Os projetos globais de desenvolvimento de produtos passam pelas áreas de conhecimento da gestão tradicional de projetos e, adicionalmente, demandam maior atenção de diversos aspectos inerentes ao ambiente global, tais como: coordenação e controle; construção de confiança e cooperação entre as equipes dispersas geograficamente. Outro tema especialmente importante nesse contexto é o processo de comunicação que se torna bastante crítico à medida que os recursos tradicionais de comunicação em projetos (reuniões face-a-face, comunicação não-verbal, visualização do trabalho in loco, entre outros) passam a ser limitados e/ ou substituídos por outros baseados em meios eletrônicos (videoconferência, emails, mensagens instantâneas, entre outros). O objetivo desta pesquisa foi o de mapear as práticas de comunicação aplicadas aos projetos globais e analisar se essas práticas variam de acordo com o tipo e com algumas características do modelo de gestão dos projetos. A unidade de análise escolhida foram os projetos globais de desenvolvimento de produtos de empresas multinacionais brasileiras e o método de pesquisa, o estudo de casos múltiplos. Os resultados permitiram verificar que a freqüência da comunicação nos projetos globais diminui com a distância, o que dificulta o controle e a coordenação das equipes. Mas a distância por si só, apesar de impor desafios adicionais, não causa necessariamente problemas de comunicação, pois pode ser contornada pelo apoio das ferramentas eletrônicas de comunicação que formam as bases para os projetos acontecerem de forma dispersa. O estudo permitiu concluir que o uso das práticas de comunicação, bem como a importância dada a elas variam em função do tipo de projeto e de algumas características de gestão deles. Apesar de ter sido possível identificar tais variações, verificou-se que as práticas não ocorrem de forma padronizada nos projetos; ao contrário, são desenvolvidas de forma improvisada e circunstancial e não contam com um planejamento específico no início do projeto. / Global new product development projects go through the traditional knowledge areas of project management, and additionally they demand more attention related to the global environment aspects, such as coordination and control, and trust building and cooperation between geographically dispersed teams. Another important theme in this context is that the communication process becomes critical, as traditional communication resources employed in projects (face-to-face meeting, nonverbal communication, in locus work visualization, among others) undergo constraints or are replaced by those based upon electronic means (video conference, email, instant message). This research aimed to identify the communication practices applied to global projects and analyze whether these practices vary across some project characteristics and its management model. The unit of analysis adopted was the global new product development projects undertaken by Brazilian multinational companies, and the research method employed was the case study. The findings showed that the communication frequency in global projects diminishes as the physical distance increases. Athough it represents additional challenges, the distance itself does not cause communication problems. This is due to the support of electronic communication tools that create the basis over which projects are dispersedly held. This study allowed me to conclude that the use of communication practices along with the importance paid to them, vary according to the project type and some characteristics of its management. In spite of the variations, it has been also identified that communication practices are not used in projects in a standard way. On the contrary, these practices are employed in an improvised and contingent manner, and they are not planned since the beginning of the project.

