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As mudanças do cenário competitivo forçam a necessidade de reestruturação das empresas estreitando a relação entre as organizações participantes da cadeia de suprimentos de um produto, atuando com base na colaboração interorganizacional. Diferentes estratégias de atuação colaborativa tornam o assunto relevante aos pesquisadores, e gestores de empresas. A integração, cooperação e parceria são essenciais para o sucesso desta reestruturação, as práticas deste tema são tratadas como Gestão Colaborativa. O objetivo principal foi analisar e sistematizar os requisitos da Gestão Colaborativa entre empresas da cadeia de suprimentos do setor automobilístico e propor um modelo de referência. A pesquisa iniciou com um estudo exploratório para identificar os elementos teóricos que envolvem a atuação colaborativa entre empresas. Na sequência foi realizado um estudo de caso múltiplo, a fim de analisar as estratégias colaborativas utilizadas pelas empresas do setor. Com os dados coletados foi elaborado modelos de referência utilizando a metodologia Enterprise Knowledge Development (EKD) sob uma perspectiva de gestão colaborativa. Os dados possibilitaram a representação sistêmica e consistente da colaboração entre empresas, contribuindo para esclarecer a atuação Colaborativa, bem como a relação da integração com as estratégias de gestão interorganizacional. / Changes in the competitive landscape demand the need for restructuring interorganizacional narrowing the relationship between the organizations participating in the supply chain of a product, based in interorganizational collaboration. Different strategies work collaboratively make the subject relevant to researchers and business managers. Integration, cooperation and partnership are essential to the success of this restructuring, the practices of this subject are treated as Collaborative Management. The main objective was to analyze and systematize the requirements of the Collaborative Management in supply chain companies in the automotive sector and propose a reference model. The research began with an exploratory study to identify the theoretical elements that involve collaborative activity between companies. In the sequence was carried out a multiple case study in order to analyze the collaborative strategies used by companies. With the data collected was developed reference models using the methodology Enterprise Knowledge Development (EKD) under a collaborative management approach. The data allowed the representation of the systemic and consistent collaboration between companies, helping to clarify the role Collaborative, and the relationship of integration with the interorganizational.

As mudanças do cenário competitivo forçam a necessidade de reestruturação das empresas estreitando a relação entre as organizações participantes da cadeia de suprimentos de um produto, atuando com base na colaboração interorganizacional. Diferentes estratégias de atuação colaborativa tornam o assunto relevante aos pesquisadores, e gestores de empresas. A integração, cooperação e parceria são essenciais para o sucesso desta reestruturação, as práticas deste tema são tratadas como Gestão Colaborativa. O objetivo principal foi analisar e sistematizar os requisitos da Gestão Colaborativa entre empresas da cadeia de suprimentos do setor automobilístico e propor um modelo de referência. A pesquisa iniciou com um estudo exploratório para identificar os elementos teóricos que envolvem a atuação colaborativa entre empresas. Na sequência foi realizado um estudo de caso múltiplo, a fim de analisar as estratégias colaborativas utilizadas pelas empresas do setor. Com os dados coletados foi elaborado modelos de referência utilizando a metodologia Enterprise Knowledge Development (EKD) sob uma perspectiva de gestão colaborativa. Os dados possibilitaram a representação sistêmica e consistente da colaboração entre empresas, contribuindo para esclarecer a atuação Colaborativa, bem como a relação da integração com as estratégias de gestão interorganizacional. / Changes in the competitive landscape demand the need for restructuring interorganizacional narrowing the relationship between the organizations participating in the supply chain of a product, based in interorganizational collaboration. Different strategies work collaboratively make the subject relevant to researchers and business managers. Integration, cooperation and partnership are essential to the success of this restructuring, the practices of this subject are treated as Collaborative Management. The main objective was to analyze and systematize the requirements of the Collaborative Management in supply chain companies in the automotive sector and propose a reference model. The research began with an exploratory study to identify the theoretical elements that involve collaborative activity between companies. In the sequence was carried out a multiple case study in order to analyze the collaborative strategies used by companies. With the data collected was developed reference models using the methodology Enterprise Knowledge Development (EKD) under a collaborative management approach. The data allowed the representation of the systemic and consistent collaboration between companies, helping to clarify the role Collaborative, and the relationship of integration with the interorganizational.

