, empresários consorciados, gestores públicos e representantes dos trabalhadores do setor. É muito rica a experiência dos consórcios gaúchos, sobretudo nos seus aspectos negociais e institucionais, mas o modelo se traduz, apenas, numa representação imatura ou incompleta do modelo de organizações em rede, não estando pronto a usufruir de todas as suas vantagens, inclusive no que tange à sua manutenibilidade. / Salvador