This thesis constructs a novel resilience index and a comparative advantage measure of professional skills to enhance our understanding of economic resilience in Appalachian counties that are vulnerable to the transition to a greener economy. The index-based results indicate that resilience is clustered throughout the region and strongly related to local labor market demand for the skills required to complete non-routine cognitive tasks. Resilient labor markets hold a comparative advantage over their less resilient counterparts in twelve skills. These skills are highly prevalent in growing and emerging occupations and strongly related to resilience in the existing literature on regional economic shocks. This thesis also develops a database that enables future researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders to geospatially analyze skill prevalence at a county level and make informed and proactive decisions in the face of a changing economy. / Master of Science / This thesis constructs a novel resilience index and a measure of professional skills to enhance our understanding of economic resilience in Appalachian counties that are exposed to changes to the workforce. The results indicate that resilience is clustered throughout the region and strongly related to the skills required for rapidly growing and emerging occupations. Resilient labor markets hold a comparative advantage over their less resilient counterparts in twelve key skills. These skills are highly prevalent in vital to the literature and closely related to the ability of local economies to withstand recessions and other economic disruptions. My thesis also develops a database that enables future research, policymakers, and industry leaders to easily understand the professional skills found in counties to make informed and proactive decisions in the face of a changing economy.

Major changes in organizational structural paradigms have been occurring. Recent journal articles propose that the older philosophies of expanding organizations and increasing internal specialization are no longer viable means to enhance competitiveness as espoused in earlier journal articles. Downsizing, rightsizing, and business process reengineering have all been used as methods of accomplishing organizational work force reduction (OWFR) and enhancing organizational posture. It has been established that as organizations grow, specialization increases. Causes for OWFR have not been established nor have effects upon structure been studied. Previous structural factor studies have focused upon organizations engaged in end-game strategies done during periods of internal and economic growth. This study evaluates the impacts of OWFR and its relationship to the structural factor of specialization during a non-munificent economic period. Three independent variables, dis-integration, change in the number of employees, and change in technology, were used as measures to determine whether specialization decreased when organizations downsized. The dependent variable, specialization, was obtained through a pre-tested questionnaire. The three independent variables were obtained using the Compustat data base as a secondary source of information. The Compustat data was verified using data from Compact Disclosure. Questionnaires were mailed to fifty-one fully integrated oil companies. Forty were returned after three mailings yielding a response rate of seventy-eight percent. The unit of analysis for the data collected was the firm. The data were analyzed using multiple regression to determine the strength of the relationship between the variables. Results indicate a significant relationship between two of the independent variables and the dependent variable: dis-integration and specialization and change in the number of employees and specialization. Findings were insignificant for the third independent variable and the dependent variable: change in technology and specialization. Analysis of the quantitative results and the qualitative responses of the participants show that dis-integration and a change in the number of employees are both useful for measuring structural change for organizations engaged in organizational work force reduction.

