Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:44:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luis Eduardo de Carvalho.pdf: 2316076 bytes, checksum: 8d16018d7c3c4d5f7439b9305aadb29f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-05 / The overall purpose of this research is to verify if the implementation of the managerial practice balanced scorecard stimulates the occurrence of strategic learning. The reasons for this study were the importance of strategic learning for company s survival and the emergent adoption of balanced scorecard by companies inside and outside Brazil. The methodology was literature review, hypothesis test trough a survey with companies which implemented balanced scorecard and case studies with two companies. The survey results confirmed the strong contribution of balanced scorecard for strategic learning, but an ambiguous contribution for emergent strategies, where it was observed the least growth and the single answers where there were intensity reduction for 9% of the interviewees. The case studies increased the understanding about what happens with new strategies emergence, once that the initial hypothesis was that balanced scorecard would make the strategy more rigid, it was clear that balanced scorecard has some interference in the moment of possible new strategies are evaluated by its owners. As a final concern, it is possible conclude that balanced scorecard implementation can simultaneously stimulate and do not stimulate the occurrence of strategic learning / O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é verificar se implantação da prática de gestão balanced scorecard favorece a ocorrência da aprendizagem estratégica. As causas que motivaram o estudo foram a relevância da aprendizagem estratégica para a sobrevivência das empresas e a crescente adoção do balanced scorecard por empresas dentro e fora do Brasil. A metodologia utilizada no trabalho foi a revisão bibliográfica; construção e teste da hipótese, através de sondagem com empresas que implementaram a prática de gestão, e estudo de casos com duas empresas. Os resultados da sondagem mostraram forte contribuição do balanced scorecard para a aprendizagem estratégica, mas uma contribuição ambígua na ocorrência de estratégias emergentes, onde se observou o menor crescimento dentre todos os analisados, sendo também o único com respostas individuais de redução de intensidade para 9% dos entrevistados. Os estudos de caso aumentaram a compreensão sobre o que ocorre com a abertura a emersão de novas estratégias, uma vez que a hipótese inicial de que o balanced scorecard tornaria a estratégia rígida , mas houve indícios que o balanced scorecard interfira negativamente em uma etapa anterior, no momento em que as possíveis estratégias emergentes são avaliadas pelos proponentes. Como uma consideração final, conclui-se que a implantação do balanced scorecard pode simultaneamente favorecer e desfavorecer a ocorrência da aprendizagem estratégica

This investigation of the studioli, small contemplation chambers in the ducal palaces of Urbino and Gubbio, considers their position in the western tradition of the memory arts. Drawing upon select images in the studioli, as well as text sources readily available to Duke Federico da Montefeltro (1422--82) and the members of his court, this inquiry examines how the discipline of architecture equipped the late quattrocento mind with a bridge between the mathematical arts, which lend themselves to mechanical practices, and the art of rhetoric, a discipline central to the cultivation of memory and eloquence. As ramifications of material and mental craft, the studioli offered the Urbino court models for education and prudent governance.

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La guerre de Succession d'Espagne, dernière guerre du règne de Louis XIV, est marquée par une série de défaites retentissantes : Blenheim (1704, Bavière), Ramillies et Turin (1706, Brabant et Piémont), Audenarde (1708, Flandre). L’approche qualifiée de « nouvelle histoire-bataille » permet de relativiser la vision traditionnelle qui explique ces défaites par le talent supérieur de John Churchill, duc de Marlborough, et du prince Eugène de Savoie, affrontant des généraux français courtisans et incompétents. Cette approche met l’événement-bataille au centre de l’étude et en aborde tous les aspects : dimensions politique, stratégique et tactique ; logistique ; techniques du combat et expériences ressenties sur le champ de bataille ; onde de choc.On constate que la guerre au début du XVIIIe siècle est à bien des égards limitée : les armées dépendent de leurs sources d’approvisionnement. Eugène et Marlborough, par leur audace et leur talent, accélèrent le rythme des opérations, mais sans renverser cet état de fait : aucune bataille n’est individuellement « décisive » et la guerre de Succession d'Espagne reste une guerre d’attrition. Les batailles sont le lieu d’une expérience du combat singulière, où se voient portées à leur paroxysme l’ensemble des formes d’affrontement et de violence que comporte la guerre de l’époque. Enfin, l’image d’une bataille se dégage lentement. Les courtisans doivent comparer nouvelles officielles, correspondances privées et gazettes pour comprendre ce qui s’est passé. Le roi mène des enquêtes pour déterminer qui a bien agi et qui a démérité. En définitive, c’est aux écrivains et aux artistes de fixer l’image que la postérité aura de ces batailles. / The war of the Spanish Succession is the last war fought by Louis XIV. It begins with a succession of astonishing defeats: Blenheim (Bavaria, 1704), Ramillies and Turin (Brabant and Piedmont, 1706), Audenarde (Flanders, 1708). The method known as “new battle-history” lets us temper the traditional vision, which claims that French have been defeated because their armies where led by courtiers that faced two military geniuses: John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, and Prince Eugene of Savoy. This historiographic approach focuses on the battle as an event, and seeks to treat it in all its dimensions: political, strategic and tactical aspects; logistics; how soldiers fight and what they feel; shock wave.Early eighteenth-century warfare is in many ways limited: armies highly rely on their supply sources. Eugene and Marlborough, thanks to their audacity and their talent, are able to speed up the operations, but without changing the way war is fought. There is no single “decisive” battle: the war of the Spanish Succession remains as a war of attrition. Battles are rare and formidable events where a singular fighting experience takes place; all contemporary kinds of combat and violence are to be observed. The importance of a battle is not immediately obvious. Its image takes time to come out. Versailles’ courtiers need to compare official news, private letters, French or foreign gazettes, in order to understand what happened. The king conducts investigations to identify the generals and units that have served well, and those that have not. In the end, it is writers and artists who are in charge of fixing what image of these battles will be left for posterity.

