The main aim of this paper is to highlight and investigate children’s perspectives on the ordinance of students’ elections and students’ councils in the country of Greece. This study is motivated by the huge lack of research on the topic in Greece and aim to seek student’s views in regards to students’ councils. This qualitative research endeavors to find how students decide to enter the school elections as candidates, what they hope to achieve through their candidacy and how they perceive democratization in education via these elections. Finally, it is asked from them to evaluate the utility of the whole ordinance of students’ communities. Six students, aged from 15 to 18, who are attending the Greek public High School (the name in Greek is Lykeio) were interviewed; three boys and three girls. The researcher chose one boy and one girl from each of the three years of High School. In order to hear children’s voice and allow them space and time to express their perceptions, semi-structured interviews were conducted with open ended questions while at the same time encouraging them to give clarifications on their answers. A thematic analysis was conducted on the transcribed material of the interviews and four primary themes were emerged: I) being candidates as a personal decision, II) aspirations for being candidates, III) Significance of the ordinance on school elections and on students’ councils and IV) democratization of children through school elections. In conclusion, this paper, by closely examining students’ perspectives and beliefs, seeks to shed new light on the neglected issue of students’ elections and councils in the country of Greece.

Submitted by Socorro Pontes (socorrop@ufersa.edu.br) on 2017-08-07T14:55:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SamaraMNC_DISSERT.pdf: 1656782 bytes, checksum: 14d13b14e5fb9811052e4230f52b7f62 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-07T14:55:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SamaraMNC_DISSERT.pdf: 1656782 bytes, checksum: 14d13b14e5fb9811052e4230f52b7f62 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-22 / Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do RN / Corporate Social Responsibility has emerged and perpetuated itself in organizations as a response to state intervention, as a means of guaranteeing the current economic system. In general terms, society and the market have been demanding from the business community a socially responsible attitude in order to minimize not only existing social inequalities but also the negative impact caused by the development of activities in some sectors of the economy. The CSR also enters the organizations through the hands of the Professional Administrator, formed by the Universities, which give him concepts and practices aimed at the knowledge of the management field. Therefore, the present study analyzes the perception of management graduates, from the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Àrido, about four conceptual perspectives of CSR. The objective of this study is to identify the occurrence of changes in the conception of responsibility that the administrator experienced in his training and that which is practiced in the company in which he works. This is a qualitative and descriptive research, which selected 15 graduates of the last two pedagogical projects of the mentioned teaching institution, who work in administrative activities in the public and service sectors, in micro, small, medium and large companies. Interviews were used as a data collection tool, applied to graduates. The research showed that there are no changes in the conception of social responsibility that the administrator experienced in his / her formation, however, this one is not able to be effective in the company that acts, because while the egress has its training focused on the Perspective of Competitive Advantage and Systemic, The organization, experiences practices focused on the Social Action Perspective / A Responsabilidade Social Corporativa surgiu e se perpetua nas organizações como resposta à intervenção estatal, como meio de garantir o sistema econômico vigente. Em termos gerais, a sociedade e o mercado têm cobrado do empresariado uma postura socialmente responsável buscando minimizar não somente as desigualdades sociais existentes, mas também o impacto negativo causado pelo desenvolvimento de atividades de alguns setores da economia. A RSC adentra nas organizações também pelas mãos do Administrador Profissional, formado pelas Universidades, que lhe imprimem conceitos e práticas voltadas ao conhecimento do campo de gestão. Diante disso, o presente estudo analisa a percepção dos egressos de administração, da Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, sobre quatro perspectivas conceituais de RSC. O objetivo deste estudo consiste em identificar a ocorrência de mudanças na concepção de responsabilidade que o administrador vivenciou em sua formação e aquela que é praticada na empresa em que atua. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa e descritiva, que selecionou 15 egressos dos dois últimos projetos pedagógicos de curso, da instituição de ensino mencionada, que trabalham em atividades administrativas nos setores público e de serviço, em micro, pequenas, médias e grandes empresas. Utilizaram-se entrevistas como ferramenta de coleta de dados, aplicadas aos egressos. A pesquisa demonstrou que não ocorrem mudanças na concepção de responsabilidade social que o administrador vivenciou em sua formação, contudo, esta não é capaz de se efetivar na empresa que atua, pois enquanto o egresso tem sua formação voltada para as Perspectivas de Vantagem Competitiva e Sistêmica, a organização, vivencia práticas voltadas para a Perspectiva de Ação Social / 2017-08-07

