Dissertation/Thèse

2024
Thèses
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  • Mariana Gabriela de Oliveira
  • Solar Energy Public Policy: a study of the decision-making process in Minas Gerais

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • IVAN BECK CKAGNAZAROFF
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • Data: 20 mars 2024

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  • The adoption of solar energy can be seen as essential for the advancement of renewable energy, as it can meet the demand for electricity, without emitting greenhouse gases. Minas Gerais became the leader in photovoltaic solar energy generation in Brazil in 2017 and has since maintained its leadership position. Taking this context into consideration, the general objective of this research was to analyze the decision-making process of public solar energy policy in the government of the state of Minas Gerais, from the perspective of the theory of multiple flows. To achieve this objective, it was necessary to establish a theoretical framework that conceptually supported the research, including public policies, decision-making processes in public policies, theory of multiple flows and their adaptation. The multiple streams theory is presented in the literature as an explanatory approach to understanding how public policies are formulated and adopted in complex environments. According to this theory, public policies are the result of the convergence of three independent flows, which only meet at specific and propitious moments: the flow of problems, the flow of solutions and the political flow. This propitious moment is called Window of Opportunities and is influenced by public entrepreneurs. Kingdon (2003) is the main author of this theory, however it has been revised by authors including the Decision Window, which is influenced by the political entrepreneur. In addition, the energy sector and the use of renewable energy were also researched, as well as bibliographical research on public policy for solar energy in the world and in Brazil. This was descriptive qualitative research, using the case study method. Data was collected through documentary research, semi-structured interviews with sector actors in Minas Gerais and participant observation, which were analyzed using content analysis. The research results reveal the significant progress of public solar energy policy in Minas Gerais since 2011. Influenced by the scarcity of water and energy in the north of Minas and the need to build artesian wells and pumping, the policy was driven by Normative Resolution 482 from ANEEL and tax incentives, leading Minas Gerais to become the Brazilian leader in photovoltaic generation by 2023. The structuring of the policy included the collaboration of public and political entrepreneurs, and was guided by economic development objectives, addressing challenges such as energy diversification and the promotion of solar energy compared to traditional sources. External factors such as global technological advances in the solar energy sector, market trends and environmental concerns have had a significant impact on the decision-making process. These factors have helped shape the perception of the urgency and viability of solar energy as a strategic energy option. There was a recognition of the need for sustainability and a long-term vision in political decisions, considering not only immediate economic benefits, but also environmental impacts and future sustainability.

2023
Thèses
1
  • BIANCA DRIELLY MENDES
  • Opportunities and Challenges of the Collective Decision-Making Process: an analysis of quota policy in stricto sensu graduate programs of the Federal University of Minas Gerais

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • ANA PAULA KARRUZ
  • BRUNO LAZZAROTTI DINIZ COSTA
  • Data: 1 mars 2023
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  • The objective of this work was to analyze the opportunities and challenges provided by the coleia-te decision-making process in the implementation of the quota policy in the stricto sensu graduate courses of UFMG. Extremely relevant topics, however, still limitedly worked in an extremely unequal society that increasingly needs to become participatory and collaborative. For this, a case study of mixed approach and descriptive nature was carried out, which unfolded in a documental analysis and semistructured interviews, where descriptive statistics, estimates of regression models and content analysis were used. The best possible decision-making strategy, the most democratic being, transparent, legitimate, among others. But for this to occur it is necessary several prerequisites such as variety of individuals, good coordination etc. Regarding the policy of affirmative actions in the stricto sensu graduate program of UFMG, the decentralization established in the policy allowed the collegiates to adapt the reserve of vacancies in their programs more according to their reality, making the policy more legitimate and better received. However, this decentralization has led to unique processes and results. In addition, this opening allowed the maintenance of the horizontal and vertical stratification already present in the graduate program of the institution. There is still much to be done and rethinking this policy so that it is indeed effective, since its decisions have been made so far in the initial contexts of the debate.

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  • Gilson Luiz de Araújo
  • The Role of the Social Observatory in Monitoring Public Purchases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: case study in a municipality of Minas Gerais

  • Leader : LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • VIRGÍLIO CÉZAR DA SILVA E OLIVEIRA
  • DANIEL LEITE MESQUITA
  • Data: 17 mai 2023
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  • In the scenario of the Covid-19 pandemic, public purchases proved to be essential to save lives. In Brazil, due to the need to simplify and streamline public procurement processes in order to achieve speed in procurement to combat the coronavírus, innovations were implemented in public bidding and contracting legislation. During the state of public calamity, managers can decide, justifiably, to dispense with bidding, which can facilitate the diversion of public resources. In view of this, the importance of monitoring expenditures by society in acquisitions and hiring is evident. In this sense, the Social Observatory (OS) entity can contribute to decisions for public governance guided by the values of ethics, clarity, integrity in fulfilling obligations and accountability. In view of the above, what was the role of the OS in monitoring public purchases in a municipality in Minas Gerais in times of the Covid-19 pandemic? Thus, the general objective of this work was to investigate the performance of the OS in monitoring public purchases of a municipal political entity in the face of the coronavirus. The study had the following specific objectives: 1) to characterize public purchases in the fight against Covid-19; 2) verify compliance with legal requirements when applying the waiver of bidding; 3) describe the role of the OS in monitoring public purchases, and 4) identify the implications of the role of the OS in decision-making by municipal public managers. To carry out the study, a qualitative research was adopted, with an exploratory and descriptive character, having as a framework Simon's decision theories and public governance. Data were collected through documents and reports on the City Hall Portal and other sites, participant observation and interviews. For the organization of the data, a mapping worksheet and checklist were prepared; graphs and tables; and interpretation of the interviews, were treated through content analysis. The results showed that most suppliers are not from the investigated municipality, that the data on the Transparency Portal and on the city hall website were presented in a synthetic way and that there was no detailed information on waiver of bids. It was found that the OS acted in the monitoring of public purchases, questioning the destination of expenses, investigating the suppliers involved, recommending the electronic auction modality and contributing to the prevention of irregularities. It was concluded that its performance had a direct or indirect impact on the decisions of public managers, since the OS has disseminated the values of accountability, compliance and transparency in municipal management.

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  • Liliane Campos de Souza Araújo
  • Framing Effect on Administrative Decisions

  • Leader : UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ISOTÍLIA COSTA MELO
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • Data: 15 juin 2023
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  • The theme of this research is Framing Effect. As a general objective, it was defined: to identify and describe the reaction of decision makers, when submitted to administrative problems that present some risk, formulated in a different way, but equivalent. For theoretical foundation, the Prospect Theory of Kahneman and Tversky was activated, as well as empirical studies on the Framing Effect. As for the methodology adopted, it is a descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative research that used the method of hypothetical choices as data collection, throughonline questionnaires. It had the participation of 87 professionals and/or students in the field of administration, whose responses were processed using the SPSS software, submitted to multivariate analysis and hypothesis testing. As a result, it appears that the evidence was not sufficient to denote the framing effect in administrative decisions, when the alternatives were formatted from the perspective of opportunity (gain) or problem (loss). As potential contributions, we highlight the adaptation of the hypothetical choices method of the Kahneman and Tversky tests on the framing effect, suitable for administrative issues. The results can trigger discussion in organizations about decision-making with professionals in the administrative area, as well as a social contribution in the discussion of the effects and biases that are part of the decision-making process aimed at improving people and organizations in decision-making for positive results.

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  • LYVIA RENATA RODRIGUES
  • The Precariousness of Women's Work from the Entrepreneurial Practice: decision-making or survival?

  • Leader : LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • RENATA LUCIA MAGALHAES DE OLIVEIRA
  • CAROLYNE REIS BARROS
  • LUIZA FARNESE LANA SARAYED-DIN
  • JANAYNNA DE MOURA FERRAZ
  • Data: 13 juil. 2023
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  • Methodologically, this research had a qualitative character. The qualitative approach was carried out through the collection of trajectories of working life in order to understand the subjective and temporo-spatial processes related to the efforts, frustrations, challenges and occupational opportunities of the activities of entrepreneurial women-mothers, from the decision to undertake. Through the field diary, the meetings held together with the investigated collective and the collection of the trajectories of working life of two women-mothers inserted in the entrepreneurial practice, we arrived at three categories of analysis: Context, Reproductive Work and Maternity and Entrepreneurial Practice. These categories evidenced the process of pauperization of women-mothers as workers. We also show that these women do not recognize themselves as part of the working class, holders of rights, although they are part of it. And that, unlike what entrepreneurship promised – a better life and even a social ascension with improvement in their consumption basket, these women are free, although disconnected from any social protection. One of the great contributions of this work is the advancement of conceptual discussions about female entrepreneurship and its decision-making process. Finally, it was possible to present a perspective of understanding the alternative phenomenon to the managerialist/functionalist, contributing to theoretical advances in the administration field.

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  • Fernando José de Sousa Junior
  • Political-Party Criteria Dominance in Appointments to Trusted Positions: a study of the network of appointed professionals in the Direct Administration of the Executive Branch of the State of Minas Gerais

  • Leader : RENATA LUCIA MAGALHAES DE OLIVEIRA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • KAMILA PAGEL DE OLIVEIRA
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • LUCELIA VIVIANE VAZ RAAD
  • RENATA LUCIA MAGALHAES DE OLIVEIRA
  • Data: 30 août 2023
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  • The dynamics of appointment processes for commissioned positions in the public sector raise questions about the criteria used in the selection of contracted professionals. Additionally, issues arise that have the potential to impact internal control mechanisms, considering elements linked to governance and governability in the context of public administration. It is important to note that one of the widely disseminated expectations in analyses of appointments to positions of trust within the bureaucracy suggests the predominance of party criteria. The aim of this research is to analyze the potential relationships between the autonomy granted to the public manager in the process of selecting trusted professionals, with an emphasis on the implications of appointments when considering these individuals' party affiliations. In this context, this study investigated the appointment process for commissioned positions in the public sector, analyzing the selection criteria and their implications for internal controls and public administration governance. To achieve this, individuals within the network formed by commissioners assigned to positions in the 'Direct Administration and Advisory Group of the Executive Branch – DAD' were identified based on their location and hierarchical level within the organic structure of the State of Minas Gerais. Connections between these agents were defined according to the agencies and secretariats where they worked simultaneously. The analysis in this study focused on the types and degrees of party power over time, based on the identification of individuals registered with political parties. For this purpose, centrality measures of these commissioners within this network during the period from 2012 to 2021 were considered. Furthermore, the possibility of ideologically oriented flows was investigated in accordance with the shifts in political-party power presented in the State. A quantitative methodology with a descriptive objective was adopted, utilizing social network analysis tools. The results revealed that the mere party affiliation of commissioners within this sphere of the State's public administration is associated with different forms of power within the network, such as greater connectivity, influence, and prestige. However, individually, affiliation with the ruling party or a more representative ideological spectrum did not significantly impact the distribution of power related to the position of these commissioners within the network, although in certain periods, some ideological similarity between the ruling party and the most representative party groups could be observed. It is important to underscore that the results of this research serve as an instrumental foundation for public administration to develop controls and mitigate the possibility of catering to individual interests at the expense of societal interests, should there be an intention to alter the optimal decision to be made. Moreover, this study contributes to those engaged in the challenges faced within governmental spheres.

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  • Marina Ferreira Lapa de Oliveira
  • Public Consortiums as a Management Instrument Solid Waste in the North of Minas Gerais

  • Leader : ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • MAGNO SILVÉRIO CAMPOS
  • PAULO FERNANDES SANCHES JUNIOR
  • Data: 31 août 2023
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  • Sustainability has been affected by the way consumption has been taking over the years, causing the generation of waste to grow more and more. The inadequate management of urban solid waste can generate environmental and public health problems, which is why it is an area that presents challenges for municipalities. For these problems, a viable alternative is the public consortium, as it is adjustable to the requirements of the basic sanitation scenario that permeates the scope of solid waste. Among the possibilities of municipal public partnerships for municipal waste management, the object of study of this research is the public consortium legal instrument, supported by Law 11.107/2005. The cutout chosen for this research was, among the regions of Minas Gerais, the north of the state. The territorial extension of the north of Minas, the existence of four consortiums, the number of only 03 non-consortium municipalities out of a total of eighty-nine, and the number of municipalities associated with the same consortium, Codanorte, in the northern region were the main reasons the choice of the regional cut of this research. The general objective of the proposed research is to point out the advantages and difficulties in the participation of municipalities in consortia for the management of urban solid waste in the north of Minas Gerais. In order to achieve this objective, the following specific objectives are proposed: Conduct a survey of public solid waste consortia in operation in Minas Gerais; Identify the percentage of consortium municipalities in Minas Gerais in the area of solid waste management in a comparative percentage between 2021, 2022 and 2023; Point out solid waste final disposal methods and reverse logistics in municipalities associated with CODANORTE in Minas Gerais; Identify how solid waste management is carried out in the three non-consortium municipalities in the north of Minas Gerais; To analyze the solid waste indicators of the group of Minas Gerais municipalities in the northern region of the State. The methodology is based on documentary research and application of a questionnaire. For this, firstly, the public waste consortiums implemented in Minas Gerais were outlined through a case study focused on the state through the IDE-SISEMA platform. Through a sampling method, municipalities associated with Codanorte in the north of Minas Gerais will be selected. Questionnaires will be applied to representatives of the consortium and non-consortium municipalities, paying attention to aspects of the formation of public consortia, waste management, among other aspects. As for the results, indicators were listed, based on the SINIR platform, for solid waste management in the municipalities associated with Codanorte in Minas Gerais to describe the rates in the north of Minas Gerais. In addition, decision makers in the consortium municipalities in the north of Minas Gerais indicated the advantages and difficulties of joining a consortium. As well as a comparative percentage of consortia in Minas Gerais in the period between 2021, 2022 and 2023. Thus, the objectives proposed in this research were answered, in addition to indicating the basis of themes for new research on MSW management.

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  • Rodolfo Carvalho Leite
  • Relationship of OverConfidence with the Perception of Banking Sector Decision Makers on Risk Management

  • Leader : LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • DANIEL FONSECA COSTA
  • Data: 13 sept. 2023
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  • The objective of this work was to analyze how the overconfidence bias of professionals in the Brazilian banking sector, involved in decision-making under risky conditions, affects their perceptions about the Risk Management of these institutions. To achieve this objective, the discussion included theory and empirical studies on the risks inherent in the financial market, risk management in banking institutions and decision-making processes – normative and descriptive theories – through a quantitative approach of a descriptive nature. The research is justified insofar as the investigated institutions (banks), which are central to the financial system, play an important role in the development and stability of the nation and, also, because they have been, in the face of technological advancement, dealing with new threats, which should be incorporated into the management framework of these institutions. To measure the perception of Risk Management and the Overconfidence Bias, with a consecutive study of the relationship between them, two scales were used. The perception of Institutional Risk Management among bank employees was measured using the Macquarie University scale, which comprises four dimensions – Appreciation, Disregard, Proactivity and Management. The measurement of the levels of overconfidence bias through a questionnaire with 21 dichotomous questions, followed by the measurement of the degree of certainty, according to the theoretical-methodological perspective of the work Calibration of Probabilities. The results evidenced the presence of overconfidence bias in bank employees, in addition to a perception of valuing risk management within organizations, in which risk problems and events are proactively identified and addressed, however, some risk problems and policy violations they are occasionally ignored, minimized, or dismissed. In these organizations the immediate manager is often an effective role model of desirable risk management behavior. Finally, no evidence was found that the overconfidence bias has a significant impact on the perception of risk and its management by professionals in the banking sector. Thus, the central hypothesis of this work, which proposed a negative interference, is not corroborated. It is hoped that this study will contribute beyond the traditional focus on risk management, by investigating a new form of risk to which financial institutions are exposed. Furthermore, it is expected to expand risk assessment techniques through a bottom-up view of the current perception of Risk Management.

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  • Thais Silva Alves Marques
  • Effect of market liquidity on the dividend policy of companies listed on B3

  • Leader : LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • HUDSON FERNANDES AMARAL
  • JOYCE MARIELLA MEDEIROS CAVALCANTI
  • Data: 20 sept. 2023
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  • The objective of this study was to analyze whether the liquidity of stocks affects the dividend policy of companies listed on the Brazilian capital market. Empirical evidence points to the existence of a relationship between liquidity and dividend policy in the stock market, but the results are divergent, making it difficult to reach a consensus on this topic. The research sample comprised only shares of companies traded in Brazil, an emerging Latin American country, from 2010 to 2021. The Fixed Effects Panel Data regression model was used to estimate 8 models, with 4 of them having dividend yield as the dependent variable, and the other 4 having payout. The independent variables for liquidity included trading volume, number of shares, number of trades, and the negotiability index. Additionally, the study included control variables such as beta, size, growth, leverage, profitability, and corporate governance. In the results, models 1 and 7 rejected the hypothesis of the negative effect of liquidity, reflecting a positive impact on dividend policy, which supports the findings of Griffin (2010). On the other hand, for models 5 and 6, the hypothesis of the study was not rejected, corroborating the negative effect of liquidity on dividend policy, as found in the research by Vo (2022). In the other models, liquidity was not statistically significant, consistent with the findings of Lee and Yoon (2017). Market risk, size, and corporate governance were the factors that showed the most significance at the 5% level in most models, indicating an effect on dividend policy. The other explanatory variables did not perform well in explaining dividend yield and payout. The results found in this study are relevant to assist in expanding knowledge about the subject in relation to the Brazilian stock market, thus contributing to an understanding of the relationship between market liquidity phenomena (market finance) and dividend policy (corporate finance), which can be seen as an out-of-sample test of the relationship observed in developed markets.

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  • Luciana Pereira de Avelar
  • The Government’s  Role in the Market: a study on the brazilian cultural sector during the pandemic

  • Leader : RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LUÍS FERNANDO VAROTTO
  • RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • SIMONE MARILIA LISBOA
  • Data: 29 sept. 2023
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  • This research investigates the role of the government in markets in a crisis context with the aim of expanding the discussion about this actor in a systemic market approach. . For this purpose, a longitudinal qualitative study was carried out in which secondary data such as laws, official communications and news, as well as interviews and content from online platforms - Spotfy and Youtube - were analyzed hermeneutically, using the Belo Horizonte's theatrical market as its empirical context, which, due to the nature of its activities, where it usually  require a face-to-face environment to carry out its exchanges, it was greatly impacted by the health and economic crisis generated worldwide by the Covid-19 pandemic. The study sheds light on government - an actor that is sometimes neglected by CCT researchers investigating market systems - and highlights the importance of public policies in market dynamics. Resilience theory was used to understand the theatrical market's ability to adapt and survive in times of crisis. The research also addressed the decision-making process in complex systems, combining resilience theory and bounded rationality. The results revealed that, although the implementation of public policy was crucial for the survival of the theatrical market during the pandemic period, governments played very different roles at the federal and municipal levels.

