Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / Includes bibliography / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a conceptual analysis of “institutional culture” in higher education, especially because the concept has become a buzzword in higher education discourse in South Africa. The aim is to develop an understanding of the concept, and more specifically, to explore how institutional culture is organised, constructed and articulated in the institutional documents of Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC). These analyses are preceded by an analysis of higher education policy documents. I employ critical hermeneutics as research methodology to construct constitutive meanings of “institutional culture”. Since it is difficult to work with a large set of constitutive meanings, I narrowed the list down to the four most frequently recurring meanings, namely: shared values and beliefs; language; symbols; and knowledge production. These constitutive meanings form the theoretical framework which is used to analyse institutional documents. My findings suggest that all the constitutive meanings of my theoretical framework are addressed in the institutional documents of both SU and UWC, which means that the institutional documents conform to my theoretical framework. SU has, in my opinion, an excellent and comprehensive base of well-prepared and compiled institutional documents. However, most of these documents seem to relate to quality and compliance to national policy requirements, with no significant actions or strategies to address the challenges related to transforming the University’s institutional culture. Even though SU has shown commendable strategic initiatives to transform its institutional culture, there has not been sufficient engagement with the challenges of transformation. Similarly, for UWC, it is my contention that even though UWC is committed to transformation and nurturing a culture of change in order to make meaning of and address the complex challenges of the world, there needs to be more rigorous engagement in shaping and managing strategic direction and planning to ensure an institutional culture to accommodate change. Even though the institutional documents analysed mostly conform to the constitutive meanings of the theoretical framework, what of concern is the lack of an adequate articulation of the concept “institutional culture”. If there is no articulation, it follows that there is an inadequate understanding of the concept. A deeper understanding is crucial if the important link between transformation and “institutional culture” is to be realised. I contend that there exists a disjunction between “institutional culture” and transformation policies. One of the reasons for this disjunction is an impoverished understanding among higher education policy practitioners of the concept “institutional culture”, which creates an impression of compliance with national policy requirements. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie verhandeling behels ’n konseptuele ontleding van “institusionele kultuur” in hoër onderwys, vernaamlik omdat die konsep ’n modewoord in die diskoers in hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika geword het. Die doel was om begrip van die konsep te ontwikkel, en meer spesifiek om te ondersoek hoe institusionele kultuur in die institusionele dokumente van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (US) en die Universiteit van die Wes-Kaap (UWK) georganiseer, saamgestel en geartikuleer word. Hierdie ondersoeke word voorafgegaan deur ‘n analise van hoër onderwys beleidsdokumente. Kritiese hermeneutiek is as navorsingsmetodologie gebruik om die konstitutiewe betekenisse van ‘institusionele kultuur’ te bepaal. Aangesien dit moeilik is om met ’n groot stel konstitutiewe betekenisse te werk, is die lys tot die vier mees herhalende betekenisse beperk, naamlik gedeelde waardes en oortuigings; taal; simbole; en die voortbring van kennis. Hierdie konstitutiewe betekenisse het die teoretiese raamwerk gevorm vir die ontleding van die institusionele dokumente. My bevindinge doen aan die hand dat al die konstitutiewe betekenisse van die teoretiese raamwerk in die institusionele dokumente van sowel die US as UWK aan bod kom, wat beteken dat die institusionele dokumente met die teoretiese raamwerk ooreenstem. Na my mening het die US ’n uitstekende en omvattende basis goed voorbereide en saamgestelde institusionele dokumente. Die meeste van hierdie dokumente blyk egter met gehalte en nakoming van nasionale beleidsvereistes verband te hou, met geen beduidende handelinge of strategieë om die uitdagings aan te pak wat met die transformasie van die US se institusionele kultuur verband hou nie. Alhoewel die US lofwaardige strategiese inisiatiewe aanwend om sy institusionele kultuur te transformeer, blyk daar nie ’n genoegsame verbintenis te wees om die uitdagings van transformasie die hoof gebied nie. Eweneens, wat UWK betref, is my argument dat alhoewel UWK verbind is tot transformasie