Critics of Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) have argued that participatory approachesand trade-offs are key to effective development interventions for rural populations living adjacent to protected areas. Based on an actor-interface framework, this thesis explores among other things, the discontinuities and/or linkages between those formalized narratives surrounding the creation andmanagement of Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP), and their actual implementation, where there are multiple actors with divergent rationalities and interests. Specifically, this thesis examines the experiences and perceptions of the Park’s rural populations vis-à-vis the participatory-driven socio-economic development of their rurality. Interview results show that while the socio-economic potentials of the Park’s conservation to the rural poor have been touted, the fragmented and ad hoc nature of these benefits seriously undermine their poverty-alleviating capacity for marginalized communities. Furthermore, this thesis shows that while participatory approaches may constitute a major technique for involving rural populations in decision-making processes that affect their lives, the benefits fall largely to influential local elites, and that community participation is sometimes sought only for less important decision-making activities. This thesis concludes that in order for ICDPs to contribute effectively to eliminating poverty traps for marginalized communities, development interventions must not only be the result of rural people’s expressed priorities, but development practitioners must also have the necessary training to understand poverty traps and development problems as nested issues that must be addressed in a comprehensive and holistic manner. The paper also suggests that ICDPs must develop rural people’s capacity in conservation activities such that they can benefit from ecotourism and other conservation-related employment, in meaningful ways.

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Collaborative TB/HIV management is essential to prevent and treat TB among HIV-positive TB patients, and to ensure that HIV-positive TB patients are detected and treated appropriately. This quantitative, descriptive, contextual study identified problems encountered during the implementation of TB case detection among HIV-positive individuals in one Ethiopian hospital. During December 2012, 300 checklists were completed about HIV-positive patients’ TB/HIV collaborative management, as reflected in their files. Only 60.2% of HIV-positive patients, who should have received Isoniazid preventive treatment (IPT), were placed on this treatment. X-rays and laboratory examinations of sputum samples were not done according to the Ethiopian guidelines. Most TB patients’ initial screening was done by nurses, not doctors, and included only symptom screening without CD4 count considerations. Managers and healthcare personnel should improve IPT, especially for those with early HIV infection and timely effective treatment for those suffering from TB, before complications arise / Health Studies / Health Studies / M.A. (Public Health)

Collaborative TB/HIV management is essential to prevent and treat TB among HIV-positive TB patients, and to ensure that HIV-positive TB patients are detected and treated appropriately. This quantitative, descriptive, contextual study identified problems encountered during the implementation of TB case detection among HIV-positive individuals in one Ethiopian hospital. During December 2012, 300 checklists were completed about HIV-positive patients’ TB/HIV collaborative management, as reflected in their files. Only 60.2% of HIV-positive patients, who should have received Isoniazid preventive treatment (IPT), were placed on this treatment. X-rays and laboratory examinations of sputum samples were not done according to the Ethiopian guidelines. Most TB patients’ initial screening was done by nurses, not doctors, and included only symptom screening without CD4 count considerations. Managers and healthcare personnel should improve IPT, especially for those with early HIV infection and timely effective treatment for those suffering from TB, before complications arise / Health Studies / Health Studies / M.A. (Public Health)