Este trabalho tem o objetivo de analisar o valor proveniente do investimento em ações de caráter social, efetuados por empresas socialmente responsáveis. Para tal se vale da Teoria das Finanças Corporativas, especificamente o plano conceitual presente na métrica do Fluxo de Caixa Descontado - DCF, que trata da criação do valor ao longo do tempo, decorrente da execução de um projeto, em um determinado cenário. A estrutura de organização dos fatores de análise do valor é especifica em relação às características do objeto de análise, que gera benefícios sociais como seu resultado (em detrimento do lucro). Como principal inovação, esta adaptação da métrica do valor substitui o fluxo de caixa tradicional por um fluxo de custos e benefícios, gerados pela ação social. O principal problema presente neste movimento é a dificuldade de mensuração destes benefícios sociais em termos monetários. Para sua solução é proposta a utilização da Avaliação Social, instrumentalizada pela econometria, que têm o papel de proporcionar validade metodológica para a mensuração dos benefícios sociais, através da identificação dos beneficiários e da explicitação das necessidades atendidas, para a posterior agregação do valor em termos monetários. O desenvolvimento da perspectiva investigativa do trabalho é estruturado através da condução de uma pesquisa de campo junto aos beneficiários de uma ação educacional específica - a alfabetização de jovens e adultos - financiada por recursos privados. A construção do cálculo em termos financeiros é efetuada através da organização de uma matriz \'beneficiários versus necessidades atendidas\' que identifica as variações da renda do beneficiário, através de parâmetros propostos. Ao final da construção e análise quantitativa dos dados, permite o cálculo dos fluxos de custos e benefícios, para a obtenção do valor sócio-econômico. Esta informação em termos monetários encoraja o investimento em ações de caráter social, principalmente para as empresas, que buscam opções de investimento socialmente responsável mais transparentes e profissionais. / This work make efforts to built the analysis of the value created through the social development, brought by the social responsible investment in social actions. To achieve this objective applies the Corporative Finance Theory, specifically the conceptual basis of the metrics Discounted Cash Flow - DCF, which treats the value generation thru the time, provided by one Project in its own scenario. The structure of its value drivers is specific in terms of the analysi\' object characteristics, in this case related to results understood as social benefits, instead of profit. The approach proposed is the substitution oh the traditional DCF metrics by Benefits and Costs Analysis parameters representing the positive impact developed trough the social action in a certain point in time. The main content present in this movement is the social benefit measurement in monetary terms. The solution suggested is to apply the methodological considerations of Social Evaluation when identifying beneficiaries and explicating the social needs, which gives the condition to generate the data to aggregate those parameters in econometrics equations. The test of these metrics is organized with the use of survey in the beneficiary population of a specific social action: adult literacy, financed with entrepreneurial capital. The financial terms calculus is organized in a matrix of \'beneficiaries versus social needs attempt\', which indicates rent and social service access as the parameters of the socioeconomics value creation. This information, in monetary terms, encourages private capital investment in social action, because enables comparable decision making.

Métodos tradicionais de seleção de portfólio de projetos tendem a privilegiar dimensões e aspectos mais relacionados ao lucro e/ou crescimento. Além dessas dimensões e aspectos, Institutos Públicos podem se orientar por aspectos de dimensões que, a exemplo da social, são menos passíveis de avaliação objetiva. Isso justifica a conveniência de instrumentos auxiliares aos processos de seleção de projetos organizados a partir de prioridades não coincidentes com aquelas que comumente orientam empresas privadas. A proposição desta tese foi sistematizar um instrumento auxiliar aos métodos de seleção de projetos de P&D em Institutos Públicos. Trata-se da sistematização de relações em algoritmo que possibilita e valoriza as manifestações de entendimentos orientados primordialmente por diferentes dimensões que fundamentam a missão institucional. O instrumento auxiliar proposto se revelou efetivo em atender as diversas dimensões que orientam um Instituto Público, e compatível com a dinâmica operacional de modelos tradicionais de seleção de projetos e de gestão de portfólio de projetos. Essa efetividade e a compatibilidade operacional foram verificadas com base em uma simulação de seleção realizada a partir de projetos já componentes do portfólio de um Instituto Público. O ranqueamento dos projetos resultou diferente daquele produzido em procedimento comumente utilizado pelo instituto. Conclui-se que, ainda que somente auxiliar aos modelos tradicionais de seleção de projetos, o instrumento proposto pode concorrer para processos de seleção que melhor considerem as múltiplas dimensões e diferentes perspectivas presentes na gestão de Institutos Públicos. / Traditional project portfolio selection methods tend to confer greater privilege to profit and/or outgrowth than to other dimensions and aspects; however, public institutes have some different dimensions, such as social development, that go beyond the economic and financial aspects to ground the institutional mission. This context is appropriate for complementary selection methods or based on different priorities from private companies methods. This thesis proposes to systematize an auxiliary instrument for R&D projects selection processes, aiming to better meet Public Institutes needs. The systematization of relations, calculated by an algorithm, enables and valorizes the manifested understanding driven by different dimensions that underlie the institutional mission. The proposed auxiliary instrument proved to be effective to better meet the diverse dimensions that drive a Public Institute, and to be fully compatible with the operational dynamics of traditional models for project selection and project portfolio management. Such effectiveness and operational compatibility were checked using a project selection simulation of projects from a Public Institute portfolio. The ranking of the portfolio resulted differently from the procedure commonly used by the Institute. In summary, although the instrument proposed is only complementary to traditional methods of project selection, it can contribute to project selection processes that better consider different perspectives and multiple dimensions that characterize Public Institutes management.

