The results of the research show that organisational culture is not a statistically significant determinant of organisational performance. Organisational culture, however, is a strong determinant of internal corporate governance. Lastly, internal corporate governance does not significantly impact organisational performance. The above results confirm that both organisational culture and internal corporate governance are positively related to performance, but are not statistically significant. This weak linkage to performance is contested with the mixed results identified in Western countries and may be explained by the different construct definition and measurement methods applied in the various studies. There is a need to look at the longitudinal view of the relationship of the constructs in future research to provide fresh evidence and also to reveal the extent to which the new concept of internal corporate governance has been embraced by corporate officers over time. There is also need to look at successful and unsuccessful companies to identify the best practices.

Abstract My essay focuses on the construction of identity in virtual spaces but with an emphasis on Facebook. The purpose of my thesis is to analyze the construction of identities online and the characteristics attributable to online identities. Also, I attempt to draw a comparison between the modernist and postmodernist concept of self presentation and how they operate. With my essay, I demonstrate that the modernists view of self presentation online is arguably faulty by showing that contrary to their views identities are not stable nor fixed bur are fluid and constantly changing through the availability of technologically advanced computer languages and again by outlining the availability of tools that enable users create, and/or distort their identities Also, with my essay, I explain how these identities are maintained through a process called “impression management”. I analyze identity construction through the eyes of theorists like Erving Goffman, who proposes that we actors performing our identities, Sherry Turkle, who evaluates identity construction in the age of the internet and other theorists like Judith Butler, Joanne Finkelstein, Peggy A Thoits, Annette N Markham, Zizi Papacharissi among others. Digital Artifact: creation of a website that adopts a performative nature to depict the unstable locus of identity on Facebook. In order to achieve this, I would work on HTML, Flash, Photoshop to create a constantly changing array of texts and images using actual images from selected Facebook users’ accounts and actual status updates. Keyterms: Identity, Medium/Media, Nomenclature, Hyperreality, Representation, Culture and Performance. / 0704083287

The objective of this paper was to analyze the content of organizational culture of the chosen organization and consider it in relation to efficiency and fulfilling organizational goals and objectives. Based on the results of the completed survey the possibility of changing the real content of organizational culture to better comply with the desired content was outlined.

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L’objectif principal de ce mémoire est d’identifier les antécédents organisationnels de la supervision abusive. Alors, un modèle intégrant la culture organisationnelle a été élaboré. Les données primaires recueillies par l’Équipe de Recherche sur le Travail et la Santé Mentale (l’ERTSM) auprès de 2162 employés de 63 établissements au Québec de septembre 2009 à mai 2012 ont permis de tester nos hypothèses. Les analyses multiniveaux réalisées corroborent une relation significative entre la culture organisationnelle et la supervision abusive. Les résultats ont montré que la culture de performance est positivement reliée à la supervision abusive contrairement à la culture de relations sociales. Aussi, ces analyses révèlent que certains subordonnés seraient plus enclins à rapporter de la supervision abusive que d´autres. Enfin, d’autres caractéristiques organisationnelles comme la taille de l’établissement pourraient être associées à la supervision abusive. / The main objective of this thesis is to identify the organizational antecedents of abusive supervision. A model incorporating organizational culture was thus developed. The data collected by l’Équipe de Recherche sur le Travail et la Santé Mentale (l’ERTSM) with 2162 employees from 63 organizations located in Quebec from September 2009 to May 2012 was used to test our hypotheses. The linear multilevel models supported a significant relationship between organizational culture and abusive supervision. The results suggest that the performance culture positively affects abusive supervision. In contrast, the social relations culture is negatively related to abusive supervision. Also, these analyzes revealed that some employees are more likely to report abusive supervision. Finally, other organizational characteristics such as the organization's size are associated with abusive supervision.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T15:09:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1616024 bytes, checksum: d6b33cf041f7a6a3d27d395fbae1d6f2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This dissertation addressed the theme of the role of federal government in the process of dissemination of the culture of performance in the Brazilian basic education. Your bindings examine the role of the federal government in setting up and strengthening the culture of performance in basic education in Brazil, seeking to identify and analyze policies and strategies as well as with the formulations bodies: was developed with reference to the following goal International from 1995 to 2012. The study was conducted through literature review and document analysis, seeking to examine the concepts, principles, assumptions and political reasons that comes to spreading the culture of performance in the Brazilian basic education. The study brings together the discussion of assessment policies simultaneously contemporary reflection on the diffusion and legitimation, in the educational context, certain values and concepts in favor of a formation that confirms the dynamics of capitalist society. For both are cited and examined the strategies of the federal government within the limits of the Brazilian federative pact, which aimed deployment and strengthening the culture of performance in basic education. The studies allowed the identification of four groups of strategies adopted by the federal government: the establishment of an evaluation system, conducting scientific Olympiads, creating award initiatives and the implementation of social mobilization actions. The analysis of the initiatives taken by the federal government during the study period, reveals the character of continuity of the actions of the moment of implantation and at the time of strengthening the culture of performance in basic education. The particularity of the period of strengthening refers to the deepening of managerial logic and the establishment of accountability mechanisms through the creation of the Index of Basic Education Development (IDEB) and more effective mechanisms to ensure adherence of states and municipalities to use of evaluation results with consequences. / Esta dissertação abordou a temática da atuação do governo federal no processo de disseminação da cultura do desempenho na educação básica brasileira. Foi desenvolvida tendo como referência o seguinte objetivo: examinar a atuação do governo federal na implantação e no fortalecimento da cultura do desempenho na educação básica no Brasil, buscando identificar e analisar as políticas e estratégias adotadas, bem como, suas vinculações com as formulações os organismos internacionais no período de 1995 a 2012. O estudo foi realizado por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica e análise documental, buscando examinar os conceitos, princípios, pressupostos e políticas que vem fundamentando a disseminação da cultura do desempenho na educação básica brasileira. O estudo congrega a discussão acerca das políticas de avaliação contemporâneas simultaneamente à reflexão acerca da difusão e legitimação, no âmbito educacional, de determinados valores e concepções em favor de uma formação que ratifica a dinâmica da sociedade capitalista. Para tanto são apontadas e examinadas as estratégias do governo federal, nos limites do pacto federativo brasileiro, que objetivaram implantação e o fortalecimento da cultura do desempenho na educação básica. Os estudos permitiram a identificação de quatro grupos de estratégias adotadas pelo governo federal: a instituição de um sistema de avaliação, a realização de olimpíadas científicas, a criação de iniciativas de premiação e a implantação de ações de mobilização social. A análise das iniciativas desenvolvidas pelo governo federal, no período estudado, revela o caráter de continuidade das ações do momento de implantação e no momento de fortalecimento da cultura do desempenho na educação básica. A particularidade, do período de fortalecimento refere-se ao aprofundamento da lógica gerencial e à instituição de mecanismos de responsabilização, mediante a criação do Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (IDEB) e de mecanismos mais eficazes para assegurar a adesão dos estados e municípios ao uso dos resultados das avaliações com consequências fortes.

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