This research is focused on agricultural mechanization within the context of Brazilian agribusiness and its theme modeling processes, focusing on the description and modeling of the management of the agricultural production process in rural enterprises. From the emphasis of the research that has as main objective to create a reference model for the management process of agricultural production: emphasis on mechanization and in order to achieve the objectives of the study, the author sought information in the literature to promote closer ties between the context and the focus of research, but covers other areas of knowledge considered essential to the development of the thesis, such as: design of systems, processes, planning, agricultural mechanization planning addition of process modeling. The approach of theory and practice occurs through the modeling of the process of administration of agricultural machinery, according to the formalism of modeling, the Núcleo de Ensaio de Máquinas Agrícolas da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. From the literature review and systematization of this, there was the necessary basis for the creation of the Reference Model for the Management of Agricultural Production Process: Focus on mechanization, which presents in three macrofases: Planning, Sizing, Control and Evaluation. From these eight phases originated: Physical Environment, Production, Operations, Machinery, Workforce, Performance, Capital and Results. / Esta pesquisa está centrada na mecanização agrícola dentro do contexto do agronegócio brasileiro e tem como tema a modelagem de processos, com foco na descrição e modelagem do processo de gestão da produção agrícola nos empreendimentos rurais. A partir da ênfase da pesquisa que tem como objetivo geral criar um modelo de referência para o processo de gestão da produção agrícola: ênfase na mecanização e, a fim de atingir os objetivos do estudo, o autor se ampara na bibliografia para promover a ambientação entre o contexto e o foco da pesquisa, mas aborda outras áreas do conhecimento, consideradas essenciais ao desenvolvimento da tese, como: delineamento de sistemas, processos, planejamento, planejamento da mecanização agrícola além da modelagem de processos. A aproximação da teoria com a prática ocorre através da modelagem do processo de administração de máquinas agrícolas, segundo o formalismo de modelagem, das práticas do Núcleo de Ensaio de Máquinas Agrícolas da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. A partir da revisão da bibliografia e desta sistematização, houve a base necessária à criação do Modelo de Referência para o Processo de Gestão da Produção Agrícola: Ênfase na mecanização, que se apresenta constituído por três macrofases: Planejamento, Dimensionamento, Controle e Avaliação. A partir destas originaram-se oito fases: Físico Ambiental, Produção, Operações, Máquinas, Força de Trabalho, Desempenho, Capital e Resultado.

Ce mémoire se penche sur les raisons ayant mené à l’isolement du secrétaire d’État Colin Powell au sein du processus décisionnel de politique étrangère de l’administration de George W. Bush entre 2000 et 2004. Plus précisément, cette recherche mobilise le concept de dynamiques de groupes afin d’expliquer l’isolement de Powell dans le processus décisionnel ayant mené aux interventions en Afghanistan (2001) et en Irak (2003). Ce mémoire se veut une contribution à la littérature sur le processus décisionnel de politique étrangère ayant mené à ces deux interventions militaires. Cette littérature est abondante et témoigne d’un consensus au sujet de l’isolement de Powell au sein de cette administration. Toutefois, aucune contribution, à notre connaissance, ne s’était concentrée jusqu’ici à fournir une explication concernant cet isolement. Dans un premier temps, ce mémoire démontre que l’isolement de Powell ne peut être simplement attribué à la nature de la fonction qu’il occupait au sein de l’administration Bush. Par la description des dynamiques de groupes au sein du cabinet de guerre, il établit qu’une série d’indicateurs cognitifs et bureaucratiques permettent plutôt d’expliquer, du moins en partie, cet isolement. La présence d’un sous-groupe décisionnel déterminé utilisant des manœuvres bureaucratiques afin de marginaliser Powell, l’omniprésence de l’idéologie néoconservatrice et l’importante polarisation au sein du cabinet de guerre ainsi que la distribution inégales des ressources bureaucratiques sont des facteurs explicatifs développés dans ce mémoire. / Abstract: This master thesis focuses on the factors that led to the marginalization of the Secretary of State Colin Powell inside the foreign policy decision-making process of the George W. Bush administration (2000-2004). More precisely, this research uses the concept of small group dynamics to explain Powell’s isolation in the decision-making process that led to military interventions in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003). This thesis is a contribution to the literature relating to the decision-making process that led to those military interventions. This literature is plenteous and testifies to the consensus about Powell’s marginalization inside this administration. So far, to our knowledge, no contribution has focused on providing an explanation for this marginalization. In the first place, this research reveals that Powell’s marginalization cannot be attributed to the function he occupied in the Bush administration. By describing the small group dynamics within the war cabinet, it establishes that a series of cognitive and bureaucratic indicators are more explanatory of this isolation. The presence of a determined subgroup using bureaucratic strategies to marginalize Powell, the omnipresence of neoconservative ideology that led to important polarization within the war cabinet, and the unequal distribution of bureaucratic resources are some explanatory factors developed in this research.

