A dinamicidade dos mercados exige a criação de novos recursos para desenvolver competências essenciais que resultam em desempenho organizacional. A partir de uma revisão sistemática realizada de acordo com a Cochrane Reviewers’ Handbook, versão 5.1.0, verificaram-se os artigos relacionados ao recurso tecnológico, competência tecnológica e desempenho organizacional nas bases de dados Scopus e Web of Science. Além das principais bases de dados, realizou-se busca em artigos não publicados, conferências e literatura cinzenta, para tal utilizou-se SIGLE (System for Information on Grey Literature), NTIS (National Technical Information Service), Banco de dissertações e teses no NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) e conferências no SCOPUS. Também se realizou a verificação da lista de referências dos estudos selecionados, com o intuito de detectar alguma evidência relevante que não localizou-se na estratégia de busca. Dos 237 artigos localizados, 31 estudos analisam as competências essenciais que contribuem no desempenho organizacional, a saber: a) tecnologia; b) inovação; c) capital humano; c) aprendizagem organizacional; d) terceirização; e) cultura organizacional; g) capacidades dinâmicas; h) governança; i) gestão de suprimento; e j) interdependência de processo. Entre as competências citadas, a competência tecnológica merece destaque, pois determina o portfólio de produtos ou serviços que geram desempenho superior. Com o intuito de aprofundar o conhecimento sobre competência tecnológica, realizou-se a segunda revisão sistemática. Dos 5.424 artigos localizados, 477 estão relacionados à competência tecnológica. Os elementos que emergem do construto são: a) inovação; b) aquisição e difusão de tecnologias; c) desempenho de produto novo; d) pesquisa e desenvolvimento; e) intensidade tecnológica; f) diversificação tecnológica; e e) hi-tech. Para esta pesquisa, optaram-se pelas variáveis desempenho de produto novo, intensidade tecnológica e diversificação tecnológica, por relacionarem-se diretamente ao setor cooperativo de crédito. O objetivo deste estudo analisou a relação entre competência tecnológica e desempenho organizacional no setor de cooperativa de crédito. A população contou com 48 gerentes de negócio das 47 unidades de uma cooperativa de crédito no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. As análises dos dados realizaram-se através do software IBM SPSS Statistics 20 e considerou a intensidade tecnológica como uma variável moderadora entre desempenho de produto novo e diversificação de tecnologias com desempenho organizacional. Os resultados mostram que o recurso tecnológico explica 54% da diversificação de tecnologias, 30% do desempenho de produto novo e 30% do desempenho organizacional. Entretanto o recurso tecnológico não é o suficiente para aumentar o desempenho organizacional, por isso faz-se necessário desenvolver a competência tecnológica. A competência tecnológica alavanca o desempenho financeiro de uma empresa, principalmente pelo desempenho de produto novo que explica 58% do desempenho organizacional e diversificação de tecnologias que explica 60% do desempenho. A intensidade tecnológica não apresentou efeito moderador. Conclui-se que a competência tecnológica promove a diferenciação e o crescimento da empresa em relação aos concorrentes, pois contribui para o desempenho financeiro. Além de ser considerada uma estratégia fundamental para a permanência da empresa em um mercado de alta velocidade. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2017-07-13T14:18:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Daniela Gasperin.pdf: 2314550 bytes, checksum: d5f7e3e5b33be8499b7f91251d4a1f2d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-13T14:18:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Daniela Gasperin.pdf: 2314550 bytes, checksum: d5f7e3e5b33be8499b7f91251d4a1f2d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-13 / The dynamicity of markets requires the creation of new resources to develop core competencies that result in organizational performance. From a systematic review carried out according to the Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook, version 5.1.0, articles related to technological resource, technological competence and organizational performance in the Scopus and Web of Science databases were verified. In addition to the main databases, a search was carried out on unpublished articles, conferences and gray literature, using SIGLE (System for Information on Gray Literature), NTIS (National Technical Information Service, Bank of theses and dissertations in NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) and conferences in the SCOPUS, as well as the verification of the list of references of the selected studies in order to detect some relevant evidence that was not found in the search strategy Of the 237 articles located, 31 studies analyze the essential competencies that contribute to organizational performance, namely: a) technology; b) innovation; c) human capital; d) organizational learning; e) outsourcing; f) organizational culture; g) dynamic capabilities; h) governance; i) supply management; and j) process interdependence. Among the mentioned competences, technological competence deserves to be highlighted, as it determines the portfolio of products or services that generate superior performance. In order to deepen the knowledge about technological competence, the second systematic review was carried out. Of the 5,424 articles found, 477 are related to technological competence. The elements that emerge from the construct are: a) innovation; b) acquisition and diffusion of technologies; c) new product performance; d) research and development; e) technological intensity; f) technological diversification; and e) hi-tech. For this research, the variables of new product performance, technological intensity and technological diversification were chosen because they were directly related to the credit cooperative sector. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between technological competence and organizational performance in the credit cooperative sector. The population counted with 48 business managers of the 47 units of a credit union in the state of south of Brazil. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 20 software and considered the technological intensity as a moderating variable between new product performance and diversification of technologies with organizational performance. The results show that the technological resource explains 54% of technology diversification, 30% of new product performance and 30% of organizational performance. However, the technological resource is not enough to increase organizational performance, so it is necessary to develop technological competence. Technological competence leverages a company's financial performance, especially for new product performance that accounts for 58% of organizational performance and technology diversification that accounts for 60% of performance. Technological intensity did not present a moderating effect. It is concluded that the technological competence promotes the differentiation and the growth of the company in relation to the competitors, since it contributes to the financial performance. In addition to being considered a fundamental strategy for the company's permanence in a high-speed market.

A dinamicidade dos mercados exige a criação de novos recursos para desenvolver competências essenciais que resultam em desempenho organizacional. A partir de uma revisão sistemática realizada de acordo com a Cochrane Reviewers’ Handbook, versão 5.1.0, verificaram-se os artigos relacionados ao recurso tecnológico, competência tecnológica e desempenho organizacional nas bases de dados Scopus e Web of Science. Além das principais bases de dados, realizou-se busca em artigos não publicados, conferências e literatura cinzenta, para tal utilizou-se SIGLE (System for Information on Grey Literature), NTIS (National Technical Information Service), Banco de dissertações e teses no NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) e conferências no SCOPUS. Também se realizou a verificação da lista de referências dos estudos selecionados, com o intuito de detectar alguma evidência relevante que não localizou-se na estratégia de busca. Dos 237 artigos localizados, 31 estudos analisam as competências essenciais que contribuem no desempenho organizacional, a saber: a) tecnologia; b) inovação; c) capital humano; c) aprendizagem organizacional; d) terceirização; e) cultura organizacional; g) capacidades dinâmicas; h) governança; i) gestão de suprimento; e j) interdependência de processo. Entre as competências citadas, a competência tecnológica merece destaque, pois determina o portfólio de produtos ou serviços que geram desempenho superior. Com o intuito de aprofundar o conhecimento sobre competência tecnológica, realizou-se a segunda revisão sistemática. Dos 5.424 artigos localizados, 477 estão relacionados à competência tecnológica. Os elementos que emergem do construto são: a) inovação; b) aquisição e difusão de tecnologias; c) desempenho de produto novo; d) pesquisa e desenvolvimento; e) intensidade tecnológica; f) diversificação tecnológica; e e) hi-tech. Para esta pesquisa, optaram-se pelas variáveis desempenho de produto novo, intensidade tecnológica e diversificação tecnológica, por relacionarem-se diretamente ao setor cooperativo de crédito. O objetivo deste estudo analisou a relação entre competência tecnológica e desempenho organizacional no setor de cooperativa de crédito. A população contou com 48 gerentes de negócio das 47 unidades de uma cooperativa de crédito no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. As análises dos dados realizaram-se através do software IBM SPSS Statistics 20 e considerou a intensidade tecnológica como uma variável moderadora entre desempenho de produto novo e diversificação de tecnologias com desempenho organizacional. Os resultados mostram que o recurso tecnológico explica 54% da diversificação de tecnologias, 30% do desempenho de produto novo e 30% do desempenho organizacional. Entretanto o recurso tecnológico não é o suficiente para aumentar o desempenho organizacional, por isso faz-se necessário desenvolver a competência tecnológica. A competência tecnológica alavanca o desempenho financeiro de uma empresa, principalmente pelo desempenho de produto novo que explica 