Orientador: Márcio Rogério Silveira / Banca: Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito / Banca: Ricardo Abid Castillo / Resumo: A presente dissertação objetiva uma reflexão sobre o transporte público coletivo das cidades de Bauru, Marília e Presidente, no Estado de São Paulo, a partir da análise dos elementos concretos que de modo combinado atuam na geração de profundas desigualdades de acesso à cidade, prejudicando as várias categorias de interações espaciais e, por conseguinte, a própria cidade enquanto condição geral de produção e condição geral de reprodução social. Estas cidades se destacam regionalmente pelos papéis intermediários que assumem na rede urbana paulista, bem como pela proeminência dos setores comerciais e de serviços. Contudo, também mostram indícios da negligência histórica do Estado no que se refere à oferta de serviços de utilidade pública de qualidade. As novas dinâmicas da economia brasileira, trazendo novíssimas demandas por produtividade e versatilidade por parte dos trabalhadores, torna imperiosa a melhoria da qualidade dos serviços de utilidade pública voltados à reprodução ampliada da força de trabalho e entre estes do transporte público coletivo. O transporte público coletivo por ônibus exige infraestruturas específicas e adaptação de infraestruturas de circulação para que a máxima eficiência das interações espaciais seja alcançada, devido ao conflito no espaço viário com os veículos privados... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This dissertation aims at discussing the public transportation in the cities of Bauru, Marília and Presidente Prudente in the State of São Paulo, from the analysis of concrete elements that interact on the creation of deep inequalities in access to the city, what damages the various categories of spatial interactions and, as a consequence, impairs the town itself as a general condition of production and general condition of social reproduction. These towns stand out regionally by the intermediary role that they assume in the urban network in São Paulo, as well as their prominence in the trade and service sectors. There is also evidence, however, of historical negligence of the state regarding the provision of high quality public services. The new dynamics of the Brazilian economy, bringing new demands for productivity and versatility of workers, makes it imperative to improve the quality of public services directed to the expanded reproduction of the workforce and, among these, the public transportation. The public transportation by bus requires specific infrastructure and the adaptation of movement infrastructure in order to guarantee that the highest efficiency of spatial interactions is achieved, given congestion of the road space by private vehicles... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Today, the effective management of people is assuming prominence as a source of sustained business performance improvement. The rationale for this trend is that other significant aspects of business, such as marketing, new technology, market niche, trademarks and brand image have generally been mastered. Therefore, business enterprises are being encouraged in seeking to gain comparative advantage by reliance on their human resources because this aspect of business is arguably more difficult to imitate or understand than the more conventional resources. As a result, there is an awakening of the need to introduce management practices that will concentrate on the added value which a highly motivated work force may provide to the organisation. The idea of added value from a highly motivated work force assumes even greater significance when the main business hinges almost entirely on the attitudes and approaches of people. This concept applies most forcibly to Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (BOECS), the region covered by this study. This research therefore, explores the idea of gaining comparative advantage through appropriate people management methods and follows the trend in the developed and more industrialised nations of the world in an effort to determine whether there is a useful model of effective management practices which may be replicated in the BOECS and thus lead to improved business performance in the micro states which constitute this ii region. However, this study is mindful of the limitations of the research methodology which a vast number of contributors to this intriguing topic have employed. Nevertheless, this exploratory attempt examines the issue in the light of its possible positive effect on a previously uncharted area, viz., Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (BOECS) as far as it relates to scholarly treaties on Human Resource Management. The idea is that even in the absence of clear unequivocal empirical evidence about its benefits, it may be useful to pursue the strategic approach to Human Resource Management including expansion of employee involvement, for it own sake.

Dödsolyckor har drabbat svenska byggarbetsplatser den senaste tiden, där det tagit lång tid att identifiera offren på grund av utebliven närvaroregistrering på arbetsplatsen. Flera medier har på senaste tiden lyft det fusk som förekommit på stora entreprenader i Stockholm. Händelserna understryker vikten av kontroll över företag och individer på de svenska byggarbetsplatserna. Studien syftar till att besvara hur förutsättningar kan skapas för att nå en sund byggbransch, minimera arbetslivskriminalitet och vilka konsekvenser krav medför. Rapportens innehåll har framtagits genom litteraturstudie och intervjustudie där totalt sett 22 stycken intervjuer har genomförts med kandidater verksamma inom branschen. Antalet intervjuer har gett studien en gedigen bredd där en stor del av branschen representeras. Resultatet visar att kontinuerlig uppföljning av företag måste ske och att arbetet kring dessa frågor måste ske branschgemensamt. Informationsutbytet myndigheter mellan men även myndigheter till branschen måste utökas för att underlätta arbetet för de verksamma ute på arbetsplatserna. Rapporten har även landat i en illustrerad Konsekvenstrappa, för hantering av upptäckta avvikelser vid kontroll av företag. Studien vill uppmana alla aktiva i branschen att utbilda sig inom och arbeta aktivt kring ämnet. / Fatal accidents have recently happened at Swedish construction sites where it has taken a long time to identify the victims because of to the lack of registration of attendance at the workplace. Swedish media have recently highlighted the complex problems due to fraudulent behavior that has occurred at large construction sites in Stockholm. These incidents emphasize the importance of control and verification of companies and individuals at Swedish construction sites. This study aims to answer how conditions can be made to achieve a sound construction industry, minimize criminal behavior linked to the labor and what consequences the requirements entail. The report's content has been developed through a study of literature and a study of interviews, with a total of 22 interviews conducted with candidates currently active in the industry. The number of interviews has given the report a substantial breadth, standing for a large part of the industry. The results show that continuous monitoring of companies must take place and that work on these issues must be carried out cooperatively by the industry. The exchange of information between authorities as well as from authorities to the industry, must be expanded to ease the work for those working on and around the construction sites. The report has also resulted in an illustrated Consequence Ladder, also referred to as the Konsekvenstrappa, for how to manage the discovered discrepancy during inspections. The study encourages everyone active in the industry to educate themselves and work actively within the subject.