This dissertation on the fourth duke of Bedford examines the political activities of a member of the House of Lords. It documents the activities of the members of the Pelham Administration, using Bedford's correspondence to provide an outline for the narrative. The aim is to provide a greater understanding of Bedford's political career, and also to illustrate the influence this individual had in determining ministerial policy. A discussion of Bedford's social connections leads into an overview of the events culminating in his inclusion in the Administration in 1745. Initially First Lord of the Admiralty, Bedford was promoted in 1748 to the office of Secretary of State for the Southern Department. In both offices, his concern was the promotion and protection of trade. He advocated the 'Country' Whig view that the protection of British merchants and their overseas markets by the navy was in the country‘s best interest. Bedford recognized the importance of securing and expanding American markets, and implemented measures, such as the proposed 'reduction' of Canada, to promote this aim. Bedford also lead the negotiations for the commercial treaty with Spain, signed at Madrid in 1750, that gave special trade status to Britain. Bedford sought to increase his political influence in various constituencies during the 1747 General Election. The local influence he wielded, however, did not enable him to carry through private turnpike legislation in Parliament. His legislation was defeated on 13 February 1750, at third reading, in an unusually high vote (154-208). Newcastle, whose relationship with Bedford had grown increasingly acrimonious, played a role in the defeat of this bill. The deterioration in this relationship contributed to Bedford's resignation from office on 14 June 1751.

Pour dépasser les limites inhérentes à la déconnexion des disciplines ou celles imposées par les sources, les périodes ou les sites, cette thèse propose une approche pluridisciplinaire et diachronique de la question de l'approvisionnement en pierre des chantiers médiévaux et modernes. Grâce à la confrontation de bâtiments d'origines et de fonctions différentes, ce travail cherche à décortiquer les processus de choix et réseaux d'approvisionnement en pierre, pour envisager le rapport des hommes à une ressource naturelle. / In order to go further limits inherent to subject disjunction, or those imposed by sources, periods or sites, this thesis emphasises a multidisciplinary and diachronic approach of stone supply on medieval and modern building sites. Thanks to the confrontation of buildings with different origins and functions, this work tries to dissect process of choices and stone supply network. It finally considers connection between people and a natural ressource.