Este estudo teve por objetivo desenvolver um Balanced Scorecard para uma indústria de alimentos do Vale do Taquari. O Balanced Scorecard é um sistema de avaliação de desempenho através de indicadores, desenvolvido pelos autores Robert S. Kaplan e David P. Norton. Através da identificação de um quadro equilibrado de indicadores, o Balanced Scorecard apresenta um conjunto de medidas que fornece uma visão rápida e abrangente da empresa, buscando eliminar o excesso de informação e concentrando a atenção naquelas medidas que são fundamentais. Além das medidas financeiras, que informam sobre os resultados das ações já tomadas, apresenta também medidas operacionais de satisfação do cliente; dos processos internos e atividades de inovação e aperfeiçoamento da organização. A metodologia adotada foi de natureza qualitativa voltada ao estudo de caso. Foram realizadas entrevistas e visitas à empresa buscando os dados necessários para o desenvolvimento do trabalho e definição dos indicadores, suas metas e responsáveis, para cada uma das perspectivas. O resultado do trabalho é um Balanced Scorecard, que contempla as quatro perspectivas (financeira, cliente, processos internos e aprendizado), demonstrando a relação de causas e efeitos entre os indicadores destas perspectivas, apresentando um mapa estratégico que permite visualizar o desempenho da organização frente a sua estratégia e metas definidas. / This paper aimed to develop a Balanced Scorecard for a food industry of the Taquari Valley. The Balanced Scorecard is an evaluation system of the performance through indicators, developed by the authors Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton. Through the indication of a balanced chart of indicators, the Balanced Scorecard presents a set of measures that provides a fast and an overall view of the company, trying to eliminate the excess of information and concentrating the attention on those measures that are fundamental. Besides financial measures, that inform about the results of actions that have already been taken, they also show operational measures of the customer’s satisfaction; internal processes and innovation activities and improvement of the company. The methodology used was of qualitative case study. Interviews and meetings to the company were carried out searching for datas that are necessary for the development of the study and the definitions of the indicators, their purposes and people who are responsible for each perspective. The results of the study is a Balanced Scorecard, which contemplates four perspectives (financial, customer, internal processes and learning), showing the relationship of cause and effect among the indicators of these perspectives, presenting a strategic map that allows to visualize the performance of the company according to their strategies and defined purposes.

Made available in DSpace on 2009-11-18T19:00:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacaocompleta.pdf: 1038521 bytes, checksum: c861089654a06278bc9dfaefeba77e4a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / This is a master's degree dissertation that has for main objective analyzes the relationship among the areas of the knowledge, tourism and administration, under the optics of contributions in different instances, establishing analogies and reflections, tends as empiric field, the case of the municipal district of São Luís, in Maranhão State. It approaches the epistemology analysis of the tourist phenomenon discussing the employed speeches, faiths, myths, dependence, virtues and sins in the interpretation of the study. It points subjects related to the context of higher education in tourism, establishing connections with the management in a theoretical atmosphere, demonstrating the roads of evolution of the study, as well as, it permeates on analogies and reflections with tourism. It questions on the current scenery of degree courses in tourism, making connections with beginnings management studies. The proposed study, characterized as descriptive-explanatory of object, it bases on model Tourism Education Quality (TEDQUAL) near from objectives, to involve researches - documental and a field - accomplished in the years of 2005 and 2006. As sample for quotas, accomplished four universities, to presents results the expectations of analyzed subjects (students, profesionals, employers and educators) on the group of hypotheses. That spectrum of results makes possible reflections and proposed based in analysis on perspectives in superior tourism education. The research was limited the studied area and chosen sample it intends to be a tool to show the reality found in those courses, could address academic researches and practical actions developed by the education managers. / Esta é uma dissertação de mestrado que tem por objetivo principal analisar a relação entre as áreas do conhecimento, turismo e administração, sob a ótica de contribuições em diferentes instâncias, estabelecendo analogias e reflexões, tendo como campo empírico, o caso do município de São Luís, no estado do Maranhão. Aborda a epistemologia da análise do fenômeno turístico discutindo os discursos empregados, crenças, mitos, dependência, virtudes e pecados na interpretação do estudo. Aponta questões relacionadas ao contexto do ensino superior em turismo, estabelecendo ligações com a administração numa atmosfera teórica, demonstrando os caminhos de evolução do estudo da administração, bem como, permeia sobre analogias e reflexões com o turismo. Questiona sobre o cenário atual dos cursos de graduação em turismo, fazendo conexões com os princípios mercadológicos. O estudo proposto, caracterizado como descritivo-explicativo do objeto, se baseia no modelo Tourism Education Quality (TEDQUAL) para junto dos objetivos, envolver pesquisas - documental e de campo - realizadas nos anos de 2005 e 2006. Segundo amostra por cotas, realizada junto a quatro Instituições de Ensino Superior, apresenta resultados sobre as expectativas dos sujeitos analisados (graduandos, graduados, empregadores e educadores) sobre o conjunto de hipóteses. Esse espectro de resultados possibilita reflexões e propostas baseadas em análise sobre perspectivas na educação superior em turismo. A pesquisa limitou-se a região estudada e a amostra escolhida pretende ser uma ferramenta que mostre a realidade encontrada nesses cursos, podendo direcionar pesquisas acadêmicas e ações práticas desenvolvidas pelos gestores educacionais.