Today, the effective management of people is assuming prominence as a source of sustained business performance improvement. The rationale for this trend is that other significant aspects of business, such as marketing, new technology, market niche, trademarks and brand image have generally been mastered. Therefore, business enterprises are being encouraged in seeking to gain comparative advantage by reliance on their human resources because this aspect of business is arguably more difficult to imitate or understand than the more conventional resources. As a result, there is an awakening of the need to introduce management practices that will concentrate on the added value which a highly motivated work force may provide to the organisation. The idea of added value from a highly motivated work force assumes even greater significance when the main business hinges almost entirely on the attitudes and approaches of people. This concept applies most forcibly to Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (BOECS), the region covered by this study. This research therefore, explores the idea of gaining comparative advantage through appropriate people management methods and follows the trend in the developed and more industrialised nations of the world in an effort to determine whether there is a useful model of effective management practices which may be replicated in the BOECS and thus lead to improved business performance in the micro states which constitute this ii region. However, this study is mindful of the limitations of the research methodology which a vast number of contributors to this intriguing topic have employed. Nevertheless, this exploratory attempt examines the issue in the light of its possible positive effect on a previously uncharted area, viz., Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (BOECS) as far as it relates to scholarly treaties on Human Resource Management. The idea is that even in the absence of clear unequivocal empirical evidence about its benefits, it may be useful to pursue the strategic approach to Human Resource Management including expansion of employee involvement, for it own sake.

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A Lei n˚. 12.435, de 6 de julho de 2011, instituiu o Sistema Único de Assistência Social (SUAS) no Brasil e é considerada um marco na Política de Assistência Social visto incluir, dentre os objetivos de gestão, a implementação da Gestão do Trabalho e a Educação Permanente. O interesse em realizar estudo de caso sobre a Gestão do Trabalho no âmbito do SUAS no município de Varginha, MG surgiu a fim de avaliar se os seus princípios se faziam presentes na operacionalização desta política em âmbito local. Para tanto, foi realizada revisão bibliográfica, visitas aos campos de pesquisa, que se constituíram nos cinco Centros de Referência de Assistência Social e ao Centro de Referência Especializado de Assistência Social e realização de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os gestores e executores desta política. Foram levantados dados sobre a composição das equipes de referência; Analisadas a percepção, o discurso e a prática do Poder Público municipal em relação à Gestão do Trabalho e avaliada, junto ao Plano Municipal de Assistência Social (PMAS), a existência de planejamento de ações e mecanismos que visassem o fortalecimento da sua execução. Quanto à caracterização da política, os dados colhidos apontaram que o número de CRAS, CREAS e profissionais é insuficiente. Também ficou constatada a inexistência de concurso público específico, a ocorrência de readaptações de profissionais, a falta de experiência e conhecimentos necessários à área, além da predominância da terceirização dos profissionais de nível superior. Tudo isso contribui para o enfraquecimento da categoria “Trabalhadores do SUAS” e demonstra a necessidade de investimento na Gestão do Trabalho. Com relação à percepção e ao discurso, verificou-se que existe consciência sobre a incompletude das equipes e, assim, da impossibilidade do atendimento total da população. Enquanto os gestores apontaram a escassez de recursos para completá-las, os profissionais de nível superior elencaram falta de interesse ou vontade política, aliada ao não reconhecimento da Assistência Social como Política Pública. Adequação de espaços, contratação de pessoal e implantação do processo de capacitação foram indicadas. A prática revela que não são destinados recursos financeiros específicos à Gestão do Trabalho, inexiste setor responsável por sua operacionalização e nunca se realizou diagnóstico sobre essa questão; Os profissionais não contam com Plano Municipal de Capacitação, tampouco com Plano de Carreira, Cargos e Salários. Evidenciou-se carência de planejamento em relação à inserção de profissionais nos equipamentos públicos. A elaboração do PMAS ocorreu em processo participativo entre gestores e trabalhadores e utilizou informações oriundas do Diagnóstico Social (2013). A elaboração da Política Municipal de Capacitação e complementação das equipes, através da realização de concurso específico, foram apontadas, mas importantes ações não foram contempladas. Diante do exposto, verifica-se que a Gestão do Trabalho no âmbito do SUAS em Varginha é parcial e incipiente. Contudo, o Poder Público demonstrou consciência de que para a execução do SUAS, as orientações e normativas deverão ser efetivadas. Desta forma, será necessário o reconhecimento da sua importância para a prestação dos serviços e para que mudanças ocorram, deverão ser considerados o contexto histórico, político e orçamentário da política. / The law n˚. 