This dissertation explores "fairness" as an ethical construct within federal procurement contracting using 3,548 contract dispute decisions published by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) between 2007 and 2021. It employed a multi-faceted, mixed method research design at macro, mezzo, and micro levels that used a blend of descriptive analysis, computational text analysis, and qualitative thematic analysis to explore a little-studied operational domain within public administration. This investigative approach made possible an examination of how fairness manifests in federal procurement in three aspects: equality (competition), equity (contractor demographic identity), and reciprocity (dispute resolution outcome). Aspects of Moore's Public Values Framework were combined with Lipsky's theories regarding street-level bureaucracy and Maynard-Moody and Musheno's conceptualization of frontline workers as knowledge agents to examine the "human" dimensions of administrative discretion in procurement. In addition to explaining the fundamental differences between "fairness" (between individual entities) and "justice" (fairness writ large at the societal level), the dissertation demonstrates how power dynamics between the government sovereign and its commercial civilian partners complicate contract relationships. Its quantitative findings suggest that fairness is impacted by procurement complexity, entrenched arms-length contracting relationships, and strictly construed risk apportionment when contingencies adversely impact contract performance conditions, and that contractor identity plays some role (though its extent is unclear) in the generation and resolution of particularly contentious disputes. This study's qualitative findings indicate that both parties perceive a breakdown in the contractual duty of "good faith and fair dealing" when rivalry is pursued over cooperation, when the parties fail to understand or respect each other's responsibilities and constraints, and when the behavior of government contracting officials creates role confusion between the protection of government interests and the legislatively required fair treatment of contracting partners. Ultimately, this dissertation speaks to ongoing discussions in diverse fields and disciplines such as public administration, organizational studies, empirical legal research, and relational contracting. It also contributes to developing theories regarding complexity in procurement and existing contracting studies from both sociological and economic perspectives. / Doctor of Philosophy / In popular thought, written contracts exist to protect the rights of both parties should one fail to uphold its part of the "bargain." Some legal theorists argue, by contrast, that the contracting process fundamentally is about interpersonal relationships, and that litigated contract disputes are not merely about material redress, but moreover, a failure of the "spirit of contract." From this perspective, a contract's true value lies more in the quality of the relationships it creates than in its documentary perfection. Interpersonal fairness, where the parties treat each other and their contract promises with integrity and respect, is a key component of that relationship. This dissertation studied the ethical expectation of "fairness" in federal defense contracts using 3,548 formal contract dispute decisions published by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) between 2007 and 2021. These decisions were used to examine what procurement fairness means by focusing on three aspects: equality (fair competition for business opportunities), equity (fair distribution of public funding), and reciprocity (how the "spirit of contract" is honored during contract administration). The study explored how government sovereignty impacts contractors' expectations of fair treatment. It further demonstrated that contract relationships are challenged by the complex technical, administrative, and legal requirements of federal contracts. The study's findings revealed that the most contentious disputes (those that require a judge's ruling on legal merit) result from highly competitive contracts where maximum risk has been placed on contractors for performance and price control. The findings also suggested that contractor demographic identity plays some part in how disputes begin and how they are resolved, though the extent and implications of these differences are unclear. Finally, the study indicated that disputes alleging a violation of the contractual duty of "good faith and fair dealing" showed evidence of entrenched rivalry instead of cooperation, the contracting parties' failure to appreciate each other's operating challenges and constraints, and confusion about how federal contracting officers function as both protectors of the government's interests and as contractor rights advocates under federal contract law.