58% do desempenho organizacional e diversificação de tecnologias que explica 60% do desempenho. A intensidade tecnológica não apresentou efeito moderador. Conclui-se que a competência tecnológica promove a diferenciação e o crescimento da empresa em relação aos concorrentes, pois contribui para o desempenho financeiro. Além de ser considerada uma estratégia fundamental para a permanência da empresa em um mercado de alta velocidade. / The dynamicity of markets requires the creation of new resources to develop core competencies that result in organizational performance. From a systematic review carried out according to the Cochrane Reviewers' Handbook, version 5.1.0, articles related to technological resource, technological competence and organizational performance in the Scopus and Web of Science databases were verified. In addition to the main databases, a search was carried out on unpublished articles, conferences and gray literature, using SIGLE (System for Information on Gray Literature), NTIS (National Technical Information Service, Bank of theses and dissertations in NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) and conferences in the SCOPUS, as well as the verification of the list of references of the selected studies in order to detect some relevant evidence that was not found in the search strategy Of the 237 articles located, 31 studies analyze the essential competencies that contribute to organizational performance, namely: a) technology; b) innovation; c) human capital; d) organizational learning; e) outsourcing; f) organizational culture; g) dynamic capabilities; h) governance; i) supply management; and j) process interdependence. Among the mentioned competences, technological competence deserves to be highlighted, as it determines the portfolio of products or services that generate superior performance. In order to deepen the knowledge about technological competence, the second systematic review was carried out. Of the 5,424 articles found, 477 are related to technological competence. The elements that emerge from the construct are: a) innovation; b) acquisition and diffusion of technologies; c) new product performance; d) research and development; e) technological intensity; f) technological diversification; and e) hi-tech. For this research, the variables of new product performance, technological intensity and technological diversification were chosen because they were directly related to the credit cooperative sector. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between technological competence and organizational performance in the credit cooperative sector. The population counted with 48 business managers of the 47 units of a credit union in the state of south of Brazil. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 20 software and considered the technological intensity as a moderating variable between new product performance and diversification of technologies with organizational performance. The results show that the technological resource explains 54% of technology diversification, 30% of new product performance and 30% of organizational performance. However, the technological resource is not enough to increase organizational performance, so it is necessary to develop technological competence. Technological competence leverages a company's financial performance, especially for new product performance that accounts for 58% of organizational performance and technology diversification that accounts for 60% of performance. Technological intensity did not present a moderating effect. It is concluded that the technological competence promotes the differentiation and the growth of the company in relation to the competitors, since it contributes to the financial performance. In addition to being considered a fundamental strategy for the company's permanence in a high-speed market.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-15T00:46:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Luciane de Campo Moda1.pdf: 1467663 bytes, checksum: 5a9b37ce56ee55841983b058ff392c3a (MD5) Luciane de Campo Moda2.pdf: 2402399 bytes, checksum: 8c2d994a143e0593e7319d5643ec0009 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-03-14 / Authors such as BARNEY (1991, 2001), HAMEL and PRAHALAD (1995) argue that the Resources of the Firm can be an important source of competitive advantage. Despite the fact that these sources are represented by several resources (a strategy, a product, a competitive differential), several studies say that the capacity of the Firm in promoting organizational learning, are fundamental to obtain sustained competitive advantage. The theories show that organizational core competencies, source of innovation, need to be mapped and improved continuously, in an organizational learning process. Therefore, a People Management Model that promotes double looping learning and innovation will be a source of sustainable competitive advantage. This study intends to investigate how the trinomial: Innovation, Organizational Learning and People Management Model, happen in a company that identifies itself as an innovative company. / Autores como BARNEY (1991, 2001), HAMEL e PRAHALAD (1995) colocam que os Recursos da