This thesis presents various models to the fashion industry to predict the profits for some products. To determine the expected performance of each product in 2016, we used tools of game theory to help us identify the expected value. We went further and performed a simple linear regression and used scatter plots to help us predict further the performance of the products of Prada. We used tools of game theory, analytics, and statistics to help us predict the performance of some of Prada's products. We also used the Tableau platform to visualize an overview of the products' performances. All of these tools were used to aid in finding better predictions of Prada's product performances.

This study investigated employees’ perceptions about workplace spirituality in a national government department located in KwaZulu-Natal. A constructivist and qualitative approach was followed to gain an in-depth understanding of employees’ perceptions of spirituality, based on their personal understanding and experiences. A sample of 16 participants employed in the department was interviewed using a semi-structured interview. Thematic analysis was used to transcribe and assess the interviews. The findings revealed different notions of spirituality and the significance of workplace spirituality. In the workplace, employees continue to search for meaning in their work – meaning that transcends economic gain. Spirituality was perceived as being valuable for the interconnectedness and harmony that it brought to members of the organisation. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.Com (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

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This article seeks to highlight two dimensions of ethics. Understood as aconcept that refers, initially, to a mode of being, and also alludes to an “ought to be”. Starting from this, the aim is to establish some basis to discuss the problems deriving from this double dimension of ethics, stemming from certain ancient Greek philosoph- ical ideas, in particular from Aristotle’s ethics and certain statements from modern philosophy, emphasizing some relevant concepts of Kant’s moral theory. Using said arguments, the final purpose is to call attention to the dilemma in ethics. / Este artículo busca destacar dos dimensiones de la ética, concebida como un concepto que alude, inicialmente, a un modo de ser y que también refiere a un deber ser. A partir de esto se apunta a establecer algunas bases para la problematización y discusión sobre esta doble dimensión de la ética, atendiendo a algunos postulados de la filosofía antigua griega, en particular, de la ética aristotélica, y a determinadas afirmaciones de la filosofía moderna, enfatizando conceptos importantes de la moral kantiana. Con dichas herramientas, finalmente, se busca llamar la atención sobre el carácter dilemático de la ética.

nÃo hà / Os bens intangÃveis das empresas de capital aberto sÃo itens relevantes na composiÃÃo do patrimÃnio bruto das companhias e estudÃ-los em conjunto com o endividamento e a lucratividade de tais firmas foi o escopo principal do presente trabalho, uma vez que tal associaÃÃo fornece dados que demonstram a contribuiÃÃo desses bens na alavancagem de recursos de modo a proporcionar um desenvolvimento para as companhias. Os demonstrativos contÃbeis das empresas listadas na BM&FBOVESPA serviram como base de dados para a pesquisa, de onde foram extraÃdas 1.493 observaÃÃes referentes aos anos de 2010 a 2012. Por meio de regressÃes lineares simples analisamos a relaÃÃo do grupo IntangÃvel com a lucratividade (identificando, assim, o retorno econÃmico das empresas) e com o endividamento (considerando a captaÃÃo de recursos por meio dos capitais prÃprio e de terceiros) das referidas sociedades. Os resultados nos permite concluir, por exemplo, que no estudo da lucratividade a cada R$ 1,00 (um real) aplicado no IntangÃvel a empresa obterà R$ 0,11 (onze centavos) de retorno econÃmico, apresentando a maior rentabilidade se comparado com outros investimentos do Ativo, sendo que o mesmo ainda nÃo à explorado a contento na captaÃÃo de recursos, protelando, em Ãltima anÃlise, um crescimento econÃmico mais eficiente das firmas. / The intangible goods of the open capital companies is a relevant aspect in the composition of the gross patrimony of companies and study them together with the indebtedness and profitability of such companies was the main mark of the present work, once such association gives data that demonstrate the contribution of those goods to resources leveraging in a way to provide a development for the companies. The financial statement presentation of the listed companies in BM&FBOVESPA served as base of data for the research, from where were extracted 1.493 observations regarding the years from 2010 to 2012. Through simple linear regressions analyze the relationship of the Intangible group profitability (thus identifying the economic returns of enterprises) and debt (considering raising funds through own capital and others) of those companies. The results allow us to conclude, for example, that the study of profitability for each R$ 1.00 (one real) Intangible applied in the enterprise will earn R$ 0.11 (eleven cents) in economic returns, presenting higher profitability compared with other investments of the Assets and that it is still not satisfactorily explored in acquisition of resources, delaying, in the final analysis, a more efficient economical growth of the companies.

