Purpose – The purpose of this study is to find the organizational practices in place for the performance evaluation of temporary employees and how that varies from permanent employees. Method – The study takes an inductive and interpretive approach to find out the unknown practices. The study is conducted over 7 respondents from different organizations split between recruitment agencies and client organizations and represents practices maintained by both set of industries. Findings – The study identifies low standardization in performance evaluation and discusses the variance from literature over the subject matter. Also a model is drawn based on the amalgamation of literary review and empirical results. Implications – The study presents variance in the processes for temporary employees and the prime areas where the variance occurs. For the organizations to have fair and just performance management system and for equality towards temporary employees, these issues must be addressed. Limitations – Cultural practices are not taken into consideration and literature might be based on different cultural practices than the respondents country and for a wholesome study, more respondents might be needed.

In accordance with the stereotype-fit model of discrimination (Dipboye, 1985), the results of past research indicate that the extent to which jobs are sex stereotyped dictates whether or not a main effect for rate sex is present in performance evaluations. The purpose of this study was to further examine the relationship between the sex stereotype of the job and the presence of sex bias in evaluation. Two hundred and five undergraduate psychology students viewed one of eight videotapes of a confederate job applicant performing a work sample task and evaluated the observed performance. A 2 x 2 x 2 between subjects factorial design was used to test for the effects of the sex stereotype of the job, sex of rate, and level of rate performance on performance ratings. As performance was found. A significant three-way interaction was found, which implies that when rates perform a job that is stereotyped as sex role incongruent their performance is more likely to be noticed and closely evaluated than when they perform a job that is sex stereotyped as belonging to their sex. Sex bias was found only for the low performing woman on the female job, which indicates she was over-evaluated.

This investigation was to determine if an applicant’s sex and the job’s sex orientation stereotypes affected the evaluation of applicant information and subsequent selection decision outcomes. Interviewers (N=48) were asked to rate the employment suitability of 49 hypothetical applicants. The results indicated that an interaction of the applicant’s sex and job’s sex orientation had marginal affect on the importance weightings in two of the four applicant attribute factors, motivation/ability and personality/appearance. Applicants with equivalent qualifications did not receive comparable employment suitability ratings, Unfair job discrimination was demonstrated by these data. It was concluded that the applicant’s sex and the job’s sex orientation stereotypes affected the evaluation of applicant attribute information and subsequent selection suitability ratings. Future research advocating a process orientation is suggested.

This thesis is devoted to coaching, which is a relatively new trend in the field of people leadership, explaining what the experiences with this tool of development are in the current practice in kindergartens management. The theoretical part summarizes the findings from the literature depicting the topic of coaching in different contexts - dealing with the issue of human resource management and changes in manager's approach to the performance management. The practical part presents results of a questionnaire-based research for a broader look at the issue and the results of the qualitative approach implemented through structured interviews, life-history method and document analysis. This thesis introduces us to the areas in which the coaching method was successful in employee's development in a professional or personal level, as well as in development of the director, the whole team and the organization. KEYWORDS coaching, development of the potential, leader, performance management, personality of the manager, leadership

Corporate Performance Management (CPM) is currently one of the most developing branches of informatics due to the fact that it is a tool that allows managers to effectively manage their company and thereby increase its competitiveness in the market. This thesis focuses on the individual elements of the CPM, particularly on the managerial methods, metrics and business processes, which are generally characterized first and then applied to business organizations that operate in the area of retailing. There is also a fourth CPM element - CPM applications, but a detailed description is not covered by this work. The aim of this thesis is mainly to define the basic (core) processes in retailing and describe their characteristics using informatics approaches. Each process is then assigned to managerial methods that can be used in evaluating the performance of these processes and to specific examples of metrics for which appropriate dimensions are further defined. The main contribution of this work is the analysis of processes in the retailing industry, using methods and approaches used in informatics - characteristics such as purpose of the process, events that trigger the process, inputs and outputs of the process and metrics, which are assigned to the corresponding dimensions, are defined for each process.