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  • Gabriel Luiz Santos de Oliveira
  • An Analysis of the Contagion Effect and its Possible Patterns for the Stock Market Indices of South American Countries in Relation to the United States and China

  • Leader : LUCELIA VIVIANE VAZ RAAD
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • RODRIGO JARDIM RAAD
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • LUCELIA VIVIANE VAZ RAAD
  • Data: 2 oct. 2023

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  • This study investigated the contagion effect between the stock markets of the five largest economies in South America and the stock markets of the United States and China. To capture the contagion effect, the vector autoregressive (VAR) methodology was used with the addition of two dummy variables that capture extreme values (outside the 5.00% and 95.00% percentiles) in the US and Chinese indices. For the estimation of the VAR models, 2,189 observations of the closing values of indices from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, the United States, and China were used, over the period from June 20, 2013 to November 19, 2021. The results showed that the Ibovespa index is an explanatory variable for the indices of the chilean, colombian, and peruvian markets. In times of normal operations, within the 5.00% and 95.00% percentiles, the stock markets of South American countries showed independence from the US and Chinese markets. However, extreme values in the US and Chinese markets infect the operations of South American countries. Thus, the results suggest that Brazil is an important stock market for South America and that the region’s markets are vulnerable to extreme events in the US and Chinese markets.

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  • Angélica Costa Mesquita
  • The Right to Disconnection and Moral Harassment in Time of Telework

  • Leader : ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • GERALDO GENEROSO FERREIRA
  • Data: 25 oct. 2023

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  • This dissertation aimed to understand to what extent disrespect for the right to disconnect in telework can configure a hypothesis of moral harassment. To do so, we analyze the main major themes that permeate the subject: moral harassment, telecommuting and the right to disconnect. We brought the main existing studies on the themes, passing through concepts, historical evolution and more relevant discussions about each one of them. Looking at the issues of the worker's right to rest, in times when remote work is so present, has the potential to assist the decision-making process of public and private organizations in all areas regarding the maintenance of the teleworking regime in its form total or partial, allowing appropriate measures to be taken to mitigate the negative effects of hyperconnection on workers' lives. We used the case study of a labor lawsuit whose main claim was compensation for disrespecting the right to disconnection, and through content analysis, we were able to frame the factual situation of the records as a hypothesis of moral harassment. This study contributes to the advancement of discussions about the new forms of moral harassment arising from the transformations in labor relations in the neoliberal system, helping organizations in the decision-making process and theoretical and legal basis for effective action in the prevention of these new forms of harassment.

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  • Kelly Valerio Souza
  •  The Influence of a Mini-Public on Public Decisions in a Municipality

  • Leader : LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ELISA ZWICK
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • VÂNIA APARECIDA REZENDE
  • Data: 16 nov. 2023
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  • This work seeks to analyze how the institutional practices of a mini-public can influence public decisions in a municipality. The State-society relationship from a democratic-participatory perspective (where greater social control arises from active citizen practices) refers to contributions to public governance made by non-profit institutions. In this study, the experience of a social observatory (OS) is analyzed in light of the concept of mini-public – which is the institutional design composed of ordinary citizens who organize themselves in small groups to deliberate on matters of interest to society, improving decision-making. public decisions. As specific objectives, we seek to: map the characteristics of the institutional design of the Observatório Social do Brasil - Pará de Minas (OSB-PM) through the eight choices for mini-publics; describe the work of OSB-PM with public authorities in the municipality of Pará de Minas (MG); analyze the influences and contributions generated by the OSB-PM in municipal public governance. Through documentary survey, non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews, the aim is to understand the role of a social observatory in public decision-making, analyzing the influences arising from its performance as a voluntary, non-partisan and non-profit organization. Based on the data collected and in light of the theoretical framework selected for categorization and analysis, the OSB-PM filled in and corresponded to the eight choices for mini-publics, especially those for Empowerment and Monitoring, revealing a great connection between this institution and the State. During the analyzed interval, there was a consistent sequence of deliberations that obtained favorable decision-making results from the municipal public authorities, control bodies such as the Brazilian Court of Accounts, and the Public Ministry. In this, the influences perceived in the study by the institutional action of social observers in Pará de Minas brought contributions to municipal public governance, such as in their character of participation (quantity, bias and quality); in its way of accessing information (by representatives, by citizens, and in encouraging citizenship); and in the strong connection of its deliberations with effective state action (accountability, fairness of policies and effectiveness). This study aimed to contribute to expanding academic interest in institutionalized practices of social control, such as social observatories; and the perception of the importance of ordinary citizens taking ownership of public issues in their municipalities.

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  • Daniela da Silveira Martins de Lana
  • Depression and Illness at Work: a case study in a military organization

  • Leader : LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • ANDERSON DE SOUZA SANT'ANNA
  • LUIZA FARNESE LANA SARAYED-DIN
  • JEFFERSON LOPES LA FALCE
  • RENATO KOCH COLOMBY
  • Data: 20 nov. 2023
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  • The depressive disorder, known as depression, is a condition that can be triggered by a variety of simultaneous factors. However, it has become increasingly common for it to emerge as a mental illness related to occupational activities, worsening when the worker does not receive appropriate treatment, which can lead to it being classified as an occupational disease. This research is intrinsically linked to decision-making processes since its focus is on analyzing depression in the workplace of military personnel who sought medical assistance at an Aeronautics Military Organization in Lagoa Santa. The choice of this topic proves highly relevant in light of changes in global health and disease patterns, raising concerns among professionals in various fields. Psychological and mental distress, often resulting from exhaustive work schedules, can lead to depression. These concerns are fundamental to decision-making processes related to the health and well-being of military personnel. The research methodology adopted was based on a case study with a descriptive research approach. The sample included 195 active professionals of the Brazilian Air Force in Lagoa Santa. To assess the level of depression in the sample, an internal FAB questionnaire was used, which adheres to the standards and criteria of the Beck Scale. The results obtained through this empirical research conducted in the FAB in Lagoa Santa point to significant levels of depression, with particularly high rates among CIAAR (29.69%) and PAMALS (29.69%) military personnel, non-commissioned officers (47%), S2 (25%), males (81%), aged between 18 and 22 (36%), and the year 2019 showing the highest occurrence (31%). In conclusion, it is possible to affirm that several factors contribute to the development of depression in military personnel, and these findings have important implications for decision-making processes related to human resource management, occupational health, and well-being policies in the Armed Forces. The work environment, excessive demands, task overload, exposure to challenging situations, and human, social, and family issues all play crucial roles in the mental health of military personnel, influencing the need for strategic decision-making aimed at promoting health and preventing depression.

2022
Thèses
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  • ALEXSANDRE GUSTAVO DA SILVA CARVALHO
  • Besides Black, Is He Faggot?”: intersectionality and decision-making processes in the professional journey of black gay men from Mariana

  • Leader : LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • JOSIANE SILVA DE OLIVEIRA
  • ALEXANDRE DE PÁDUA CARRIERI
  • JULIANA CRISTINA TEIXEIRA
  • Data: 4 avr. 2022
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  • This master's thesis sought to analyze how the intersectionality of systems of oppression impacts the personal and professional trajectory of poor black gay men who work in the mining sector in Mariana-MG. From an intersectional approach, which analyzed the life histories of João and Felipe, one can perceive the influence of the categories of gender, race, sexuality and class on their decision-making processes. The man is the gender category endowed with privileges in the current binary patriarchal system, which historically built assumptions of hegemonic masculinity. However, masculinities are diverse, and hegemony is linked not only to gender (being male) but also race (being white), sexuality (being heterosexual) and class (being from the ruling class). In this context, poor gay black men are marginalized and subordinated by society due to the intersectional markers that cross them. The results of this work indicate that the categories of gender, race, sexuality and class strongly influenced João and Felipe's decision-making, acting as limitations of such processes or encouraging them to resist the oppressions inherent to the structure that they are part of. It was also observed that individuals aligned with hegemonic patterns (which appear in João and Felipe's stories) often have their decision-making guided by maintaining the privileges of socially dominant groups. By presenting the participants' stories, this work will contribute to organizational studies about society and subjectivity and the influence of intersectional markers on decision-making processes. It is hoped that this dissertation opens the way for future studies by the Administration on poor black gay men, considering the lack of works that specifically deal with these individuals. It aims to that the elucidation and analysis of the research subjects' experiences integrate the chorus of works that study the daily violence suffered by individuals intersected by categories of oppression, believing that knowledge can promote change and guarantee equal treatment for all human beings.

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  • Thaís Ligieri Zagnoli Cunha
  • The Contribution of Customer Participation in Decisions as a Principle of Quality and Value: an analysis of fitness consulting services

  • Leader : DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • PLÍNIO RAFAEL REIS
  • Data: 20 juil. 2022
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  • The objective of this research was to identify to what extent the behavior of users of fitness consulting services characterized by a co-creation process impacts quality and perceived value. The structured investigation of the research was developed in three phases: (1) literature review, (2) qualitative research and (3) quantitative research. The literature review addressed the fundamentals of the decision-making process and Behavioral Decision-making, as a way of basing the role of behavior in the decision-making process. Then, the path taken from the exchange relations was presented, until the emergence of the Dominant Logic of the Service and the Co-creation of value, to, finally, present the aspects of the Quality of the Service and the perceived value. The qualitative research aimed to identify how the decision-making process of the consulting service takes place, in order to evidence the participation of the client. The quantitative research was carried out through a Survey, which unfolded in a database analyzed by means of multivariate statistics of data, being specifically treated via Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Modeling by Structural Equations. The qualitative results describe the service process from the actions of the consultant, who proposes value, and the user, who define the functionality of the value propositions of the online fitness consulting service, according to the proposal and integration of the service that define the signs of user satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The quantitative results define the functionality of the value propositions of the online fitness consulting service through the co-creation behavior given the reflections of the estimates on the service quality and value perceived by the user during the online fitness consulting process. It was observed, therefore, that the co-creation experience is the basis for value creation, especially in personalized services. The consumer experience of fitness services is based on co-creation, as their personalized training (TP) program is developed based on a particular and specialized service process, prepared and accompanied by a physical education professional who respects the biological individuality of each individual. customer, within an interactive and individualized context in the service process. The personalized training virtual consultant interacts with your customer, so the customer's usage experience is what determines the value in use. This aspect develops a particular characteristic in the decision-making process in this type of service, that is, a participatory decision-making process is established between service provider and customer, with an impact on the perceived value and quality of the service.

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  • JANE HENRIQUES GONÇALVES MARINHO GOMES
  • Behavioral Insights in Brazilian Organizations: a look at the decision-making processes of the adoption of a management innovation

  • Leader : DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ANA LUIZA LARA DE ARAÚJO BURCHARTH
  • DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • FERNANDO CARVALHO DE ALMEIDA
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • Data: 22 juil. 2022
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  • This research aimed at analyzing the phenomenon of the behavioral insights adoption and incorporation in practices, processes, management techniques and structures in pioneer Brazilian organizations in this field. The research encompasses two theoretical fields. On the one hand, the phenomena of diffusion and adoption of management innovation and their respective decision-making processes; and on the other hand, theoretical and applied perspectives concerning decision-making, behavioral sciences and behavioral insights, seeking an articulation between such research topics. The methodology is based on a qualitative approach, of the phenomenological type, with exploratory-descriptive objectives, based on the strategy of multi-case studies and with thematic analysis of the content obtained through interviews and document analysis referring to 14 organizations. The models of decision-making processes recommended by the literature of generation, adoption and diffusion of innovation subsidized the understanding and comparison of the processes of incorporation of behavioral insights in those organizations in such a way that, when compared provided an understanding of the main determinants of decisions to adopt practices based on behavioral sciences. The results show the characteristics and networking of pioneering organizations, the application of insights to the behaviors that are sought to be influenced and the techniques used, as well as ethical aspects and issues related to experimentation. The research contributes by bringing critical elements to the understanding of the possibilities of using behavioral insights as an innovation within organizations, by evidencing those as a management innovation, by signaling eventual gaps, application opportunities and expansion of the practice; and, more specifically, by supporting managers and organizations in their intention to innovate considering social and cognitive-behavioral aspects of their stakeholders. The investigation also contributes to Management theory and practice as they are experienced today, suggesting a more concise and legitimate bridge between behavioral sciences and management innovation. The work has an original contribution, as no research has been done on the topic using qualitative data through a phenomenological approach, which opens a vast and new path for future research.

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  • PALOMA LEITE COSTA
  • People-Product: a study on the emergence of the people rental market in Japan

  • Leader : LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LUIZ ALEX SILVA SARAIVA
  • DANIEL CALBINO PINHEIRO
  • FRANCIS KANASHIRO MENEGHETTI
  • Georgiana Luna Batinga
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • Data: 16 août 2022
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  • This dissertation presents a study on the emergence and legitimation of the people rental market in Japan, inspired by the perspective of Market System Dynamics (DSM) (GIESLER; FISCHER, 2017). In other words, this study understands that context, culture and social norms are inseparable in the process of creating and legitimizing markets (HUMPHREYS, 2010). Consequently, we present and highlight the sociocultural elements inherent to Japanese society that shelter the emergence of this market, starting from a sociological discussion of social roles to point out the value of positions and social roles in that society. Based on lococentric relationships, that is, having the position they occupy in society as a reference, even the Japanese language sustains this structure, translating a society rooted in a rigid system of social hierarchy that even influences its decision-making system known as the ringi and nemawashi system. To verify how much this cultural formation is responsible for the emergence of the rental market in the country, we analyzed two corpora - a book and publications on Japanese question and answer sites - using methods inspired by Bardin's Content Analysis (1977). As a result, we understand that the emergence of the market that shelters the commodification of people is permeated by an intense dynamism, where encounters and disagreements of different actors are observed, crossed by political interests and cultural influences, as well as laws and norms that regulate and defend their monetary and social exchanges. We conclude that the actors involved harmonize their interests through culture, adapting their behavior based on their cultural norms and values, guiding their decision-making processes based on a collective interest and renting social roles that allow them to transgress the norms without becoming socially inadequate. We also present two proposals for theoretical advancement and suggestions for strengthening and further research on markets in Organizational Studies.

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  • ERIKA DIAS CORDEIRO HOSKEN
  • An Ergological Study about Tutoring Activity: contributions to decision-making in tutoring programs´ development and implementation in educational institutions

  • Leader : ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • RENATA BASTOS FERREIRA ANTIPOFF
  • Data: 19 août 2022
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  • This study’s main objective is to understand, from the ergological approach, the tutoring performed by teacher-tutors, considering that tutoring is configured as a pedagogical practice that offers an additional support for students in their trajectory, being able to encompass both spheres – academic and professional. For this, a search for knowing what part of the knowledges – constituted and invested – necessary for the activity was started. Thus, the investigation for this purpose to be achieved, at first, was made by analyzing existing scientific studies that discussed the theme – both conceptual, axiological and praxiological studies – aiming to understand the constituted knowledges in the field of tutoring. At a later time, through field research seeking to know the practice knowledge, data production was carried out with teachers who had just worked on a pilot program as tutors at the IFMG Campus Ibirité, as well as with tutoring programs coordinators, who possessed greater experience related to this work. This is qualitative research iniciative, conducted through a case study, using semi-structured individual interviews. The systematization and analysis of the data produced was based on ergological categories. The results obtained made clear part of the knowledge that is essential for the tutoring practice. The dramatic uses of the self-bodies experienced by tutors in dealing with this work, the renormalization carried out to handle the activity, as well as the pooling of collective knowledge to make the work something feasible are highlighted. In addition, participants pointed to the challenges faced when they came across the lack of previous norms and training. This study contributes to helping managers in decision-making processes related to this type of pedagogical action’s implementation in high school institutions, as well as to the improvement of norms or procedures, since it allowed the necessary knowledge debate to the tutoring practice to be broadened, allowing for considerations that aim to expand the systematization and registration process of this pedagogical practice knowledge.

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  • DÉBORA DIAS RESENDE
  • The Decision-Making Process of a Cooperative in Minas Gerais: a case study in the light of the cooperative principles and the theory of communicative action

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • ANA PAULA PAES DE PAULA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • Data: 1 déc. 2022
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  • The general objective of this dissertation is to analyze how the decision-making process of the Cooperative of Family Farmers of Poço Fundo and Region (COOPFAM) is carried out in light of the cooperative principles and the theory of communicative action (TAC). The cooperative principles, elaborated by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) in 1995, should govern the operation of each and every cooperative, which are: voluntary and free membership; democratic management; economic participation of members; autonomy and independence; education, training, and information; inter-cooperation or cooperation among cooperatives; and interest for the community. The theory of communicative action, proposed by Habermas (2012a, 2012b), counteracts instrumental reason, highlights language as a tool to achieve understanding between individuals and emancipation. Although contributive, the theory of communicative action is little explored by organizational studies due to its complexity and Habermas' focus on theoretical construction, not presenting empirical demonstrations that overcome the conceptual barrier, which makes this research relevant. Cooperatives are considered to be organizations that propagate the solidarity economy, which should prioritize solidarity and human relations. The study uses these aspects because it understands that they contribute to their decision making process, keeping them solidary. Based on this idea, the theoretical framework is built, presenting two main topics: Solidarity Economy (SE) and Cooperativism; Decision Making Process and Theory of Communicative Action, respectively. For the methodological path, a qualitative approach was chosen, of descriptive character, carrying out a case study in the cooperative COOPFAM. Data collection occurred by means of semi-structured interviews, document research, and informal conversation. In total there were eleven interviews, ten cooperative members and one collaborator. Due to the pandemic, they were given online. To treat the collected data, content analysis was used. The analysis showed that the cooperative is characterized as a solidarity organization, but the dissemination about the solidarity economy needs to be worked on inside it aiming at the strengthening of this movement. In relation to its decision-making process it was observed that the cooperative follows the Brazilian legislative guidelines, however it is not limited to these, adding mechanisms in its decision-making process that make it democratic-participatory, and provides the presence of cooperative principles, communicative rationality, and communicative action in COOPFAM's decision-making process. We also identified in the organization management decisions characterized as non-democratic, and coercive actions imposed by means of punishments to cooperative members who do not comply with the cooperative's statute and by-laws, such as unjustified absences from assemblies and nucleus meetings. These aspects contradict the theory of communicative action, and it is necessary to remedy them in order to intensify it within the organization. The results of the research show that the cooperative characterized as solidary provides the rationality and the communicative action in its decision-making process, but it is not exempt from problems and dilemmas faced by managers and business organizations. The study does not aim to solve them, but to expose them so that there can be a reflection process about their presence in organizations that practice the solidarity economy, the cooperative principles, and the theory of communicative action.