Firma podem ser importantes fontes de vantagem competitiva. Apesar dessas fontes estarem representadas por diferentes recursos (uma estratégia, um produto, um diferencial competitivo), diversos estudos colocam que a capacidade da Firma em promover a aprendizagem organizacional mostra-se fundamental para a obtenção de inovação e conseqüentemente vantagem competitiva sustentável. As teorias mostram que as competências essenciais da organização, fonte de inovação, necessitam ser mapeadas e aprimoradas, em um processo contínuo de aprendizagem organizacional. Logo, um modelo de gestão de pessoas que promova a aprendizagem em circuito duplo e a inovação será fonte de vantagem competitiva sustentável. Este projeto de pesquisa pretende investigar como o trinômio: Inovação, Aprendizagem Organizacional e Modelo de Gestão de Pessoas se interligam em uma empresa que se auto identifica como inovadora.

In the global economy of the 21st century, competition is complex, challenging and fraught with competitive opportunities and threats. Strategic leadership is increasingly becoming the main focus for business and academics alike and is the key issue facing contemporary organisations. Without effective strategic leadership, the capability of a company to achieve or sustain a competitive advantage is greatly constrained. More than 30 years of Harvard Business School research have shown that aligned and integrated companies outperform their nearest competitors by every major financial measure. The organisational effectiveness emanating from alignment is a significant competitive advantage. Alignment is that optimal state in which strategy, employees, customers and key processes work in concert to propel growth and profits. Aligned organisations enjoy greater customer and employee satisfaction and produce superior results. Can leadership make a difference? Some leaders do, some do not - and many more could. Effective strategic leadership can thus help organisations enhance performance while competing in turbulent and unpredictable environments. However, there has been little empirical evidence of the effects of strategic level leadership on organisational processes that have distinctive strategic significance. A greater understanding of the criteria that influence success in organisations will enable organisations to take positive action to become more successful. iv This study examines the importance of critical leadership criteria and the degree of alignment in high-performing organisations. A quantitative research design was used in this study to assess the impact of strategic leadership on strategic alignment of business organisations in South Africa. The research instruments to test the research questions comprised two questionnaires. The first was used to establish the value top leadership place on selected critical leadership criteria, and the second to establish the level of alignment in the organisations under investigation. The population selected for this study consisted of the companies included in the 200 top-performing organisations which appeared in the 2007 Financial Mail. Six companies participated in the research. The data was electronically collated into a database and the results were then analysed using the statistical inferential techniques of correlation and linear regression analysis. The study proposes that strategic leadership will positively influence strategic alignment which, in turn, will have a beneficial effect on organisational performance. / Graduate School for Business Leadership / D. B. L.

Hyatt, Jennifer Leigh. Women Chief Housing Officers at State Universities in the Northwest United States. Doctor of Education (Higher Education), December 2016, 89 pp., 1 table, 3 figures, 48 references, titles. This qualitative study explored the experiences of women chief housing officers (CHOs) at state universities within the northwest region of the United States. The study used narrative inquiry methodology with a thematic analysis approach to investigate how seven female CHOs experience and make meaning of their professional career progression and journey toward becoming and remaining a CHO. Five core themes emerged from the study: (a) understanding housing operations, (b) self-efficacy, (c) gender inequities, (d) relationships with staff, and (e) mentorship. The theme of gender identity suggests that gender does influence how these female CHOs make meaning of their professional experience. The overall results suggest that although the perception of many is that the field of student affairs is wide open to women, in some senior-level positions, such as CHO, gender inequity is prevalent. A factor that may contribute to this inequity is the privatization of housing which calls for a greater understanding of business and housing operations, areas dominated by males. An implication from this study is that an increase in the number of women in the CHO position may only occur when university housing personnel expand professional preparation for mid-level housing positions to include more business-related practices. The mid-level position could then be seen as a step toward desired CHO competencies and toward making the position of CHO more inclusive.