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2017-05-22T18:02:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Vanessa Victor da Cruz de Souza.pdf: 1155889 bytes, checksum: 9556cf5fbddcc044f95858f9f7e77d48 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-22T18:02:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vanessa Victor da Cruz de Souza.pdf: 1155889 bytes, checksum: 9556cf5fbddcc044f95858f9f7e77d48 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-20 / Payment for Enviromental Services -PES policies have been consolidating as a strategy for the management of natural resources in urban areas. In São Paulo, the Programa Córrego Limpo - PCL promoted by SABESP since 2007 aims to revert the degradation of water courses, contributing to an environmental improvement of urban natural resources. The PCL comprises the execution of infrastructure works to clean up the streams, monitoring actions and development of environmental education programs for the population. According to the strategic role for urban water resources and the results found by PCL, this program was chosen as object of research. The general objective of the present work is to explore the feasibility of proposal of payment scheme for environmental services of water resources in urban areas from the PCL. The methodological strategy of this work consists of an Exploratory - Descriptive research elaborated from the reflection and analysis of existing documents. The results of the research allowed, in the light of the comparison between data obtained from the bibliographical review and documentary data, to characterize the actions of the PCL as suppliers of environmental services; identify the environmental services that are offered by the PCL and identify the actors that make up a PSA arrangement from the current PCL design. Some environmental services offered by the PCL refer to: water purification, regulation of water borne diseases, regulation of natural damages and others. The PCL holds the potential for creating a PES scheme as the program offers a diverse range of environmental services. A PES scheme elaborated within the PCL structure is in line with what is proposed by the São Paulo PDE that regulates the PES as a policy to enable the conservation of forests and water. One of the main contributions of this research to practice refers to the proposal of PES schemes in urban areas as a strategy for city management. It is recommended that future research should focus on the establishment of PES schemes in urban areas as a model of environmental management in cities. / As políticas de Pagamentos por Serviços Ambientais (PSA) vêm consolidando-se como estratégia de gestão dos recursos naturais em áreas urbanas. Em São Paulo, o Programa Córrego limpo (PCL) promovido pela SABESP desde 2007 visa reverter à degradação dos cursos de água, contribuindo para a melhoria ambiental dos recursos naturais urbanos. O PCL compreende a execução de obras de infraestrutura para despoluir os córregos, ações de monitoramento e o desenvolvimento de programas de educação ambiental para a população. Em função do papel estratégico para os recursos hídricos urbanos e dos resultados atingidos pelo PCL escolheu-se esse programa como objeto da pesquisa. O objetivo geral do presente trabalho é explorar a viabilidade de proposição de esquema de pagamento por serviços ambientais de recursos hídricos em áreas urbanas a partir do PCL. A estratégia metodológica desse trabalho consiste em uma pesquisa Exploratória - Descritiva elaborada a partir da reflexão e análise de documentos existentes. Os resultados da pesquisa permitiram, à luz do cotejamento entre dados obtidos a partir da revisão bibliográfica e dados documentais, caracterizar as ações do PCL enquanto fornecedoras de serviços ambientais; identificar os serviços ambientais que são oferecidos pelo PCL e identificar os atores que compõem um arranjo de PSA a partir do desenho atual do PCL. Alguns serviços ambientais ofertados pelo PCL referem-se a: purificação de água, regulação de doenças de veiculação hídrica, regulação de danos naturais e outros. O PCL detém o potencial para a criação de um esquema de PSA uma vez que, o programa oferece uma gama diversificada de serviços ambientais. Um esquema de PSA elaborado dentro da estrutura do PCL vai ao encontro do que propõe o Plano Diretor Estratégico de São Paulo que regulamenta o PSA como uma política para viabilizar conservação das florestas e das águas. Uma das principais contribuições dessa pesquisa a pratica refere-se à proposição de esquemas de PSA em áreas urbanas como estratégia de preservação e manutenção de recursos naturais urbanos. Recomenda-se que pesquisas futuras direcionem-se ao estabelecimento de esquemas de PSA em áreas urbanas como um modelo de gestão ambiental em cidades.