en die kweek van ’n kultuur van verandering ten einde sin te maak van die komplekse veranderinge van die wêreld en sodanige veranderinge aan te pak, ’n meer nougesette verbintenis nodig is rakende die ontwikkeling en bestuur van strategiese leiding en beplanning ten einde ’n kultuur wat verandering tegemoet kom, te verseker. Alhoewel die institusionele dokumente wat ontleed is hoofsaaklik met die konstitutiewe betekenisse van die teoretiese raamwerk ooreenstem, is die gebrek aan voldoende artikulasie van die konsep “institusionele kultuur” rede tot kommer. Die gebrek aan artikulasie lei tot onvoldoende begrip van die konsep. ’n Grondiger begrip is noodsaaklik ten einde die belangrike skakel tussen transformasie en “institusionele kultuur” te verwesenlik. My gevolgtrekking is dat daar skeiding tussen” institusionele kultuur” en transformasiebeleide is. Een van die redes vir sogenaamde skeiding is gebrekkige begrip van die konsep “institusionele kultuur” onder hoër onderwys beleidsrolspelers, wat die idee skep van nakoming van nasionale beleidsvereistes. / Andrew Mellon Foundation

監察制度（control system）是民主體制中重要的監督機制，主要的功能是監督行政和保障人權，隨著第三波民主化的發展，從一九八０年代開始，監察使制度（ombudsman system）快速擴散至全世界，形成一股「監察風潮」（Ombudsmania）。在民主國家中，我國與芬蘭都是實施監察制度較悠久的國家，僅次於瑞典。無獨有偶，兩國都在一九九０年至二０００年進行一連串的憲政改革，修憲後我國政府體制從修正式的內閣制（Parliamentarism）轉變為半總統制（Semi-Presidentialism），而芬蘭則從典型的半總統制傾向議會內閣制。同時在憲政改革的過程中，兩國的監察制度也都有許多的變革。 本文是從權力分立原則（Doctrine of Separation of Powers）、有限政府（Limited Government）和第四權（The Fourth Branch of Power）概念等監察理論作為法理基礎，並以法制研究途徑（Legal-Institutional Approach）和新制度主義（New Institutionalism）作為分析架構，從靜態的法制層面和動態的運作層面，探討我國的監察制度和芬蘭的國會監察使制度，以及兩國在二０００年憲政改革之後的運作情況，以瞭解兩國制度之特色及優劣，並且針對中、芬兩國基本國情、監察制度的基本差異、制度與制度變遷、實務運作與案件、實施成效等幾個面向來作分析比較，剖析其間之異同及其原因。 再者，本文也根據國際性比較與芬蘭國會監察使制度之優點和成功經驗，歸納出監察制度實施成功之條件，包括：（一）監察使「權威」（authority）的建立。（二）具備獨立性、中立性和專業性的特性。（三）健全的國家廉政體系。（四）國會的支持與配合。（五）政治人物對監察使和監察制度的尊重。（六）監察使與外界建立良好的互動關係。並進一步評估我國現行監察制度之問題，主要有下列幾項：（一）形式獨立但實質獨立性不足。（二）監察院的權威未建立。（三）部分監委人選不適任。（四）監察院的功能有待提升。（五）缺乏行銷以及與外界互動不足。 最後，筆者針對以上缺失，分別從監察院的定位、組織規模、監委選任、特殊監察使的設立、監察院的職權、監察院的預算、人權保障、與外界互動、對監委的監督等幾個面向，提出具體改革之建議。 / The control system is an important mechanism in democracy to supervise administration and to protect human rights. Since 1980, with the development of the third wave democratization, the ombudsman system rapidly disseminate to all parts of world, forming the phenomenon of “Ombudsmania”. Among the democratic countries, the control system has been carried out for long in both ROC and Finland, only shorter than Sweden Coincidently, both countries underwent a series of constitutional reform during 1990 to 2000. Thereafter, ROC transformed from the revised Parliamentarism to the Semi-Presidentialism, while Finland turned from the classical Semi-Presidentialism to the parliamentarism. The control systems of both countries have also changed a lot during the constitutional reform. Based on the control theories including concepts of Doctrine of Separation of Powers, Limited Government, and The Fourth Branch of Power as the legal basis, this article utilized the Legal-Institutional Approach and the analysis constructs of New Institutionalism to explore the ROC’s control system and parliamentary ombudsman system of Finland, as well as their operation after the post-constitutional reform in 2000, from the static legislative level and the dynamic operational level. This provided understanding of the characteristics and evaluations of the systems in both countries. Moreover, we focused on the aspects of the essential differences in cultures and in the control systems, the evolution of the systems, the functioning, the cases, and their outcomes to analyze the reasons for the differences between the two systems. Furthermore, based on the international comparison and the success experience in parliamentary ombudsman of Finland, the conditions required for successful practice of the control system was involved: (1) establishment of the authority of the ombudsman, (2) the independent, neutral, and professional characteristics, (3) The national integrity system, (4) the support and cooperation of the parliament, (5) The respect of the politicians to the ombudsman and to the control system, and (6) The well-established interaction between the ombudsman and the outside. Further evaluation found the major problems in the present control system in ROC, including (1) lack of the substantial independence, (2) not established authority, (3) the incapability of some Control Yuan members, (4) the necessity to improve the functions of the Control Yuan, (5) the deficiency of marketing and of interaction with the outside. Finally, for the weakness mentioned above, I proposed the concrete recommendation for reformation, from the aspects of the position of the Control Yuan, the dimension of the organization, the election of the committee members, the establishment of specific Ombudsman, the powers and the budgets for the Control Yuan, the protection of human rights, the interactions with the outside, and the administrations of the committee members.