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:44:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silmara Cristiane Gomes.pdf: 851089 bytes, checksum: db553a6d22f55a54960776cd2b0bd56d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-11 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The organizational studies researches have changed focus over the years, the changes observed are largely influenced by the environment and the way individuals understand the world. One of the influencers, from both the environment and the way individuals see the world, are the historical events. Events like Second World War changed the way individuals see and understand the world and other individuals, restructured geographical areas and political and social environments. These changes have generated and generate changes in organizational studies perspectives, all around the world. To understand if organizational studies, in Brazil, were affected by historical events, similar to those that influenced research changes in this area in other parts of world, was the initial motivation of this work. The objective was to verify whether the organizational studies researches, in Brazil, suffered the impact of historical world events, in the past decades. To achieve this goal, several articles in two journals were analyzed, the journal RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas, of Getúlio Vargas Foundation, and the journal RAUSP, Revista de Administração, of the São Paulo University, available on the Internet, in the years from 1965 until 2009. Through a parallel between the approaches indicated by March (2007), to determine characteristics that reflect the historical events impact in the organizational studies researches, and identified characteristics in Brazilian studies, this study aimed to show how Brazilian researches reflects some Historical events impacts / As pesquisas sobre estudos organizacionais têm mudado de enfoque ao longo dos anos, as modificações observadas são, em grande parte, influenciadas pelo ambiente e pelo modo dos indivíduos entenderem o mundo. Um dos maiores influenciadores, tanto do ambiente como do modo dos indivíduos verem o mundo, são os eventos históricos. Eventos como a Segunda Guerra Mundial modificaram a forma dos indivíduos verem e entenderem o mundo e os outros indivíduos, reestruturou espaços geográficos e ambientes sociais e políticos. Estas mudanças geraram e geram modificações nos enfoques dos Estudos Organizacionais pelo mundo. Compreender se os estudos organizacionais no Brasil foram impactados por eventos históricos similares aos que influenciaram as modificações em pesquisas nesta área, em outros lugares do mundo, foi o motivador inicial deste trabalho. Objetivou-se verificar se as pesquisas em estudos organizacionais no Brasil sofreram impactos de eventos históricos mundiais, ao longo das últimas décadas. Para alcançar este objetivo foram analisados artigos da Revista de Administração de Empresas, da Fundação Getúlio Vargas, e da Revista de Administração, da Universidade de São Paulo, disponíveis em ambiente virtual, dos anos de 1965 até 2009. Através de um paralelo entre enfoques apontados por March (2007) para determinar características que refletem o impacto de eventos históricos nas pesquisas em estudos organizacionais e as características identificadas nas pesquisas nacionais, buscou-se demonstrar o quanto a pesquisa brasileira reflete os impactos de alguns eventos históricos

This thesis examines the theological and practical functioning of American Baptist Women’s Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA, as it has engaged in a “Becoming Beloved Community” initiative. It argues that theological grounding in a vision of Beloved Community is a necessary missing element in transforming the way the organization pursues its mission. Since 2014, the organization has conducted a cultural audit, assessing attitudes and readiness, and it has developed some strategies and tactics as a result. However, without a solid theological grounding and a deeper understanding of what adhering to a vision of beloved community may mean in terms of structure and decision-making processes, these strategies and tactics are less effective than they could be. This thesis draws upon the writings of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr., on process theology, and on woman’s liberation theologies to assess current practices in AB Women’s Ministries and provide a more robust theological grounding for the concept of “Becoming Beloved Community.” In constructing the theological grounding, a list of marks of beloved community is developed and used as an evaluative tool for current practices in the organization. Using adaptive leadership theory and complexity leadership theory, the thesis also develops recommendations for the future.

In this thesis, I discuss how office design such as desk layouts interacts with organizational culture. Several questions motivate my study: 1) how office layout affects human interaction and work relationships; 2) how the physical setting affects the psychological and communicative aspects of work; 3) does the layout express or define culture. Physical design is bound together with organizational culture in an extricable and reciprocal relationship. The layout of the office fosters and encourages the cultural behavior of workers within the organization by the physical proximity of employees, while the organizational culture largely dominates the design and layout of the office. This interconnection ultimately affects how employees interact and communicate with one another. I explore the relationship between design and culture in steps, by explaining the progression and formation of culture, by showing that culture legitimizes layout and design, and by exploring how the culture and design foster and support organizational members’ behaviors. Office design and purpose have evolved over time because the nature of the members tasks and responsibilities are fluid and ever-changing; thus, the demand for interaction and communication changes, as well.

