Debido a la creciente necesidad por mejorar la dirección de proyectos en la organización, se ha decidido implementar un proyecto utilizando los estándares globales del PMI. El proyecto seleccionado es el diseño e implementación de la nueva sede del Banco de Desarrollo. La organización ha pasado de 80 a 160 colaboradores; por ello es necesario mayor espacio de oficinas que favorezca las operaciones de la organización y con el metraje óptimo para asegurar la continuidad de las operaciones, en concordancia con sus objetivos estratégicos. Estos trabajadores se trasladarán a una sede con el espacio y distribución consecuente con el crecimiento de la compañía. Para gestionar este proyecto se implementa un equipo de proyecto encargado de planificar, dirigir, ejecutar, comunicar y controlar el diseño, implementación y mudanza de la nueva sede del Banco, en coordinación con otras áreas de la organización. Para ello, se utiliza una metodología de dirección de proyectos que acompaña las tareas especializadas del proyecto. En el presente trabajo de investigación, se desarrollan los 5 grupos de procesos señalados en la Guía del PMBOK® 5ta edición; identificándose posibles riesgos que pudieran poner en peligro el proyecto, a través del plan de gestión de riesgos; asimismo, se establecen canales de coordinación y comunicación, indispensable para gestionar las expectativas de los interesados, a través del Plan de comunicaciones; entre otras herramientas de gestión que se detallarán a lo largo del presente trabajo de investigación. / Due to the growing need to improve the management of projects in the organization, it has been decided to implement a project using the PMI global standards. The selected project is the design and implementation of the Development Bank new headquarters. The organization has grown from 80 to 160 employees; therefore, it is necessary to have more office space that favors the operations of the organization and with the optimum area to ensure the continuity of operations, in accordance with its strategic objectives. These workers will move to a location with space and distribution consistent with the growth of the company. To manage this project, a project team is in charge of planning, directing, executing, communicating and controlling the design, implementation and remove of the Bank's to the new headquarters, in coordination with other areas of the organization. For this, a project management methodology is used in order to accompany the specialized tasks of the project. In the present research work, the 5 groups of processes of the PMBOK® Guide 5th edition are developed; identifying possible risks that could endanger the project, through the Risk Management Plan; likewise, coordination and communication channels are established, which are essential for managing the expectations of the stakeholders, through the Communications Plan; among other management tools that will be detailed throughout this research work. / Tesis

Recent reviewers of the group psychotherapy literature have called for the introduction of new constructs that may contribute to a deeper understanding of what it is about process groups that make them effective in eliciting change. To this end, this study investigates the potential of a newly defined and operationalized construct known as self-compassion. Drawing on the writings of various scholars of Buddhism, Neff has theorized that self-compassion consists of three main, mutually influential components: self-kindness (the act of being gentle with oneself in instance of pain or failure); mindfulness (holding painful thoughts and feelings in balanced awareness, without over-identifying with them); and common humanity (the perception of one’s experiences as part of the larger human experience). This paper argues that there are strong parallels between each of these three components and existing theory on the mechanisms of change in group psychotherapy. The study was motivated by the belief that preliminary quantitative support for the role of self-compassion in change through groups may highlight the importance of the construct and help orient both group practitioners and group researchers towards a new theoretical lens through which the power of groups may be better understood. 92 subjects were enrolled in the study: 57 in a non-treatment Control condition, and 35 in a Treatment condition. The Control group was comprised of undergraduates from the Educational Psychology Department subject pool at the University of Texas at Austin; the Treatment group was formed by UT undergraduate and graduate students who were enrolled in a process psychotherapy group at the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. A pre-test/post-test design was employed, with subjects taking identical surveys at baseline (beginning of Fall 2007 semester) and follow-up (end of the same semester). A variety of inferential statistical techniques were utilized, and results indicated that there was a significant relationship between participation in process group psychotherapy and positive mental health outcomes as measured by self-report levels of depression, perceived stress, and happiness; that participation in a therapy group was associated with increased levels of self-compassion; and that as a predictor of mental health outcome in relation to therapy groups, self-compassion was on the whole equivalent to one construct (hope) often cited in the group literature as a powerful therapeutic mechanism, and a more powerful predictor than another (altruism). The overall results offer exciting implications for future research and clinical practice, as they suggest that self-compassion may well serve as an important component of a robust theoretical, organizing lens through which the power of group psychotherapy may be more clearly understood. / text