Diploma thesis focuses on floorball in the Czech Republic with purpose to suggest the draft of the license system for the highest men league for Czech Floorball Union. The current organization of floorball is presented also the problem, objectives and stakeholders are defined with application of managerial decision-making. Key areas which can provide healthy development of the highest league are financial, technical, player and personal criterions. The clubs must accomplish all aspects in order to take part in the competition. The draft is compiled based on interests of stakeholders, analysis of current conditions, analysis of license systems of different sports in the Czech Republic and of floorball in foreign countries. Process of implementation with risks and possible restrictions is also draw up, so that Czech Floorball Union can use this thesis within the final execution of license system.

La fragmentation de la politique fiscale de l'Etat s'opère par la démocratisation de la vie publique et de la crise économique marquée par une érosion du monopole étatique et une atomisation du processus décisionnel due à l'internationalité des questions fiscales. Une première partie démontre l'apparente cohésion de la politique fiscale malgré la dispersion institutionnelle issue du jeu entre l'exécutif et le législatif supplantés par l'activisme des forces sociales diffuses. Le « désordre normatif » est issu de l'éclatement des instruments de l'ordre juridique qu'une codification lacunaire n'a pas su restaurer. Le contexte économique inspire aussi les choix fiscaux de sortie de crise et la réflexion s'ouvre pour une politique fiscale de développement. La deuxième partie développe la compétence limitée de l'Etat en raison de la décision fiscale influencée par l'intégration en zone CEMAC et l'entrée en commerce juridique avec d'autres nations et organisations internationales. A la mondialisation, la politique fiscale se définit par la posture offensive ou défensive de l'Etat même si ce dernier continue de tenir le gouvernail de la décision fiscale. C'est un Etat imaginatif recherchant des solutions adéquates, conciliant exigences de la ponction fiscale avec celles de l'atteinte des objectifs macroéconomiques. Le décryptage de la politique fiscale devient une problématique centrée sur le rôle de l'Etat dans l'environnement post-moderne et capable d'assurer l'unité conceptuelle du processus décisionnel fiscal malgré les turbulences interne et internationale. C'est un Etat intelligent fédérant, les acteurs impliqués dans la construction d'un nouvel ordre fiscal. / Against the backdrop of the conceptual uniqueness of the tax policy implemented by the government, lies a genuine fragmentation of fiscal decision-making sources. The State organ ultimately responsible for tax policy choices actually bears the laborious compromise built on trading of choices between public and private stakeholders at national and international levels. The State of Cameroon which, since independence in 1960, has been the keystone of the whole political edifice, and the initiator of tax-related decisions, is witnessing an adjustment in its unique structure national level due to the combined effect of political democratization and economic crisis. Its erstwhile monopoly in the production of fiscal choices is being fragmented due to the increasingly assertive international scope of tax-related issues. In short, the State's tax jurisdiction is shifting from decision-making monopoly to shared decision-making prerogatives integrating national constraints and requirements at international level. Understanding fiscal policy becomes a central issue in the State's new role of implementing the social contract. The new challenge for the State in the post-modern environment is to enhance its ability to continue to ensure the conceptual uniqueness of the fiscal decision-making process despite the turbulence of the internal order and international society. It is the advent of a smart State bringing together stakeholders involved in the construction of a fiscal order.

The focus of this thesis is mainly on the area of human decision making. During the decision process we are subjected to several influences, which bias our judgement. Therefore, we may be misguided towards wrong decisions. In addition, it is important that the display of distorted influence is regularly repeated with the same persons. Thus, we may assume that we are talking about a universal apparatus of the human mind. The aim of this thesis is also to identify the above-mentioned influences, and mainly to understand the nature of their origin. The knowledge resulting from the research could become important and useful tool for the reader, since the knowledge may be used for the improvement of our own decisions in both private and professional life. The research is based on interdisciplinary approaches to cognitive science. On one hand we use the functional model of mind, on the other hand we utilize a wide range of empirical data from several fields, such as psychology, behavioral economics and the sciences concerned with the brain. Using these tools, we analyze specific influences, which are considered to be important from the point of view of decision making. They are for example feelings, emotions, social influences, language, self, experience, expectations and prior forms of judgement. Based on the analysis of the influences, hypotheses about their interconnectedness are deduced. Finally, we suggest several practical methods, which should help us to improve our own decision making and help us to avoid wrong conclusions.