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  • ISAAC ANTÔNIO DE OLIVEIRA
  • The Dramatics Uses of “Self-Body” of Teachers in a Virtual Learning Environment

  • Leader : ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • FERNANDA TARABAL LOPES
  • MARIANA VERÍSSIMO SOARES DE AGUIAR E SILVA
  • VÍNICIUS ALVES SILVA
  • Data: 7 déc. 2022
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  • This qualitative study aims to analyze the dramatic uses of the “self-body” in distance learning teachers while performing their work. For this research, we use ergology as the theoretical and methodological background related to the fields of education and of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), especially educational technologies and virtual environments. Based on semi-structured interviews carried out with three teachers from a religious private institution on virtual communication platforms, this investigation allows the reflection on the peculiarities of teaching in the distance learning modality, experiencing norms that summon new knowledge beyond what is required in the face-to-face classroom. Knowing the point view of actors, human workers, performers of the teaching function in this “place” as decision-makers in the exercise of their work, contributes to decision-making either institutionally or socially. 

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  • Matheus Vinícius Souza Mattos
  • Control and Modulation of Behavior in Uberism: a look at algorithmic management through Uber's patent analysis

     

  • Leader : ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LUDMILA COSTHEK ABÍLIO
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • LILIANA MARIA DA SILVA CUNHA
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • RENATA LUCIA MAGALHAES DE OLIVEIRA
  • Data: 16 déc. 2022
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  • The uberization or platformization of work has been the subject of research in the field of Organizational Studies in recent years. However, there seems to be a lack of works that analyze the phenomenon from the management processes implemented by companies, investigating which materialities operationalize the algorithmic management model and the interactions of these processes with workers. From this, the intention of this research is to highlight connections between algorithmic management and intervention in the behavior of drivers and how such interventions are operationalized in the decisions of Uber drivers. To achieve this objective, we initially carried out a description of the literature on the subject, focusing on productions that help us understand the evolution of work management, the dissemination of algorithms in contemporary times, and the concepts of control and modulation of behavior. Then we detail our methodological proposal, describing the patent analysis as the main strategy and the documentary survey to be carried out through the survey of the patent records of the company Uber in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) between 2010 and 2020. As results, 499 records were found in October 2020, from which we searched for patents that described the dynamics of extracting and analyzing data generated by drivers with a view to their use in modulating behavior. From the results found, eight patents was chosen to demonstrate the analysis proposal. Being an ergologically inspired research, we articulated two central concepts that were used to interpret patent descriptions in an attempt to better understand algorithmic management and its interactions with workers. Seeking to give evidence to the discussions and questions presented on the subject.

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  • ANA RUTE RIBEIRO MATOS DE FARIA
  • Management and Monitoring's Contracts of Public Construction Works: reflections on the decision-making process from the theory of stakeholders

  • Leader : CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • IVAN BECK CKAGNAZAROFF
  • Data: 16 déc. 2022
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  • This dissertation aimed to analyze the activities of management and inspection of public civil works contracts from the perspective of stakeholder theory. In methodological terms, a case study was carried out in a federal institution of higher education (Ifes). Four semi-structured interviews were conducted with inspectors, a contract manager and a representative of a contracted company. Data were qualitatively analyzed using the content analysis technique. It was noticed that the problems in management and supervision, identified in the literature review, also occur in the researched institution. Three aspects emerged more expressively in the participants' statements as determinants of good contractual performance: the contractor's ability to carry out the contracted object; the profile of inspectors and the contract manager; and trust in relationships between stakeholders. The centrality of the contract manager as a decision maker in interactions with interested parties to obtain a positive result in the execution of works was evidenced. The analysis of public procurement management and inspection activities through stakeholder theory has the potential to contribute to a better understanding of organizational processes, in addition to providing greater clarity for resource allocation decision-making.

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  • Dora Anchieta de Freitas
  • All-or-Nothing: case study on the decision-making of the public manager for the qualification of Certified Translators and Commercial Interpreters (TPICs) by public tender instead of ad hoc appointment

  • Leader : FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • ANDRÉ LUÍS BERTASSI
  • ERIKA LOUREIRO BORBA
  • Data: 10 févr. 2021
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  • The present work has as main objective the analysis of the ad hoc nomination process, from October 1988 to May 2009, for Certified Translators and Commercial Interpreter (TPICs) carried out by an autarchy of the State of Minas Gerais. This study describes the main criteria adopted by the manager of this Minas Gerais autarchy in the decision to hold a public exam for the qualification of TPICs in place of the ad hoc appointment considering the rules and principles that govern public administration, in the light of Dworkin's studies about discretion and decision based on rules and principles. This is a longitudinal, qualitative and descriptive research. The methodology is the study of simple case with technique the data collection research, followed by document analysis and content analysis. In the results, study points to the use of the principle of efficiency as criterion for appointments ad hoc due on the given routine to the procedure. Once the social approval pattern has changed, the criterion was follow the rule that obliges the holding of the contest, that is, all-or-nothing, under Ronald Dworkin's terms

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  • PAULA NAYARA COSTA
  • The Impact of Crises on the Economic-Financial Performance of the Brazilian Banking Sector through Economic-Financial Indicators Specific to the Sector

  • Leader : JULIANO LIMA PINHEIRO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • JULIANO LIMA PINHEIRO
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • LAURA EDITH TABOADA PINHEIRO
  • Data: 24 févr. 2021
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  • This work, classified as descriptive, bibliographic, documentary and ex post facto, aims to investigate the performance behavior of financial institutions, measured through the most relevant indicators in the assessment of profitability, in periods of crisis (2008 and 2015) and not crisis. The sample of this research consists of 21 banking financial institutions and the time interval for the analysis is from 1995 to 2018. It was concluded that of the three classes of economic-financial indicators presented by Assaf Neto (2012), only the one referring to solvency and liquidity showed to have been impacted by the world crisis of 2008 and the economic recession in Brazil in 2015 when observing significant differences of performance in periods of crisis and non-crisis. In addition, by analyzing the descriptive statistics of this factor composed of the Loans / Deposits Index, it can be seen that there was an increase in median values in periods of crisis / recession, suggesting that the effect of these moments is not necessarily negative for financial institutions.

     

     

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  • JOSEANE VIOLA COELHO DEBORTOLI
  • Decision Processes and Capacities for Technological and Social Innovation: a case study in a electric power generator

  • Leader : DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • GLAUCIENE SILVA MARTINS
  • GRAZIELLA MARIA COMINI
  • NALDEIR DOS SANTOS VIEIRA
  • Data: 29 mars 2021
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  • The main objective of this research was to analyze the articulation between decision processes and innovative capacities in the implementation of technological and social innovations in an electricity generating company. The questioning of the research highlights the importance of innovation in contemporary times, as well as its development linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which are, in this research, those related to access to renewable energy and sustainable economic growth with decent work. In theoretical terms, the relationship between the concepts of technological innovation, social innovation, innovative capacities and their determinants was discussed, as well as decision processes as a crucial factor for such capacities. The methodological path was designed around a descriptive qualitative research, whose method chosen was the case study. Data collection was performed via documentary analysis, semi-structured interviews, focus group and questionnaire, treated through content analysis. This research was developed within the scope of the R&D project ANEEL 1704, in which a new modality of action was proposed based on the implementation of a hydro-solar binary and the sharing of energy credits, through shared distributed generation to promote social businesses and technical training of the community, promoting technological and social innovation. The results point to the existence of a relationship between technological and social innovation, identifying the main determinants of innovative capabilities. The determinants of technological innovation capacities converge with the factors that determine social innovation capacities, with some peculiarities. For example, when working with social innovation, communities are directly involved, requiring a knowledge of the social context and the reality that is being experienced. Furthermore, it was observed that the decision-making process emerges as a crucial determinant for innovation capacities, especially those of social innovation. Although there are not many studies relating the decision-making process to innovation, this research shows the relevance of this relationship because, even if the company has all other capabilities, it can still decide not to carry out the innovation internally and this has consequences for development innovative capabilities over time. This research contributes to the field of innovation by showing that a company can reconcile technological and social innovation, reaping benefits such as increased productivity, availability of trained people, valuing local potential, positive transformations in society and strengthening the electricity sector as promoter of social development.

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  • LÚCIA ANDRÉA COSTA SILVA
  • Impacts of Capital Structure and Dividend Distribution Policy on the Market Value of Common Shares of Publicly Held Companies in the Brazilian Electric Sector

  • Leader : HUDSON FERNANDES AMARAL
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • HUDSON FERNANDES AMARAL
  • LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • EWERTON ALEX AVELAR
  • Data: 31 mars 2021
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  • The choice of the capital structure and dividend distribution policy of a company is considered a complex decision because it involves several factors such as risk and return that may impact on the value of the companies. From Portfolio Theory by Markowitz (1952), there were further contributions on the pricing of assets and models that explain the process of generating stock returns. The debate on capital structure and dividend policy was intensified after the works of Modigliani and Miller (1958, 1961) as it contradicted the mainstream and aimed to show that the effect of capital and dividend policy structure of a company, in a perfect market, did not influence the value and proposed that the value of the firm is determined by the investments. Since then, there has been an intensification of theoretical and empirical studies on the issues, but there is still no consensus, continuing to attract new research. The electric sector needs an intensive use of capital to finance electric generation, transmission and distribution activities to ensure supply in the country. In this context, defining the capital structure and the dividend distribution policy, based on attracting and maintaining robust investments, can be determining factors for obtaining results capable of remunerating: i) the capital invested; ii) the risks inherent to the activity and iii) guarantee quality and fair price in the provision of the public service. As a result, the objective of this dissertation was to verify the impacts of the capital structure and the dividend policy on the market value of common shares, publicly-held companies, of the electric sector traded in “Brasil - Bolsa - Balcão [B]3”. This is a quantitative survey, with a sample por 30 companies. Data were collected in the Bloomberg system and analyzed for the period 20 10 to 2019In econometric terms, it was decided to use regression with panel data. After the tests, the Data Model in a Fixed Effects Panel was adopted, which proved to be statistically significant at 5%. As dependent variable we used the Return of Common Shares and as variables explanatory: the Market-to-Book Ratio, Size, Price-Earnings Ratio, Beta, Financial Leverage (proxy for Capital Structure), Dividend Yield (proxy for Dividend Policy) and Difference Settlement Price - PLD. The results showed a negative and significant relationship between the dividend policy and the return on shares, however, the Capital Structure presented a negative relationship and without statistical significance at 5% with the returns. Also noteworthy was the statistical and positive significance between the returns with the Book-to-Market Index and Size, and the negative relationship with the PLD. The variable Price-Earnings Ratio and Beta were not statistically significant at 5%.

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  • RENATA KELLY ALVES FONSECA
  • Between the Market and the Politeia: an ergological study of decision-making processes in the Minas Gerais coordination of integral education policy

  • Leader : ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • DAISY MOREIRA CUNHA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • Data: 6 avr. 2021
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  • This research aimed to understand, from an ergological perspective, how the tensions between the market values and the values of the common good are evidenced in the micromanagements present in the work of the coordinating teams of the Integral Education policy of the state public network of Minas Gerais. The transformations in the world of work, provoked by the exhaustion of the Taylorist-Fordist model, which point to the necessary rescue of the importance of the human component for the achievement of organizational objectives, and the recent rise of management-oriented governments in Brazil and in the world, impact the social policies and accentuate the tensions between market values and the values of the common good for public servants in the exercise of their work activity. The consideration of this scenario from the ergological approach gives the worker and his experience the due role and also highlights the decision-making processes that occur at the tactical and operational levels and their impact on the results expected by senior management. Thus, the research was carried out with civil servants from the Minas Gerais State Department of Education (SEE) who worked in the coordinating teams for the Integral Education policy between 2017 and 2020. A qualitative research was carried out, using the study strategy of case and semi-structured individual interview techniques, discussions in work groups and Content Analysis as production techniques, collection, systematization and analysis of reports. The results obtained point to the uses of self by themselves and by others in relation to the six categories of analysis employed. It is evident, then, the approximation of the public management of the market values and the strangeness of the civil servants demanded to act in this scenario, considering the different purposes of the public administration in relation to the private initiative. In addition, the civil servants pointed to arbitrations regarding which instruments of private management to absorb for the public service, as well as micro-suggestions between remaining in the coordination of the policy and the search for alternatives to continue developing their activity. The work contributes to the widening of the debate about the transforming role of public education, and to the reflection on the impact on educational policies of the tendency to bring public administration closer to values that deviate from the search for the common good.

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  • ANA LUIZA MONTEIRO BASTOS ORNELLAS
  • Location Decision: an analysis of biotechnology local productive arrangement of Belo Horizonte

  • Leader : UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • LILIANE DE OLIVEIRA GUIMARÃES
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • Data: 20 avr. 2021
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  • The locational decision is complex involving a set of factors and may have impact in the results of the organization. To understand this decision is even more complicated due to the fact that it covers many locational traditional factors as variables related to agglomeration. In view of this, in this research the option was to understand the choice of location in agglomerates being that the general objective was to investigate the factors concerning the locational decision of the organizations included in the local productive arrangement (LPA) of biotechnology of the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (MRBH). The theoretical contribution is about location decision and business agglomerations. It is a case study in the LPA of biotechnology of MRBH once that in the city there is the second biggest concentration of biotechnology companies of the country. This descriptive research has a predominantly subjective conception of reality adopting the interpretive primacy. In the quantitative part it was used as data collection technique a documentary research in the Annual Report of Social Information (Relação Anual de Informações Sociais – RAIS). And in the qualitative part it was performed semi-estructured interviews as well as a data research in the official websites, reports and news of the companies that are object of this study. The data exam occurred by descriptive statistics, by content analysis of Bardin (2007) and sociometric analysis. The results point that the LPA of biotechnology of MRBH is not yet consolidated, being that the relationships between the actors are incipient. It was found that the choice of location of the biotechnological companies has some specificities, making it necessary to have a holistic view that considers both the availability of space and infrastructure as well as issues of proximity, financing and personal characteristics. With the findings there is hope of helping the entrepreneurs in the rationality of the locational decision as well as to indicate to the government the factors of attraction of companies. Furthermore, with this study it was intended to contribute to the theories about decisive process and corporate agglomerations.

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  • KELEN CRISTINA DUARTE
  • Gender Dynamics in The Market and its Influence on Organizational Decision-Making Processes

  • Leader : RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LETÍCIA MOREIRA CASOTTI
  • MARCUS WILCOX HEMAIS
  • RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • Data: 24 juin 2021
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  • This dissertation aims to offer a better understanding of how gender roles influence the organizational decision-making process as they interfere with consumption practices. It consists of two studies that, together, fulfill this objective. In the first article, I present the ways in which the oppressive system acts in consumption practices. It is a qualitative research in the context of online games that uses depth interview as instrument of data collection. Based on decolonial feminist studies, I identified that women are subordinated through consumption practices such as (1) devaluation of their skills, capabilities and relevance as consumers; and (2) consumer intimidation through embarrassment, humiliation and discrimination. Through these practices, women are oppressed and silenced. The second article sought to understand how women face the oppression of gender present in consumer practices and in the market. The data is based on a qualitative netnographic research conducted for 13 months. They were conducted 15 depth interviews with female consumers and female professionals working in the game industry. The findings reveal that the female audience suffers from male oppression, yet women are involved in liberation themselves through the praxis of liberating consumption. This praxis is materialized in the actions of Dialogue, Mobilization of the Oppressed and Market Occupation and intend to modify the reality of gender inequality that exists in this context. The consequences for decision-making processes arise in the face of a strong social demand for inclusiveness and diversity, so it is essential to companies in the game industry to examine these aspects so make decisions that lead to a better meeting of the consumers’ needs.

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  • BÁRBARA GABRIELLE SILVA
  • Decision-Making in the Creation of New Businesses: a study with expatriate brazilians under the light of the Effectuation decision model

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • DANIELA MARIA ROCCO CARNEIRO
  • Data: 29 juin 2021
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  • Considered a recent approach in the field of entrepreneurship research, the Effectuation model proposed by Sarasvathy (2001a) suggests that entrepreneurs usually start their businesses without any pre-defined objective, inverting the key principles and the rational predictive logic of the causal paradigm. In this sense, the main objective of this research was to analyze how Brazilian expatriates in the United States start their ventures and in which way their decision-making is aligned with the Effectuation logic proposed by Sarasvathy (2001a). To achieve this goal, it was necessary to establish a theoretical framework that conceptually supported the research on entrepreneurship, decision-making processes, Effectuation, Causation and the reality of Brazilian expatriation in the United States. The methodological path was designed around a descriptive qualitative research, whose chosen method was the case study. The conduct of the study was guided by previously defined thematic units and the data collection phase took place with the application of semi-structured interviews with five Brazilian expatriate entrepreneurs in the United States with businesses in Orlando/Florida. The research identified that the entrepreneurs' life context, their motivations and their initial goals during the creation of the business were directly aligned with the Effectuation logic, since, in most cases, the business started with a more general intention, going into contrary to the assumptions made by predictive causal reasoning. It was also observed that the decision to undertake, as well as the resources available by entrepreneurs at the time of setting up their companies, are also related to the assumptions of Sarasvathy (2001a) theory, given that they consisted on a set of decision-making principles in situations of uncertainty and unpredictability in which entrepreneurs used the resources they had to act towards the creation of their business. With the findings, it is expected to contribute to the fields of research in entrepreneurship and decision-making processes by establishing a relevant connection between the themes.

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  • SOLANGE MARIA DINIZ FERNANDES
  • Clothing Consumption in the Pandemic: unintended deceleration of consumption and impacts for management decisions

  • Leader : RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ANA PAULA CELSO DE MIRANDA
  • MARIBEL CARVALHO SUAREZ
  • RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • Data: 30 juin 2021
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  • During the Covid-19 pandemic period, consumers experience a reduction in the pace of life that is directly related to consumption. This study aims to answer how unintentional consumer deceleration affects fashion consumption. The theoretical basis consists of Studies that address temporal disconnections experienced by consumers, showing that the passage of time can be interpreted in different ways with direct interference in consumption, and approaches to fashion, as this study is carried out with an emphasis on the consumption of clothes during the pandemic. To support the research, phenomenological interviews were carried out with women who had their consumption practices modified due to the pandemic, and the data were analyzed under the logic of hermeneutics. As a result, relationships were found between the speed of consumption and the environments accessed, hygiene measures to prevent contagion, with a reduction in socialization, and with discomfort with body changes that occurred during social isolation. The work makes theoretical contributions to the phenomenon of deceleration, showing elements that compose it, and bringing useful information to support managerial decisions regarding better serving consumers in periods of deceleration by showing how women have been related to the consumption of clothing in the time course.