This text tries to understand the look of the public traveler Antonio Moniz de Souza on the natural environment and the Other from his travel literature, as result of the expeditions and observations made by the sertões of Brazil (interior of Sergipe, Alagoas, Bahia, Minas Novas and Rio de Janeiro), in the first half of the 19th century. His readings revealed an endogenous perception of Brazil that separated in two worlds: one of the workers and another of the unemployed, adopting a prism strongly marked by a rural and religious subjectivity. This naturalist, also called Brazilian Nature Man, wandered through the interior of the Colony and the Empire between 1812 and 1846, recording the potential of the Brazilian vegetable, animal and mineral kingdom. We present a narrative that uses the clues and social plots experienced by this subject and his contexts to better understand the representational constructions established between his private universe and his collective environment, in order to understand this encounter with the different. Therefore, it takes the publications of this inquirer of nature as a source, concentrating within the field of Cultural History, making use of the historiographic approaches of Microhistory and Biography and the domains of History of Representations and Environmental History. / Este texto procura compreender o olhar do viajante público Antonio Moniz de Souza sobre o meio natural e o Outro a partir da sua literatura de viagem, resultante das expedições e observações realizadas pelos sertões do Brasil (interior de Sergipe, Alagoas, Bahia, Minas Novas e Rio de Janeiro), na primeira metade do século XIX. Suas leituras revelaram uma percepção endógena de um Brasil separado em dois mundos: um dos trabalhadores e outro dos desocupados, adotando um prisma fortemente marcado por uma subjetividade rural e religiosa. Esse naturalista, também chamado de Homem da Natureza brasileira, peregrinou pelo interior da Colônia e do Império, entre 1812 e 1846, registrando sobre as potencialidades do reino vegetal, animal e mineral brasileiro. Apresenta-se uma narrativa que se utiliza dos indícios e das tramas sociais vivenciadas por este sujeito e seus contextos para entender melhor as construções representativas estabelecidas entre seu universo particular e seu meio coletivo, a fim de depreender sobre esse encontro com o diferente. Para tanto, toma as publicações deste indagador da natureza como fonte, concentrando-se dentro do campo da História Cultural, fazendo uso das abordagens historiográficas da Micro-História e da Biografia e dos domínios da História das Representações e da História Ambiental.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:40:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcos Malta Campos.pdf: 466983 bytes, checksum: e34e360a58b6aa4ed21bde8fb800caac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-19 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / This research aimed a daseinsanalytical understanding of the teenager Christopher s being-in-the-world (protagonist of the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), explaining the relationships of the character with others who are presented in his world. Christopher s manifestations can also be diagnosed as Asperger s Syndrome, according to DSM-IV-TR. The phenomenological method described by Giorgi was used to emerge the Christopher s being-with others phenomena, following a daseinsanalytical understanding based on the contributions of Martin Heidegger in his Zollikon Seminars. These seminars exposed Daseinsanalysis as an instrument able to understand healthy and sick existence, from appropriated concepts to human being. The research found out that Christopher get on with others predominantly in strangeness, seeing people many times as potently nocuous and seeking lonesomeness. The phenomena being-with others was demonstrated in Christopher s life, which suggests that this study confirms some of Heidegger s postulations. / Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo realizar uma compreensão daseinsanalítica do ser-no-mundo do adolescente Christopher, protagonista do romance O Estranho Caso do Cachorro Morto, explicitando as relações do personagem com as pessoas de seu mundo. O adolescente descrito no livro pode ser diagnosticado com Transtorno de Asperger, de acordo com critérios do DSM-IV-TR. Utilizou-se do método fenomenológico, conforme descrito por Giorgi, para realizar a emersão do fenômeno ser-com os outros do referido personagem, seguindo-se compreensão daseinsanalítica embasada nas contribuições do filósofo Martin Heidegger nos Seminários de Zollikon. Estes seminários visaram expor a Daseinsanalyse como instrumento capaz de compreender o existir sadio e o existir doente em geral a partir de concepções próprias à existência humana. Os principais resultados da análise apontam que Christopher relaciona-se com os outros predominantemente no modo da estranheza, enxergando as pessoas muitas vezes como potencialmente nocivas e buscando o isolamento. O fenômeno existencial ser-com foi concretamente demonstrado na vida do personagem, o que leva a pensar que em alguns momentos da análise o estudo ganhou um certo caráter de confirmação de postulações heideggerianas.