by Tang Yee On. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-60). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.v / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Thesis --- p.3 / Background --- p.4 / Thailand Economy and State-Owned Enterprises --- p.5 / Privatization Program of State-Owned Enterprises --- p.6 / Chapter II. --- THE PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROGRAM OF THAI ELECTRICITY GENERATING INDUSTRY --- p.8 / The Four-Step Plan of Restructuring the Thai Electricity Power Sector --- p.9 / Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand --- p.10 / Electricity Generating Public Company Limited --- p.11 / Rayong Electricity Generating Company Limited --- p.11 / Khanom Electricity Generating Company Limited --- p.12 / Chapter III. --- PRIVATIZATION PROJECT OF KHANOM --- p.13 / Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) --- p.13 / Financing Plan --- p.16 / Equity Financing --- p.17 / Debt Financing --- p.18 / The Deal of Khanom --- p.18 / Chapter IV. --- THE IMPACT OF ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THAILAND --- p.20 / The Financial Crisis in Thailand --- p.20 / Thai Government Reaction --- p.22 / The Electricity Industry --- p.23 / Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) --- p.24 / Small Power Providers (SPP) --- p.27 / Independent Power Providers (IPP) --- p.27 / Other Electricity Projects --- p.28 / Other Infrastructure Projects: Hopewell BERTS --- p.29 / Chapter V. --- ANALYSIS --- p.34 / Benefits of the Private Participation Program --- p.34 / Importance of Project Finance in Infrastructure Projects --- p.36 / Impact of Financial Crisis on the Projects --- p.37 / Tariff Structure of KEGCO --- p.38 / Government Reaction After the Financial Crisis --- p.40 / Market Responses --- p.41 / Future Developments --- p.42 / Privatization Experience in the United Kingdom --- p.45 / Chapter VI. --- "SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS" --- p.46 / APPENDICES --- p.48 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.56

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:42:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sueidy Pithon Suyeyassu.pdf: 3625288 bytes, checksum: dbdef9b68282bb09e8f14ece4907f0af (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-11 / The present study aims to investigate possible ways in education for working tools in order to contribute to a more humane and meaningful education that respects the differences from the following questions: What are the contributions of multicultural projects like mediation and access to culture? How to lead the school community to participate in multicultural projects and respond to such holdings? As a result our students to realize and understand how cultural beings? To answer them, broke the record of multicultural projects developed in a private school in Secondary School East Side of the city of São Paulo in order to understand which paths in search of expanding knowledge based education in multicultural projects like a possible pedagogical action. For both , were studied and theoretical concepts about culture, projects and teacher training and also conducted research with teachers , students and parents of students who engaged in these multicultural projects , which seek hearing to reflect on the pedagogical actions taken to route changes possible or advances. Throughout this process, we realized the importance of education in a multicultural project that aims to be diversified, flexible and reflective, but also the necessary change of attitude of teachers and institutions as a possible way to go and contributing to providing access to culture and individual and collective understanding of how each school community of their cultural backgrounds, bringing life into the school. / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo pesquisar possíveis caminhos na educação para obter ferramentas de trabalho, a fim de contribuir para uma educação mais humana e significativa que respeite as diferenças, a partir das seguintes questões: Quais as contribuições de projetos multiculturais como mediação e acesso à cultura? Como levar a comunidade escolar a participar de projetos multiculturais e responder a essas participações? Como provocar nossos alunos a se perceberem e se entenderem como seres culturais? Para respondê-las, partiu-se do registro dos projetos multiculturais desenvolvidos em uma escola particular do Ensino Fundamental II da zona leste da cidade de São Paulo, a fim de compreender os caminhos trilhados em busca de ampliar conhecimentos sobre a educação baseada em projetos multiculturais como uma possível ação pedagógica. Para tanto, foram estudados teóricos e conceitos sobre cultura, projetos e formação de professores e também realizadas pesquisas com professores, alunos e pais de alunos que se envolveram nestes projetos multiculturais, onde buscamos ouvir para refletir sobre as ações pedagógicas tomadas para possíveis mudanças de rota ou avanços. Nessa caminhada, percebeu-se a importância de projetos multiculturais em uma educação que pretende ser diversificada, flexível e reflexiva, mas também a necessária mudança da postura do professorado e das instituições como um possível caminho a percorrer, propiciando e contribuindo para o acesso à cultura e à compreensão individual e coletiva de cada um que forma a comunidade escolar de sua formação cultural, trazendo a vida para dentro da escola.