This study is a qualitative research of Japanese "chuzai" families (short-term residents) concerning parental perspectives toward children's education in Southern Illinois. The primary data was collected by questionnaires, individual and group interviews, and school observations. The main participants of this study were five mothers of the "chuzai" group in Southern Illinois, in which questionnaires, individual and group interviews were conducted. Furthermore, in order to gain an in-depth understanding of the children's education, school visits were made to the Japanese Saturday School and the ELL (English Language Learner) program of the local school which the children attended, including classroom observations. Additionally, interviews with the principal of the Japanese school and the ELL teacher were conducted, and questionnaires were also distributed to all the parents whose children attended the Japanese Saturday School. The notion of imagined communities (Anderson, 1991; Norton, 2001) was employed as the theoretical framework in order to examine "chuzai" people's current lives in Southern Illinois and their attitudes toward their children's education. The study reveals that "chuzai" families are different in various ways from both "eiju" (permanent residents) and Japanese communities in larger cities. Even though the Japanese community in Southern Illinois is small and features limited access to Japanese products, they maintain their Japanese lifestyle and strong connection with Japanese people in their community remarkably well. Interestingly, they show positive attitudes toward living in Southern Illinois, but they also have concerns due to their transiency as "chuzai." In relation to perspectives on children's education, this study suggests that parents have positive perspectives toward maintaining their Japanese culture, as well as learning the English language and experiencing American culture. Their heritage as Japanese strongly affects their daily practices even on a subconscious level; furthermore, their status of "chuzai" emphasizes the importance of keeping up their children's academic skills with the Japanese standard. At the same time, they also consider this short-term stay in the U.S. as an advantage in terms of providing new experiences and an opportunity for their children to learn English. The findings indicate that parents' imagined communities for their children's future have a great impact on their current investment (Norton Peirce, 2000). "Chuzai" families envision their future lives in Japan because they plan to return eventually, thus affecting their hopes for their children to be successful while readapting to schools in their home country. In this regard, Japanese Saturday school plays a crucial role as support for preparing children for their return to Japan regarding academic and social skills. In addition to the importance of becoming successful in Japan, parents also believe that the experience in the U.S. and English skills broaden their children's future in a global economy. The ELL program at the local school helps children in terms of learning English in order for them to be able to manage school life in the U.S. This study suggests that parental perspectives influence their children's education, and it is important for educators to understand the students' backgrounds and needs in order to provide appropriate education.

This study critically explores the perceptions of students on the implementation of the English as a medium of instruction (EMI) policy at a public higher education institution in Oman and its effect on the quality of their learning experiences and academic performance. Although the Gulf has recently witnessed an increase in research on EMI, such research is rather scarce in Oman in particular from a critical approach. Through the focus on students’ perspectives, the study gives a voice to otherwise voiceless students whose insights have been largely ignored by language policy planners. For the study, a critical exploratory methodology was adopted where in-depth qualitative data were collected through a two-phase sequential mixed methods approach that consisted of a questionnaire distributed among 328 students studying in seven different faculties, 14 classroom observations and 14 students’ interviews. The findings suggest that the majority of participants either supported or accepted the EMI policy for pragmatic reasons based on the utilitarian function of English as a lingua franca in Oman and its requirement for future jobs. However, the participants acknowledged that they faced great difficulties in their study which was mainly caused by their insufficient language competence. It was also acknowledged that Arabic as a medium of instruction (AMI) would lead to a more comprehensive understanding of the subject matter and would most probably lead to better academic performance. Few participants found that the endorsement of EMI negatively influenced their ability to use Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and marginalised the role of Arabic in their society. Overall, the implementation of EMI had a disempowering effect on students with low English language proficiency and had a negative psychological impact on them. Based on the findings, the EMI policy has been contested since it does not provide students with equal opportunities to study at tertiary level. In addition, the quality of education has been compromised in response to assumed market forces. Also, a strict EMI policy does not allow students to enhance their Arabic competence which is relevant for future employment. The pedagogic competence of teachers has also been questioned and gaps in the support system for students with language deficiencies have been identified. The study makes several recommendations that are expected to improve the learning conditions of students studying at tertiary level through EMI. The recommendations include the enhancement of English language teaching (ELT) in schools to better prepare students for their academic study in English. In addition, AMI courses should be offered in all faculties due to its support in gaining profound comprehension of the subject matter and its relevance for students’ future jobs. Teachers should be given the opportunity to develop their pedagogic competence that would allow them to use a student-centred approach in teaching through EMI or AMI. Finally, the college should increase students’ support in their study especially in EMI through creating support centres where they could resort to in case they face any difficulties in their study.