The thesis subject is based on a report published by Amnesty International with the title ”Dangerously Disproportionate: The ever expanding security state in Europe”. The report accuses EU states of an ongoing securitization due to terrorism and the migration crises that has led to the discrimination of especially Muslims and foreign nationals. With the report as starting point this paper aims to investigate how inclusion and exclusion is made in the security discourse of the Swedish government and parliament between 2015 and 2017. The time frame is chosen based on Amnesty’s assessment of a shift in paradigm with starting point after the terror attacks in Paris 2015. As theory and method this paper makes use of Laclau & Mouffe´s discourse theory to perform a discourse analyses. Previous research of scientists and theorists is used to operationalize both inclusion and exclusion. The results of the study show that inclusion and exclusion in the discourse is made by talking about the migration crises, unaccompanied refugee children, antisemitism, terrorists, and those who need protection; us. One of the most prominent conclusions related to the analysis is that the figure of the migrant is excluded by means of framing it as a security problem leading to the possible system collapse of prominent welfare and social functions in society. / Uppsatsens ämnesval bygger på Amnesty Internationals rapport med titeln ” Dangerously Disproportionate: The ever expanding security state in Europe” som anklagar de europeiska länderna för en säkerhetiseringsprocess på grund av terrorism och migrationskrisen, vilket huvudsakligen drabbar migranter och människor av muslimsk tro. Med rapporten som utgångspunkt valdes en undersökning av inkludering och exkludering i den svenska regeringens och riksdagens säkerhetsdiskurs med målet att söka efter hur inkludering och exkludering ”görs” i relation till migrations- och terrorkrisen mellan åren 2015 och 2017. Tidsramen valdes på grund av att Amnesty Internationals rapport pekade ut ett paradigmskifte efter terrordådet i Paris 2015. Som teori och analysmetod används Laclau & Mouffes diskursteori som bygger på premissen att verkligheten är socialt konstruerad. Som operationaliseringar av begreppen inkludering och exkludering användes tidigare forskning. Resultatet av undersökningen visade att inkludering och exkludering görs i diskursen när det talas om migrationskrisen, ensamkommande, antisemitism, terrorister och den gruppen som ska skyddas. En av de mest tydliga slutsatser som dras från analysen är att migranten framställs som ett säkerhetsproblem som är ansvarigt för den hotande systemkollapsen av välfärden och viktiga samhällsfunktioner i Sverige, samt att det är en tydlig förändring i förhållande till en tidigare mer generös och inkluderande hållning mot migranten.

Les premiers miroirs des princes apparaissent dans le monde arabo-musulman au début du VIIIe siècle après J.-C, sous l’autorité de trois secrétaires de chancellerie, kuttāb : Sālim abū al-‛Alā, ‛Abd al-Ḥamīd ibn Yaḥia et ‛Abd-Allāh ibn al-Muqaffa‛. C’est à eux que l’on doit le discours premier de l’art de gouverner, dont l’étude permet de déterminer ce qui peut s’énoncer du politique, en cette période de transition du pouvoir des Omeyyades aux Abbassides. Après la contextualisation philosophique et philologique du discours des miroirs des princes proposée en première partie, la deuxième partie de cette recherche porte sur le gouvernement de soi et examine les pratiques de soi proposées au Prince, au travers de l’emploi rhétorique des fables et de la présentation d’exercices spirituels. La troisième partie aborde la situation du conseil politique : il s’agit de montrer que la tension des rapports de pouvoir entre le sage et le Prince n’annule pas la quête d’un dire-vrai, horizon idéal de la relation de conseil. Enfin, la quatrième partie examine les modalités du gouvernement des autres au travers de l’éthique de l’apparence exigée du Prince, de la typologie des gouvernements et des fonctions du souverain. Parmi ces dernières, la justice, tant distributive que corrective, et le soin, donnent lieu à des modèles spécifiques de gouvernement. Au terme de ce parcours, l’examen de la relation du Prince à ses auxiliaires choisis, ainsi que le modèle de vertu qu’il doit présenter à ses sujets, rendent manifeste la continuité qu’il y a entre le gouvernement de soi et le gouvernement des autres. Ce peuple dont il doit prendre soin doit aussi être séduit, par un gouvernement que l’on ne peut jamais véritablement qualifier de pastoral. / The first mirrors for princes appeared in the Arabo-muslim world at the beginning of the 8th century, under the authority of three secretaries of chancellery, kuttāb, namely Sālim abū al-‛Alā, ‛Abd al-Ḥamīd ibn Yaḥia and ‛Abd-Allāh ibn al-Muqaffa‛. By analyzing this early discourse about the art of government, we aim at determining what can be stated about politics in this transition period between the Umayyad and Abbassid dynasties. After first introducing the philosophical and philological background to this discourse (to the discourse of the mirrors for princes), we shall, in the second part of this study, focus on the government of the self and look into the practices that are suggested to the Prince through the rhetorical use of fables and presentation of spiritual exercises. The third part will deal with the situation of the political counsel, showing that the tension generated by the power relationship between the wise man and the Prince does not cancel the search for frank-speech, regarded as an ideal in the counselling relationship. The fourth part will finally examine the terms and conditions of the government of others by studying the ethic of appearance imposed upon the Prince, the typology of governments and the different duties expected of the sovereign, some which, such as justice, distributive and corrective, and care give rise to specific models of government. Our investigation on the relationship established between the Prince and his chosen assistants and on the model of virtue that he is required to embody for his subjects eventually reveals the obvious continuity between the government of the self and the government of others. The Prince must not only take charge of his people but also charm them by a government that can never be really qualified as pastoral.

The diploma thesis deals with the depiction of different national identities (Czechs, Germans, Jews and Poles) and their conflicts in the František Sokol Tůma's novels V záři milionů and Na kresách. The thesis focuses on the issue of nationalism in Ostrava Region and Těšín Region and on the way it affects the literary depiction of "others" and "foreigners". Another important part of the thesis deals with the specific setting of language frontiers and its influence on literary images of characters of different nationalities. Key words: František Sokol Tůma, Silesia, Nationalism, Language Frontier, Images of Others, Images of Foreigners