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  • CRYSTYANE FERREIRA BERNARDINO
  • Decision-Making Processes in the Cooperation among Agents of the Triple Helix: a case study of the Regional Innovation System of Minas Gerais

  • Leader : UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ANDREA APARECIDA DA COSTA MINEIRO
  • DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • Data: 16 juil. 2021
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  • The cooperation between Science and Technology Institutions (STIs), companies and Government, the Triple Helix (TH), is admittedly promising in innovation systems and has shown good results in several countries. But the interactions among the HT agents represent a complex type of cooperation, about which very little is known about its decision-making process. Previous research analyzes the decision-making process centered on one of the agents or on one of the aspects of decision making. This research aimed at analyzing the decision-making process concerning the cooperation among the agents of the Triple Helix in the Regional Innovation System of Minas Gerais (RIS-MG). The choice of RIS-MG also fills a gap, in that little is known about this type of cooperation in the state. Theoretical lenses and concepts of Decision-Making Processes, Innovation and Triple Helix were discussed. Data was collected by means of document analysis and semi-structured interviews. All the public calls of the state funding agencies that involved the three TH agents were analyzed. From this documental analysis, 12 agents from RIS-MG were selected, who participated or participate in TH projects, being five innovation managers from companies, five researchers from STIs and two representatives from state funding agencies. Content analysis revealed 16 codes were derived in three categories. A survey of the Triple Helix projects in the last thirteen years in SRI-MG (2007-2020) is presented; the analysis of the structure of the interactions and their progress throughout the studied period, identifying changes that may have interference in the decision-making process of the agents; and the analysis of the decision-making process for HT cooperation. The main theoretical contribution of this research was the articulation of the Decision-Making Processes theory with the Triple Helix theory, made in order to analyze the decision-making process for the HT cooperation as a whole, from the factors that influence the decision to cooperate, the consensus process among the agents, and the decisions during the cooperation. The results of this study may be used, in a practical way, as a decision-making tool by the agents of SRI-MG by better understanding the dynamics of cooperation, including motivations and obstacles to cooperation, strategies to reach consensus, the integration of interests to define the scope of the project and the mechanisms used to improve decisions during the project, as well as good practices in the governance mechanisms of this type of cooperation.

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  • POLYANE AVELAR REZENDE
  • The Using of Process Management to Improve Decision-Making in the Process of Suppliers Evaluation in a Public Foundation

  • Leader : FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • SAULO BARBARÁ DE OLIVEIRA
  • Data: 27 août 2021
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  •  The presented research aimed to comprehend how process management can contribute to improve decision-making on supplier’s evaluation process of a Public Institution of the State of Minas Gerais. In this regard a qualitative research with descriptive and analytical basis was conducted, taking as a strategy the case study developed on Fundação Ezequiel Dias (FUNED). The methodological roadmap allowed to gather the discussed theme’s background by exploring employee’s experience on running the studied process as well as evaluating available documentation of the institution and the statutory framework related to the theme. Process management supported by the execution of some stages of the Business Process Management (BPM) cycle was shown a way for the improvement and optimization of the studied process. The ‘as-is’ mapping allowed a deep analysis of the process under study emphasizing that the Foundation has process gaps related to institutional supplier’s evaluation such as: communication between actors and between correlated process, inefficiency of training carried out, existence of activities that are performed by actors and don’t have specific goal therefore leading to demotivation and superficiality on carrying out the process, lack of accountability definition and process’ owner, de-standardization, inefficiency on the system in use, unfollowing of legislation that regulates the theme. The identification of the existing problems and the proposal of improvements with the proper definition of responsibilities and the design of the ‘to-be’ process has been done in a participatory and collaborative way by means of focal groups performed by participants of all Foundation’s boards enabling for a further implementation by Funed. The process management topic associated with rationality theory limited by decision-making approach has extended the systemic view regarding the supplier’s evaluation process of the institution under study therefore increasing the possible options to redesign the process and supporting decision-making. It is suggested as future work the effective implementation of the proposals made in this research.

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  • HELLEN CORDEIRO ALVES MARQUEZINI
  • Decision to (Re)exist!: stories and ways to organize in a quilombola community in Minas Gerais

  • Leader : LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • RAQUEL DE OLIVEIRA BARRETO
  • JOSIANE SILVA DE OLIVEIRA
  • TERESA CRISTINA OTHENIO CORDEIRO CARRETEIRO
  • Data: 14 sept. 2021
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  • The present research addresses the theme of racialization in the context of the quilombola community. The object of the research was to understand how the construction of ethnic-racial identity ensures the existence of a remaining quilombola community in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte/MG. The quilombo can be understood as an organization, similar to cooperatives, in which individuals freely organize themselves with a common goal of producing community life. The quilombo, as an organizational arrangement, establishes decision-making processes in its daily functioning. It is also worth noting that the very constitution of the contemporary quilombo is revealed to be a community choice, the result of a decision-making process. The French Psychosociology school was taken as a theoretical framework, as it understands groups and institutions as privileged spaces for investigating the processes of social affiliation and disaffiliation, and the bonds as part of the individual's identity-in-context, respecting the singularity and the ability to make decisions in the quilombo context. There is also a theoretical rescue of the construction of racialization in Brazil and the social organization of quilombos, from originating quilombos to the contemporary quilombola movement. To achieve the purpose of this research, the methodological collective life history approach will be used in a remaining quilombola community in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte/MG. Based on the results of this study, we understand the quilombo as an organization built from an ethnic-racial identity that mobilizes the structuring processes of resistance, belonging, and ancestry, essential to the existence of the individuals and the quilombo. Identities will be built through the recognition of ancestry, where the individuals will affiliate themselves to this history, recognizing these ancestors as the composition of who one is. These identities will allow the quilombola individuals to feel that they belong to this group, which will remain (re)existing due to this ancestral resistance that is reappropriated. Resistance is inseparable from identity, because for the very act of the quilombola individual to decide to be, it is necessary to resist since the Other wants the quilombo to cease to be. Identity acts as the great articulator of the Quilombo Organization because without ethnic-racial identification there is no recognition of ancestry, or even if there is, there is no mobilization for its perpetuation; also, without ethnic-racial identification, the individual does not acquire the sense of belonging to the group and will not engage for the resistance of the collective.

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  • THIAGO RAMOS DOS SANTOS
  • The Importance of Intelligence of Public Security in the Decision-Making Process: perception through the manager's eye

  • Leader : FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • HÉLIO HIROSHI HAMADA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • Data: 15 sept. 2021
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  • The main objective of the research was to understand the relationship between the public manager and intelligence, identifying how the decision maker, in the context of public security in Minas Gerais, perceives and uses intelligence as an advisory tool within the decision-making process. In theory, the study addressed the fundamentals of decision analysis proposed by Howard and Abbas and the bounded rationality proposed by Simon, relating them to the literature on intelligence. The methodological path was designed around a qualitative and descriptive research. The technical procedure was bibliographic and documentary research. Data collection took place via semi-structured interviews applied to managers who use information from the intelligence system, treated through content analysis. Intelligence aims to produce accurate and timely knowledge to advise decision-makers at any level of the decision-making process, on a wide space of knowledge on which it is necessary to analyze the problem. In counterintelligence, the activity aims to protect the organization in fulfilling its institutional mission, monitoring the main threats. In the decision-making process, the results show that Public Security Intelligence expands the view that the decision maker has about the problem and its available alternatives, providing more efficiency in the use of limited resources and resulting in a better decision by the manager. Intelligence advice helps to mitigate the limited rationality that the decision maker faces. Lack of such intelligence knowledge increases the risk of not achieving the desired results. However, this activity is generally little known by decision makers within the scope of public security, with the exception of those who had the opportunity to work in it during their career, before occupying management positions in the higher hierarchy of the institution. Therefore, intelligence itself has to show its importance and purpose to managers under the risk of being ignored or removed from the decision-making process.

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  • JULIANA CARDOSO AMARAL
  • Financial Constraint and Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity in the Brazilian Eletric Energy Sector Firms

  • Leader : LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • HUDSON FERNANDES AMARAL
  • JOYCE MARIELLA MEDEIROS CAVALCANTI
  • LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • Data: 17 sept. 2021
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  • In addition to the operational routines, the financial decision-making process in companies basically involves the analysis of projects that offer the risk-return ratio and the best sources of resources to finance these investments that, under these conditions, contribute to the generation of value to the firm. In this context, considering the decision maker's environment and the existence of market imperfections, the financing costs, as well as the access to these external resources, can lead to different levels of restrictions for companies, which make them dependent on internal resources for the execution of your projects. The objective of the work was analyzed as the restrictions of this influence on the investment-sensitivity of the cash flow of companies in the Brazilian electricity sector in the period from 2009 to 2019, through quantile regression analysis with panel data. In order to ensure the adequacy of the models, in addition to the cash flow, variables such as tangibility of assets, WACC financial leverage, interest rate, market value and Tobin's Q were added to the econometric model, representing investment opportunities of the firms. As a priori classification criteria of companies into groups of financially restricted and unrestricted, the following indicators were used: dividend distribution, company size, return on investment (ROA), level of corporate governance and interest coverage ratio. The results showed that there is a sensitivity of investments to cash flow in companies in the electricity sector and that these are also impacted by the interest rate and market value. This evidence was not observed for the variables Q of Tobin, tangibility, WACC and debt.

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  • Adriana Gontijo Nunes
  • The Effect of Corporate Sustainability on the Performance of Brazilian Companies – the financial impact of companies participation in ’s sustainability index

  • Leader : RODRIGO TOMAS NOGUEIRA CARDOSO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • RODRIGO TOMAS NOGUEIRA CARDOSO
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • LUCELIA VIVIANE VAZ RAAD
  • JOYCE MARIELLA MEDEIROS CAVALCANTI
  • Data: 17 sept. 2021
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  • Corporate sustainability is a poignant argument in society, and sustainable development incorporates social and economic criteria into the theme. The company, when deciding to list in the corporate sustainability index, will change its strategic and investment positioning. This change can compromise your liquidity, as well as your profitability, in search of future gains. The objective of this work was to analyze whether the addition of the sustainability factor to the 5-factor model by Fama and French helps to understand the explanation of the returns of companies listed on the ISE. For this, a quantitative model was created that allows companies to decide for listing in the index. We used the 5-factor model by Fama and French to propose a new factor that captures the effects of sustainability in the pricing of Brazilian companies' returns. Two-step regressions were performed, as proposed by Fama and Macbeth (1973), to estimate the Sustainability and 5-factor models. The explanatory variables are: market, size, market/book value – to – market, profitability, investment and ISE. The tests applied were the same proposed by Fama and French (2015). Statistical tests showed significant statistics for portfolios built based on profitability, indicating that this can be an important characteristic for companies' decision to be listed on the ISE.

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  • SOFIA CHAVES CARDOSO ELEUTÉRIO
  • Transport, Public Policy and Urban Mobility: the challenges of measuring the implementation of an exclusive bus lane

  • Leader : RENATA LUCIA MAGALHAES DE OLIVEIRA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • DANIELA ANTUNES LESSA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • RENATA LUCIA MAGALHAES DE OLIVEIRA
  • Data: 20 sept. 2021
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  • Nowadays, actions to prioritize public transport, to the detriment of the individual have been subject to decisions by the Public Administration in order to attract, recover and/or retain users of this transportantion. In turn, an implementation of exclusive bus lanes is an example of this public policy of prioritization in order to ensure the improvement of this service, as they contribute to the reduction of travel time, maintains reliability, relieves congestion, reduce traffic fuel consumption and others. In this way, this research aims explore the public and open data of the city of Belo Horizonte in order to discuss the effectiveness of the implementation of exclusive bus lanes regarding the city's mobility problem. In order to achieve this goal, it was necessary to establish a theoretical framework that would conceptually support the research on the public decision making processes in Public Administration, the public transport system by bus and the implementation of exclusive lanes. For the methods, it was decided to conduct a quantitative research through descriptive statistical analysis of data obtained in BHTRANS.The results related to the effectiveness of the implementation of exclusive bus lanes were that, based on the available data, deficiencies were found that hampered the analysis, such as the fact that the databases made available by BHTRANS were preliminarily synthesized and processed, the which made methodological explorations of the phenomenon impossible, making it impossible to say whether public policy is effective or not.

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  • FERNANDA COSTA SILVA
  • The Quota Law in Higher Education in the Light of Institutionalism: Decision-making Process of a University of Minas Gerais

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • MARCUS VINÍCIUS GONÇALVES CRUZ
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • Data: 23 sept. 2021
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  • The main objective of this research was to understand which were the factors that influenced the decision-making process of a university in Minas Gerais in implementing the Quota Law. This mechanism, instituted in 2012, guarantees the reservation of places at Federal Institutions of Higher Education (IFES) for students who have attended high school in public schools, self-declared blacks, indigenous people and people with disabilities. The Quota Law changed the meritocratic institutional format of admission to teaching and began to “promote democratization” in access to federal universities (SOUSA; NASCIMENTO, 2019, p.774). The theoretical basis was based on the Sociological Institutional Theory, with emphasis on the elements of the institutional environment, cultural-cognitive aspects, legitimacy and the decision-making process in the institutional perspective. In the topic of Quota Law, the rationale covered public policies, highlighting the implementing agents. The main components of the theoretical reference were grouped into a conceptual framework that configured the conduction of the empirical phase of this research, which has a qualitative and descriptive nature. The case study method was adopted, whose locus of analysis was the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in a cut between the years 2012 and 2020. Data collection involved two moments, the first being dedicated to the analysis documentary and the second dedicated to conducting ten interviews with university administrators, who occupy or occupied positions at the university, within the proposed outline. For data analysis, they were submitted to content analysis, categorized in line with the conceptual reference scheme, to present the results. In the results, it was found that the institutional environment of UFMG incorporated very important regulations that provided profound organizational adaptations and this enabled the implementation of the Quota Law to take place in a structured way. In the decision-making process, UFMG adhered to regulations in a prevailing cultural-cognitive panorama that favored the incorporation of the mechanism. With regard to the process of organizational adaptation to institutional changes, it is still taking place, that is, institutionalization remains dynamic with regard to the understanding of the social context of quota holders, the inclusion of people with disabilities and the complications caused by the pandemic. Regarding the contributions, the main of this research encompasses the social benefit, as it will compose the academy and provide new insights regarding the university decision-making process in the implementation of regulatory elements. Furthermore, this study enabled the incorporation of the institutional perspective in organizational analysis as a relevant proposal to explore macro and micro aspects together.

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  • THIAGO HENRIQUE OLIVEIRA SILVA
  • DEA Approach to Measure the Efficiency of Institutions Belonging to the Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education Belo Horizonte 2021

  • Leader : ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • MAGNO SILVÉRIO CAMPOS
  • Data: 10 déc. 2021
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  • The Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education (FNPSTE) has a national coverage and is composed of 64 institutions, among them, its Technical Schools, the Federal Education Institutes, the Federal Education Centers and Colégio Pedro II. FNPSTE offers education in the most diverse modalities, free of charge and accessible to all of society. In this sense, in order to keep this education accessible and with quality to all regions where the FNPSTE is present, there is a growing interest on the part of the public administration to measure the efficiency of its units. Thus, this research aimed to propose an objective approach using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for the selection of input and output variables and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to measure the efficiency of FNPSTE from the perspective of educational indicators from the Nilo Peçanha Platform (NPP), the Governance and Management Index (GMI) and the General Course Index (GCI) of educational institutions of FNPSTE. It is worth highlighting the possibility of using the results postulated here to aid decision-making by managers at a strategic and tactical level, such as rectors, pro-rectors, general directors and other systemic directors of FNPSTE institutions. Regarding the methods used, this research was applied, as it proposed an objective approach to a real problem in the educational field. Furthermore, it was quantitative since it measured numerically the efficiency of the FNPSTE units. With regard to the purposes, it was descriptive, as it sought to identify, record and analyze the characteristics of the studied object. As a means, a documentary research was carried out on data from the indicator of the Federal Court of Accounts (FCA) called IGG, from the IGC of the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (NIES) and the educational indicators present in the NPP from the Ministry of Education (MEC). From the results, it was possible to select variables with high explanatory capacity, non-redundant and that contemplated important areas to be monitored in education, such as budget resources, quality of courses, governance and management. In addition, from the measurement of efficiency, it was possible to point out the IFRN as the only efficient Decision Making Unit (DMU) and the main reference regarding the adoption of good efficiency practices. Furthermore, from a regionalized perspective, it was found that the DMUs located in the southeast and south regions were the ones that obtained the best ranking positions. On the other hand, in general, the North, Northeast and Midwest regions did not obtain good efficiency results. Greater attention is given to the DMUs located in the northern region, mainly due to the results achieved in the indicators and due to the geographic dispersion to be attended by the DMUs. Finally, after comparing the DEA ranking with the Academic Efficiency Index (AEI) published by the NPP, it was possible to verify significant differences in the positions reached by the DMUs, with the recommendation not to use the AEI as a ranking criterion or to adopt the DEA for that purpose.

2020
Thèses
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  • Charles Paulino de Oliveira
  • Optimization Modelos Applied To The Maximum Coverage Location Problem: a case study on SAMU-BH


  • Leader : ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • FLAVIO VINICIUS CRUZEIRO MARTINS
  • PEDRO MARINHO SIZENANDO SILVA
  • Data: 27 févr. 2020
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  • The Brazilian Emergency Medical System (SAMU), performs an important role for its healthcare system, providing emergency services to attend the population’s need for first aid services, victims transports or patients transfers between hospitals. To assure a successful service for victims in need, it is essential that ambulances may reach incident sites’ quickly. One of several factors that can affect the ambulances’ agility to reach victims refers to its locations, vehicles shall be placed in a way that enables them to cover its demands properly. Therefore, SAMU managers must be aware with the location of ambulance bases and the number of vehicles as signed to each one,inorder to afford effective coverage for its requests. To support the decision making process in this field, Operations Research (OR) offers a set of methods and tools that can indicate the ideal locations to install bases and determine the best way to allocate ambulances. Hence, this work aims to apply the Facility Location Problem in the SAMU of Belo Horizonte city, state of Minas Gerais. The objective is to contribute to the development of optimization models that divide the day into multi-periods to handle the problem of bases locations, and ambulances allocation/realocation, in order to maximize the coverage of demands within satisfactory response times. This is a case study with a quantitative and applied approach, with an exploratory objective that draws on two OR’s techniques, Simulation and Mathematical Programming. Based on literature references, two models are presented. The first formulation has a deterministic approach while the second uses a stochastic approach. In addition, a multiobjective analysis is applied to the problem, aimming to maximize the coverage while the number of bases to be installed is minimized. Lastly, a simulator is used, allowing a comparison of the proposed settings by both optimization models and also a comparison of them with the current operating framework. Results from optimization suggest that the installation of new bases and/or the deferral for ambulances to move among bases may increase the coverage level of the system about to 30% (deterministic formulation) and about to 24,6% (stochastic formulation). Through simulation it is possible to infer that the stochastic model without realocation generates the best coverage results. It is also observed that, given the current base locations, the realocation proposal suggested by the stochastic formulation is the one that provides the best results.