The aim of this thesis is to examine the archivist's professional role in public authorities and discuss if, and in what way, the profession is effected by the new swedish process oriented archival description system. The study focuses on swedish authorities and does not make any international comparisons with other institutions. Neither does it investigate archivists workingin the private sector, but centers on public institutions.The survey is performed in five swedish public authorities, using interviews and observations. Grounded theory is used as a method initially in the purpose of keeping an open mark towards the object of study. The initial results led on to questions about how well the archivists perceived that communication within the authorities served, and how this in turn prepossessed their work situation and the professional roles in which they found themselves. To answer these questions, theories from the subjects of sociology and social psychology, among other things the idea of sensemaking as it is put by Karl Weick, was used to analyze the material.The result of the analysis shows that the implementation of a new archival system has generated a change in the archivists work tasks. The archivists in the studied authorities did in some cases, out of this new situation, manage to find a professional role in which they felt comfortable, and in some cases not. The difference between these two categories seemed to stem from a difference in the ability to make sense of their situations in their workplaces respectively. In the cases where the archivists ideas of their responsibilities and provinces did not correlatewith their employers a lack of sensemaking occured and led to confusion and conflict. This discrepancy between the archivists and the employer's expectations, the thesis argues, comes from the change in the archival profession that is taking place due to the changes in society at large. The employers' traditional image of an archivist clashes with the archivists new professional role. From this it is suggested that if consent is not reached around the archivists place in the organizations, and in society, much knowledge is at risk of being lost, and much competence going to waste. This thesis is a two years master's thesis in archival science.

Esta pesquisa analisou a relação entre as recentes transformações do mercado do ensino superior brasileiro, que o posiciona entre os cinco maiores do mundo, e as políticas de financiamento estudantil. O crescimento desse mercado é normalmente explicado pelas mudanças nas legislações e regulamentações da oferta do ensino superior que iniciaram desde o período da ditadura militar no Brasil e pela forte demanda da sociedade brasileira, que está entre as menos escolarizadas entre os países da OCDE. A estabilidade regulatória desse mercado e essa demanda potencial tornaram o ensino superior um setor econômico tão ou mais atrativo do que outros da economia brasileira. No entanto, só isso não explica a entrada de grupos educacionais estrangeiros no Brasil, a atração de investimentos de fundos e bancos nacionais e estrangeiros, a rápida formação de grandes grupos educacionais, a abertura de capital e grande valorização das ações desses grupos em patamares acima da média de outras empresas listadas na Bolsa. Inclusive, algumas pesquisas nacionais indicam que o rápido crescimento desse mercado dependeu de políticas que direcionaram recursos públicos para financiar tanto a ampliação e reestruturação financeira das IES (via BNDES) como as mensalidades dos estudantes via incentivo fiscal (do ProUni) ou repasse direto de recursos do financiamento estudantil (Fies), garantindo parte significativa da receita das IES privadas. Considerando que essas políticas públicas não têm uma relação efêmera com as mudanças no mercado do ensino superior, defendo a tese de que o Estado neoliberal é o campo de uma simbiose entre as políticas liberais-parternalistas - que destinam fundos públicos à reconfiguração de mercados (entrepreneurfare) - e as disciplinadoras que vinculam a garantia de direitos sociais ao endividamento (debtfare). A construção do objeto da pesquisa, guiada por esta tese, foi realizada a partir de um levantamento de diversos trabalhos (teses, dissertações, artigos etc.) e informações (documentais, questionários e entrevistas) sobre o mercado do ensino superior no Brasil, as políticas de financiamento estudantil e a situação dos estudantes endividados, bem como pela construção do referencial teórico como um mosaico de categorias (workfare, prisonfare, debtfare, entrepreneurfare) de crítica ao neoliberalismo que, postas em relação, ampliam a explicação sobre o fenômeno e a forma-Estado em construção no Brasil. A partir disso, foi possível identificar que o Fies como uma das principais políticas de financiamento para que os estudantes acessem o ensino superior privado, atendendo a praticamente um terço das matrículas, mas lhes impondo como contrapartida uma dívida com os bancos públicos (Estado), ainda que o programa seja definido como uma política social de democratização do acesso por tratar-se de um financiamento com taxas de juros subsidiadas. O conceito de debtfare de Soederberg (2014) possibilitou analisar que o Fies é uma política de acesso cuja ferramenta é a oferta de crédito aos estudantes e a consequência é a normalização do endividamento como meio de garantir direitos Por outro lado, o crescimento e a reconfiguração (financeirização e oligopolização) do mercado do ensino superior brasileiro estão imbricados às políticas de financiamento (Fies e ProUni), ou seja, em última instância dependeram dos recursos públicos e do endividamento estudantil. Essa relação não se deu por acaso, porque, segundo o conceito de entrepreneurfare, ela seria o resultado da produção de um Estado neoliberal cujas políticas sociais ou de ampliação do acesso à educação, moradia, etc. servem primordialmente para direcionar os fundos públicos na criação/reconfiguração de mercados, aparentando uma relação de simbiose entre as necessidades sociais e da acumulação do capital, mas que na essência é de exploração do capital sobre as demandas sociais. / This research analyzed the relationship between the recent changes in the Brazilian higher education market, which is among the five largest in the world, and the policies of student financing. The growth of this market is usually explained by the changes in the legislation and regulations of the offer of higher education that began since the period of the military dictatorship in Brazil and by the strong demand of the Brazilian society, which is among the less schooled compared to the OECD countries. The regulatory stability of this market and this potential demand have made higher education an economic sector as attractive as or more attractive to others than the Brazilian economy. However, this context alone does not explain the entrance of foreign educational groups in Brazil, the attraction of investments of national and foreign funds and banks, the rapid formation of large educational groups, the opening of capital and great appreciation of the shares of these groups in levels above of the average of other listed companies on the stock exchange. Some national scientific research also show that the rapid growth of this market depends on the policies that directed public resources to finance both the expansion and financial restructuring of HEIs (via BNDES) and students' tuition through fiscal incentives (ProUni) or direct transfer of resources of student financing (Fies), guaranteeing a significant part of the income of private HEIs. Considering that these public policies do not have an ephemeral relation with the changes in the market of higher education, I defend the thesis that the neoliberal State is the field of a symbiosis between the liberal-parentalist policies - that allocate public funds to the reconfiguration of markets (entrepreneurfare) - and the disciplinary policies that link the guarantee of social rights to the debt (debtfare) The construction of the research object, guided by this thesis, was carried out from a survey of several works (theses, dissertations, articles, etc.) and information (documents, questionnaires and interviews) on the Brazilian higher education market, student financing policies and the situation of indebted students, as well as the construction of the theoretical framework as a mosaic of categories (workfare, prisonfare, debtfare, entrepreneurfare) of criticism of neoliberalism that, in relation to each other, extend the explanation of the phenomenon and the form-State under construction in Brazil. From this, it was possible to identify that the Fies as one of the main financing policies for students to access private higher education, attending to almost one third of the enrollments, but imposing on them the debt with the public banks (State) as a counterpart, even though the program is defined as a social policy of democratization of access because it is a financing with subsidized interest rates. The appropriation of the concept of debtfare by Soederberg (2014) made it possible to analyze that Fies is an access policy whose tool is the offer of credit to students and the consequence is the normalization of indebtedness as a means of guaranteeing rights On the other hand, the growth and reconfiguration (financialization and oligopolization) of the Brazilian higher education market are intertwined with financing policies (Fies and ProUni), that is, ultimately depended on public resources and student indebtedness. This relationship did not happen by chance because, according to the concept of entrepreneurfare, it would be the result of the production of a neoliberal state whose social policies or of expanding access to education, housing, etc. serve primarily with public funds in the creation / reconfiguration of markets, a symbiosis between social needs and the accumulation of capital, but in essence the exploitation of capital over social demands.