Este estudo teve por objetivo desenvolver um Balanced Scorecard para uma indústria de alimentos do Vale do Taquari. O Balanced Scorecard é um sistema de avaliação de desempenho através de indicadores, desenvolvido pelos autores Robert S. Kaplan e David P. Norton. Através da identificação de um quadro equilibrado de indicadores, o Balanced Scorecard apresenta um conjunto de medidas que fornece uma visão rápida e abrangente da empresa, buscando eliminar o excesso de informação e concentrando a atenção naquelas medidas que são fundamentais. Além das medidas financeiras, que informam sobre os resultados das ações já tomadas, apresenta também medidas operacionais de satisfação do cliente; dos processos internos e atividades de inovação e aperfeiçoamento da organização. A metodologia adotada foi de natureza qualitativa voltada ao estudo de caso. Foram realizadas entrevistas e visitas à empresa buscando os dados necessários para o desenvolvimento do trabalho e definição dos indicadores, suas metas e responsáveis, para cada uma das perspectivas. O resultado do trabalho é um Balanced Scorecard, que contempla as quatro perspectivas (financeira, cliente, processos internos e aprendizado), demonstrando a relação de causas e efeitos entre os indicadores destas perspectivas, apresentando um mapa estratégico que permite visualizar o desempenho da organização frente a sua estratégia e metas definidas. / This paper aimed to develop a Balanced Scorecard for a food industry of the Taquari Valley. The Balanced Scorecard is an evaluation system of the performance through indicators, developed by the authors Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton. Through the indication of a balanced chart of indicators, the Balanced Scorecard presents a set of measures that provides a fast and an overall view of the company, trying to eliminate the excess of information and concentrating the attention on those measures that are fundamental. Besides financial measures, that inform about the results of actions that have already been taken, they also show operational measures of the customer’s satisfaction; internal processes and innovation activities and improvement of the company. The methodology used was of qualitative case study. Interviews and meetings to the company were carried out searching for datas that are necessary for the development of the study and the definitions of the indicators, their purposes and people who are responsible for each perspective. The results of the study is a Balanced Scorecard, which contemplates four perspectives (financial, customer, internal processes and learning), showing the relationship of cause and effect among the indicators of these perspectives, presenting a strategic map that allows to visualize the performance of the company according to their strategies and defined purposes.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:53:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SoniaRMR.pdf: 768646 bytes, checksum: 9d00ae185722d9ef083b12e16226804f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-12 / The theme Corporate Social Responsibility is relatively recent both in the academic field and in the business practice. Because of the lack of socialization of experiences and precision of concepts, there are gaps regarding the understanding of the subject and, also, how to conduct operations. This study just seeks to investigate such matter, focusing applications of social responsibility in business. It takes, as empirical field, winners of the PSQT - SESI Prize of Quality at Work in Rio Grande do Norte (2002-2007) in order to systematize the various approaches on the issue, aiming to reveal subjective visions and perspectives of the theme. It is characterized as a qualitative study, carried out by structured interview. The universe was composed by 15 companies. It was used analysis of content categorical as an axis for the interpretation of the information. Three approaches guided the analysis: Business Ethics, (normative); Business & Society (contractual); Social Issues Management (strategic). The findings are related in three ways: 1) reasons for the CSR practice; 2) the results obtained; 3) the means of CSR. It was found that the award participation occurs, mostly, linked to SESI invitations, so, as an articulated movement of industrial corporations in Brazil it occurs, also, because of the organizational commitment with the society and the possibility of internal and social growths and because of the importance attributed to the report as an instrument of consultancy. There are no indicators to check impacts of organizational interventions, in spite of the existence of planning for the actions. Social responsibility appears as a tool to reinforce the organizational image and to increase satisfaction of the employees. There is a tendency of large and medium firms to a contractual commitment while the small and the micros firms are on strategic or normative level. The analysis of the perspectives of social responsibility future revealed trends towards for strategic approach / O tema Responsabilidade Social Empresarial (RSE) ? relativamente recente no meio acad?mico nacional e no mundo dos neg?cios como pr?tica de gest?o. Pela