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  • CLEUSA DA SILVA FONSECA DUTRA
  • Contributions of Work Context Analysis to People Management and Decision-Making Processes: a case study in nutrition area laboratories of an IFES

  • Leader : ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • SIRLEY APARECIDA ARAÚJO DIAS
  • Data: 28 févr. 2020
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  • This research aimed to investigate the perceptions of workers in food and vitamin analysis laboratories, the nutrition and health department of an IFES about their working environment in order to subsidise management with people and decision-making processes in this environment. This objective was based on the discussions about risks present in research and teaching laboratory environments. It was assumed that, due to the very nature of their activities, these laboratories are immersed in physical, chemical and biological risks, among others. This is because people, equipment, reagents, solutions, agents and biological samples and waste generated in these activities coexist in this environment, which makes these places fruitful for the occurrence of several types of accidents. This research was qualified as descriptive, case study type and counted on the techniques of documentary research, systematic observation, semi-structured interview and application of the Working Context Assessment Scale for data survey. The theoretical base of this research was the Ergonomics of Activity, whose analytical dimensions "work context, "individual" and "work", understand that improving well-being at work and ensuring efficiency and productive effectiveness will only be possible if we take for analysis those fundamental dimensions that make it possible to look at the individual in his work context. The study revealed that the socioprofessional relations are very positive between workers and these aspects of work context in the laboratories have been reflected in people management and also in decision-making processes. The perceptions of the workers highlighted still, that this context assumes specific characteristics in relation to the management of people's safety and strict compliance with standards. These characteristics are seen as more specific of this work compared to other functions. The research provided also to know the commitment of these professionals in the search for ways to carry out their work highlighting the actions related to the quality of the results of this work, especially in the laboratorial analysis they made. These results comprise teaching and scientific research processes, in which precision is paramount. All the evidence gathered in the research contributes for the decision-making processes in the sector, with the necessary information for these processes. The professionals of the laboratories under study are like so many others who, with dedication, perseverance and many studies, bring to people countless benefits, such as cures of diseases, vaccines; and food fortification. They also have their daily struggles, sometimes in conditions that are not ideal, for the love to a work for themselves and for the others.

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  • ANGELICA DA SILVA COSTA
  • Confronting Work In Transit: an ergological study of the activity of transit agents in the municipality of Betim - MG

  • Leader : ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MÔNICA DE FÁTIMA BIANCO
  • Data: 13 mars 2020
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  • The profession of traffic agents emerged in 1997, from the Brazilian Traffic Code that determined the municipalization of traffic inspection, engineering and education through administrative decentralization in the provision of these services. Since then, the work of these agents has been standardized in different documents, such as the resolutions of the National Traffic Council and municipal legislation. However, such norms are not able to anticipate what is done with work in the real life space, which needs to be mobilized to carry out the activity, especially in contexts of precarious working conditions in the public service. This demands that agents mobilize knowledge, values, uses of themselves, to carry out the activity. Although some aspects of this activity have been studied under microscopic perspectives, notably in the fields of psychodynamics, activity ergonomics and psychosociology of work around phenomena such as premature aging, experiences of pleasure and suffering, absenteeism and exposure to violence. However, this study proposes to analyze in depth the most invisible aspects of the agents' activity from an ergological perspective, which “constitutes a project to better know and, above all, to better intervene on work situations, to transform them”. The objective of this dissertation was to look at the work activity of traffic agents in the municipality of Betim, mainly to understand how they use themselves, create and mobilize knowledge, values and experiences to carry out the work activity in the growing context of precarious public services. As a method, it was a qualitative, descriptive study, which used, as an instrument of data production, the technique of simple and cross-confrontation, the sample was composed of 12 agents divided into 6 pairs in 2 work shifts. As main results, it was possible to observe how the confrontation between the workers and their image at work allowed them to relive the experiences of their choices and the way to mobilize their knowledge, their values, their understanding of the context and, above all, and what it is required of your body at work. The confrontations showed that transit agents have a particular understanding of their role in articulating interests between the poles of values with and without dimension, about the enigmatic and diverse character of the activity itself, in addition to revealing how, in the face of scarcity contexts of resources and cultural problems of traffic in the municipality, workers act, making use of themselves, mobilizing what they can to meet the demand of the population and their own satisfaction with their work. The results also showed that the agents' activity emerges in the debate of norms between the different prescriptions that constrain them and the understanding of these workers about their own way of doing, in addition to pointing out contributions of the ergological approach to the decision processes on the organization of work in public services.

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  • GUSTAVO CARVALHO SOUZA
  • Deflexibilization of the Working Day: experiences of servers in a higher education institution

  • Leader : LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ANDREA POLETO OLTRAMARI
  • ANDERSON DE SOUZA SANT'ANNA
  • FERNANDA TARABAL LOPES
  • JEFFERSON LOPES LA FALCE
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • Data: 28 juil. 2020
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  • In the last decades, the process of productive restructuring has reorganized the production and management systems of labor organizations, prioritizing the institutionalization of flexible relationships in the work environment, to meet the volatile demands of neoliberalism. An important issue in this scenario that has been gaining ground in global legal instruments, as well as in academic literature, is the flexibility of working hours. Scientific research on the impacts of flexible working hours on workers' health has led to different results, which bring us evidence both of the significant gains in quality of life, as well as of elaborate forms of exploitation and precarious work. However, no empirical studies have been found that deal with the reverse, that is, the process of “deflexibilization” of the workday. Considering this gap in scientific work, the present research aims to understand the experiences of Technicaladministrative in Education (TAE's) servants of a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in the context of deflexibilization of working hours. The deflexibilization process - understood here as a return to the workday that was once made flexible - ended in 2017 at the researched HEI. As a theoretical guide, Christophe Dejours' theoretical approach to Psychodynamics of Work was used, given his advanced understanding of the centrality of work, as well as the role of work organization in promoting worker health. Methodologically, the triangulation of methods was used, in a quantitative and qualitative approach, due to the complexity of the research scenario. It was decided to apply the Inventory on Work and Illness Risks (MENDES; FERREIRA, 2007) to understand the general scenario of the institution and later a focus group was set up in order to deepen and explain the results found. For analysis of quantitative data, descriptive statistics were used, and for qualitative data, content analysis. As one of the final results, it was possible to confirm empirically the proposition that the experiences of pathogenic suffering have been established in the effective work of the TAE's of the HEI, and that the process of deflexibilization contributed to the loss of the experiences of pleasure of the servers.

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  • MARCOS LINS DE OLIVEIRA
  • Process Maturity Management Iris as a Support for Decision-Making in a Public Institution

  • Leader : FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • SAULO BARBARÁ DE OLIVEIRA
  • Data: 31 juil. 2020
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  • This study has as general objective implementing the Process Maturity Management Tool Iris, which articulates the models 8 OMEGA ORCA and Balanced Scorecard (BSC), to support top management decision-making at Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG) in relation to the Institution’s strategic objectives and the search for the continuous improvement of its processes. For that reason, the nature of the methodological objectives adopted was exploratory and insider action research, under the Organization Development modality was used as the research strategy. Data was generated through bibliographical research, documentary research, executive meetings with top management representative and structured questionnaire. This structured electronic questionnaire was answered by 26 managers and facilitators designated by the Institution for Business Process Management. The results indicated that seven out of nine organizational elements assessed are in the initial stage of maturity (levels 1 to 3). The elements Commitment of Top Management and Organization and Structure, reached intermediate level 4. The overall maturity level of the Institution is 3, classified as Design, according to the framework classification. New stages for each element were traced for a timeframe of five years. The goals set intend to level all organizational elements and pillars in the intermediate stages at the end of the next strategic cycle of the Institucional Development Plan (IDP). After the gap analysis, the framework pointed to directives for action in relation to the pillars of strategy, people, processes and technology. Directives can contribute to the definition of institutional strategic objectives, that will be developed by the IDP working team. The use of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) for the long-term strategic management of the organization's critical processes – the second part of the Iris tool – was recommended for the development of the Institutional Development Plan (IDP 2021-2025). The study validated the Iris tool as a viable alternative for other educational institutions and public administration agencies to assess their processes’ maturity levels and to monitor their performance towards continuous improvement from reliable action plans.

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  • MILENE TEIXEIRA CARNEIRO
  • Decision-Making Processes in Innovation Management: a study in home automation organizations

  • Leader : DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • GLAUCIENE SILVA MARTINS
  • RODRIGO BARONI DE CARVALHO
  • Data: 11 sept. 2020
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  • The main objective of this research is to analyze how are the decision-making processes in the management of innovation in organizations of the Domotics line, located in the technological zone of Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil. To achieve the objective, the theoretical discussion built on decision-making processes and innovation, mapping concepts, types, processes and other aspects of these themes. The methodological path was designed around a qualitative research, with a descriptive objective, through the study of four organizations of the Domotics line located in Vale da Eletrônica. The content analysis was performed using the MaxQDA software with data obtained through interviews, non-participatory observation and document analysis. It was found that organizations implement radical and incremental innovations in products and processes, maintaining diversified innovation models. These organizations do not practice business model innovation, but are unanimous in the practice of open innovation. It is also concluded that the decision-making processes in the management of innovation in these organizations happen at the strategic level due to cost, risk and uncertainties. Innovation facilitators are found in internal and external variables, with emphasis on external partnerships. Another important factor in the decision-making process in innovation management is the barriers to innovation, with difficulties related to the government and its universal entities to all participating organizations. Organizations practice the rational model in the decision-making process, have stages similar to the theory and different elements according to their realities, with notoriety in the market. This research had as theoretical contribution the development and articulation of the themes decision making and innovation aligned with Domotics. As a practical contribution, we can mention the identification of the challenges of organizations in decision-making in the management of innovation and barriers with the government and its institutions.

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  • ELIANE SANTOS LUCARELI GUMIER
  • The Public Sector Cost Information System (SICSP): the reality of city halls in the state of Minas Gerais

  • Leader : LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • EWERTON ALEX AVELAR
  • JOYCE MARIELLA MEDEIROS CAVALCANTI
  • Data: 29 sept. 2020
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  • The process of convergence to international accounting standards applied to the public sector provided the emergence of Brazilian accounting standards directed to the public sphere, one of which is the object of this study, NBC T 16.11. This standard deals with the implementation and use of the Public Sector Cost Information System (SICSP) and highlights the need for cost information to promote transparency, support the decision-making process and perform an adequate accountability. Given the importance of NBC T 16.11, the present research had as general objective to analyze the perception of public controllers and accountants about the implementation and use of SICSP in the municipal halls of Minas Gerais. In order to do so, the following specific objectives were established: 1) to characterize the public controllers and accountants; 2) to identify the profile of the municipalities regarding the implementation and use of the SICSP; 3) to investigate the perception of controllers and public accountants regarding the usefulness of SICSP in the decision-making process; 4) to analyze whether there are relationships between the size of the municipality and the degree of difficulty in implementing/using the SICSP considering material and human resources; and the size of the municipality and the degree of usefulness of the SICSP in the decision-making process. To achieve the objectives of this research, a questionnaire was sent to each of the 853 municipalities in Minas Gerais, and 106 questionnaires were answered. The research methodology used was based on a quantitative approach with the use of descriptive statistics, the t-Student Test and pearson's correlation for data treatment. The results showed that no municipality has fully implemented the SICSP yet. The descriptive analysis showed that the degree of difficulty in implementing/using the SICSP regarding the number and qualification of the staff was significant. Most public controllers and accountants realize the importance of SICSP utility in the decision-making process, recognizing it as very useful or useful. This demonstrates that there is an awareness that the SICSP is relevant in the decision-making process by professionals, which may favor the implementation in the future. It was verified the existence of relationship between the size of the municipality and the degree of usefulness of cost information as an instrument of decision-making for economic choices. In other words, larger municipalities understand that the SICSP is very useful in this process and smaller municipalities tend to recognize a lower degree of utility. It was found that the municipalities are not structured to comply with what NBC T 16.11 determines and that there are no penalties for non-compliance. As future research, it is suggested to study other variables (such as indicators of transparency and effectiveness of municipal management) and their relationship with the SICSP. In addition, it is recommended to conduct a study through interviews to verify if there is resistance of people; discontinuity due to political succession through electoral processes and barriers related to the turnover of controllers and public accountants who are often not effective civil servants. 

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  • THIAGO RAFAEL NOGUEIRA CARDOSO
  • Feasibility of the DEA and Networks as Support to Decisions in the Post-Graduation of CEFET-MG

  • Leader : UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • MATHEUS LEMOS DE ANDRADE
  • Data: 26 oct. 2020
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  • Post-graduate programs in Brazilian higher education organizations have grown considerably in recent years. With the quantitative increase of these programs, there is also a concern with the quality of the courses and the way of managing them. In the context of public organizations, in which society's contribution supports resources, it is even more necessary to evaluate efficiency so that the results obtained are according to the resources employed. With a view to this evaluation, CAPES measures educational organizations' efficiency through a scoring system, generating scores that can be compared among programs in the same area at different institutions. However, even though Capes' evaluation, it is impossible to compare post-graduate programs in different areas, making difficult internal management of post-graduate programs in the same educational organization. This study aims to verify the effectiveness of joining the data envelopment analysis technique (DEA) and networks as tools to compare post-graduate programs' efficiency in different areas, contributing to post-graduate managers to make decisions within the educational organization to which they belong. The research is with a mixed approach from a functionalist perspective. A cross-section of the years 2013 to 2018 was carried out. The investigation employed descriptive analyzes, word cloud, sociograms, structural tests of network theory (small-world, scale-free, hemophilia), and data envelopment analysis as tools to support the decision. It was found that CEFET-MG programs have characteristics of the small-world, and the presence of hemophilia among the programs was identified. It was possible to measure the efficiency of graduate programs through the combination of DEA techniques and networks. In both applications, the benchmark program was maintained after applying network indicators. Superefficiency models were used to improve the distinction of the six chosen programs, with the Technological Education and Administration programs being the ones that were most efficient within CEFET-MG, according to the chosen variables.

     

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  • Raphael Leandro Fernandes Moreira
  • Management Innovation and Decision-Making Processes: a case study in a luxury brazilian hotel

  • Leader : DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • DANIELA MARIA ROCCO CARNEIRO
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • Data: 6 nov. 2020
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  • The objective of this research is to analyze how the relationship between decision-making processes and the adoption of managerial innovations occurs in a Brazilian luxury hotel. The investigation was based on the concepts and theoretical perspectives raised on the following themes: innovation, managerial innovation, innovation in hospitality, decision-making process and decision-making process in innovations, seeking an articulation between these themes, respecting the specificities. The methodological path was designed based on a qualitative approach, with a descriptive objective, using the single case study method. We investigated a resort located on the coast of the state of Bahia, Brazil, in view of the relevance and recognition of this hotel on the national and international scene, in addition to the accessibility of the researcher to the organization. For data collection, documentary analysis and eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with the main hotel managers and decision makers, in a perspective of data triangulation. The relationship between managerial innovation and the decision-making process was the basis for the proposed analysis model. In this model, the innovation adoption process was analyzed, identifying its stages and the influencing factors that impact the adoption or rejection decisions. In this way, it is concluded that the innovation adoption process is strongly influenced by internal and / or external agents that aim to seek legitimacy and reputation. It was also possible to observe the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis on the managerial innovation process in the hotel, being a driving factor to accelerate the implementation of such innovations as a possible solution to the crisis experienced by the hotel. Complementing the model, it was identified as a possible barrier for managerial innovations to emerge from the tactical-operational level the training and training of people in terms of management and problem solving, in addition to communication between managers and staff, centralization of power and team autonomy operational. With the results and discussions of this research it was possible to obtain a greater understanding of decision making for the adoption of innovation in the context of luxury hotels, thus contributing to the state of the art of scientific literature and to generate a positive impact on services and organizational processes.

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  • Marco Antonio do Nascimento
  • The Risk in the Stock Markets of the American Continent Using the GARCH Model

  • Leader : JULIANO LIMA PINHEIRO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • JULIANO LIMA PINHEIRO
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • WAGNER MOURA LAMOUNIER
  • Data: 13 nov. 2020
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  • The estimation of volatility has become a topic of great relevance for both academics and professionals in the financial market. The volatility of an asset or index refers to its fluctuations over time, and its correct forecast is essentials in the financial decision-making process since there is a trade-off between risk and return, where investors want to maximize their returns at the lowest possible risk. Therefore, this work aims to estimate the volatility behavior of the daily return of the major stock market indices in the American continent, between 2007 and 2019, in order to determine and measure the risk of the stock market in the continent. To analyze the volatility of the data, the GARCH model was used. As a result, it can be stated that the volatility structures of the eight financial series examined were adequately estimated using the GARCH model. This allowed an analysis of their behavior, with clear similarities in certain periods of time, with high variability, especially in 2008 / 2009 and 2011/2012. Regarding the persistence of volatility, it was found that countries have a coefficient of persistence of volatility close to 1, indicating that shocks in volatility tend to prolong fluctuations in the return of the indexes. Bearing in mind that stock market decisions involve risk management in the purchase and sale of assets, where the risks are related to price volatility, consistent estimation becomes an important instrument in the decision-making of market players.

