This Thesis documents an exploratory investigation into the effect of poor information management on successful job and organisation design in workers' co-operatives. It was hypothesised that lack of availability and poor distribution of information militate against successful job and organisation design. Since sound information management is imperative for decision making and successful job and organisation design ensures workers satisfaction this study is fully justified. It is important that workers' co-operatives are economically successful and that people enjoy working in them. The topic is particularly important for the workers' co-operative movement because little research has been conducted on the links between information management and job and organisation design. The Thesis summarises the main issues and concepts relevant to the research topic and describes the implications of information management for job and organisation design in workers' co-operatives. The purchasing processes in four workers' co-operatives in Scotland were chosen as the information systems to be studied. Research field work, in the form of a Job Diagnosis Survey was also carried out to establish the links between information management and job and organisation design. Research results have been examined in relation to the participative arrangements one associates with workers' co-operatives. It was found that in addition to information management, other issues have an effect on successful job and organisation design. These include: objectives of each business; Argyris's Theory in Action; Lack of management skills; and poor systems design. This led to a comparison of the four co-operatives studied with the very successful Mondragon Group. Finally the implications of the research results have been discussed in relation to the workers' co-operative movement and to future research by those interested or involved in the movement.

This thesis addresses learning in engineering management.

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O estudo analisa Observatórios de Turismo com foco territorial e atuação em escalas subnacionais de países da Europa e da América Latina por meio da abordagem do Sistema de Capitais e do suporte teórico de conceitos provenientes das áreas de Gestão do Turismo, Gestão do Conhecimento, Desenvolvimento Baseado em Conhecimento e Inteligência Territorial. A pesquisa é do tipo exploratório-descritiva, faz uso do método misto por meio de um projeto convergente que integra pesquisa qualitativa e quantitativa e contempla a execução de diferentes técnicas como a análise de conteúdo, entrevistas, aplicação de questionários por e-mail e survey. Entre os resultados apresentados está a contextualização histórica, conceitual e operacional dos Observatórios de Turismo em nível internacional; a proposição de categorias de análise para a sua caracterização e a descrição da situação dos Observatórios de Turismo em países da Europa e da América Latina. Por fim, o estudo propõe um modelo para análise dos Observatórios de Turismo a partir do Sistema de Capitais, o qual poderá subsidiar a constituição de novos observatórios de turismo com ênfase territorial, assim como apoiar à gestão dos observatórios em operação. / The study analyzes Tourism Observatories with territorial focus and operation on subnational scales of European and Latin American countries through the Capital System approach and theoretical support of concepts from the areas of Tourism Management, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Based Development and Territorial Intelligence. The research is exploratory-descriptive, uses the mixed method through a convergent project that integrates qualitative and quantitative research and contemplates the execution of different techniques such as content analysis, interviews, application of questionnaires by e-mail and survey. Among its results it presents the historical, conceptual and operational contextualization of the Tourism Observatories in international level; proposes categories of analysis for its characterization and describes the situation of Tourism Observatories in countries of Europe and Latin America. Finally, the study proposes a model for analysis of the Tourism Observatories with the Capital System, which may subsidize the constitution of new tourism observatories, as well as support the management of the observatories in operation.

My internship at the Historic New Orleans Collection was an rewarding learning experience in that I was responsible for writing The Historic New Orleans Collection, Disaster Preparedness Plan, 1997. I worked under the supervision of the Collections Manager, Priscilla Lawrence, and was given a desk in her office. My responsibilities focused on every aspect of developing and writing the plan.

Taiwan is located on west pacific typhoon and circum-pacific seismic zone. So the frequency which natural disasters, such as typhoon, earthquake, flood, and mudflows and landslide, occur is much higher than other countries. The natural disasters keep threatening our living environment, which is highly concerned by the public. In recent years, the government promulgated Disaster Prevention and Response Act and undertook a series of plans for disaster prevention and rescue and policy implementation. However, the development of science and technology, rapid social changes and increasing density of population make the work of disaster prevention and rescue more complicated. In addition, when a serious disaster occurs, most mayors of the local government still do not have any concept for the task of disaster rescue. Their not taking it seriously results in that the related departments can not be effectively integrated to deal with a contingency, which is blamed and queried by the public. This reveals the problem: Taiwan¡¦s disaster prevention and rescue mechanism is in chaos and operates slowly when the disaster just occurs. This research selected the disaster prevention and rescue system in the Hsiang level of Kaohsiung County as the case for study and focused on the organizational and functional aspects of this system. By the means of literature review, case study and questionnaire, this paper discussed the case how the government of Kaohsiung County handled the disasters caused by Mindulle typhoon and 0702 flood. It also examined the disaster prevention and rescue system in the Hsiang level of Kaohsiung County and identified which parts should be improved. From the conclusion of case study, this research also attempted to provide suggestions to the central and local government on the disaster prevention and rescue mechanism.