Thesis (M.Dev.) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / Since the mid-nineties, Local Economic Development (LED) has been the focal point for the South African government led by the African National Congress. The aim of LED is to redress the injustices of the apartheid regime and to enable previously disadvantaged groups to be incorporated into the formal economy and to involve them in poverty alleviation programmes. So far, the government has spent millions of rands in funding LED projects, with the primary goal of ensuring poverty alleviation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the sustainability of LED projects in Kgwale village (Devilliersdale) in the Blouberg Municipality, Limpopo Province, with the main aim being to establish the factors that enhance the sustainability of projects vis-à-vis those factors that hinder the sustainability of projects. A qualitative study was conducted with 18 participants who were members of the three (03) projects and with three LED project managers from the Blouberg Municipality, the Department of Corporate Governance, Human Setttlements and Traditional Affairs and the Department of Health and Social Development. Data was obtained through semi-structured one-to-one interviews, focus group interviews and observations. The findings of the investigation mostly confirm what other researchers have already discovered, such as the role played by the educational level of beneficiaries of these projects in the success of the projects. Only one person who was a manager of the two (02) projects, namely, the Moselatlala/Farming and Moselatlala/Brick-laying projects, had a post-matric qualification. This however was in education, which is not relevant to LED. None of the Sewing Project members had Grade 12. All the three projects did not keep accounting records and did not use the services of the independent auditor to audit their projects. Most members in these projects were women, as in most projects in rural areas. The Sewing Project could not last for one year. This indicates that the members did not xii have interest in sewing, because they did not receive proper training and sufficient support. The researcher sees this as an indication that the members lacked patience and perseverance. In the Moselatlala/Farming and Moselatlala/Brick-laying projects, the members stuck to the projects despite the fact that the projects were not yielding results. They did not see these projects as get-rich-quick schemes where people will easily earn a lot of money without much effort. The members worked tirelessly, hoping that one day they will earn salaries, until they decided to share the resources which they had acquired because they realised that their efforts were meaningless. The researcher suggests that further in-depth research be conducted on the factors that lead to LED projects collapsing instead of sustaining themselves, creating employment and being financially and economically viable.

Thesis (M.Dev.) --University of Limpopo, 2013 / The research study investigated the contribution of community development projects towards poverty alleviation in Thulamela Local Municipality of Limpopo province. This research study seeks to investigate the factors that hinder community development projects from contributing positively towards the improvement of the lives of rural communities in the area of the study. This study is also concerned with the development of effective strategies that will enhance the capacity of community development project managers and change their perception and that of other stakeholders with regard to the implementation of community development projects. The literature review established the relationship between community development project and project management. In this regard, the study showed that community projects run by project managers with proper knowledge of and skills in project management impact positively on the improvement of the lives of the rural communities. In this study, a mixed research design approach was used in the investigation of the factors that hinder community projects to contribute positively towards poverty alleviation in Thulamela Local Municipality. Questionnaires and structured interviews were used to collect data from the target population. The findings of the study suggest that most managers of the community development projects lack training in project management.They also revealed that there were inadequate resources; there is a lack of community participation in decision-making, and shortage of funds hampered the sustainability of community development projects. To conclude, it is expected that the recommendations of this research study will highlight the strategies that could be put in place to improve the management of community development projects in order to improve the livelihoods of people in the Thulamela Local Municipality.