     

     

     

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  • NATALIA ALVES OLIVEIRA
  • Arrested or Dead: women's labor in drug trafficking

  • Leader : LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • VANESSA ANDRADE DE BARROS
  • CAROLYNE REIS BARROS
  • Data: 26 nov. 2020
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  • This research aims to understand the role of women's work in drug trafficking. With the purpose of construe lore from the dialogue between social and subjective knowledge as well as understanding the relationships between work and subjectivity, psychosociology was used as a theoretical contribution and the trajectory of working life as a methodological resource. The interviews were conducted with two women indicated by the “Grupo de Amigos e Familiares de Pessoas em Privação de Liberdade” [name of the non-profit organization that aims to mobilize and organize friends and family of people deprived of liberty in order to guarantee their rights]. Considering that the commercialization of illicit psychotropic substances occurs as a continuous activity and that involves quality control, price regulation, charge and payment, salary, labor relations, hierarchical network and market conquest – resembling a formal retail trade, it is conceived that the ex-drug dealers interviewed were responsible for managing a complex distribution chain, acting as decision makers in search of opportunities to maximize profits and reduce risks – since both occupied a hierarchical position that went beyond the operational in that organization. Therefore, this work seeks to understand management and decision-making processes in an illicit organization as well as raising questions about the conditions and processes of meaning of female labor in drug trafficking. Through the reports it was possible to show the agility and adaptability of the management of this activity, factors that are of paramount importance to the functioning of an illicit organization because there are ever new methods to combat their activities. Furthermore, considering that drug trafficking operates as a neoliberal market, the study showed how autonomy in decision-making is no longer a tool for the emancipation of the subject but an instrument for deterioration of labor. Lastly, the reports showed that women submit themselves more intensely to factors that put them vulnerable to mental illness in order to obtain validation of the environment and self-worth through the value of their work.

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  • LUDMILA TATIANE PEREIRA DINIZ
  • Challenges and Perspectives for the Professionalization of Senior Public Administration in the State of Minas Gerais: a look at the decision-making processes of the Transform Minas Program

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • KAMILA PAGEL DE OLIVEIRA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • LUCIANA SILVA CUSTODIO
  • Data: 30 nov. 2020
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  • The professionalization of senior public administration has been treated as one of the main aspects of improving public management, placing the public leader as a prominent figure with the skills required for his performance. The Transforma Minas program implemented in 2019 in the Government of Minas Gerais has been seeking through the application of selection processes based on merit and skills to professionalize its leaders. As it is a recently implemented initiative, the general objective of this work was to reflect on the challenges and perspectives of the professionalization of senior public administration in the State of Minas Gerais considering the decision-making processes of the Transforma Minas Program and the perceptions of the actors involved. The study was based on a theoretical framework that contextualizes the theme of professionalization of public officials, especially in the Brazilian context and in Minas Gerais, management by competencies, decision-making processes, and professionalization models of senior public administration in other countries that served as inspiration for the Transforma Minas Program. The research had a qualitative-descriptive character and is based on documentary research, participant observation and ten semi-structured interviews with people directly involved in the Transforma Minas Program, including: managers, consultants, employees and participating candidates. Through the analysis of the data, it was observed that the Transforma Minas Program presents an innovative perspective in the professionalization of public officials in Minas Gerais by seeking a process for choosing leaders no longer based only on political criteria, but taking into account merit and competence. In relation to other professionalization initiatives already carried out by the State of Minas Gerais, the Transforma Minas Program differs by seeking a cultural change in the selection of leaders in the State in a broad way, and not only focused on specific functions or projects such as occupational certification and the public entrepreneur. In addition, it presented a more assertive competency mapping by focusing on the specific managerial competencies of the vacancy offered. However, some challenges are present for the institutionalization of the Transform Minas Program in the State of Minas Gerais, and consequently in the professionalization of public officials, such as: the need for legal guarantees that guarantee the mandatory application of the program for the selection of leaders in the State, and the need to legitimize the program in front of the internal and external public to the Government.

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  • PAULO HENRIQUE DE AZEVEDO LEÃO
  • The Decision-Making Process of Innovation Culture Induction in the Federal Network of Vocational Education

  • Leader : CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • DANIEL PAULINO TEIXEIRA LOPES
  • IVAN BECK CKAGNAZAROFF
  • ROGÉRIO ATEM DE CARVALHO
  • Data: 14 déc. 2020
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  • The Schools of Apprentices and Craftsmen have been a manifestation of public policy since the first decade of the last century. The State was looking for an application for Education that would train young people for work. The transformation of these schools into the Federal Professional Education Network did not erase their vocation to prepare for the world of work, through the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, combined with the triad Teaching, Research and Extension. In order to promote the fulfillment of the Network's objectives and purposes, stipulated in its own Law, the Ministry of Education's Secretariat for Professional Education implemented a series of actions. This dissertation seeks to verify whether the innovation actions promoted by SETEC were effective in inducing the Innovation Poles of the Federal Professional Education Network. Based on a theoretical framework that seeks to relate decision-making processes and innovation, it was developed based on a qualitative methodological approach, via documentary research, involving strategic actions carried out from 2013 to 2020 for the 42 institutions that make up this group. At the end of the research, we will verify the historical relationship between the actions originating from the Ministry of Education and the accreditation of the Innovation Poles. Thus, we will be able to analyze the Decision-Making Process under two different biases: Public Policies for Direct Administration and Innovation Management for the respective federal schools.

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  • ALZIRA ALICE DE SOUZA
  • For Whom the Snacks go For? the practices of entrepreneurs and consumers who consolidate the relevance of the event “Comida di Buteco” for the gastronomic market of Belo Horizonte

  • Leader : RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • TANIA CRISTINA TEIXEIRA
  • Data: 14 déc. 2020
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  • The gastronomic market is on the rise in Brazil and is one of the initiatives that currently foster this market today is the gastronomic festivals. The event “Comida di Buteco”, which was born in Belo Horizonte 21 years ago, and takes place in 21 other cities in Brazil, is one of these initiatives, which developing activities within the scope of Creative Economy, brings together the work of several actors to offer a cultural circuit tasting and evaluating the city's butecos, with an emphasis on creativity valuing root food and small family businesses, with an impact on tourism, income generation and jobs in the city. Observing the protagonism and longevity of the event “Comida di Buteco” in the gastronomic and cultural market of the city, we sought to understand: “The development of the gastronomic market and legitimation process through a case study of the event“ Comida di Buteco”. For the research it was used the lens of Institutional Theory and its central concept of Legitimacy and considered the field of research of culture and consumption, which perceives the markets as complex social systems, and constituted by actors and institutions that interact with each other. With this objective in mind, a descriptive qualitative research was developed. The data were collected through the use of in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs and organizers and participant observation at the event. The qualitative analysis of the results showed that organizing entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs who own the boutiques interacted and adopted practices that legitimized the Comida di Buteco event, contributing to the development of the Belo Horizonte gastronomic market. The identified practices that contributed to its legitimation process covered three axes of centrality: re-signification of butecos as a space for socialization and tasting; the spontaneous media discourse and the creative reinterpretation of the kitchen from scratch. This research contributed to the understanding how the process of developing markets can be influenced by the association and practices of institutional entrepreneurs that affect consumer behavior and socio-cultural structures and providing elements and conceptual tools for decisionmaking by public and private mangers.

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  • ALISSON SOUZA DE MOURA
  • Training in The Public Sector: perception of the servants on the challenges of decision-making processes in the implementation of a development school

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • JEFFERSON LOPES LA FALCE
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • Data: 17 déc. 2020
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  • This dissertation is an analysis of the perception of civil employees about the challenges of decision-making processes encountered in the implementation of a Development School. To support this qualitative descriptive case study, a theoretical framework was built that sought to consolidate the following topics: public administration, people management, decision-making processes and schools of government. The research took place through documentary research and six semi-structured interviews, conducted with employees of the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, directly linked to the Coordination of People Development, current position of the School of Development of Servers and who helped in its implementation. The content analysis proposed by Bardin (2011) was the methodology used to asses the data collected, by which it aimed to describe and analyze the guidelines for training the Federal Government, the current training policy of the institution and the perception of the employees involved in the implementation, on the School of Development of Servers, of the federal autarchy in question. In this way, a very positive view of it was identified, which is considered motivating and valuing. The main challenges and difficulties encountered in the implementation were in relation to people, infrastructure, the pandemic of the corona virus, the time for the approval of the ordinance for its regulation and the legislation. It is not always possible to act on difficulties, but these can become opportunities.

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  • Antônio Márcio Brangioni
  • Pleasure and Suffering at Work: the impacts on the justice officials' decisions in a judicial district in Minas Gerais state

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • KAMILA PAGEL DE OLIVEIRA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • Data: 18 déc. 2020
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  • This study proposes to understand on the activity of Justice Officials at Minas Gerais state, in the context of Psychodynamic of Work, evaluating their experiences of pleasure and suffering and their impacts on decision-making processes. It emphasizes that the work carried out by the Officials is characterized by a context with a complex nature of situations and emotions that they have to deal with daily, with no support from the district administration or the TJMG. Theoretical support for this study is: The Psychodynamics Theory of Work, based on the studies of Dejours (1994) and Mendes (2007), which assesses man's resistance to the reality of symbolic, social, political and economic domination present in work environments; and Bounded Rationality Theory, which study the limited nature of the human in face of decision-making processes. This work, along its development, seeks to guide the following research question: How are the experiences of pleasure and suffering by Justice Official in judicial district in Minas Gerais, and how this influence their decision-making? The search for these answers was guided by qualitative and quantitative studies, through the application of ITRA and socio-demographic surveys, in addition to individual interviews with some employees, with the purpose of clarifying and qualifying the quantitative analyzes. As a result, a negative evaluation was observed regarding dimensions studied, showing an illness process on employees, and which has influenced decision making and consequently the quality of the Judiciary service. Results obtained from the sociodemographic survey, initially served to contextualize the study, and later were treated together with results obtained from all ITRA scales. Complementing these analyses, categories and subcategories were defined, based on the major groups of ITRA, as well as sense cores. Analyzes of each factor of ITRA scales were exemplified with excerpts from the testimonies obtained through individual interviews, supporting quantitative results. The study showed a negative assessment regarding the various dimensions investigated, with all ITRA scales rated as critical or serious, showing a process of illness among professionals that has influenced decision-making and, consequently, the provision of the service in the Judiciary. Given this scenario, it is recommended a serious reflection by district administration or even the TJMG, in order to develop mechanisms to improve the health and quality of life of Justice Officials.

2019
Thèses
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  • Jaqueline Daniela de Oliveira Fonseca
  • Policies For The Acquisition And Management Of Medical-Hospital Materials In A Public Hospital Network

  • Leader : ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • PAULO FERNANDES SANCHES JUNIOR
  • Data: 25 févr. 2019
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  • This research aims to propose acquisition and stock management policies through material classifications using the ABC/XYZ matrix in a hospital network. Some models were also tested to optimize the delivery of such items to the network units, from the central warehouse. It is an applied study developed in the Fundação Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais (FHEMIG), the largest network of public hospitals in Latin America, and considered medical-hospital materials. The research, based on these two analyzes, constructed the matrix ABC/XYZ, obtaining of the items, which allowed to suggest replacement policies for the foundation, and consequently, establish security stocks, order point and lots of purchases, considering the resources maintenance of health care activities and the current rules of acquisition, imposed on public agencies and entities, such as the price registration system. It is concluded that to observe exclusively the financial value (ABC Curve) is not the most appropriate, since there are expensive items that are used less regularly, while some materials are relatively cheaper and have regular demand, which shows that other criteria should be analyzed to classify the inventory. Such classification is relevant given the variability of the items and to allow a management more appropriate to the use and rotation of the inputs. As for the distribution of the materials, after testing some scenarios, it is demonstrated that the adoption of vehicles with greater capacity can optimize the deliveries, reducing the costs of the contract.

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  • Daniel Rocha Silva
  • The decision to collaborate: interaction and maturity in the tourist cluster of Pirapora/MG

  • Leader : FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • GUSTAVO MELO SILVA
  • Data: 25 févr. 2019
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  • This work aimed to investigate how the interactions between the different agents that operate in the tourist activity of Pirapora / MG affect the maturity of this productive cluster and contribute to the local development through the decision to collaborate. Tourism is an activity that seeks to meet the demand of people who seek happiness, rest and leisure. In Pirapora / MG, the formation of a Local Productive Arrangement (APL) seems to be the simplest way to create an organized offer aimed at a complete tourism product, previously designed for a basic market and, consequently, increase employment and income for its population. The research approach was qualitative descriptive and analytical, through participatory research, documentary and field research as instruments of data collection. In relation to the unit of analysis it has tourist characteristics, since the Ministry of Tourism of Brazil in its most recent classification considered it integral of the new map of the Brazilian tourism. The results showed that: a) the city has potential tourism products that are not yet formatted for supply; b) entities related to tourism participate and are involved in part with planning and acting in regional tourism; c) the interaction between them affects the development of tourism, however, as it has been conducted, it is not enough to leverage it because it needs more organization and carrying out joint activities within a short, medium and long term planning; d) the city has relevant deficiencies in the sector such as low community involvement and lack of preparedness of the population to receive the tourist; and e) the environmental problems related to the volume of water and fish have directly affected the natural attractions of the region and has served as a justification by the population for the lack of use of tourism potential. Thus, in the tourist cluster of Pirapora / MG, the interactions resulting from the decision to cooperate are directly related to their development and maturity and can lead to an articulated process capable of developing agglomeration in the short term.

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  • Luana Jéssica Oliveira Carmo
  • "I Hunt and Kill one Lion a Day": an ergological study of the life trajectory of an entrepreneur

     

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • FERNANDA TARABAL LOPES
  • MÔNICA DE FÁTIMA BIANCO
  • Data: 28 févr. 2019
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  • The objective of this dissertation was to understand, from the ergological perspective, what the life history of an entrepreneur has to reveal about the entrepreneurship. The field of entrepreneurship studies has been fragmented since the Middle Ages to the present day. A historical landmark for this phenomenon was the 1970s, when political, economic, social and technological changes have made entrepreneurship gain notoriety. This encouraged some authors to seek the consolidation of the field as a scientific community, in an attempt to build a conceptual framework and minimize the fragmentation of the field. At the same time, entrepreneurship, which had previously received the attention of economics and psychology, became the object of management studies. In this sense, it was possible to reflect on the alignment of administrative theories with the interests of capital, from the classical school to the flexible production model. Currently, the debate is around the idea of entrepreneurship, self management. This historical recovery gives indications that entrepreneurship is more a depository ideology of neoliberal rationality, which tries to hide the conflicts between capital and labor. This can be confirmed by its heyday at a time of globalization and increased competition, which resulted in mass layoffs in companies that failed to keep up with the new competitive landscape. Thus, stimulating discourses of entrepreneurship emerged as a way to achieve success, when in fact it attempts to camouflage the unemployment crisis. These discourses are based on councils, imperatives and norms of conduct that function as a system of domination and make people assume a mode of behavior compatible with the capitalist system, valuing freedom, individuality and competition. In this, responsibility for career, well-being and life in general passes to the subject. Adopting the ergology magnifying glass to see entrepreneurship as an ideology, we see that in this, the poles of the tripolar system (political, market and activity) lose balance, since both the state and the individual are guided by market values. In this dissertation it was tried to throw light on the activity of the entrepreneur and for this was adopted the method History of life as a methodological path. Tux's Life Story and his trajectory with entrepreneurship show that his narratives are influenced by the ideology of entrepreneurship. However, in telling his story, emerged the conflicts, debates of norms, self-uses for themselves and for others, contradictions between mercantile values and values of the common good, which affects their decision-making processes. It has been demonstrated how the Life Story can be used as an ergological device in what concerns to summon the worker to produce knowledge about their activity and as a posture of refusal to any mutilating simplification of the work. Moreover, Tux's Life Story also represents the stories of many other Brazilian entrepreneurs what fight to keep their business up and running even in the face of unfavorable scenario.

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  • Amanda Fontes Silva
  • Game Over? The career transition of former athletes and the exercise of managerial function

  • Leader : LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • KELY CÉSAR MARTINS DE PAIVA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • Data: 20 mars 2019
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  • The purpose of this study was to "understand the influence of the sports career on the performance of the managerial function from the perception of former athletes." The relevance of this study is to insert a discussion still little explored in the Brazilian literature, analyzing the athlete's career transition and the peculiarities of the profession. To make the analysis proposed in this study feasible, it was necessary to understand career, career transition and managerial role. In order to reach the goal, 6 former athletes were interviewed who occupied the position of manager during the period in which the research was carried out. Only those for whom the sports career was also a professional career were selected. Based on the theoretical reference, the professionals who performed some sequential functions directed to the organization (planning, implementation, operation and evaluation) and directed to the participants (stimulation, coordination and control) were considered as managers. By conducting qualitative and descriptive research, the interviews were done semi-structured and were treated through the content analysis proposed by Bardin (1977). The analysis of the interviews was divided into 3 categories - sports career, manager career and career relationship - and 8 codes. It was felt that the burden of competitions and training, the development of teamwork, leadership, knowledge of oneself limits were decisive for the construction of the current career and influence the understanding of what is the managerial function. It is understood that the greatest contribution of this study resides in the understanding that, after the transition of career, the ex-athlete who assumes a managerial function uses resources of the previous career that allow to overcome the challenges of the management. In addition, it was possible to identify that the experience in the sport is a differential for the managers that act directly or indirectly in this area.

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  • Rita de Cássia Leal Campos
  • Innovation Decision-Making Process: the case of the Belo Horizonte fashion industry

  • Leader : UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ALMIRALVA FERRAZ GOMES
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • Data: 26 mars 2019
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  • Besides being closely linked to consumption, fashion is responsible for moving the textile and clothing industry, thus representing an important economic activity. Fashion is characterized by the new, by change and ephemerality, which makes it inseparable from innovation. Therefore, one of the greatest challenges for the managers of this branch is the differentiation of products, making it necessary to make strategic decisions oriented to the market. In this context, this research aimed to investigate how the decision-making of the managers of the women's fashion industry of Belo Horizonte in the selection of innovation alternatives occurs. The research was based on theories related to innovation, innovation in the fashion industry, decision-making in organizations, decision-making in the selection of innovative ideas and institutional mimicry. The focus of the research is on the first sub-process of innovation – known as the Front End, or the front line – because it is there that the identification and selection of innovation opportunities occurs. This is a critical step, since it is decisive for the final result of the innovation. The study conducted has a qualitative and descriptive approach. We investigated the case of the fashion industry of Belo Horizonte, considering that the city stands out as a national reference in fashion production. For the collection of data, seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with company managers within the competitive context of the fashion industry. As a data collection instrument, a semi-structured script containing pertinent questions about the practical application of the concepts discussed was used. The data were analyzed through content analysis with the help of QDA Miner software. The interviews were transcribed in full and loaded into the program, beginning the process of reading and categorizing the excerpts. The material was divided into categories and subcategories of analysis, defined from the theoretical reference and the verbalizations contained in the interviews, respectively. Aiming to enrich the data analysis, the "cloud of words" technique was used, through which the most recurrent words were identified in each interviewee's speech. With the results and discussions of this research it was possible to obtain a greater understanding of decision making in the context of fashion, thus contributing to the state of the art of scientific literature and to the improvement of organizational processes in this sector. During the construction of the theoretical basis, some assumptions were raised that guided the investigation as they were confronted with the results obtained in the field research. In this way, it was concluded that innovation is considered fundamental in the fashion industry, since it is the main strategy of competitiveness used by the managers to obtain differentiation in the design of the products. The fashion in Belo Horizonte is linked to social, economic and cultural aspects and companies attribute a symbolic value to the brand to become unique in the market. Often incremental, the innovation process in the fashion industry occurs collectively and in a more informal way, following a procedural model of decision making. The selection of ideas for the development of new collections occurs through defined criteria and is usually carried out by the brand owner with the support of his team. To make decisions, managers use market research and trends, but also rely on their intuitions, skills, and experiences. In addition to the innovative strategy, it is also common to use the imitative strategy in the fashion industry as a way to reduce risks and uncertainties. This way, the manager chooses the one that best matches the brand proposal and the profile of its target audience.