Angina pectoris är bröstsmärta orsakat av myokardischemi, till följd av kranskärlsjukdom med eller utan stenoser eller icke kranskärlsjukdom. Arbetsprov är den vanligaste undersökningen för angina pectoris. Diffusa symtom och angina pectoris varianter utan stenoser med låg sensitivitet för elektrokardiografi (EKG) sänker den diagnostiska säkerheten i arbetsprov på kvinnor. Litteraturstudiens syfte var att utreda om hemodynamiska parametrar och riskbedömning med Pre-test sannolikhet (PTP) samt Dukes Löpbands Index (DTS, Dukes Treadmill Score) kan öka den diagnostiska säkerheten i arbetsprov på kvinnor. Inklusionskriterierna var vetenskapligt granskade kliniska studier på engelska, med information om etiskt godkännande eller samtycke. Snowballing metoden, PUBMED, MEDLINE och CINAHL användes. Studier som inkluderades i resultatet granskades återigen och jämfördes med varandra. Hemodynamiska parametrar, PTP och DTS ökar den diagnostiska säkerheten i arbetsprov på kvinnor. Denna diagnostiska säkerhet beror dock också på PTP metod, PTP riskgrupp, etnicitet och angina pectoris variant. Vidare forskning behövs om etnicitetspecifika PTP metoder, mekanismen bakom blodtrycksreaktionen, DTS på icke kranskärlsjukdomar samt metoder som kan skilja mellan olika icke kranskärlsjukdomar. Utan studier om Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) och Diamond Forrester Score (DFS) samt deras påverkan på arbetsprov, kan inte resultatet i litteraturstudien generaliseras till arbetsprov i Sverige. / Angina pectoris is chest pain and myocardial ischemia due to Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) or Non-Coronary Artery Disease (non-CAD). Exercise stress test (EST) is the most common diagnostic procedure for angina pectoris. Non-CAD, low sensitivity for exercise electrocardiography (ex-ECG) and diffuse symptoms lower the diagnostic accuracy for females. This review’s aim was to study whether haemodynamic parameters and risk stratifications with Pre-test probability (PTP) or Duke Treadmill Score (DTS) improves the diagnostic accuracy of EST for females. Inclusion criterions were English peer reviewed, clinical studies with mentioned ethical approval or consent. Snowballing, PUBMED, MEDLINE and CINAHL were used. Articles that were included in the results, were reviewed once again, and compared to one another. Hemodynamic parameters, PTP and DTS increase the diagnostic accuracy of EST in women. This diagnostic accuracy depends on PTP method, risk group, ethnicity, and angina pectoris variant. Further research regarding ethnic specific PTP methods, mechanism behind the blood pressure reaction, DTS for diagnosis of non-CAD and methods for differentiation of subtypes of non-CAD, would be valuable. Without studies about the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE), Diamond Forrester Score (DFS), and their impact on ex-ECG, the result of this review cannot be generalized to ex-ECG in Sweden.

The thesis describes a period of the government of Leopold II Grand Duke of Tuscany and his affiliation to the swampy territory along the Tuscany coastline called Maremma and its bonification. He was able to change fundamentally the most underdeveloped areas of his country during thirty years of his government. He succeeded even though political changes during the revolutionary years of 1847-1849, and though his government was finished by the unification of Italy and the incorporation of Tuscany into the newly established Kingdom of Italy, which was the goal of Italian risorgimento. This work further describes biography of Leopold II in short, his policy focused on overall development of Tuscany, and last but not least life fates and the principal works of his three closest collaborators - personalities with major influence at the realisation of the bonification works - Vittorio Fossombroni, Gaetano Giorgini and Alessandro Manetti. The thesis describes the bonification works in Maremma themselves, their organisation and results achieved. Part of the bonification overall plans of Leopold II was construction of the road network as well, with necessity of numerous bridges over canals and regulated watercourses. It was also necessary to solve the health problems in the region, especially malaria, where...

This study focuses on the rhetoric of racial politics and the ideology of exclusion it produces. This study analyzes the political rhetoric constructed by David Duke, white supremacist, disavowed neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan member, and former Louisiana State Representative. The topics of affirmative action, reverse discrimination, immigration, and welfare were chosen for analysis. Using ideological criticism, this study reveals the role Duke pays in America's increasingly exclusionary political environment. Specifically, this study uses the concepts employed by Louisa Martin Rojo in exploring the rhetorical process of demonization which is used to turn someone or something into an enemy. The process needed to demonize an enemy involves two rhetorical strategies: division and rejection. Division establishes the opposing categories in the conflict, manifesting itself as an arguments between "us verses them" or "good verses evil." Rejection further demonizes the enemy by rhetorically marginalizing, segregating, or creating a negative image about them. Through his rhetoric, Duke strives to provoke feelings of resentment by utilizing demonization to reject and divide whites from minorities. In his rhetoric, Duke excludes people of color from society by portraying affirmative action as minority special privilege, reverse discrimination as white exclusion, welfare as a bastion of illegitimacy, and immigration as the downfall of American culture. Attempting to exclude minorities from society, Duke moves beyond Rojo's concept of demonization and uses scapegoating to blame minorities for America's social ills. By using people of color as a scapegoat, Duke effectively excludes them from participating in the debate over social concerns.

The thesis describes a period of the government of Leopold II Grand Duke of Tuscany and his affiliation to the swampy territory along the Tuscany coastline called Maremma and its bonification. He was able to change fundamentally the most underdeveloped areas of his country during thirty years of his government. He succeeded even though political changes during the revolutionary years of 1847-1849, and though his government was finished by the unification of Italy and the incorporation of Tuscany into the newly established Kingdom of Italy, which was the goal of Italian risorgimento. This work further describes biography of Leopold II in short, his policy focused on overall development of Tuscany, and last but not least life fates and the principal works of his three closest collaborators - personalities with major influence at the realisation of the bonification works - Vittorio Fossombroni, Gaetano Giorgini and Alessandro Manetti. The thesis describes the bonification works in Maremma themselves, their organisation and results achieved. Part of the bonification overall plans of Leopold II was construction of the road network as well, with necessity of numerous bridges over canals and regulated watercourses. It was also necessary to solve the health problems in the region, especially malaria, where...