With advancements in educational digitalisation, new opportunities for international collaboration on education have been created. Through the KTH Global Development Hub collaboration, students from universities in Botswana, Kenya, Sweden and Tanzania participate in modules with Challenge Driven Education (CDE). These modules allows students to gain intercultural and interdisciplinary experiences while working with real societal challenges. In this master’s degree project, Batswana, Swedish and Kenyan students’ and teachers’ experiences with CDE in blended campus-based and remote international education have been investigated. This was done through qualitative interviews, and through observations of a CDE module at Botho University in Botswana. The data was then analysed using thematic analysis with an inductive approach and discussed through the lens of previous research on CDE, e-learning and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), as well as contextualised through discussion of a student project on hydroponics. Based on the data and analysis, guidelines for working with Online-CDE were created. The guidelines are intended to aid teachers to bridge the gap between their previous knowledge and experience in CDE and the difficulties prevalent when planning an Online-CDE module. The modules allowed students to develop core competencies. The intercultural exchange of Online-CDE is appreciated by students and inspires them to work harder, although it may sometimes lead to conflicts. Issues with internet access and a limited knowledge of how to use digital tools provided created difficulties for both students and teachers. Although teachers aimed for students to work interdisciplinarily, project groups often divided work internally, therefore only achieving multi-disciplinarity. / I takt med att digitala lösningar för utbildning utvecklas, uppkommer nya möjligheter för internationella samarbeten kring utbildning. Genom samarbetet i KTH Global Development Hub (GDH) kan studenter från universitet i Botswana, Kenya, Sverige och Tanzania läsa kurser med utmaningsdriven utbildning (CDE). Kurserna ger studenter en möjlighet att få interkulturella och interdisciplinära erfarenheter samtidigt som de arbetar med riktiga samhällsutmaningar. I det här examensarbetet undersöks botswanska, svenska och kenyanska studenter och lärares erfarenheter av CDE i hybridundervisning där vissa studenter deltar digitalt från andra länder än arrangerande universitet. Data samlades in genom kvalitativa intervjuer och observationer av en CDE-kurs på Botho University i Botswana. Insamlad data analyserades genom tematisk analys och diskuterades utifrån tidigare forskning inom CDE, e-lärande och internationella virtuella samarbeten inom lärande (COIL). Resultaten kontextualiserades genom en diskussion av ett studentprojekt om hydroponisk odling. Baserat på resultat och analys togs riktlinjer för Online-CDE fram. Riktlinjerna är tänkta som ett komplement till lärares tidigare erfarenheter av CDE och behandlar de unika svårigheter som uppkommer med Online-CDE. Kurserna gav studenterna möjlighet att utveckla mjuk kompetens. Den interkulturella aspekten av Online-CDE uppskattas av studenterna och får dem att anstränga sig mer, även om det ibland leder till konflikter. Otillräcklig och dyr internetuppkoppling samt begränsad kunskap om de digtala verktyg som används under kurserna skapar problem för både lärare och studenter. Även om lärare eftersträvar interdisciplinära elevsamarbeten delar projektgrupper ofta upp arbetet på ett sätt som leder till multidisciplinärt arbete.