Les problèmes de conception de réseaux ont reçu un intérêt particulier et ont été largement étudiés de par leurs nombreuses applications dans différents domaines, tels que les transports et les télécommunications. Nous nous intéressons dans ce mémoire au problème de conception de réseaux avec coûts d’ajout de capacité. Il s’agit d’installer un ensemble d’équipements sur un réseau en vue de satisfaire la demande, tout en respectant les contraintes de capacité, chaque arc pouvant admettre plusieurs équipements. L’objectif est de minimiser les coûts variables de transport des produits et les coûts fixes d’installation ou d’augmentation de capacité des équipements. La méthode que nous envisageons pour résoudre ce problème est basée sur les techniques utilisées en programmation linéaire en nombres entiers, notamment celles de génération de colonnes et de coupes. Ces méthodes sont introduites dans un algorithme général de branch-and-bound basé sur la relaxation linéaire. Nous avons testé notre méthode sur quatre groupes d’instances de tailles différentes, et nous l’avons comparée à CPLEX, qui constitue un des meilleurs solveurs permettant de résoudre des problèmes d’optimisation, ainsi qu’à une méthode existante dans la littérature combinant des méthodes exactes et heuristiques. Notre méthode a été plus performante que ces deux méthodes, notamment pour les instances de très grandes tailles. / Network design problems received a particular interest and have been widely studied because of their many applications in different areas, such as logistics and telecommunications. We focus in this work on the multicommodity capacitated network design problem with capacity expansion costs. It consists in opening a set of facilities on a network in order to meet the demand of some commodities, while respecting the capacity constraints. Each arc can admit several facilities. The objective is to minimize the commodities transportation costs, and the fixed costs of opening or increasing the capacity of the facilities. The method we are using to solve this problem is based on techniques used in integer programming, including column generation and cutting-plane methods. These methods are introduced into a general branch-and-bound algorithm, based on linear relaxation. We test our method on four groups of instances of different sizes, and we compare it with CPLEX, which is one of the best solvers available for optimization problems. We compare it also with an existing method in the literature, combining exact and heuristic methods. Numerical results show that our method was able to outperform both methods, especially when tested on large scale instances.

The text deals with the current state of the language of the Czech minority in Crimea. Based on field research, it describes phenomena and changes that occurred in the language of Crimean Czechs that were caused by the influences of the foreign language and culture environment. Main focus of the text is phonetics, i.e. the way how speakers are affected by the Russian pronunciation standards. The text contains historical and cultural context relevant to the departure of Czechs to Crimea and the shape of the Czech minority nowadays. Individual chapters are dedicated to specific phenomena: deviations in the pronunciation of vocals in first syllables of words, changes in the pronunciation of the consonant [j], labialization in pronunciation of consonant [v], changes in the pronunciation of loanwords, pronunciation of consonants [ ] and [ ] in Czech words, pronunciation of toponyms, prosthesis and elimination of speech sounds from the beginning of words, deviations in the pronunciation of speech sounds from the middle of words, vocalization of prepositions and influences of Russian language standards on the use of their vocalized form.