[EN] The main objectives of this research are the following. First, to analyse the models and methods in Decision Support Systems (DSS) for forest management, taking into account the important features which allow forestry related problems to be categorized. Second, to define strategic criteria for the sustainable management of Mediterranean forests, as well as to elicit and aggregate the stakeholders' preferences. Third, to propose a robust methodology to implement collaborative management focused on ESS and to develop indicators for the main functions of ESS. The methodology is based on a workshop and surveys to elicit the decision makers', experts' and other stakeholders' preferences. Several techniques were then used to aggregate individual judgements and determine social preferences, in particular, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Goal Programming (GP). In addition, a PROMETHEE based method has been developed to provide indicators of the ESS, classified into provisioning, maintenance and direct to citizens services. The analysis of DSS for forest management has shown that the best choice of approach to solve a given problem depend on its nature, which can be characterized by the temporal scale, spatial context, spatial scale, number of decision makers or stakeholders, objectives and finally goods and services involved. A decision hierarchy for strategic management of Valencian forests has been developed by involving experts during the design phase. This was later validated in consultation with the stakeholders in a workshop and provides the base from which to obtain the social preferences. The results show greater importance for environmental and social criteria and lesser relevance for economic criteria, valid for both public and private Mediterranean forests. This result is the same regardless of which preference aggregation technique was used and takes into account the preferences of the majority of the stakeholders and also the minority opinions furthest from the consensus. New products and services such as rural tourism, renewable energies, landscape, hydrological regulation and erosion control, biodiversity and climate change mitigation are relevant. This research also proposes a robust methodology to implement collaborative management focused on ESS provided by protected areas and aggregated indicators for their main functions. Decision makers, technical staff and other stakeholders are included in the process from the beginning, by identifying ESS and eliciting preferences using the AHP method. Qualitative and quantitative data are then integrated into a PROMETHEE based method in order to obtain indicators for provisioning, maintenance and direct to citizens services. This methodology, which has been applied in a forest natural park, provides a tool for exploiting available technical and social data in a continuous process, as well as graphical results, which are easy to understand. This approach also overcomes the difficulties found in prioritising management objectives in a multiple criteria context with limited resources and facilitates consensus between all of the people involved. The new indicators define an innovative approach to assessing the ESS from the supply perspective and provide basic information to help establish payment systems for environmental services and compensation for natural disasters. / [ES] Los principales objetivos de esta investigación son los siguientes. En primer lugar, analizar los modelos y los métodos de los sistemas de ayuda a la toma de decisiones para gestión forestal, teniendo en cuenta las características relevantes que permiten clasificar los problemas forestales. En segundo lugar, definir los criterios estratégicos para la gestión forestal sostenible del bosque mediterráneo, así como obtener y agregar las preferencias de los decisores y otras partes interesadas. En tercer lugar, proponer una metodología robusta para implementar una gestión colaborativa centrada en los servicios del ecosistema y desarrollar indicadores para las principales funciones de estos servicios. La metodología se fundamenta en una jornada de trabajo con decisores, expertos y otros grupos de personas interesadas, así como en encuestas a todos ellos. Después se han utilizado varias técnicas para agregar las preferencias individuales y determinar las preferencias de los distintos grupos sociales, en particular el proceso analítico jerárquico y la programación por metas. Adicionalmente, se ha desarrollado un método basado en PROMETHEE que permite obtener indicadores de los servicios del ecosistema, clasificados en servicios de producción, mantenimiento y directos a los ciudadanos. El análisis de los sistemas de ayuda a la toma de decisiones para gestión forestal ha puesto de manifiesto que los mejores enfoques para resolver los problemas forestales dependen de su naturaleza, caracterizada por la escala temporal, el contexto espacial, la escala espacial, el número de decisores o personas interesadas, el número de objetivos y por último los bienes y servicios involucrados. Se ha desarrollado una jerarquía de decisión para la gestión estratégica de los bosques valencianos involucrando a expertos en la fase de diseño. Este modelo fue validado posteriormente por las partes interesadas en una jornada organizada con esta finalidad y ha sido la base para obtener las preferencias sociales. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto la mayor importancia de los criterios medioambientales y sociales y la menor relevancia de los económicos, tanto para el monte mediterráneo público como privado. Este resultado es independiente del método de agregación utilizado y tiene en cuenta tanto las preferencias de la mayoría como de la minoría más alejada del consenso. Son relevantes los nuevos productos y servicios tales como el turismo rural, las energías renovables, el paisaje, la regulación hidrológica y el control de la erosión, la biodiversidad y la mitigación del cambio climático. Esta investigación también propone una metodología robusta para implementar una gestión colaborativa centrada en los servicios del ecosistema que proporcionan las áreas protegidas e indicadores agregados para sus principales funciones. Los responsables de las decisiones, el personal técnico y otras personas interesadas han participado desde el inicio del proceso, identificando los servicios del ecosistema y proporcionado sus preferencias mediante la técnica del proceso analítico jerárquico. Después se integran los datos cualitativos y cuantitativos en un método basado en PROMETHEE con la finalidad de obtener indicadores para los servicios de producción, mantenimiento y directos a los ciudadanos. Esta metodología, que se ha aplicado en un parque natural, facilita la explotación de los datos técnicos y sociales en un proceso continuo y proporciona resultados gráficos muy fáciles de entender. Este enfoque también permite superar las dificultades que surgen al priorizar los objetivos de gestión en un contexto multicriterio con recursos limitados y facilita el consenso entre todas las personas involucradas. Los nuevos indicadores representan un enfoque innovador para la valoración de los servicios del ecosistema desde el punto de vista de la oferta y proporcionan información básica para establecer sistemas de pagos por / [CAT] Els principals objectius d'aquesta recerca són els següents. En primer lloc, analitzar els models i els mètodes dels sistemes d'ajuda a la presa de decisions per a gestió forestal, tenint en compte les característiques rellevants que permeten classificar els problemes forestals. En segon lloc, definir els criteris estratègics per a la gestió forestal sostenible del bosc mediterrani, com també obtenir i agregar les preferències dels decisors i altres parts interessades. En tercer lloc, proposar una metodologia robusta per a implementar una gestió col·laborativa centrada en els serveis de l'ecosistema i desenvolupar indicadors per a les principals funcions d'aquests serveis. La metodologia es fonamenta en una jornada de treball amb decisors, experts i altres grups de persones interessades, i també en enquestes a tots ells. Després s'han utilitzat diverses tècniques per a afegir-hi les preferències individuals i determinar les preferències dels diferents grups socials, en particular el procés analític jeràrquic i la programació per metes. Addicionalment, s'ha desenvolupat un mètode basat en PROMETHEE que permet obtenir indicadors dels serveis de l'ecosistema, classificats en serveis de producció, manteniment i directes als ciutadans. L'anàlisi dels sistemes d'ajuda a la presa de decisions per a la gestió forestal ha posat de manifest que els millors enfocaments per a resoldre els problemes forestals depenen de la naturalesa d'aquests problemes, caracteritzada per l'escala temporal, el context espacial, l'escala espacial, el nombre de decisors o persones interessades, el nombre d'objectius i, finalment, els béns i serveis involucrats. S'ha desenvolupat una jerarquia de decisió per a la gestió estratègica dels boscos valencians involucrant experts en la fase de disseny. Aquest model ha sigut validat posteriorment per les parts interessades en una jornada organitzada amb aquesta finalitat i ha sigut la base per a obtenir les preferències socials. Els resultats posen de manifest la major importància dels criteris mediambientals i socials i la menor rellevància dels econòmics, tant per a la muntanya mediterrània pública com privada. Aquest resultat és independent del mètode d'agregació utilitzat i té en compte tant les preferències de la majoria com de la minoria més allunyada del consens. Són rellevants els nous productes i serveis, com ara el turisme rural, les energies renovables, el paisatge, la regulació hidrològica i el control de l'erosió, la biodiversitat i la mitigació del canvi climàtic. Aquesta recerca també proposa una metodologia robusta per a implementar una gestió col·laborativa centrada en els serveis de l'ecosistema que proporcionen les àrees protegides i indicadors agregats per a les seues funcions principals. Els responsables de les decisions, el personal tècnic i altres persones interessades hi han participat des de l'inici del procés, identificant els serveis de l'ecosistema i proporcionant les seues preferències mitjançant la tècnica del procés analític jeràrquic. Després s'integren les dades qualitatives i quantitatives en un mètode basat en PROMETHEE amb la finalitat d'obtenir indicadors per als serveis de producció, manteniment i directes als ciutadans. Aquesta metodologia, que s'ha aplicat en un parc natural, facilita l'explotació de les dades tècniques i socials en un procés continu i proporciona resultats gràfics molt fàcils d'entendre. Aquest enfocament també permet superar les dificultats que sorgeixen a l'hora de prioritzar els objectius de gestió en un context multicriteri amb recursos limitats i facilita el consens entre totes les persones involucrades. Els nous indicadors representen un enfocament innovador per a la valoració dels serveis de l'ecosistema des del punt de vista de l'oferta i proporcionen informació bàsica per a establir sistemes de pagaments per serveis ambientals i compensacions per desastres naturals. / Segura Maroto, M. (2015). ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES BASED ON MULTIPLE CRITERIA AND GROUP DECISION MAKING [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/57955 / TESIS