Master thesis deals with the transparency in decision-making process and with the openness to citizens in local politics. It focuses on the policy of municipal councils, with the emphasis on Municipal district Prague 10 during the election period 2010 -- 2014. Main objective is the analysis, description and evaluation of the transparency of decisions-making process in Prague 10. The theoretical part of the thesis is dealing with definitions of terms: municipalities, Prague, the capital, its districts and decision-making process. The stress is given to the question of the level of transparency and on the openness of town halls to their citizens. In the practical part, the thesis analyzes the concrete decision-making processes in Prague 10 related to an analysis of the Council's statement about the anti-corruption strategy. In the end, it analyzes the decisions-making process about the procurements in Municipal district Prague 10 namely to the analysis of procurements "Revitalization of Malešice Park".

The aim of this thesis is by using methods and practices of managerial decision-making process to choose suitable supplier and propose measures to reduce risk. The first section of the theoretical part deals with the different phases of the decision-making process. The second part is devoted to the procurement as one of the corporate functions. The practical part applies the managerial decision-making process on the current situation of a company producing fast moving consumer goods is looking for a new supplier of packaging material. Choice of supplier was performed by using a multi-criteria decision-making, first the decision criteria was defined, followed by a description of the alternatives and their consequences. Evaluation of the alternatives was based on the additive multi-criteria utility function, to determine the weights of the criteria was used method determining weights by preferential arrangements. From five potential vendors was recommended supplier A. The end of the practical part is devoted to proposals of measures to reduce the risk which company may face in the process of selection and also in the process of delivering of the material.

The master's thesis deals with the purchase decision-making process of consumers in the market of the portable computers. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the different stages of the purchase decision-making process, specify the consumers in this market and describe their buying behaviour. In the theoretical part of the thesis there are described internal and external factors affecting the buying behaviour of consumers and also the purchase decision-making process. Furthermore, the thesis describes the market of portable computers, the current situation on this market and purchase decision-making process in this market. The thesis contains primary and secondary research. Primary research involves the analysis of data obtained from a questionnaire survey conducted in the form of online surveying. Primary research is devoted to the description of the various stages of the purchase decision-making process of the defined age categories. Secondary research specifies the consumers in the market of portable computers on the basis of data from the database MML-TGI.

This thesis deals with finding competitive advantages of the company X and the key factors for improvement. The aim of this work is to find through the research the competitive advantages of the chain company X, which provides fast food on the Czech market, it's deficiencies and key factors, that can help the Company to improve in the future time. The theoretical part consists of five chapters, beginning with a chapter on marketing services, the following chapters deal with the purchase decision-making process in the service market and market category and competitive advantage. Methodology chapter closes then all the theoretical part. The practical part includes chapters examining the importance of a fast food restaurant in the world and the current market trend in the Czech Republic. Other parts deal with the characteristic of market and market category, analysis of competition, characteristic of the company X. The most important chapters in this section are the practical results of the survey, suggestions and recommendations to the company.

A presente Tese de Doutorado tem como objetivo analisar o comportamento do Brasil nas negociações comerciais multilaterais no sistema GATT/OMC, mediante o estudo do processo decisório doméstico que estruturou a atuação do país nas negociações agrícolas na Rodada Uruguai (1986-1994) e, na Rodada Doha (2001 2008), com foco no entendimento do processo de formulação das posições apresentadas, no Grupo de Cairns e, no G-20, respectivamente. A partir desses dois estudos de caso e da análise comparada do processo decisório, incorporando parte da literatura de Análise de Política Externa, pretendemos analisar, em dois momentos, no mesmo tema, a receptividade da política externa brasileira às pressões domésticas. O trabalho procura suprir certa lacuna da literatura sobre coalizões no sistema GATT/OMC, pois, a maior parte dos estudos tem dificuldade em incluir aspectos que se localizam, no interior dos sistemas decisórios nacionais, enquanto variáveis relevantes que ajudam a entender o comportamento dos países em coalizões. / The objective of this thesis is to analyze Brazilian behavior in multilateral trade negotiations in the GATT/WTO system, through the study of the domestic decision making process that structured the country positions in the agricultural negotiations during the Uruguay Round (1986 1994) and the Doha Round (2001 2008). Our focus is to understand the domestic decision making process that structured the positions presented by Brazil in the Cairns Group and in the G-20, respectively. From these two case studies, the comparative analysis of the decision making process and incorporating the Foreign Policy Analysis literature, we intend to analyze at two different moments on the same issue, the openness of the Brazilian Foreign Policy to domestic pressure. The work seeks to fill the gap in the literature on coalitions in the GATT/WTO since most studies do not include aspects related to the national decision making process as important variables useful to understand countries behavior in coalitions.