This thesis deals with a company performance management method in compliance with the key performance indicators. It addresses the KPIs' characteristics as well as the design process of the indices and their implementation procedures. It does not only rest with a description of the method itself but it also focuses on the related areas of the research such as managers' approach towards the corporate performance management or the business intelligence discipline. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on building the model that makes it possible to design the KPIs with an emphasis on a successful delivery of the entire project. The methodology is based on a selection of the right indicators and application of the implementation techniques leading to a successful completion of the project. A special attention is dedicated to the CPM concept as a basic principal from which the key indicators derive. The practical part addresses the respective design of the KPIs. First of all, the KPIs are suggested to a banking institution. Afterwards, these indicators are confronted with the model drawn up in the theoretical part. The indicators are assessed consequently. The main contribution of this thesis is a development of a model that can serve as a guide for a proper KPIs design in a company and can add to a successful completion of the indicators' implementation. The findings of the research conducted for the purpose of this thesis could be put to use by the corporate managers who are interested in approaching the performance management methods also assessed in this dissertation.

Global society is threatened by many social and ecological challenges, together they form a complex environment defined in this thesis as the sustainability challenge. Organizations have a major impact on this challenge, with business strategy being the leverage point. This thesis identifies the gaps and recommendations to address those gaps to strategically move organizations towards reaching a sustainable society. The <IR> Framework by the IIRC is a reporting structure and method that includes sustainability elements within a business orientated context. Through 20 interviews, report comparison and system analysis we have generated the results. These highlight gaps with regards to planetary limits and lack of directing organizations towards sustainability. Based on the findings we conclude that <IR>can be a steppingstone by introducing organizations to sustainability elements within business language. However, <IR> cannot be used as a standalone tool to reach a sustainable society. <IR> does assist and succeed in making organizations more strategic, which prepares them to move to sustainability. Overall, organizations acquire a broader perception and understanding regarding non-financials. Recommendations include integrating systems thinking, formulating ‘success’ and back casting from it to strategically prioritize actions; also referring to other tools and concepts that can assist in niche areas within <IR>.