The aim of this research was to develop a competency model for auditors by identifying those characteristics and behaviours that predict success as an auditor. The Work Profiling System (WPS), the Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) and the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) were the tools and techniques used to achieve this aim. This research was conducted in two groups: trainee accountants (year 1- 3) and chartered accountants (year 4-5+). The results of the research, which was conducted within one of the Big 5 auditing firms, indicated that the competencies required of a trainee accountant are largely consistent with those of registered chartered accountants, working in the same environment. The most noticeable difference was the change in focus from cognitive or technical skills during the earty years to a focus on managerial competencies in later years. The competencies identified in this research compare well with reported models in literature. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology)

The South African health care environment is a two-tier health care delivery system consisting of the public sector and the private sector. The focus of this study is on the private health care sector. Private health care is funded by medical schemes through employer and employee contributions. The private sector is also the most profitable sector for multinational pharmaceutical organisations to market and sell their products within the South African health care environment. The major cost saving initiative by employers and medical schemes in the private health care sector has also been the introduction of managed health care initiatives. The goal of managed health care is to establish a system which delivers value by giving people access to quality and cost-effective healthcare. The new reality of managed health care initiatives are changing the boundaries of the South African pharmaceutical industry. The managed health care wake is overturning the business processes which made the pharmaceutical industry so successful and are rendering obsolete the industry's conventional models of corporate strategy and management systems. In the context of these turbulent changes, pharmaceutical companies are being forced simultaneously to develop new strategic approaches for the future, design new business processes which will link them more firmly to their new customers, and implement the cultural changes neccessary to accomplish the transformation from yesterday's successful pharmaceutical company to tomorrow's customer-led, integrated health care supplier. The way forward lies in three organising concepts. The first is cutomer alignment. The effort of transformation must start with an understanding of how the customer defines the value of the services and/or products offered by the organisation. Everything that follows involves aligning internal processes with external contingencies. The second is sequencing. It is vital to understand not just what needs to happen first in the transformation process, but also what the subsequent steps is and in what order the steps need to be undertaken. The third organising concept is learning. The sequence of interventions that lead to organisational transformation must occur in such a way as to maximize the ability of the organisation to learn: from customers and the marketplace, and from itself. / Business Management / D.B.L.

The researcher undertook exploratory research to see whether characteristics of visionary organizations, as discovered in research undertaken by Collins and Porras (2000), are present and applicable to non-profit organizations in Gauteng, South Africa. The characteristics are: - a core ideology (core purpose and core values) - big hairy audacious goals - a cult-like culture - purposeful evolution and continuous self improvement - management continuity - alignment. A schedule was used to interview directors of ten non-profit organizations. Some staff in each organization were given a questionnaire to see whether their answers correlated with the director responses. The research indicated that most characteristics are present, to some degree, in the non-profit organizations. These characteristics could however be explored more thoroughly in further research. The research includes recommendations for management of non-profit organizations to implement, to become visionary organizations. / Social work / M.A. (Social Work)

In a rapid changing environment mining companies have to change the way in which they do business, while employees have to manage their careers and ensure they are multi-skilled. Organisations are looking to employ individuals who are career driven, highly adaptable and flexible and display the necessary employability skills. The main purpose of this study was to determine if any relationship exists between the different factors of graduate employability and work performance in the mining industry in South Africa. A cross-sectional quantitative research approach was followed. A simple random sample was drawn from graduate male and female employees between the ages of 18 – 30 years with any post-matric qualification employed in the mining industry in South Africa. Through the process of exploratory factor analysis, six graduate employability factors and four work performance factors were identified. The graduate employability factors included career self-management drive, cultural competence, career resilience, emotional literacy, career literacy and self-efficacy. The work performance factors included the supervisor role, employee role, recognition and organisation support. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted. The results indicated a relationship between graduate employability and work performance. Strong, positive correlations were found between graduate employability and work performance with career self-management drive being the strongest predictor of work performance. Recommendations for the mining industry focused on how employability could be enhanced to improve work performance. / Human Resource Management / M. Com. (Human Resource Management)