Esta pesquisa analisou a relação entre as recentes transformações do mercado do ensino superior brasileiro, que o posiciona entre os cinco maiores do mundo, e as políticas de financiamento estudantil. O crescimento desse mercado é normalmente explicado pelas mudanças nas legislações e regulamentações da oferta do ensino superior que iniciaram desde o período da ditadura militar no Brasil e pela forte demanda da sociedade brasileira, que está entre as menos escolarizadas entre os países da OCDE. A estabilidade regulatória desse mercado e essa demanda potencial tornaram o ensino superior um setor econômico tão ou mais atrativo do que outros da economia brasileira. No entanto, só isso não explica a entrada de grupos educacionais estrangeiros no Brasil, a atração de investimentos de fundos e bancos nacionais e estrangeiros, a rápida formação de grandes grupos educacionais, a abertura de capital e grande valorização das ações desses grupos em patamares acima da média de outras empresas listadas na Bolsa. Inclusive, algumas pesquisas nacionais indicam que o rápido crescimento desse mercado dependeu de políticas que direcionaram recursos públicos para financiar tanto a ampliação e reestruturação financeira das IES (via BNDES) como as mensalidades dos estudantes via incentivo fiscal (do ProUni) ou repasse direto de recursos do financiamento estudantil (Fies), garantindo parte significativa da receita das IES privadas. Considerando que essas políticas públicas não têm uma relação efêmera com as mudanças no mercado do ensino superior, defendo a tese de que o Estado neoliberal é o campo de uma simbiose entre as políticas liberais-parternalistas - que destinam fundos públicos à reconfiguração de mercados (entrepreneurfare) - e as disciplinadoras que vinculam a garantia de direitos sociais ao endividamento (debtfare). A construção do objeto da pesquisa, guiada por esta tese, foi realizada a partir de um levantamento de diversos trabalhos (teses, dissertações, artigos etc.) e informações (documentais, questionários e entrevistas) sobre o mercado do ensino superior no Brasil, as políticas de financiamento estudantil e a situação dos estudantes endividados, bem como pela construção do referencial teórico como um mosaico de categorias (workfare, prisonfare, debtfare, entrepreneurfare) de crítica ao neoliberalismo que, postas em relação, ampliam a explicação sobre o fenômeno e a forma-Estado em construção no Brasil. A partir disso, foi possível identificar que o Fies como uma das principais políticas de financiamento para que os estudantes acessem o ensino superior privado, atendendo a praticamente um terço das matrículas, mas lhes impondo como contrapartida uma dívida com os bancos públicos (Estado), ainda que o programa seja definido como uma política social de democratização do acesso por tratar-se de um financiamento com taxas de juros subsidiadas. O conceito de debtfare de Soederberg (2014) possibilitou analisar que o Fies é uma política de acesso cuja ferramenta é a oferta de crédito aos estudantes e a consequência é a normalização do endividamento como meio de garantir direitos Por outro lado, o crescimento e a reconfiguração (financeirização e oligopolização) do mercado do ensino superior brasileiro estão imbricados às políticas de financiamento (Fies e ProUni), ou seja, em última instância dependeram dos recursos públicos e do endividamento estudantil. Essa relação não se deu por acaso, porque, segundo o conceito de entrepreneurfare, ela seria o resultado da produção de um Estado neoliberal cujas políticas sociais ou de ampliação do acesso à educação, moradia, etc. servem primordialmente para direcionar os fundos públicos na criação/reconfiguração de mercados, aparentando uma relação de simbiose entre as necessidades sociais e da acumulação do capital, mas que na essência é de exploração do capital sobre as demandas sociais. / This research analyzed the relationship between the recent changes in the Brazilian higher education market, which is among the five largest in the world, and the policies of student financing. The growth of this market is usually explained by the changes in the legislation and regulations of the offer of higher education that began since the period of the military dictatorship in Brazil and by the strong demand of the Brazilian society, which is among the less schooled compared to the OECD countries. The regulatory stability of this market and this potential demand have made higher education an economic sector as attractive as or more attractive to others than the Brazilian economy. However, this context alone does not explain the entrance of foreign educational groups in Brazil, the attraction of investments of national and foreign funds and banks, the rapid formation of large educational groups, the opening of capital and great appreciation of the shares of these groups in levels above of the average of other listed companies on the stock exchange. Some national scientific research also show that the rapid growth of this market depends on the policies that directed public resources to finance both the expansion and financial restructuring of HEIs (via