The recent nature of the topic "Business, its sale and rent" clearly shows the social need that character of the enterprise as an object of business relationships and contracts for the sale of the business and the lease of the business is actively used. The company represents an important element which belongs to the business environment, and with the company as an object of legal relations may the businessman dispose - for example, a company can sell or hire. For the existence of the company and contract types associated with the enterprise is critical for a legal anchoring of these institutes. Enactment of these institutes is now primarily based on the Commercial Code, but in the ongoing recodification process of civil and commercial law will be the primary legislation under the New Civil Code, although it will modify the present time and the absolute business obligations. The law of contracts, which include a contract for sale of the business and the contract for the lease of the business will be "moved" by the rules of the New Civil Code. Company at a stage where is not a subject of the influence of contracts for the sale of the business, or the lease of the business, can be analyzed in terms of its "static" phase. The main subject of research in this phase of the business as such, is business...

Diese Arbeit leistet Beiträge zu zwei Gebieten der mathematischen Programmierung: stochastische Optimierung und gemischt-ganzzahlige nichtlineare Optimierung (MINLP). Im ersten Teil erweitern wir quantitative Stetigkeitsresultate für zweistufige stochastische gemischt-ganzzahlige lineare Programme auf Situationen in denen Unsicherheit gleichzeitig in den Kosten und der rechten Seite auftritt, geben eine ausführliche Übersicht zu Dekompositionsverfahren für zwei- und mehrstufige stochastische lineare und gemischt-ganzzahlig lineare Programme, und diskutieren Erweiterungen und Kombinationen des Nested Benders Dekompositionsverfahrens und des Nested Column Generationsverfahrens für mehrstufige stochastische lineare Programme die es erlauben die Vorteile sogenannter rekombinierender Szenariobäume auszunutzen. Als eine Anwendung dieses Verfahrens betrachten wir die optimale Zeit- und Investitionsplanung für ein regionales Energiesystem unter Einbeziehung von Windenergie und Energiespeichern. Im zweiten Teil geben wir eine ausführliche Übersicht zum Stand der Technik bzgl. Algorithmen und Lösern für MINLPs und zeigen dass einige dieser Algorithmen innerhalb des constraint integer programming Softwaresystems SCIP angewendet werden können. Letzteres erlaubt uns die Verwendung schon existierender Technologien für gemischt-ganzzahlige linear Programme und constraint Programme für den linearen und diskreten Teil des Problems. Folglich konzentrieren wir uns hauptsächlich auf die Behandlung der konvexen und nichtkonvexen nichtlinearen Nebenbedingungen mittels Variablenschrankenpropagierung, äußerer Approximation und Reformulierung. In einer ausführlichen numerischen Studie untersuchen wir die Leistung unseres Ansatzes anhand von Anwendungen aus der Tagebauplanung und des Aufbaus eines Wasserverteilungssystems und mittels verschiedener Vergleichstests. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass SCIP ein konkurrenzfähiger Löser für MINLPs geworden ist. / This thesis contributes to two topics in mathematical programming: stochastic optimization and mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP). In the first part, we extend quantitative continuity results for two-stage stochastic mixed-integer linear programs to include situations with simultaneous uncertainty in costs and right-hand side, give an extended review on decomposition algorithm for two- and multistage stochastic linear and mixed-integer linear programs, and discuss extensions and combinations of the Nested Benders Decomposition and Nested Column Generation methods for multistage stochastic linear programs to exploit the advantages of so-called recombining scenario trees. As an application of the latter, we consider the optimal scheduling and investment planning for a regional energy system including wind power and energy storages. In the second part, we give a comprehensive overview about the state-of-the-art in algorithms and solver technology for MINLPs and show that some of these algorithm can be applied within the constraint integer programming framework SCIP. The availability of the latter allows us to utilize the power of already existing mixed integer linear and constraint programming technologies to handle the linear and discrete parts of the problem. Thus, we focus mainly on the domain propagation, outer-approximation, and reformulation techniques to handle convex and nonconvex nonlinear constraints. In an extensive computational study, we investigate the performance of our approach on applications from open pit mine production scheduling and water distribution network design and on various benchmarks sets. The results show that SCIP has become a competitive solver for MINLPs.