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  • Gabriel Augusto de Carvalho
  •  Liquidity Risk Pricing in Emerging Markets

  • Leader : HUDSON FERNANDES AMARAL
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ANTÔNIO ARTUR DE SOUZA
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • HUDSON FERNANDES AMARAL
  • JULIANO LIMA PINHEIRO
  • LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • Data: 31 mai 2019
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  • The relationship between stock liquidity and its return is a theme widely explored in the literature since the seminal work of Amihud and Mendelson (1986). Among the studies developed with this theme, we highlight the divergence of results among the works developed in the context of emerging markets. Jun, Marathe and Shawky (2003) and Correia, Amaral and Bressan (2008) are examples of authors who find a positive relationship between liquidity and returns, while Machado and Medeiros (2011) and Amihud et al. (2015) find a negative association between these variables in the context of emerging markets. Thus, this dissertation had as general objective to verify if the stock liquidity is a systematic risk factor priced in the capital markets of the emerging countries of Latin America. The initial sample of the study consisted of all stocks traded between June 1, 1999 and June 30, 2017 in the markets of the Latin American countries that were part of the Emerging Markets Index of Morgan Stanley Capital International in August 2018. To measure liquidity were considered two alternative proxies, namely: the Adjusted Illiquidity of Kang and Zhang (2014) and the standardized turnover index proposed by Liu (2006). After calculating these proxies, we tested the inclusion of a liquidity factor for each measure of liquidity in the three-, four-, and five-factor models. By using the Gibbons, Ross and Shanken (1989) test to evaluate the model results, it was observed that, in general, the models that had a liquidity factor presented a better predictive power, and the models with the constructed factor from the standardized turnover presented a greater power of explanation in comparison to the models with the addition of a factor for the liquidity based on adjusted iliquidity. The results of these models were robust in relation to the January effect and, when the sample was considered segmented in two equal periods, it was evidenced that liquidity became a more significant factor in the second half of the time window. When estimating the cross-section regressions, or models of the second step, the results pointed out that no model was able to explain the average return excess of the LHS portfolios. In addition, the highest coefficient of determination obtained for these models was related to the five-factor model with the addition of the factor constructed from the Adjusted Illiquidity.

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  • Cláudia Faria Maciel
  • Performance of Factor Models in Explaining Asset-Pricing Anomalies in the Brazilian Capital Market

  • Leader : LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • CAROLINA MAGDA DA SILVA ROMA
  • LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • LUCELIA VIVIANE VAZ RAAD
  • SILVIO ALVES DE SOUZA
  • Data: 26 juin 2019
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  • In the mid-1980s, several studies provided evidence of abnormal behavior in the return of financial assets, indicating that there were risk premiums associated with different factors in the market. Such anomalies generated results that were contrary to the basic assumptions of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and were not explained by the model. The relevance of these factors led different models of asset pricing to emerge in the literature, seeking to improve the explanatory power of returns. This discussion became even more intense from the seminal studies of Fama and French (1993) and Carhart (1997), which presented new factorial models based on fundamentalist indicators, which incorporated variables based on the most debated anomalies in the financial literature. Considering these discussions, this dissertation proposed to verify, through empirical tests, which of the three factors of Fama and French (1993), the four factors of Carhart (1997) and the five factors of Fama and French ( 2015), presents better performance in explaining the size, book-to-market, momentum, profitability and investment in the Brazilian stock market. This study aims to add new contributions on the pricing of assets and on models that explain the process that generates stock returns, helping to make financial decisions in situations of risk. In order to test the models, we used a predictive test methodology, which applies two-step regressions – time-series and cross-section, developed by Fama and MacBeth (1973). In the models tested, the market, size, book-to-market, momentum, profitability and investment factors were used as independent variables; and the dependent variables were the excess return of the portfolios in relation to the risk-free interest rate. The results observed for the first step regressions and for the Gibbons, Ross and Shanken (1989) test showed that the five-factor model of Fama and French (2015) presented better performance in explaining the average returns compared to other models. The model that presented the worst performance for this stage was the three-factor of Fama and French (1993). When cross-section regressions were estimated, it was possible to verify that, although the five-factor model presented greater predictive power, none of the models was able to explain the variations of the returns of the formed portfolios.

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  • Moisés Luna Brandão
  • PMI Talent Triangle Dimensions And Project Managers Decision Styles

  • Leader : UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • ISABEL CRISTINA SARTORELLI
  • PAULA KARINA SALUME
  • Data: 28 juin 2019
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  • The project manager (PM) is the figure within the organization that dialogues between the higher hierarchical levels, exerting influence in the decision-making process. It is therefore crucial to understand how these professionals make decisions and whether there is a decision-making style they are most inclined to. The study was based on the Talent Triangle (TT), developed by Project Management Institute (PMI), which defines three competencies dimensions (technical knowledge, leadership and strategic and business management) required to respond to the complexities of the projects and the market. These competencies have a close relationship with decision-making. Thus, this study aims to investigate the relationship between the decision-making style of engineering and IT managers and their preferences regarding the dimensions of the PMI Talent Triangle. To achieve the goal of the research, it was adopted the Dual Process Theory in its version modified by Regret Theory, here called TPD-m, which assumes that each individual can have a more prominent decision-making style among three possibilities: analytical, intuitive and emotional. Seeking for research resources that could dialogue with the TPD-m theory, two tools with psychology bases were adopted: 1) the DMI (Decision Making Inventory) psychometric test that aimed to investigate PM decision styles and 2) Q-Methodology, which aimed, among other things, to capture subjective aspects by suggesting to the participants to establish the most priority items of the TT dimensions The results confirm the preponderance of the analytical style among the PMs investigated and also point to a more pronounced inclination to the strategic vertex of the TT. This discussion allowed to emphasize a subject sometimes relegated to the background, which is the decision-making as a cognitive process and to deepen the studies of competence in project management, establishing a bridge between market concepts and studies in the academic environment.

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  • Fernando Gustavo da Silva Quirino
  • Online Participation and Deliberation: an analysis of the Innovative Solutions Program in a Public University

  • Leader : LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • VIRGÍLIO CÉZAR DA SILVA E OLIVEIRA
  • ANDRÉ LUIZ ZAMBALDE
  • Data: 28 août 2019
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  • This dissertation proposes to investigate the decision making of public sector managers regarding institutional participation and the deliberation of debates in virtual environments. Participation and deliberation have been the subject of study since the 1960s. In Brazil, struggles in the social field culminated in the recognition of various citizens rights in the Federal Constitution promulgated in 1988. This same document institutionalized social participation by calling the population to take decision-making in the public sector through thematic deliberative councils. Other participatory programs were built from the 1980s, with emphasis on the Participatory Budget. With the increase of information technology, since the beginning of the 21st century, instruments for participation in the virtual environment were created, including the UFLA More Innovative Solutions Program, from the Federal University of Lavras. Thus, the objective of this work was to analyze which participation typologies were verified in the UFLA + Innovative Solutions Program, as an instance of institutional participation and online public deliberation. The study to be conducted has a qualitative bias, following an interpretative approach. For data collection, documentary sources were used about the program's website and the interaction platform, about the announcement that regulated the participation in the program and about the users; posts about the platform. Data were analyzed through content analysis with the aid of Atlas.ti software, version 7.5.16. The analysis categories for coding were based on Dahlberg (2004) and Dahlberg (2011). They are divided into Liberal Consumer, Deliberative, Anti-Public and Autonomous Marxist. The constitution of the platform, the convening instrument with the program rules were analyzed and a very high frequency was observed in participations classified as Liberal Consumer, which shows that there was more interest in the award than in the changes that the program could propose in the program. University. With the results and discussions of this research, it is intended to contribute to a better understanding of the decision making processes in public organizations.

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  • Bruno de Almeida Matos
  • Competences of the School Principals of Minas Gerais State: the occupational certification process in the light of ergology

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • JEFFERSON LOPES LA FALCE
  • KAMILA PAGEL DE OLIVEIRA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • Data: 30 août 2019
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  • The purpose of this dissertation is to understand, through an ergological point of view, the certification process of school principals of Minas Gerais state. Beginning in 2006, the occupational certification process of state school principals in Minas Gerais aims to identify whether the professional has the necessary skills to assume a specific position/function and meets the technical requirements, with their respective responsibilities and activities. The choice for an ergological approach in the present research was made mainly to give centrality to voice of the school principals so that they can expose their vision about the certification process. Considered a démarche, a path to be followed, the ergology proposes to better understand and intervene in work situations in order to transform them, bringing the worker to the center of attention, focusing on built knowledge and seeking to understand the debates they experienced in the execution of their work. In view of the objective of the work, semi-structured interviews were conducted with school principals of Belo Horizonte’s metropolitan area, in addition to having as object of study occupational certification as its object of study this research addresses the organization of Brazilian education, the history and the processes of choosing the figure of the school principals, as well as the literature that aims to identify the competencies required for the Brazilian school administration. It can be concluded that the implementation of the occupational certification studied was carried out in tow of a national movement that aimed to improve the results of education in Brazil, which instituted a systematic of metrics and controls to evaluate the evolution of teaching quality in Brazil. parents. This movement is a clear example of the injection of market values, of individual values that can be quantified on the political pole, of unquantifiable values, of the common good. Having verified the relationship between the competences / qualities of the school manager to this improvement, occupational certification has become the quality seal of the professional who holds this position, which validates the efforts of the state government to improve the quality of education. However, through the interview of the school principals the certification cannot encompass the reality of their work or prepare the candidates for position.

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  • JOÃO EDUARDO RIBEIRO
  • The Impact of Order flow Toxicity on the Liquidity of Future DI and Dollar Contracts 

  • Leader : LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • GETÚLIO ALVES DE SOUZA MATOS
  • JOSÉ ROBERTO DE SOUZA FRANCISCO
  • LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • Data: 30 août 2019
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  • The increase in high frequency trading and expansion of tick-by-tick databases have led to the increase in market microstructure research, especially those dealing with market liquidity and informational asymmetry present in transactions. Consequently, several studies, instigated by the possible influence that informational asymmetry has on market liquidity, sought to identify the occurrence of informational asymmetry in markets. These studies eventually found that the Volume-Synchronized Probability of Informed Trading (VPIN), model proposed by Easley, Prado and O'Hara (2012), directly measures the degree of order flow toxicity, i.e., the likelihood of informational asymmetry in trading. Therefore, the objective of this research was to analyze the impact of the order flow toxicity (VPIN) of future contracts of future DI and commercial dollar of B3 on the bidask-spread of these assets. Therefore, were used intraday data from January to December of 2018, and an SLR model. Results show that, regarding the illiquidity of contracts, measured through the bid-ask-spread proxy, DI Futures contracts were more liquid than commercial dollar contracts, with averages of 1.4774 and 3.5731, respectively. Regarding toxicity, future DI contracts had 12,518 buckets, averaging 0.0073 and when it comes to commercial dollar contracts, 12475 buckets, averaging 0.0006. Regarding the estimated models, the results for future DI pointed to a direct relationship between toxicity and illiquidity, corroborating the research hypothesis. The commercial dollar model, on the other hand, indicated an inverse relationship between toxicity and illiquidity, contrary to the research hypothesis.

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  • Ivan Fernandes da Cruz
  • Investments in Photovoltaic Solar Distributed Energy Generation Projects: impacts of the decision-making

  • Leader : FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • FLAVIA VITAL JANUZZI
  • LUCELIA VIVIANE VAZ RAAD
  • Data: 30 août 2019
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  • Currently, the Brazilian electricity matrix is predominantly hydroelectric, with a share of over 63%. This implies huge climate dependence, as well as thermal power plant activation at times of rationing, increasing the cost of the tariff. On the other hand, it is observed that the source of photovoltaic solar distributed power generation, which Brazil has abundant resources, such as territorial space and good level of irradiation, still has incipient participation in the Brazilian electric matrix, around 0.14%, according to the National Energy Balance (2018). Therefore, this research sought to structure a financial viability model, aiming to support decision making in investments of solar photovoltaic distributed power generation, as well to provide an analysis of the impacts for the energy distributor and for the State (Federal and State). For this purpose, this research was developed through a quantitative investigation, which included a sample of 1,973,766 UC's consumer units, in 773 municipalities of Minas Gerais, in concession area of Cemig Distribuição S.A., from 151kWh to 500kWh consumption range. The sample period used was 2018. The feasibility analysis was performed considering three different perspectives: consumer, energy distributor and the State. The analysis was supported by the following financial indicators: Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Payback, along with the Monte Carlos simulation for the following variables: equipment and installation price, inflation and minimum attractiveness rate. In addition, some scenarios were performed considering variations in the kw price. In conclusion, from the consumer perspective, for the 25-year time series, which was the one adopted for cash flow, all UCs were financially viable. The lowest PayBack and the highest IRR, per mesoregion, were respectively 6.36 years and 22.19%. When applying the SMC, there was a slight positive change in results, around 3% compared to the base scenario. The analysis from the perspective of the distributor and the State, in addition to the SMC already performed, proposed scenarios with reduction and increase of the tariff value, which allowed to verify reduction of revenue loss and collection, as well as a performance decrease of the financial indicators. This enables the discussion of trade-off between tariff reduction for customer retention in the current system versus tariff increase or maintenance and the possibility of customer migration to the photovoltaic solar power generation system.

2018
Thèses
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  • CAROLINA CALAZANS LOPES LEOPOLDINO
  • The Disposal of Fluorescent Lamps in the Industries of the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte

  • Leader : FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • PAULO HENRIQUE DE LIMA SIQUEIRA
  • SANNY RODRIGUES MOREIRA CAMPOS
  • Data: 19 mars 2018
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  • The use of fluorescent lamps showed significant growth after the 2001 energy crisis. This brings, on the one hand, a reduction in energy consumption and an increase in competitiveness for organizations and, on the other hand, a concern for modern society, because the irregular disposal of these after-consumption lamps can cause environmental and people's health damage. In this sense, the aim of this work was to analyze the process of discarding fluorescent lamps from the user and non - generating industries of fluorescent lamps in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte. The study was carried out in a quantitative and qualitative approach, with a descriptive character and the data collection was done through the following techniques: bibliographic research, documentary research, semistructured interview, structured questionnaire application and technical visit. The participants of the study were representatives of the Special Waste Management, the Municipal Environment Secretariat, the company responsible for the decontamination of industrial light bulbs and the user and non-generating industries in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte. From the results, it is noticed that the disposal of fluorescent light bulbs still does not occur the way it should. Ordinary waste is still the predominant disposal option, with 33% of the total and many respondents unknown of environmental legislation, portrayed in the National Solid Waste Policy and the Environmental Crimes Law. The industries also pointed out that there are many difficulties to implement reverse logistics, and the absence of public power programs that encourage the correct disposal cited by almost all companies (95%). With this, the disposal is inadequate and lacks communication and supervision by the public authorities.

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  • LILIAN MARA FERREIRA FERNANDES
  • Public Space Claimed, Market Changed: a longitudinal study of the street carnival movement of Belo Horizonte

  • Leader : RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • ROBERTA DIAS CAMPOS
  • MARCELO DE REZENDE PINTO
  • Data: 22 mars 2018
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  • Discussions about the concept of space in the market dynamics, although still incipient, have been increasingly recurrent. Until recent times, it was common for researchers in the field of consumer culture to focus their studies on consumers and producers, neglecting the fact that other agents could also play a significant role in changing markets. Current research, however, has positioned differently by highlighting previously unnoticed agents, such as space. If initially it emerged as a mere scenario of consumer relations, in recent studies space is approached as a central focus, assuming a relevant role as a transforming agent of the markets. Accompanying this understanding, the objective of this study was therefore to understand how the use of public spaces affects the behavior of consumers and, consequently, changes the market. To reach it, was used the context of the street carnival of Belo Horizonte, a collective movement that occupies the public spaces of the city in order to question the uses commonly associated with them. Based on the concept of social movements from an institutional perspective, a longitudinal investigation was carried out by collecting data from various sources, such as newspaper articles, Internet, public documents, semi-structured interviews and participant observation. As a result, three positions assumed by consumers directly influenced by the use associated with public spaces were identified: the organization of a social movement, the projection of institutional entrepreneurs and the promotion of institutional works. This research contributes to the understanding that socio-cultural structures influence the process of market evolution and should be considered in the decision-making of companies and governmental institutions.

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  • Verônica Fujise Pereira
  • (Re)singularization of Second Hand Objects: the Luxury of the Middle Class

  • Leader : RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • RONAN TORRES QUINTÃO
  • MARCELO DE REZENDE PINTO
  • ELIANE PEREIRA ZAMITH BRITO
  • Data: 22 mars 2018
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  • Researchers in the field of consumer culture had investigated how we choose objects, gave them personal meanings, and removed of commodity status, became singularized. There are also studies that have focused on the moving of the singularized objects to the state of the commodity, being (re) commodified or discarded. Following the present research, the study search how second hand objects commercialized in the market return to their singular status, as happens the movement of objects in the market, and how consumers (re) singularize these goods. To reach the objectives proposed here, a qualitative research was carried out during 18 months focusing on the second hand clothing and accessories market. The data was collected through in depth interviews, netnography and participant observation and was analyzed using a hermeneutic perspective. As a result, the research verified that the objects are in transit in the state of the commodities and in the singularization, depending on the biographical phase in which it finds itself. The market of a second hand promotes attempts to objects (re) singularization through two main segments: (1) recovery of the object biography and (2) reinforcement of authenticity. The results also revealed that there is a movement of the object between classes, since, on context studied, a high class promoting a (re) commercialization of clothes and accessories of famous brands, vintage and high couture, making available as for the market of a second hand. The middle class then takes up the unique and special status, as it would not be possible to acquire them in the market of new products. The results of the research, especially in the understanding of consumer practices and the used objects market, contribute to the marketing decision process. Thus, the consumption of goods is shown as one of the main social mechanisms of distinction between classes and the movement of the object reflects such positioning.