BNDES) and students' tuition through fiscal incentives (ProUni) or direct transfer of resources of student financing (Fies), guaranteeing a significant part of the income of private HEIs. Considering that these public policies do not have an ephemeral relation with the changes in the market of higher education, I defend the thesis that the neoliberal State is the field of a symbiosis between the liberal-parentalist policies - that allocate public funds to the reconfiguration of markets (entrepreneurfare) - and the disciplinary policies that link the guarantee of social rights to the debt (debtfare) The construction of the research object, guided by this thesis, was carried out from a survey of several works (theses, dissertations, articles, etc.) and information (documents, questionnaires and interviews) on the Brazilian higher education market, student financing policies and the situation of indebted students, as well as the construction of the theoretical framework as a mosaic of categories (workfare, prisonfare, debtfare, entrepreneurfare) of criticism of neoliberalism that, in relation to each other, extend the explanation of the phenomenon and the form-State under construction in Brazil. From this, it was possible to identify that the Fies as one of the main financing policies for students to access private higher education, attending to almost one third of the enrollments, but imposing on them the debt with the public banks (State) as a counterpart, even though the program is defined as a social policy of democratization of access because it is a financing with subsidized interest rates. The appropriation of the concept of debtfare by Soederberg (2014) made it possible to analyze that Fies is an access policy whose tool is the offer of credit to students and the consequence is the normalization of indebtedness as a means of guaranteeing rights On the other hand, the growth and reconfiguration (financialization and oligopolization) of the Brazilian higher education market are intertwined with financing policies (Fies and ProUni), that is, ultimately depended on public resources and student indebtedness. This relationship did not happen by chance because, according to the concept of entrepreneurfare, it would be the result of the production of a neoliberal state whose social policies or of expanding access to education, housing, etc. serve primarily with public funds in the creation / reconfiguration of markets, a symbiosis between social needs and the accumulation of capital, but in essence the exploitation of capital over social demands.

Esta pesquisa analisou a relação entre as recentes transformações do mercado do ensino superior brasileiro, que o posiciona entre os cinco maiores do mundo, e as políticas de financiamento estudantil. O crescimento desse mercado é normalmente explicado pelas mudanças nas legislações e regulamentações da oferta do ensino superior que iniciaram desde o período da ditadura militar no Brasil e pela forte demanda da sociedade brasileira, que está entre as menos escolarizadas entre os países da OCDE. A estabilidade regulatória desse mercado e essa demanda potencial tornaram o ensino superior um setor econômico tão ou mais atrativo do que outros da economia brasileira. No entanto, só isso não explica a entrada de grupos educacionais estrangeiros no Brasil, a atração de investimentos de fundos e bancos nacionais e estrangeiros, a rápida formação de grandes grupos educacionais, a abertura de capital e grande valorização das ações desses grupos em patamares acima da média de outras empresas listadas na Bolsa. Inclusive, algumas pesquisas nacionais indicam que o rápido crescimento desse mercado dependeu de políticas que direcionaram recursos públicos para financiar tanto a ampliação e reestruturação financeira das IES (via BNDES) como as mensalidades dos estudantes via incentivo fiscal (do ProUni) ou repasse direto de recursos do financiamento estudantil (Fies), garantindo parte significativa da receita das IES privadas. Considerando que essas políticas públicas não têm uma relação efêmera com as mudanças no mercado do ensino superior, defendo a tese de que o Estado neoliberal é o campo de uma simbiose entre as políticas liberais-parternalistas - que destinam fundos públicos à reconfiguração de mercados (entrepreneurfare) - e as disciplinadoras que vinculam a garantia de direitos sociais ao endividamento (debtfare). A construção do objeto da pesquisa, guiada por esta tese, foi realizada a partir de um levantamento de diversos trabalhos (teses, dissertações, artigos etc.) e informações (documentais, questionários e entrevistas) sobre o mercado do ensino superior no Brasil, as políticas de financiamento estudantil e a situação dos estudantes endividados, bem como pela construção do referencial teórico como um mosaico de categorias (workfare, prisonfare, debtfare, entrepreneurfare) de crítica ao neoliberalismo que, postas em relação, ampliam a explicação sobre o fenômeno e a forma-Estado em construção no Brasil. A partir disso, foi possível identificar que o Fies como uma das principais políticas de financiamento para que os estudantes acessem o ensino