12,435 from 6th July 2011 that set up the Unified System for Social Assistance (SUAS) is considered a milestone in policy making for Social Assistance in Brazil due to the fact that it includes in its objectives the implementation of Work Force Management and Permanent Education. The interest to explore more about Work Force Management within the SUAS in the town of Varginha, MG was to evaluate if its principles were present and rooted in the operational aspects of this policy in the town. In order to do this, it was taken extensive bibliography review; field visits of all five Social Assistance Reference Centers as well as the Specialised Reference Centre for Social Assistance. Semi-structured interviews with the management and with those who implement the policies were carried out. It was aimed at understanding the composition of the specialised teams; to analyse its perception, the rhetoric and the actions of the local government towards ‘Work force Management’ and to verify if the Local Plan for Social Assistance (PMAS) has in its content and execution actions and mechanism that contribute to its strengthening. In regards to the characteristics of this policy, the data shows that the numbers of CRAS, CREAS and professionals are not enough. It was also established that there is not specific recruitment for the area; many of its work force comes from other fields; there is a lack of experience and understanding for this area as well as outsourcing of specialised professionals with degrees in the field. All of this contributes to the weakening of the category of the ‘Workers in the SUAS’ and demonstrate the need for investment in the Work Force Management. In the interviewees’ perception and rhetoric, they acknowledge the teams are not completed and, therefore, they cannot meet all demand. While the management pointed out the lack of resources to met demand, the specialised professionals pointed out the lack of commitment and interest from the politicians to recognise Social Assistance as part of the Public Policy. Improvisation of spaces, recruitment of personnel and implementation of a process for permanent education were identified. The practice shows that there is not specific financial resources aimed at Work Force Management; there is not a department responsible for its operation and it has never been carried out any diagnosis of its performance. The professionals do not have a Local Plan for Development neither a Carrier Plan with well defined structure and wages. There is a gap in planning regards the access of these professionals to the public machinery and structure. The making up of the PMAS was in a participative way between management and workers and it was used information from the 2013 Social Diagnosis Study. The institution of the Local Policy for Development and to fulfill all teams through proper public entrance exams were point out but other important tasks were not completed. For all the facts it was confirmed that the Work Force management within SUAS in Varginha is partial and on its early stages. Nevertheless the public policy-makers acknowledges that to proper functioning the SUAS the suggestions and norms must be put in place. In this way, it is necessary to acknowledge of its importance to deliver public services and for changes to happen it is needed to take into consideration the historic context as well the political and budgetary policies.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:53:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ALEXANDRE NARDINI.pdf: 441608 bytes, checksum: cc1ddfb884abfb04e49c06704f65cbb9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-09-25 / To know the aspects of the process of formation of the history teachers egresses of the UCG of 1986, the different conceptions on his formation and the continued formation had been the 2006 searched. The dialectic method in this study makes possible the deepening of the contradictions in the education, the formation of professors and the continued formation to reveal the ideological interests that involve the qualification and preparation of the force of work (understood as a merchandise) in the logic of functioning of the capitalism. It criticizes the marketing interests that establish new requirements to the teaching profession. To evaluate the theoretical aspects we shortly look for to deal with the main matrices the knowledge: the empirism\positivism, idealism\racionalism and the dialectic, in order to understand the importance of the theoretical formation for the construction of the práxis of the professor and to facilitate the agreement of the evolution of the revealed historical thought in the historiographer boardings (traditional cultural historical positivista\materialismo and dialético\história history) that certainly it constitutes an excellent aspect in the formation of professores\historiadores. Still