car?ncia de socializa??o de experi?ncias e de clareza de conceitos, ocorrem desvios no entendimento do tema e na condu??o das interven??es. Procurou-se averiguar, nesta pesquisa, aplica??es da Responsabilidade Social como construto nas empresas ganhadoras do PSQT Pr?mio SESI de Qualidade no Trabalho no Rio Grande do Norte (2002-2007), objetivando compreender o conceito de Responsabilidade Social, no cotidiano organizacional, tomando como refer?ncia concep??es subjetivas de gestores e empres?rios. Caracterizou-se por uma abordagem qualitativa de car?ter descritivo, realizada atrav?s de entrevistas estruturadas numa amostra de 10 empresas em um universo composto por 15 empresas. Utilizou-se da an?lise de conte?do categorial, tendo como eixo para a interpreta??o dos dados as escolas de pensamento: Business Ethics (normativa); Business & Society (contratual); e Social Issues Management (estrat?gica). Os resultados obtidos foram relacionados (1) aos motivos, (2) aos resultados da participa??o no PSQT e (3) ao significado da Responsabilidade Social e sua aplicabilidade. Foi encontrado que o incentivo ? participa??o no PSQT ocorre, com maior freq??ncia, vinculado a convites do SESI, como um movimento articulado de corpora??es industriais no Brasil. Constatou-se que a participa??o ? motivada pelo compromisso com o p?blico interno e pelo incentivo ao compromisso social. ? considerado como uma consultoria e importante ferramenta de gest?o, utilizado para melhoria do desempenho da organiza??o. N?o existem indicadores para verifica??o de impactos no resultado da empresa, apesar de haver planejamento para as a??es. A Responsabilidade Social ? evidenciada como fortalecimento da imagem e satisfa??o do p?blico interno. Na categoriza??o, h? uma tend?ncia das grandes e m?dias empresas para a abordagem contratual; as pequenas e micros para a abordagem estrat?gica e normativa. A an?lise da perspectiva de futuro da Responsabilidade Social apresentou-se como maior tend?ncia para a abordagem estrat?gica

This research evaluates the potential challenges to a total eradication of child trafficking in Nigeria. The magnitude of the problem, as well as its despicable nature, triggered increasing legislations in Nigeria in recent years. This research shows that despite the remarkable efforts in term of law and policy approaches the problem appears to persist. The objective of the research is to demonstrate that law and policies approaches to addressing the issue are not proving effective. It appears that several socio-cultural issues related to child trafficking remain unaddressed. Despite the wealth of knowledge in relation to the topic there is a gap in literature. Indeed the existing gap in literature regarding child trafficking in Nigeria is evidenced by the fact that no adequate way forward has been indicated to overcome the phenomenon. In an attempt to fil the existing gap this research inquires whether the non-achievement of goals in combatting child trafficking is imputable to the lack of toughness in the spirit of the laws and policies or the lack of efficacy due to ineffective implementation and enforcement. By proving the appropriate answers to these crucial questions the research may not only fil the existing gap in literature by also offer the adequate approach to be taken by law and policy makers and other stakeholders in the fight against child trafficking to overcome the problem. The approach taken in conducting this research is textual analysis or doctrinal analysis and deconstruction of the enforcement mechanisms of human trafficking laws and policies in Nigeria in general. However Nigeria has sufficiently domesticated international human trafficking legislation and Human Rights instruments, the issue of enforcement remains a crucial element in achieving the ultimate goal of total eradication. Where such prospect appears unattainable, it is necessary to adopt a holistic approach to combatting child trafficking in order to achieve the ultimate goal of total eradication.

The addiction subject is nowadays a valid one, as well as in the past century. Not only because of the increase of people that are addict, but also because of the important effects that cause on people and their environments. There are many theoretical perspectives to approach the addiction problem, but the most convenient because of its therapeutic results is the one that issupported by the psychology of health. lt is based on the integral approach to the person. This paper describes a general therapeutic scheme to work with addicts from the cognitive behaviora lperspective. / El tema de las adicciones sigue tan vigente como en el siglo pasado, no solo por el incremento del número de personas que lo padecen sino también por las importantes secuelas que produceen el individuo y en su entorno. Existen diferentes enfoques teóricos para abordar la problemáticade las adicciones, sin embargo el que nos parece más conveniente por sus resultados terapéuticos es el que proviene desde la Psicología de la salud, basado en un enfoque integral en el abordaje del sujeto. El artículo fundamentalmente describe un esquema terapéutico general de su aplicación a los adictos, desde el enfoque cognitivo-conductual.