Les enjeux du développement durable, le réchauffement climatique, la pollution dans les grandes villes, la congestion et les nuisances sonores, l'augmentation des prix de carburants, sont parmi des nombreux facteurs qui incitent les pays développés à l'innovation dans les transports publics. Dans ce contexte, l'introduction des systèmes de vélos en libre-service, au cours de ces dernières années, est une des solutions adoptées par de nombreuses grandes villes. Malgré leur succès fulgurant dans le monde entier, il existe peu d'études fondamentales sur ce type transport urbain. Pourtant, leur exploitation et leur management par des opérateurs soulèvent de nombreuses questions notamment d'ordre opérationnel. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse s'adresse aux problèmes d'ordonnancement et de rééquilibrage des stations de vélos en libre-service. Ce sont des problèmes cruciaux pour la qualité de service et la viabilité économique de tels systèmes. Le rééquilibrage consiste à redistribuer le nombre de vélos entre les différentes stations afin de satisfaire au mieux les demandes des usagers. Cette régulation se fait souvent par le biais de véhicules spécifiques qui font des tournées autour des différentes stations. Ainsi, deux problèmes d'optimisation difficiles se posent : la recherche de la meilleure tournée du véhicule de régulation (ordonnancement de la tournée) et la détermination des nombres de véhicules à utiliser (rééquilibrage des stations). Dans cette optique, les travaux de cette thèse constituent une contribution à la modélisation et à l'optimisation de performances des systèmes de vélos en libre-service en vue de leur rééquilibrage et leur ordonnancement. Plusieurs méthodes d'optimisation et ont été développées et testées. De telles méthodes incorporent différentes approches de simulation ou d'optimisation comme les réseaux de Petri, les algorithmes génétiques, les algorithmes gloutons, les algorithmes de recherche par voisinage, la méthode arborescente de branch-and-bound, l'élaboration des bornes supérieures et inférieures, etc. Différentes facettes du problème ont été étudiées : le cas statique, le cas dynamique, l'ordonnancement et le rééquilibrage avec un seul (ou multiple) véhicule(s). Afin de montrer la pertinence de nos approches, la thèse comporte également plusieurs applications réelles et expérimentations / In our days, developed countries have to face many public transport problems, including traffic congestion, air pollution, global oil prices and global warming. In this context, Public Bike sharing systems are one of the solutions that have been recently implemented in many big cities around the world. Despite their apparent success, the exploitation and management of such transportation systems imply crucial operational challenges that confronting the operators while few scientific works are available to support such complex dynamical systems. In this context, this thesis addresses the scheduling and balancing in public bicycle-sharing systems. These problems are the most crucial questions for their operational efficiency and economic viability. Bike sharing systems are balanced by distributing bicycles from one station to another. This procedure is generally ensured by using specific redistribution vehicles. Therefore, two hard optimization problems can be considered: finding a best tour for the redistribution vehicles (scheduling) and the determination of the numbers of bicycles to be assigned and of the vehicles to be used (balancing of the stations). In this context, this thesis constitutes a contribution to modelling and optimizing the bicycle sharing systems' performances in order to ensure a coherent scheduling and balancing strategies. Several optimization methods have been proposed and tested. Such methods incorporate different approaches of simulation or optimization like the Petri nets, the genetic algorithms, the greedy search algorithms, the local search algorithms, the arborescent branch-and-bound algorithms, the elaboration of upper and lower bounds, ... Different variants of the problem have been studied: the static mode, the dynamic mode, the scheduling and the balancing by using a single or multiple vehicle(s). In order to demonstrate the coherence and the suitability of our approaches, the thesis contains several real applications and experimentations