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  • WENDEL MOREIRA DUARTE
  • Automatized investment decision model using machine learning and the portfolio selection technique of the Black-Litterman

  • Leader : RODRIGO TOMAS NOGUEIRA CARDOSO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • RODRIGO TOMAS NOGUEIRA CARDOSO
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • JULIANO LIMA PINHEIRO
  • ROGERIO MARTINS GOMES
  • ADRIANO CESAR MACHADO PEREIRA
  • Data: 2 juil. 2018
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  • This work aims to propose models using machine learning techniques, specifically using artificial neural networks (ANN) and support vector machine (SVM), to predict financial assets which have potential to achieve specifics targets and then compose portfolios using the Black-Litterman model (BL). Regarding the the specifical aims, the propose is to build a model using ANN and another one using SVM to classifie financial assets which have potential to achieve specific targets, and then, optimize portfolios using BL model, taking as view parametrer the ANN and SVM predictions, and, finally, compare the portfolios with the baselines (Ibovespa index and a portfolio built using the Markowitz’s model). The sample was composed by assets in Ibovespa index, from January 2006 to July 2017, considering daily data. The ANN and SVM models operated as classifiers, where was daily generated achievment indicators from specificals targets. This predictions was coupled in BL model using the targets as a view parametre and the precision measure used to represent the confidence regardind this view. To compare the performance of the proposed model five other models were configured: (i) a model using signals from a randomic process coupled in BL model, (ii) a model using signals from the classifiers, but without optimization, (iii) a model using signals from the classifiers coupled in MV model, (iv) the MV model in simple application, and (v) a porfolio using a buy-and-hold strategy based in Ibovespa index. The results indicated higher performance from the classifier based on SVM when compared with a naive approach, superiority in terms of cardinality, operation volume and return for SVM+BL strategy, in a total period and by bienium analysis. This results reinforce the potential of using the soft computing techiniques in a portfolio selection process, providing insigths for the decision maker to elaborate more assertive strategies, performing a more accuracity operration and achieving better results. The contributions of this work include the proposition from a model to support the decision maker in a process of investment decision, the development of a classifier which has statitical superior assertivity if compared to a naive approach, the use of the minimun variance portfolio to estimate the market equilibrium distribution, and the coupled of the predictions from machine learning techiniques with the BL model, using the precision measure as parametre.

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  • Simoni de Cássia Pinto Coelho
  • Location Decision of Technology-Based Companies: the case study of the San Pedro Valley community

  • Leader : UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • CRISTIANA FERNANDES DE MUYLDER
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • ROBERTO MARINHO FIGUEIROA ZICA
  • UAJARA PESSOA ARAUJO
  • Data: 3 juil. 2018
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  • Currently, it is noted that the business location scenario is experiencing changes. While for some industries location is defined by the proximity of its feedstock source, by the market, or by economies of agglomeration with significant strategic impact, the technology-based companies, the emerging businesses and here named as startups, suffer from less determinism and can hypothetically locate themselves anywhere they have access to the information and communication technologies. However, there is a trend towards clustering and the formation of startups ecosystems. To study this phenomenon, was made the option to understand the decision-making process of the location of these companies. The objective of the research was to investigate the rationality and the circumstances of the location decision taken by the entrepreneurs of technology-based companies not only for the implementation, but also for the continuity of the business. The limited rationality of the decision-maker, who is immersed in a set of institutions and under a network of connections with other agents, which at the same time restricts and potentiates their actions, has been accepted. The research was developed through the exploratory-descriptive case study of the San Pedro Valley Community, in the region of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais - selected for its prominence among Brazilian technological environments. Ontologically, reality was assumed to be the one perceived and interpreted by the actors, placing this study in the interpretive epistemology, with the use of multimethods, including the quantitative method, more associated with functionalism. Statistical analysis of data obtained through a survey; sociometric analysis; content analysis of primary interview data; besides analysis of secondary data, obtained in electronic sites and registries were used. At the end of this study it was possible to infer that the decision-making process of localization of startups by their founders is rational, according to the terms of limited rationality based on values. The main values considered were relationship networks, family and friends, as well as being born or established in the city. It was noticed that there is a tendency of the influence of the historical trajectory in the decision to remain in the place of origin. And once settled in the city, the decision to change becomes more difficult. The decision to stay in the city is supported by the existence of an entrepreneurial ecosystem, whose most outstanding actors were the universities as trainers of qualified workers; business accelerators and business acceleration programs as new business supporters and the networked entrepreneurs themselves in the San Pedro Valley community. The community was characterized by its collaborative culture that favors the exchange of information, knowledge, experiences and technology, as well as giving visibility to participants and to the city itself. It can be concluded that social capital is generated and maintained in the network differently by central and peripheral members, but all benefit collectively, whether by paying less taxes or being recognized by the reputation of the Community.



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  • Eliane Santos Vargas
  • The Impact of Supplychain Management Practices on Competitive Differential and Organizational Performance of Companies in Minas Gerais State

  • Leader : ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ELISANGELA MARTINS DE SA
  • FABRICIO MOLICA DE MENDONCA
  • JOÃO FLÁVIO DE FREITAS ALMEIDA
  • PAULO FERNANDES SANCHES JUNIOR
  • Data: 8 août 2018
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  • Supply chain management is a more complex management aspect, since in addition to people, products, services, information, facilities, production, distribution centers, supplier relations and customer relations, the chain is also included in several other systemic environments. In this way, this study is analyzed on the impact of the practices of management of competences on the competitive differential and the organizational performance. Medium the capacity of companies integrated in their networks of commercial relationships raises the following problem: What is the impact of the practices of management of profits on the competitive differential and the organizational performance? To answer a question, the context of the metalworking companies of the Minas Gerais state was studied. The research is of an applied nature, with the quantitative approach, using a Structural Equation Modeling as an application of analysis through surveys. Data from the study were collected from 269 companies to test three hypotheses. The results are higher than the SGM practices that may have improved the differential, but did not have a greater impact on the organizational order. In addition, competitiveness can have a direct and positive impact on organizational performance.

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  • MARCÍLIA JÚNIA DE ANDRADE OLIVEIRA
  • The Relevance of the Cost of Congestioning in the City Of Belo Horizonte in the Decision-Making Process of Public Investments

  • Leader : FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FELIPE DIAS PAIVA
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • ULISSES PEREIRA DOS SANTOS
  • Data: 17 août 2018
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  • The dynamics of mobility in large Brazilian metropolises suffer from detrimental obstacles to the quality of life of the population and the economic development of cities. Belo Horizonte is an example of a city where the population faces problems in daily commutes. This research had as main objective to demonstrate the congestion tendency in the city of Belo Horizonte and to quantify its financial impacts and as it is the behavior of the public management as the investment decisions to reduce this externality. The results found emphasized the effects of congestion related to fuel consumption, emission of pollutants and the time people lose in impoundments. Results that demonstrate great monetary significance of the congestion problem and the need for investments in urban mobility. The mobility that should be treated as a priority by public administrations for their importance of urban sustainability, but which is often treated in isolation and coexists with various conflicts of interest in city management. It should be emphasized that this research may contribute to the discussion about the importance of urban mobility and sustainable development in the city of Belo Horizonte. Likewise, it could provide input to discuss how decisions on the choice of investment of public resources are made and what alternative solutions could be adopted to reduce the serious problems of congestion.

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  • PATRICIA ALBUQUERQUE GOMES
  • Management of Performance in the Context of Modernization of Public Administration: a study on Chile and Portugal

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • KAMILA PAGEL DE OLIVEIRA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • LUCIANA SILVA CUSTODIO
  • Data: 31 août 2018
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  • This dissertation aimed to analyze how performance management occurs in the context of the modernization of the federal public sector in Chile and Portugal. To do so, the study was based on a theoretical framework that covers everything from the modernization of public administration to performance management, passing on people management. Performance management, as well as other people management subsystems, is criticized for using private sector management tools, based on a results-driven logic. From this point of view, it is understood that certain practices of the private sector, regarding the measurement of performance, can not be simply inserted in the scenario of the public administration. Performance management can then be considered as a puzzle, as a paradox, in which it is sometimes implicitly addressed in the studies on results-based management, but its focus is only on performance evaluation, unrelated to management (BOUCKAERT . Beyond this criticism, performance management can contribute to the achievement of the strategic objectives of the countries and its focus is upward, a trend that can be verified through the manuals produced; by the interest of consultants and professional organizations, both public and private; and OECD evaluations, which indicate that developed countries have emphasized performance rather than just processes, so that their servers meet the needs of citizens (OECD, 2003, see Carneiro, 2013). In Portugal, public administration reform was implemented during the Constitutional Government (2005-2009) and had as its objective the restructuring of human resources management, with an emphasis on its integration with budget management, which is an inclination of the OECD, while in Chile HRM practices are directed to ministries to a lesser extent than the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) average. The central human resources management sector, for the most part, coordinates policy but is also responsible for other issues, including payment and classification systems. Chile makes less use of strategic HRM practices than the average of OECD countries, and its prominence lies in the decentralization of public bodies, which may grant autonomy, but fragments the implementation of policies and practices in that country, since are not adopted by all organs. The work consisted in a qualitative-descriptive research in which 16 semi-structured interviews were applied in the countries of study and documents and legislation were used referring to the subject. Through the analysis it was possible to identify that Chile and Portugal have practices and personnel management policies that make reference to performance management, which is similar to other OECD countries. The study countries also have limitations to implement performance management and the results indicate that there are still processes to be perfected, such as performance appraisal and compensation.

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  • LUCAS MACHADO COELHO SILVA
  • A Methodological Proposal for the Projection of Time Series in Calculating the Cost of Capital of the Brazilian Electricity Energy Distribution Sector

  • Leader : LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LAISE FERRAZ CORREIA
  • HUDSON FERNANDES AMARAL
  • LUCELIA VIVIANE VAZ RAAD
  • SILVIO ALVES DE SOUZA
  • ANTÔNIO ARTUR DE SOUZA
  • Data: 27 sept. 2018
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  • The objective of this work was to propose a new methodology for the projection of the variables adopted in the calculation of the cost of capital of the Brazilian electricity distribution sector. In order to establish the percentage of return that compensates investors for the risk assumed when investing in the electric power distribution segment, the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) uses the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) together with the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) as a methodology for calculating the cost of regulatory capital applicable to periodic tariff review cycles (CRTPs), which occur on average every four years. To conduct the calculation of the regulatory capital cost, ANEEL must first define the appropriate parameters to represent the components of the CAPM and WACC equations. In addition to the choice of parameters that will represent each variable of the mentioned equations, ANEEL needs to design, based on historical data, a value for each variable that represents the best future estimate of the respective parameter. Currently, the regulatory agency determines, in a discretionary manner, the appropriate time window for the calculation of the mean or median of the components of the WACC equation. However, the long time series of some components used do not present a steady behavior, that is, they do not present mean and variance constants over time, as well as absence of autocorrelation. Thus, the adoption of the average or median by ANEEL to project values may not indicate the best estimate for the cost of regulatory capital, since such statistical measures do not take into account changes in the characteristics of the time series. Considering this context, it was proposed in this study the use of the Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model by the regulator, which treats both the stationary and non-stationary time series, to calculate the value of the component components of the regulatory WACC. The result of the projection of long time series using the ARIMA method indicated values different from those estimated by ANEEL for the cost of regulatory capital. In addition, the projected components presented a greater oscillation throughout the cycles of tariff revision.

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  • MARCELLA BARBOSA MIRANDA TEIXEIRA
  • Academic Managers in the University: reflections of Maria Carmem and Gaia’s lifes stories

  • Leader : FERNANDA TARABAL LOPES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • ADMARDO BONIFACIO GOMES JUNIOR
  • FERNANDA TARABAL LOPES
  • JULIANA CRISTINA TEIXEIRA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • Data: 3 déc. 2018
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  • This research proposes the reflection on women managers at a Federal University, through Maria Carmem and Gaia’s life stories. Both professors with a managerial position at a Federal University. This research is justified by the low number of studies about women's managerial position occupation in this institution and small number of women who occupies these positions at the University. The theoretical background discusses the themes: gender, feminism, patriarchy, women and work, women and managerial work, university management and academic manager at the University. From a qualitative perspective based in the life story method, this study intends to answer the question: What is being a female manager at a Federal University? The database was collected by life story interviews and documentary research using secondary information given by the interviewees and university studies. The interviews were conducted with two academic managers that hold managerial positions at the University. Now they hold the positions of rector and director of the University. As result, both of the academic managers lived and experienced the prejudice and discrimination for been women in occupation of top hierarchical positions at the University. However, the study shows the resistance of these women to climb and conquer high hierarchical positions. Far from exhausts the discussions, this study reaffirm the understanding that the Universities are spaces widely dominated by male and that are a lot of challenges to be faced by women to conquer management positions.

2017
Thèses
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  • KENNY MORENO SANTOS FERNANDES
  • ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP AND LMX LEADERSHIP: CASE STUDY WITH SERVERS OF A PUBLIC INSTITUTION

  • Leader : LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • LIVIA MARIA DE PADUA RIBEIRO
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • LUCIANA SILVA CUSTODIO
  • Data: 1 sept. 2017
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  • The objective of this work is to analyze how the member-leader relationship influences the organizational citizenship behavior of the employees of a public institution in the state of Minas Gerais, having as reference the LMX (Leader Member Exchange Theory) theory. This theory understands leadership as a process, arising from the interaction between leaders and members. When this process evolves to a high level of partnership, in which responsibilities and decisions are shared, employees tend to reciprocate the LMX relationship through organizational citizenship (OCB) behaviors. OCBs are defined as voluntary and spontaneous acts that benefit the organization and are based on a social exchange relationship. The relevance of studying OCBs is based on the assumption that they are essential to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of organizations, especially public organizations. Thus, to achieve the proposed goal, this research uses a qualitative approach, since it intends to understand the phenomenon from the perception of the subjects and the way they interact with the people around them. The research strategy was the case study. For the data collection, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 12 servers (not occupying managerial positions) and 4 managers (occupants of managerial positions) of a public institution. After transcription, the interviews were analyzed using the content analysis method. The results suggest that the LMX relationship exerts a preponderant influence on the behavior of organizational citizenship, given that the affective and professional respect characteristics of the LMX relationship influence the behavior of disclosure of a favorable environment to the organization in the external environment; The characteristic partnership was related to the behaviors of cooperation and self-training; And, finally, the characteristic of open communication was associated with individual initiative and organizational participation behaviors. It should be noted that the system protection behavior was not associated with any characteristics of the LMX relationship and could not be considered as organizational citizenship for public servants. Finally, the contributions to the academic environment and the management of people in the public sector are discussed, and suggestions are presented for the development of future research.

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  • MARIANA GEISEL MARTINS
  • PROFESSIONALIZATION OF PUBLIC SENIOR MANAGEMENT: observations about Chile and Portugal

  • Leader : LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • CAROLINA RIENTE DE ANDRADE PAULA
  • KAMILA PAGEL DE OLIVEIRA
  • LILIAN BAMBIRRA DE ASSIS
  • LUCIANA SILVA CUSTODIO
  • Data: 1 sept. 2017
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  • The objective of this dissertation was to analyze, in the context of public sector reforms, the processes of professionalization of senior managers. Based on the experiences of Chile and Portugal, we try to analyze these processes in order to understand the possibilities and limits of this professionalization. The professionalization of top management positions has gained central relevance in the public-sector reforms of several countries since they are part of the process of formulating and implementing public policies and, consequently, of decision making within governments. These leaders appear as elements of conduction and permanence of changes as they assist in the consolidation of strategic management and provide the accumulation of institutional capacities and the timeliness of policies. Promoting change within organizations requires leaders who are able to guide these changes. The development and consolidation of senior management in the public sector depends on reforms in the organizational structure, human resources rules, selection forms, managerial skills, performance and development management, as well as in the political and organizational culture of the sector public. The study consisted of a qualitative-descriptive study in which documents and semi-structured interviews were used as a form of data collection in both countries. From the analysis of the data it was possible to perceive that Chile and Portugal follow the path of the professionalization of public leaders in close steps. The processes that lead to this professionalization, from the structuring of systems directed to the leaders to the adoption of new practices of recruitment and selection, are similar in both countries, respond to the worldwide tendency found in the literature. The main point of convergence in the professionalization of the leaders of both countries is the search for merit and the combination of professional and political criteria in the selection and management of these leaders. However, countries are also approaching their limits and challenges encountered during this process. Some interviewees point out that despite the whole process of selection, skills and performance institutionalized and guided by the search for merit, political influence still prevails. In the end, the balance between political and professional criteria ends up weighing on the political side.

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  • Sílvia Pedroso da Costa
  • CAREER CONSTRUCTIONS: Life trajectories and work links

  • Leader : FERNANDA TARABAL LOPES
  • MEMBRES DE LA BANQUE :
  • FERNANDA TARABAL LOPES
  • LUDMILA DE VASCONCELOS MACHADO GUIMARAES
  • SIDINEI ROCHA DE OLIVEIRA
  • Data: 18 sept. 2017
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  • This study had the main objective to speculate about the construction of the careers today. Therefore, this work had, as a fundamental empirical condition, the rescue of the Life History, through the cutout in career trajectories, of subject workers who have lived the experience of choosing to give new direction to their careers throughout their professional life. The thread of this research is based on the understanding of the elements in the career decision-making and its relationship to changes in the work and labor world. Career studies are studies of social, organizational and individual changes. The construction of professional trajectories, then, is a complex phenomenon that involves not only the interconnection of career models and work relationships in a given society, but also the different logics and rationalities that can be used by subjects in career decision-making in specific milestones of these paths. From the assumptions of Alberto Guerreiro Ramos’ substantive approach and also from identifying elements of the different rationalities present in the subjects’ career decision-making, this research set out to answer the question: How do contemporary workers make decisions to construct their careers in the milestones of their professional paths? As results, it seems that the decision-making processes of contemporary workers throughout their career rely on the concomitant, and often conflicting, influence of elements of substantive and instrumental logics. The search for autonomy, the relationship with money, social patterns of success and ethical issues appear as prominent elements that permeate decisions; while motherhood appears as the main career milestone. The option to assume flexible labor relationships, as opposed to the CLT, presents itself as an artifice found by these workers to live in an organizationally planned world, without losing their space of personal self-realization, bringing them closer to the model of the parenthetical man. Finally, future research perspectives are presented.

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