superior privado, atendendo a praticamente um terço das matrículas, mas lhes impondo como contrapartida uma dívida com os bancos públicos (Estado), ainda que o programa seja definido como uma política social de democratização do acesso por tratar-se de um financiamento com taxas de juros subsidiadas. O conceito de debtfare de Soederberg (2014) possibilitou analisar que o Fies é uma política de acesso cuja ferramenta é a oferta de crédito aos estudantes e a consequência é a normalização do endividamento como meio de garantir direitos Por outro lado, o crescimento e a reconfiguração (financeirização e oligopolização) do mercado do ensino superior brasileiro estão imbricados às políticas de financiamento (Fies e ProUni), ou seja, em última instância dependeram dos recursos públicos e do endividamento estudantil. Essa relação não se deu por acaso, porque, segundo o conceito de entrepreneurfare, ela seria o resultado da produção de um Estado neoliberal cujas políticas sociais ou de ampliação do acesso à educação, moradia, etc. servem primordialmente para direcionar os fundos públicos na criação/reconfiguração de mercados, aparentando uma relação de simbiose entre as necessidades sociais e da acumulação do capital, mas que na essência é de exploração do capital sobre as demandas sociais. / This research analyzed the relationship between the recent changes in the Brazilian higher education market, which is among the five largest in the world, and the policies of student financing. The growth of this market is usually explained by the changes in the legislation and regulations of the offer of higher education that began since the period of the military dictatorship in Brazil and by the strong demand of the Brazilian society, which is among the less schooled compared to the OECD countries. The regulatory stability of this market and this potential demand have made higher education an economic sector as attractive as or more attractive to others than the Brazilian economy. However, this context alone does not explain the entrance of foreign educational groups in Brazil, the attraction of investments of national and foreign funds and banks, the rapid formation of large educational groups, the opening of capital and great appreciation of the shares of these groups in levels above of the average of other listed companies on the stock exchange. Some national scientific research also show that the rapid growth of this market depends on the policies that directed public resources to finance both the expansion and financial restructuring of HEIs (via BNDES) and students' tuition through fiscal incentives (ProUni) or direct transfer of resources of student financing (Fies), guaranteeing a significant part of the income of private HEIs. Considering that these public policies do not have an ephemeral relation with the changes in the market of higher education, I defend the thesis that the neoliberal State is the field of a symbiosis between the liberal-parentalist policies - that allocate public funds to the reconfiguration of markets (entrepreneurfare) - and the disciplinary policies that link the guarantee of social rights to the debt (debtfare) The construction of the research object, guided by this thesis, was carried out from a survey of several works (theses, dissertations, articles, etc.) and information (documents, questionnaires and interviews) on the Brazilian higher education market, student financing policies and the situation of indebted students, as well as the construction of the theoretical framework as a mosaic of categories (workfare, prisonfare, debtfare, entrepreneurfare) of criticism of neoliberalism that, in relation to each other, extend the explanation of the phenomenon and the form-State under construction in Brazil. From this, it was possible to identify that the Fies as one of the main financing policies for students to access private higher education, attending to almost one third of the enrollments, but imposing on them the debt with the public banks (State) as a counterpart, even though the program is defined as a social policy of democratization of access because it is a financing with subsidized interest rates. The appropriation of the concept of debtfare by Soederberg (2014) made it possible to analyze that Fies is an access policy whose tool is the offer of credit to students and the consequence is the normalization of indebtedness as a means of guaranteeing rights On the other hand, the growth and reconfiguration (financialization and oligopolization) of the Brazilian higher education market are intertwined with financing policies (Fies and ProUni), that is, ultimately depended on public resources and student indebtedness. This relationship did not happen by chance because, according to the concept of entrepreneurfare, it would be the result of the production of a neoliberal state whose social policies or of expanding access to education, housing, etc. serve primarily with public funds in the creation / reconfiguration of markets, a symbiosis between social needs and the accumulation of capital, but in essence the exploitation of capital over social demands.