on the theoretical formation, we also analyze the Project Pedagogical Politician of the course of History, of all the proposals of occured curricular reformularizations since the end of the decade of 80 until the year of 2006, we relate the summaries of you discipline them offered in the course with the epistemológica theoretical formation that involves the historiográfico thought, identifying the related boardings. Already the didático\metodológicos aspects, had been analyzed from the conceptions of the searched ones on education, evaluation, history, didactics and predominant practical its. It was possible also to identify to aspects of the professional profile of the professors egresses of the UCG that reflects the conjuncture imposed for the current moment (3ª Industrial Revolution) that it demands adaptation of the work force (as merchandise) the reality of the contradictory market that also imposes precarious conditions of work. We raise the quarrel on the construction of the práxis of the educador\historiador front to the challenges placed for the current reality. Therefore, our work is based cientificamente for the dialético method that analyzes the contradictions of the reality and considers the internal dynamics of the elements denied for its the opposite leading its overcoming. That is demonstrated when we formulate criticamente the analysis of the contradictions in the formation of professors and the continued formation, also in our agreement of that the education is a fertile field to be sown the autonomy, the freedom and the fight politics. In this way, the present study it is important to foment the debate around the relation between the education, the society, the economy and the ideology, a time that supplies to a critical vision on the formation of professors and the relation between theory and the practical one of the professor of History, as also, presents given significant to those interested parties for the thematic one and for a possible evaluation of the course of formation of professors of history of the UCG, as well as its redimensionamento. / Para se conhecer os aspectos do processo de formação dos professores de história egressos da UCG de 1986 a 2006, foram pesquisadas as diferentes concepções sobre a formação de professores e a formação continuada. O método dialético neste estudo possibilita o aprofundamento das contradições na educação, na formação de professores e na formação continuada para desvelar os interesses ideológicos que envolvem a qualificação e preparação da força de trabalho (entendida como uma mercadoria) na lógica de funcionamento do capitalismo. Critica os interesses mercadológicos que estabelecem novas exigências à profissão docente. Para avaliar os aspectos teóricos procuramos resumidamente tratar as principais matrizes do conhecimento: o empirismo\positivismo, idealismo\racionalismo\formalismo e a dialética, a fim de entender a importância da formação teórica para a construção da práxis do professor e para facilitar o entendimento da evolução do pensamento histórico manifestado nas abordagens historiográficas (história tradicional positivista\materialismo histórico e dialético\história cultural) que, certamente, constitui um aspecto relevante na formação de professores\historiadores. Ainda sobre a formação teórica, analisamos também o Projeto Político Pedagógico do curso de História, de todas as propostas de reformulações curriculares ocorridas desde o final da década de 80 até o ano de 2006. Relacionamos as ementas das disciplinas oferecidas no curso com a formação teórica epistemológica, que envolve o pensamento historiográfico, identificando as referidas abordagens. Já os aspectos didático\metodológicos, foram analisados a partir das concepções dos pesquisados sobre educação, avaliação, história, didática e sua prática predominante. Foi possível também identificar aspectos do perfil profissional dos professores egressos da UCG que reflete a conjuntura imposta pelo momento atual (3ª Revolução Industrial) que exige adaptação da força de trabalho (como mercadoria), a realidade do contraditório mercado que também impõe condições precárias de trabalho. Levantamos a discussão sobre a construção da práxis do educador\historiador frente aos desafios colocados pela realidade atual. Por isso, nosso trabalho fundamenta-se cientificamente pelo método dialético que analisa as contradições da realidade e considera a dinâmica interna dos elementos negados pelo seu contrário levando a sua superação. Isto é demonstrado quando formulamos criticamente a análise das contradições na formação de professores e na formação continuada, também em nosso entendimento de que a educação é um campo fértil para ser semeada a autonomia, a liberdade e a luta política. Desta maneira, o presente estudo é importante para fomentar o debate em torno da relação entre a educação, a sociedade, a economia e a ideologia, uma vez que fornece uma visão crítica sobre a formação de professores e sobre a relação entre teoria e a prática do professor de História, como também, apresenta dados significativos a aqueles interessados pela temática e para uma possível avaliação do curso de formação de professores de história da UCG, bem como seu redimensionamento.