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is intended to provide students with a cross-subject, contextual learning experience. In order to more fully prepare our nation's students for entering the globally competitive workforce, STEM integration allows students to make connections between the abstract concepts learned in core subject classrooms and real-world situations. FFA and 4-H programs, by nature, are intended to provide students with hands-on learning opportunities where abstract core subject principles can be applied and more fully understood. Junior livestock projects through FFA and 4-H can provide rich connections for students between what they learn in school and how it is applied in the real world through their livestock project. Using a modified Delphi technique, this study identified STEM concepts associated with junior livestock projects. The study also examined whether STEM concepts should be integrated into the supervision of junior livestock projects and identified barriers which would prevent the incorporation of STEM concepts into local 4-H and FFA programming and instruction. The experts identified several (13 of 19) STEM concepts associated with junior livestock projects, four reasons local 4-H and FFA leaders/advisors should incorporate STEM concepts into their programming and instruction, and no barriers which would prevent local 4-H and FFA leaders/advisors from incorporating STEM concepts into their programming and instruction. This paper explores rationale regarding why STEM integration is important and makes recommendations for the integration of STEM concepts into the supervision of junior livestock projects.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Leiden, 2003. / "Stellingen" ([1] p.) laid in. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index.

Problema: Projektų vykdytojų kompetencijų kaita vykdant projektus: projektų vykdytojai orientuojasi į projekto tikslinę grupę ir jos poreikius, o ne į tai, kokią įtaką projekto organizavimas turi jų pačių tobulėjimui, kompetencijų kaitai. Darbo objektas: NVGN „Vilniaus SOS vaikų kaimo“ socialinių darbuotojų kompetencijos. Darbo tikslas: išnagrinėti NVGN „Vilniaus SOS vaikų kaimo“ socialinių darbuotojų kompetencijų kaitą, įgyvendinant socialinius projektus. Uždaviniai: 1. apibrėžti kriterijus – socialinių darbuotojų kompetencijoms matuoti. 2. išnagrinėti, NVGN „Vilniaus SOS vaikų kaimo“ socialinių darbuotojų kompetencijas iki socialinio projekto vykdymo ir po jo įvykdymo. 3. ištirti NVGN “Vilniaus“ socialinių darbuotojų kompetencijų kaitą, įgyvendinant socialinius projektus. Tyrimo metodai: Siekiant užsibrėžtų tikslų, darbe naudojami metodai: 1. Mokslinės literatūros analizė; 2. Dokumentų ir projektų paraiškų analizė 3. Nestruktūrizuotas interviu; 4. Anketinė kontrolinės grupės apklausa; 5. Gautų rezultatų lyginimas, analizavimas Tyrimo eiga: Magistrinio darbo pardžioje apžvelgiama mokslinė literatūra susijusi su socialiniais projektais, kompetencijos ir jos kaitos sąvokomis bei nustatomas kompetencijos kaitos kriterijus. Antrajame etape nagrinėjami oficialūs ir neoficialūs dokumentai, kurie atskleidžia reikalaujamas socialinio darbuotojo kompetencijas NVGN „Vilniaus SOS vaikų kaime“ Trečiasis žingsnis – nestruktūrizuotas interviu. Jo metu yra apklausiami 3... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Problem: The promoters of competence change in the following projects: project promoters of the project targeted audience and its needs, rather than to the impact of the project organization to their own development, competency change. The object: NVGN Vilnius SOS Children's Village 'social workers. Aim: To study NVGN Vilnius SOS Children's Village social worker competencies change, the implementation of social projects. Tasks: 1. The criteria - to measure the competencies of social workers 2. Examine NVGN Vilnius SOS Children's Village social workers competence before and after its completion. 3. Investigate NVGN Vilnius 'social workers' competencies change, the implementation of social projects. Testing methods: 1. Scientific literature; 2. Documentation and analysis of project proposals; 3. Unstructured interview; 4. Questionnaire survey in the control group; 5. Comparing the results obtained, analysis. Experimental procedure: The first step of master’s work - reviews the scientific literature related to social projects, expertise, and change its terms and determine the change in the criteria of competence. The second step examined the formal and informal documents that reveal the social worker is required competencies NVGN Vilnius SOS Children's Villages The third step - unstructured interviews. During the interview three social workers who carry out social projects. The survey takes place 2-3 days before and 2-3 days after the social project. Interviews reveal the... [to full text]