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:25:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Veronica SPRANGIM.pdf: 714835 bytes, checksum: 2147d9db1053b7cbaac71544c4217959 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-05-09 / The objective of this work is to systematize the rules concerning the income tax imposed on the earnings of a legal entity domiciled in Brazil derived from a branch based overseas. To begin with an analysis was made of the rules present in the Federal Constitution, in order to identify the minimum content of the income concept and verification of the compatibility between the Constitution and the pertinent rules contained in the Brazilian Tax Code ( Código Tributário Nacional ). With reference to the structural rule of corporate income tax, we analyzed the calculation basis of the tax, examining at greater depth the negative elements in its composition. Given the need of fixing the content of the vocabulum used in the Federal Constitution for the identification of the elements of the income tax levy event, we resumed the question of the limits imposed on the statutory legislator in the exercise of his taxing power upon producing the institutor laws of this tax, especially in relation to the income , profit , assets and liabilities and legal entity concepts. We verified the existing relationship between the taxpayer and the fact described in the structural rule of income tax on the profits of legal entities, in an effort to identify the limits in the election of the debtor and the corresponding effect on the calculation basis, specifically, in the cases wherein it, the legal entity, applies the material criterion: earn income . We address the case of a legal entity owner of several establishments and the respective legal implication for the purposes of income tax. Finally, always through the application of a systematic method of interpretation, we study the rules that discipline the income earned by a legal entity domiciled in Brazil through a branch based overseas / O objetivo deste trabalho é sistematizar as normas referentes ao imposto sobre a renda incidente sobre os resultados de pessoa jurídica domiciliada no Brasil auferidos através de filial localizada no exterior. Partiu-se da análise das normas presentes na Constituição Federal na busca da identificação do conteúdo mínimo do conceito de renda . Verificou-se a compatibilidade entre a Constituição e as normas pertinentes veiculadas no Código Tributário Nacional. Com referência à regra-matriz do imposto sobre a renda, analisou-se a sua base de cálculo, com aprofundamento sobre os elementos negativos na sua composição. Dada a necessidade de fixação do conteúdo dos vocábulos utilizados na Constituição Federal para a identificação dos elementos da hipótese de incidência do imposto sobre a renda, retomamos o questionamento dos limites impostos ao legislador ordinário no exercício de sua competência tributária ao produzir normas instituidoras desse imposto, especialmente em relação aos conceitos e conteúdos de renda , lucro , patrimônio , pessoa jurídica .Verificamos a relação existente entre o contribuinte e o fato descrito no antecedente da norma jurídica tributária do imposto de renda sobre o lucro da pessoa jurídica, em busca da identificação dos limites na fixação do sujeito passivo, bem como, refletimos sobre a manipulação nessa escolha e o correspondente efeito na base de cálculo, especificadamente, nas hipóteses em que ela, pessoa jurídica, realiza o critério material: auferir renda . Abordamos a hipótese de pessoa jurídica titular de diversos estabelecimentos e a respectiva implicação legal para efeitos do imposto sobre a renda. Por fim, sempre mediante a aplicação do método sistemático de interpretação, debruçamo-nos sobre as normas que disciplinam os resultados auferidos por pessoa jurídica domiciliada no Brasil através de filial localizada no exterior

La gestion prévisionnelle des emplois et des compétences est une locution appartenant au vocabulaire gestionnaire ce qui lui confère une dimension organisationnelle indéniable et originelle. En droit la notion bénéficie depuis son apparition dans le Code du travail d'une indéniable publicité bien qu'elle préexistait à cette juridification. Elle garde malgré cela une certaine dose de mystère qui tient en partie aux relations qu'elle a longtemps entretenu avec les licenciements pour motif économique, à la pluralité des thématiques qui la composent ainsi qu'aux évolutions constantes de son régime juridique. Depuis qu'elle est devenue un objet du droit social, elle a bénéficié de multiples enrichissements légaux et jurisprudentiels. Partant, la présente étude, qui commandait une approche d'ensemble de la notion, tend à la détermination des contours de la gestion prévisionnelle des emplois et des compétences du point de vue du droit social. / He management of jobs and skills is a phrase belonging to the manager vocabulary which gives it a distinct and original organizational dimension. By law the concept has since appeared in the Labour Code of undeniable advertising although it existed before this juridification. She keeps nevertheless a certain dose of mystery partly due to the relationship it has long maintained with redundancies, with the plurality of themes that compose it and the constant changes in its legal system. Since it became an object of social law, she received multiple legal and jurisprudential enrichment. Accordingly, this study which commanded an overall approach to the concept, tends to determine the contours of the management of jobs and skills of the labor law perspective.