My work investigates the effects of founding conditions for organizational founders on the eventual satisfaction founders have with the financial and social outcomes of their organization. First, I introduce two new constructs, social salience and economic salience, which represent the intended social or economic goals of the founder for their organization when they found the new organization. I then utilize organizational imprinting theory to argue that the social and economic salience, along with founders’ previous work experience, influence the structure of the new organization via the legal form. I then argue that the legal form influences the specific capabilities that the organization will acquire or create early in the organization’s life. Finally, I argue that the capabilities established at founding will influence the eventual satisfaction founders currently have with their organizations’ social and financial outcomes as the capabilities endure over time. Based on a sample of 150 organizational founders that are still actively managing their organizations, my results support the idea that founding conditions for individual founders influence the capabilities that their organizations create or acquire. Further, founders’ current level of satisfaction with the financial and social performance of their organizations is significantly related to these capabilities. These results largely support the process based model of imprinting effects on organizational outcomes, and suggest that founders play a critical role in setting the original imprint of an organization that will endure via organizational inertia, perhaps long after the imprint’s originally designed purpose. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Os aglomerados industriais têm recebido a atenção de pesquisadores e gestores públicos como um meio de obter vantagens competitivas para as empresas de uma região. Na literatura argumenta-se que ambientes com grandes concentrações de empresas de um mesmo setor favorecem a formação de redes de empresas, a troca de conhecimentos e a realização de ações conjuntas. No entanto, ainda não é claro como esses benefícios podem ser alcançados, uma vez que eles requerem confiança e esforços de coordenação entre as partes envolvidas. Trabalhos anteriores enfatizaram a utilização de práticas de gestão de desempenho e conhecimento em aglomerados, como forma de gerenciar a colaboração e, ao mesmo tempo, acumular e disseminar conhecimentos. Como forma de contribuir com a área de gestão em aglomerados, este trabalho realizou um estudo exploratório sobre as práticas de gestão de desempenho e conhecimento que são utilizadas em aglomerados, com o propósito de compreender como ambos os temas se complementam e facilitam o planejamento, coordenação e avaliação de ações conjuntas. A coleta de dados se deu pela realização de estudos de caso em três aglomerados, nos quais foram entrevistados empresários e gestores de associações locais. Alem disso, uma intervenção foi realizada em um desses aglomerados, durante a qual foram desenvolvidas práticas de gestão de desempenho e conhecimento. Os dados revelaram detalhes sobre a dinâmica da gestão de ações conjuntas e sobre a forma como conhecimentos são criados e compartilhados. Isso possibilitou uma maior compreensão da inter-relação entre a gestão de desempenho e conhecimento, revelando que ambos os temas devem ser vistos de forma integrada na gestão de associações locais. Ao final do trabalho, o conhecimento adquirido na pesquisa de campo foi sintetizado sob a forma de diretrizes de gestão, com o propósito de auxiliar gestores envolvidos com associações locais em aglomerados. / Industrial clusters have received considerable attention from researchers and policy makers as a means for achieving regional competitive advantage. It is widely believed in the literature that regional concentrations of firms from the same economic sector facilitate the establishment of organizational networks, knowledge sharing, as well as the implementation of collaborative initiatives. Nevertheless, it is still unclear how these benets can be achieved, since they require trust and coordination eorts from the parties involved. Previous research has underlined the use of performance and knowledge management practices in clusters, as tools to manage collaboration and, concurrently, accumulate and disseminate specialized knowledge. In order to contribute to the body of knowledge on industrial clusters management, it was carried out an exploratory study about the performance and knowledge management practices being used by clusters to understand how both topics mutually contribute to planning, coordinating and assessing collaborative initiatives. Three case studies were conducted as the main sources of data, in which company owners and representatives from local associations were interviewed. Additionally, a six-month intervention was carried out in one of the clusters, during which performance and knowledge management practices where implemented in the local association. The empirical data enables an in-depth analysis about the dynamics of collaborative initiatives management, as well as how knowledge is created and shared among cluster actors. This led to a better understanding about the interplay between performance and knowledge management, revealing that both topics should be viewed in a more integrated fashion when dealing with management in local associations. Finally, the knowledge generated during the eld research was summarized as a set of management guidelines, as a way to provide guidance to managers of local associations.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T18:39:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Celio Rorato Junior.pdf: 2614987 bytes, checksum: 23047b430fbce8a6e121ac85363684bc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-12 / The object of study is the use of the tools of Business Intelligence (BI) more specifically those tools that support the concept of Corporate Performance Management (CPM) by Brazilian companies. Used as a form of technology in information systems for decision support (DSS) and Executive Information (IES) by the system of Management Accounting. The methodology was based on the theoretical foundations of Management Accounting as an instrument of the Controllership to provide information for decision-making; in the relationship of information systems with the Management Accounting; and the concept of BI and CPM through literature. We performed a research that is descriptive and uses a quantitative approach, using a questionnaire answered by the professionals of the Controllership and BI that use tools that support the concept of CPM. The sample consists of 22 companies. As a result it was concluded that the tools that support the concept of CPM facilitate changes in the management accounting tasks with different levels of extension and that companies are prioritizing the modules of the tools of Financial Planning and Financial Consolidation. We also found that companies with systems that support the concept of CPM have a design of the broad scope of management accounting, and worry about the timeliness and characteristics of the aggregation / integration / Esta dissertação buscou investigar como objeto de estudo o uso das ferramentas de Business Intelligence (BI), mais especificamente as que suportam o conceito de Corporate Performance Management (CPM) pelas empresas brasileiras. Usadas como uma tecnologia na forma de sistemas de informação de apoio à decisão (SADs) e de informação executiva (SIEs), pelo sistema da Contabilidade Gerencial. A metodologia baseou-se na fundamentação teórica da Contabilidade Gerencial como instrumento da Controladoria para fornecimento de informações para a tomada de decisão; no relacionamento dos sistemas de informação com a Contabilidade Gerencial; e na conceituação de BI e CPM através de pesquisa bibliográfica. Realizou-se um estudo quantitativo-descritivo, que foi conduzido por meio de uma pesquisa empírica com 22 empresas, usando um questionário respondido pelos profissionais da área de Controladoria e de BI, que usam as ferramentas que suportam o conceito de CPM. Como resultado se concluiu que estas ferramentas facilitam mudanças nas tarefas da Contabilidade Gerencial com níveis de extensão diversos e que as empresas estão priorizando os módulos das ferramentas de Planejamento Financeiro e de Consolidação Financeira. Encontrou-se, também, que empresas com sistemas que apoiam o conceito de CPM possuem um desenho do sistema de Contabilidade Gerencial de amplo escopo, e se preocupam com as características da tempestividade e agregação/integração