A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo estudar a trajetória do Grupo de Osasco, grupo que reunia operários, estudantes e estudantes-operários. Para o desenvolvimento de nosso projeto utilizaremos fontes documentais provenientes de inquéritos policiais e material produzido pelas organizações revolucionárias (periódicos, manifestos, programas). Estes documentos são encontrados em arquivos como o Arquivo do Estado de São Paulo e o Centro de Documentação e Memória da UNESP (CEDEM). Também trabalharemos com História Oral, com base em depoimentos colhidos com personalidades que estiveram diretamente envolvidas com os eventos analisados em minha pesquisa. O recorte cronológico abrangerá o período que vai de 1966, início das atividades políticas do Grupo de Osasco, até 1971, quando praticamente todos os seus membros estavam exilados, presos ou mortos. Em setembro de 1971 tomba a última grande liderança remanescente de Osasco, José Campos Barreto, juntamente com Carlos Lamarca, no sertão da Bahia. Ao longo da segunda metade da década de sessenta, o Grupo de Osasco foi o principal movimento de esquerda nesta cidade. Em meados de 1968 dominava o movimento estudantil local, reunido em torno do CEO; dominava o sindicato dos metalúrgicos, e expandia sua influência a outras categorias através da criação de comissões de fábrica, mecanismo de representação que articulava os trabalhadores pela base, a margem do sindicato. Possuíam um vereador e vários representantes seus nas secretárias municipais. Pouco antes do AI-5, este grupo estava organizando associações de bairro sob sua influência, e nessas associações ministravam cursos de marxismo para populares. Coube ao Grupo de Osasco a organização da greve de julho de 1968, que se somou a onda de manifestações anti-ditadura que sacudiram o país. A repressão pós greve de julho jogou praticamente todos os militantes do Grupo de Osasco na clandestinidade, e estes acabaram por se integrar a VPR e partiram para a luta armada. / This research aims to study the trajectory of the Group of Osasco, group bringing together workers, students and student-workers. For development of our project will use documentary sources from of police investigations and material produced by organizations revolutionary (journals, manifestos, programs). These documents are found in archives and the Archive of State of São Paulo and the Documentation Center and Memorial of UNESP (CEDEM) . Also work with oral history, based on testimonies gathered with personalities who were directly involved in the events analyzed in my research. The outline will cover the chronological period from 1966, beginning of political activities of the Group of Osasco, until 1971, when virtually all of its members were exiled, imprisoned or killed. In September 1971 falls the last great remaining leadership of Osasco, Joseph Campos Barreto, along with Carlos Lamarca, in the interior of Bahia. Throughout second half of the sixties, the Group was the main Osasco leftist movement in this city. In mid-1968 dominated the movement local student, gathered around the CEO; dominated the union metallurgical, and expanded its influence to other categories by creating workplace committees, representation mechanism which articulated the workers at the base, the margin of the union. They had a city councilman and several their representatives in the municipal secretaries. Shortly before the AI-5, this group was organizing neighborhood associations under its influence, and these ministered associations for popular courses on Marxism. It fell to Group Osasco organizing the strike in July 1968, which added to the wave anti-dictatorship protests that rocked the country. The repression of post strike July played virtually every militant group in Osasco underground, and these will eventually join the VPR and went to battle armed.