A prospective cohort study of 412 professional rugby union players registered with the English Premiership clubs was conducted during the 2002-2003 season. Injuries were diagnosed and reported by the club medics and the training practices by the club strength and conditioners. A total of 1,090 club injuries (match: 818; training: 260; unidentifiable onset: 12) and 145 international injuries (match: 97; training: 48) were reported. The incidence and risk of club match injuries was 97 injuries and 1,480 days absence per 1,000 player-hours, and the incidence and risk of international match injuries was 218 injuries and 3,076 days absence per 1,000 player-hours. The highest incidence of match injuries occurred to the thigh, however, injuries to the knee were of highest risk. The incidence of club and international training injuries was 3.1 and 6.1 injuries per 1,000 player-hours, respectively. When intrinsic risk factors were assessed, the youngest players (<21 years old) had the highest incidence and a significantly higher risk of injury. Playing position appeared to be the most influential determinate of injury profile, rather than intrinsic anthropometric risk factors alone. The match injury with the second highest incidence and risk was hamstring muscle injuries and a number of risk factors and protective training factors were identified. Results presented from this study have provided the most comprehensive study of injury incidence, aetiology and risk factors in professional rugby union to date. The data provide objective evidence on which to base both preventative interventions to reduce the probability of sustaining an injury and therapeutic interventions to reduce the severity of an injury and thereby reduce the overall risk associated with injuries.

With the current strain on the world's material resources and the increase in their cost, a constant pressure is building to increase the productivity of human resources. Adding, to the strain is the increasing demand of society for a higher quality of life through more meaningful work. Responding to both of these pressures requires decisions that simultaneously meet the goals of organizations and the needs and values of employees. To make the kind of decisions demanded by this dual priority of human effectiveness and improved quality of life, information is needed to: 1. Improve understanding of the nature and scope of human resource expenditures; 2. Improve selection, retention, and motivation of employees; 3. Allocate money spent on human resources; 4. Overhaul the approach to communication among managers, between managers and other employees, and between the organization as a whole and outside parties; 5. Expand the scope of internal and external reports to deal with social as well as financial accomplishments. The ultimate objective of this research is to develop a human resource model and a heuristic for developing empirical support which can be useful to businessmen seeking to increase human effectiveness and improve the quality of life. The model merges several previously unrelated theories dealing with human resources and in the process contributes some new concepts.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:44:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Carolina Mirabella Belloque.pdf: 1151416 bytes, checksum: d5cc69e5c777969a7602ad3321d72b01 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-10-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research examined the concepts of sustainability on an university campus. To sustain this theme, firstly it was brought up the debate on need to seek a sustainable development, then the challenge that organizations face to suit this purpose and, finally, the reflection on the role of the university on this perspective. Thus, the questions that establish the course of the study are: what is a sustainable campus? And how does it work a management model that integrates the values of sustainability? To answer the first question, it was looked for support in the academic theoretical framework. The aspects that indicate the sustainability of a university campus were analyzed and a chart that synthetizes these aspects was made, being applied as a standard for the field study. The field study aimed to answer the second question of this research: how does it work a management model that integrates the values of sustainability? This was accomplished through a case study on the campus of PUC-SP at Barueri. Data collection for this study came about through in-depth interviews conducted with employees from the campus, analysis of documents provided by the direction of campus and participant observation conducted by the researcher. Evidence shows that the social group under analysis is in an early stage of the quest for sustainability. However, it presents actions on almost all the investigated aspects. The analysis of the campus was made through positive and negative considerations about each of the aspects investigated, of which the negative reviews were brought by the interviewees themselves. Although sustainability is in the agenda of most organizations and under an intense debate, many questions remain to be investigated about the role of the university on the sustainable development and about the real contributions it can offer to this subject. Through the debate established in this research and its field study, it was possible to analyze the interaction of the theoretical dimension and what actually occurs in a real context / A presente pesquisa analisou os conceitos de sustentabilidade em um campus universitário. O debate teórico que a sustenta, se inicia pela problematização que traz a necessidade de se buscar o desenvolvimento sustentável, passando pelo desafio que as organizações enfrentam para se adequarem a este propósito e chegando a reflexão do papel da universidade sobre esta perspectiva. Desta forma, as questões colocadas para estabelecer o rumo do trabalho foram: o que é um campus universitário sustentável? E, como funciona um modelo de gestão que integra os valores da sustentabilidade? Para responder a primeira questão, buscou-se respaldo no referencial teórico. Analisaram-se os aspectos que indicam a sustentabilidade de um campus universitário e estruturou-se um quadro que sintetizou estes aspectos e que foi utilizado como padrão de análise para o estudo de campo. O estudo de campo teve como objetivo responder a segunda questão colocada para a pesquisa: como funciona um modelo de gestão que integra os valores da sustentabilidade? Este foi realizado através de um estudo de caso no campus de Barueri da PUC-SP. A coleta de dados para este estudo se deu através de entrevistas em profundidade realizadas com funcionários do campus, de análise de documentos disponibilizados pela direção do campus e da observação participante realizada pela pesquisadora. As evidências mostram que o núcleo social analisado se encontra em um estágio inicial da busca pela sustentabilidade. Entretanto, que nele existem ações sobre quase todos os aspectos investigados. A análise do campus se deu através de considerações positivas e negativas sobre cada um dos aspectos investigados, das quais as análises negativas foram realizadas pelos próprios entrevistados. Acredita-se que apesar deste assunto se encontrar em pauta de um intenso debate, ainda há muitas questões que devem ser respondidas e, principalmente, investigadas sobre o papel da academia frente ao desenvolvimento sustentável e as reais contribuições que estes podem oferecer. Através do debate estabelecido e do estudo de campo apresentado neste trabalho foi possível realizar uma análise com a interação da dimensão teórica e do que de fato ocorre num contexto real

University of Macau / Faculty of Science and Technology / Department of Electromechanical Engineering