As organizações, buscando estabelecer um padrão de alta performance que lhes garanta a vantagem competitiva e a sustentabilidade empresarial, estão focadas em seu próprio redesenho, estudando e desenvolvendo novos modelos. A administração de recursos humanos (RH), por sua vez, deseja não só acompanhar essas mudanças, mas auxiliar em sua condução, adotando novas práticas e assumindo novas responsabilidades. O presente trabalho se propôs a estudar mudanças na Administração de RH (ARH) de 150 organizações estabelecidas no Brasil, avaliando se existe um movimento de \"expansão horizontal\", ou seja, verificando se as áreas de RH e seus executivos vêm abraçando novas demandas, práticas e responsabilidades, ou se continuam restritas às atividades e responsabilidades tradicionalmente presentes na literatura. Os resultados indicam que, embora as áreas de RH tendam a ser mais tradicionais e universalistas, algumas organizações estão preparando seu RH para o futuro. / The organizations, seeking to establish high-level performance standards to guarantee competitive leverage and corporate sustainability, are focused on their redesign by studying and developing new models. The human resources (HR) administration, by the other hand, wants not only to follow such changes but also to help in its guidance through the adoption of new practices and the taking of new responsibilities. The current work proposes to study HR practice changes in 150 organizations established in Brazil, checking if there is a trend of \"horizontal expansion\", that is, to evaluate if the HR areas and their executives are embracing new demands, practices, and responsibilities or if they are keeping themselves restrict to traditional activities and responsibilities existing in the literature. The results show that, although the HR areas tend to be more traditional and universalist, some organizations are preparing their HR for the future.

Raktiniai žodžiai: veiklos vertinimas, darbuotojų vertinimas, mokymasis, organizacinis mokymasis, besimokanti organizacija. Darbo objektas: Alytaus sporto klubų darbuotojų įvertinimo ir mokymosi ryšys. Tyrimo problema: žinant darbuotojų veiklos vertinimo svarbą ir būtinumą mokytis, kad organizacija efektyviai konkuruotų rinkoje, atskleisti, kaip sporto klubų darbuotojų įvertinimas susijęs su jų mokymusi. Darbo tikslas: Nustatyti Alytaus sporto klubų darbuotojų įvertinimo ir mokymosi ryšį. Darbo uždaviniai: 1) Atskleisti mokymosi sampratos esmines charakteristikas ir išskirti besimokančios organizacijos esminius bruožus. 2) Apibrėžti darbuotojų veiklos vertinimo sampratą ir išskirti vertinimo funkcijos metodų privalumus ir trūkumus. 3) Nustatyti ir išanalizuoti Alytaus sporto klubų darbuotojų veiklos vertinimą. 4) Nustatyti Alytaus sporto klubų darbuotojų esminius mokymosi bruožus. 5) Atskleisti Alytaus sporto klubų darbuotojų įvertinimo ir mokymosi ryšį, pateikti jo praktinį modelį. Darbe iškeltos hipotezės: • komandiniai darbuotojų vertinimo metodai daro didesnę įtaką organizacijos mokymuisi nei individualūs vertinimo metodai. • komandiniai vertinimo metodai daro didesnę įtaką organizacijos mokymuisi nei kiti mokymąsi skatinantys veiksniai. Išvados: 1) Išskyrėme individualų ir organizacinį mokymąsi, orientuotus į vidinę ir išorinę aplinką. Individualus ir organizacinis mokymasis vyksta daugiau vidinėje aplinkoje. Individualus mokymasis yra nepakankama sąlyga... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Key words: evaluation of activity, assessment of employees, learning, organizational studies, on training institution. The subject of work: the link between assessment and learning of employees of Alytus sport clubs. The problem of survey: being aware of the importance of activity evaluation and the necessity of learning of sport club employees to show how their assessment is related with their learning in order to be a successful competitor on the market. The aim of the work: to establish the link between the assessment and learning of Alytus sport clubs employees. The objectives of the work: 1) to reveal the fundamental characteristics of the conception of learning and to set the essential features of the learning organization 2) to describe the conception of assessment of employees and to detect advantages and shortages of the function of assessment methods 3) to define and analyse the activity evaluation of Alytus sport clubs 4) to define the major elements of learning of employees of Alytus sport clubs 5) to define the link between assessment and learning of employees of Alytus sport clubs and to present its practical module. Hypotheses risen in the work: • team methods of employees` assessment have stronger influence versus individual methods for the learning of the whole organization; • team evaluation methods have a stronger influence on the learning of the whole organization than any other methods stimulating learning process . Conclusions: 1) We have... [to full text]