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As elites organizacionais e o discurso da flexibilidade : uma análise sob a perspectiva das relações de poder
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-10-20) Sanchez, José Paulo de Angelo; Donadone, Julio César; https://lattes.cnpq.br/7643906508178259; https://lattes.cnpq.br/9990858707479134
Generally speaking, the evolution of organizational behavior has been analyzed almost exclusively from the economic and technological transformations point of view. According to this perspective, firms are transformed by market forces as they struggle to adapt to customers’ demands in order to become more competitive and to survive and thrive. This viewpoint neglects the influence of powerful interests institutionalized in society, which manifests themselves inside firms through the actuation of organizational elites. Based on the study of organizational elites and the power relations they establish we are able to achieve a better understanding of factors that determine organizational behavior. With the advent of continuous transformations to which companies have been submitted with the stated purpose of giving them greater flexibility in the face of increasingly competitive markets, the old static organizational structures began to give way to network organizations, more susceptible to restructuring in order to suit economic interests. This flexible organizational environment would require also flexible professionals, averse to excessive specialization, which could hinder them the freedom to move through the organizational network seeking for new opportunities. The changes associated with this flexibility discourse, in turn, may offer opportunities to favoring not declared interests of the organizational elites. In this sense, the subject of our study is how the flexibility discourse might be used instrumentally by organizational elites in their internal disputes for leading positions in companies. More to the point, the question that we propose to investigate is: ‘would it be possible to identify in the behavior of members of organizational elites some evidence of the usage of the flexibility discourse as a tool to compete for command positions within organizations?’ It is not our intention to answer that question categorically, but to advance in the understanding of this topic through a reflection based on theoretical and empirical evidence. In order to seek possible answers we have investigated the careers of business consultants who worked for a multinational consulting company operating in Brazil. We have found that having worked for a renowned business consulting company represents a significant shortcut for executive positions in organizations from several industries, especially if coupled with an MBA title by some prominent American or European business school. This can be taken as an evidence that the flexibility discourse is aligned to the interests of organizational elites, to the extent that it legitimizes their claims to rise to positions of power in organizations without going through the lengthy path required by the assimilation of specific knowledge of each type of activity or industry.
Diagnóstico para implantação de um sistema de gestão ambiental em uma instituição federal de ensino
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015-10-20) Mendonça, Bruna Arduini; Caron, Monica Filomena; https://lattes.cnpq.br/3408975195954782; Faria, Luiz Carlos de; https://lattes.cnpq.br/2656343277991754; https://lattes.cnpq.br/1717752650017432
The Brazilian government has implemented policies and procedures that govern the actions of the society and entities own state in order to promote greater environmental awareness and actions that mitigate negative environmental impacts, such as the Environmental Agenda program in Public Administration (A3P). The adoption of an Environmental Management System (EMS) formalized by an educational institution can contribute to the awareness and the spread of the importance of environmental issues. The Campus Uberaba of Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Triângulo Mineiro (IFTM - Campus Uberaba) is an educational institution that seeks to establish an environmental management system. This study aimed to carry out an environmental diagnosis in IFTM - Campus Uberaba as a way to aid in the definition of social and environmental responsibility policies and the implementation of an EMS in the institution. Exploratory study was conducted in order to identify existing environmental standards to which the IFTM - Campus Uberaba is subject, as well as meet other voluntary environmental management practices by public institutions and / or higher education that could serve as a model for the institution. From the management reporting analysis, environmental control report, bidding notices, pedagogical projects of the courses offered by the institution, and also through direct observation, the main environmental aspects and impacts from campus´s processes and services have been identified, and existing environmental practices. It was verified that, over time, there was an intensification of government actions to mobilize their public institutions in the adoption of sustainability and environmental responsibility criteria. In IFTM - Campus Uberaba, environmental impacts information were identified on the physical, biotic and socioeconomic means and the action already present of a solid waste management project and a joint selective collection program. It was observed that the bidding notices practiced on campus do not include sustainability criteria in the procurement of materials and services and, for the discard practices of the institution, the legislation that deals with it has been obeyed. It was also observed that it is prevalent the use of virgin paper and disposable cups in the institution. As for the teaching practice it was found that the environmental issues, social and environmental responsibility and sustainable development are covered by most courses. The analysis of the survey of voluntary environmental management practices of some higher education institutions and other public institutions has observed that for the IFTM - Campus Uberaba assume its social and environmental responsibility are necessary several actions of its senior management to motivation and conviction of their community. From these findings it was concluded that the IFTM - Campus Uberaba may adopt changes and fixes in existing shares to fit the criteria and environmental requirements in voluntary standards, either by ISO 14001 or as the A3P, which should promote a management participatory, enhancing existing initiatives and involving the whole community.