O presente estudo enfoca o papel das redes de agências de avaliação da qualidade e Acreditação da Educação Superior na América Latina a partir das redes RANA E RIACES. O tema da Acreditação tem alcançado ressonância nas sociedades científicas internacionais, em especial na União Europeia, USA, e atualmente Caribe e América Latina. A temática de Redes de Avaliação da qualidade e Acreditação da Educação Superior na América Latina ainda é pouco explorada, do ponto de vista da pesquisa, mas é tema de discussões diversas em muitos países. O estudo traz o cenário que propiciou o surgimento das redes de cooperação e intercâmbio para o desenvolvimento de conhecimentos em matéria de Acreditação e Avaliação da qualidade da Educação Superior. Considerações sobre as reformas da Educação Superior na América Latina são discutidas, além dos “apelos” da globalização à Universidade Latina do século XXI. Apresentam-se evidências de um cenário da Educação Superior na América Latina marcado por desigualdades de desenvolvimento e de características em seus sistemas de Educação Superior. No âmbito das reformas da Educação Superior há a preocupação de marcar o momento da inserção de processo de formação de sistemas de asseguramento da qualidade da Educação Superior. Duas redes da América Latina são estudadas a RANA e a RIACES. O método escolhido foi o estudo de caso, que propiciou conhecer a dinâmica de uma política de cooperação e integração no contexto de Redes. O estudo baseia-se em várias fontes, como a pesquisa documental, coleta de dados em fontes primárias e secundárias, entrevistas e visita às sedes das redes de agências. / The present study focuses on the role played by Quality Evaluation Agencies and Accreditation in Higher Education Agencies in Latin America from RANA and RIACES point of view. Accreditation is a theme that has, lately, reached great propagation in International Scientific Societies, mainly in the European Union, USA and more recently in the Caribbean and Latin America. The idea of Quality Evaluation and Accreditation Networks in Higher Education in Latin America is not very explored from a research point of view, but is a theme of great discussion in many countries. This study brings the scenario that made possible the upcoming cooperation and exchange networks to the development of knowledge in terms of Accreditation and Quality Evaluation in Higher Education. Considerations about the reforms in Higher Education in Latin America are discussed as well as the “calls” for globalization that the Latin University has received in the 21st century. Evidences of a scenario of inequalities in development in Higher Education in Latin America are presented as well as the characteristics of Higher Education systems. As for the reforms scope, there seems to be a certain concern about emphasizing the exact moment in which the process of formation of quality reassurance in Higher Education is inserted. Two Latin American agencies are studied: RANA and RIACES. The method chosen was case study, which enabled the acknowledgement of a cooperation and integration policy in these networks context. The study is based in many different resources such as documental research, data collection in primary and secondary sources, interviews and onsite visits to the agencies headquarters. / En esta investigación se enfoca el rol de las Redes de Agencias de Evaluación de la Calidad y de las Redes de Acreditación de la Educación Superior en América Latina, a partir del estudio de RANA y RIACES. El tema de la Acreditación ha alcanzado resonancia internacional en las sociedades científicas, en especial en la Unión Europea, América Latina y el Caribe. El temático de redes de la evaluación de la calidad y de la acreditación de la educación superior en América Latina todavía poco se explora del punto de vista de la investigación, pero es tema de controversias en muchos países. El estudio trae a la escena el brote de las redes de la cooperación y del intercambio para desarrollo del conocimiento en la acreditación y la evaluación de la calidad de la educación superior. Consideraciones sobre las reformas de la educación superior en América Latina son discutidas, en el encuadre de las reformas de la educación superior en el siglo XX, más allá de los “llamados” de la globalización a la universidad latina del siglo XXI. Evidencias de una escena de la educación superior enmarcada por la desigualdad y características diversificadas de desarrollo en sus sistemas de la educación superior, se superponen a los requisitos del mercado en líneas de dirección para su eficacia. Es en el momento de las reformas de la educación superior que se tiene la preocupación para enmarcar la inserción del proceso de la formación de sistemas de aseguramiento de la calidad de la educación superior. Dos agencias latinoamericanas son estudiadas: RANA y RIACES. El método elegido fue el estudio de caso, para comprehender la dinámica de una política de cooperación e integración en el contexto de redes. El estudio se basa en investigación documental, fuentes primarias y secundarias, recoge datos en entrevistas y visitas a las sedes de las redes de agencias.