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This work aimed a fit analysis between individual and Organizational Values, and the purpose of search for differences between sub units in an organization. Differently from P-O Fit studies, that use to evaluate fit using a single instrument to measure Personal and Organizational Values, this research added to the analysis the Work Values system and the hierarchy and, used three different instruments, validated to Brazilian culture to the measurement of values ( EVP Personal Values Scale, EVT Work Values Scale and IPVO Organizational Values Scale), all of them are based on the General Values Theory. This work is a descriptive research that used quantitative methodology. The data was collected using a closed questionnaire in a sample of 397 individuals, sub divided in three sub units of a service organization. The results made evident that congruencies vary according to the sub units and that the work values allow us to identify a bigger number of positive or negative congruencies.

The case study aimed to identify decision determinants on foreign retail company to internationalize. The research is based on the growing process of globalization nowadays that increasingly reduces the boundary between countries and allow companies to seek new markets, as well as the need for further studies within the retail sector taking into account all its specificities and characteristics. The chosen theory for the study is the Eclectic Paradigm, which states that companies will internationalize if they have ownership location and internalization advantages. The preference for this theory resides on its application to specific retail market and the importance of the process in the vision of the invested country and the investor. The research is exploratory on its objectives, it is a case study on its procedures and has a qualitative approach. The case study although unique is integrated, once it involves more than one unit of analysis. The case unit is an Australian fashion retail company founded in the early nineties, privately held, which operates in seventeen countries and mainly through its owned stores. The company entry movements were grouped into seven groups of internationalization that were evaluated through analysis of documents, internal files, interviews and direct documentation. Five interviews were held with executives and company managers for more detailed processes. The research results demonstrate adherence to the theory used and the business focus of the case study and identified the determinants for the company‟s internationalization as market positioning through the offer of quality and affordable products to the general population, the maintenance of the business culture in the new markets, the entrance into markets with similar characteristics as the Head Office‟s, growing markets and predominantly young population with fashion interests, and reduced operating costs. A framework was structured based on the findings.

Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa

This thesis analyzes the governance instruments and the implementation of compliance programs within the scope of the state-level Public Administration, considering the context of risk mitigation in public management. The study starts from the context of development of corporate governance and compliance programs at the international level, its main foundations and the reasons for adapting and transferring these experiences to the Brazilian public sector with a focus on the state-level Executive Branch. The research uses the qualitative and quantitative methodology, through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire to collect information in the 26 States of the Brazilian Federation plus the Federal District, aiming to assess the degree of maturity of the implementation of compliance programs by the internal control bodies of at the state-level Public Administration. The research also uses an empirical methodology in the form of case studies highlighted from the experience observed in the States. Further, the research verifies, from the pillars that support compliance in the private sector, which are the parameters applicable to public sector compliance programs, so that public budgets are used to meet the public interest, reduce corruption and irregular use of resources. For this purpose, the study uses bibliographic, legislative and empirical research as sources, based on hypotheticaldeductive and inductive methods, with the objective of conducting exploration of the subject based on the technical procedures of gathering information in national and foreign bibliographies, as well as in current legislation within the States. The empirical study aims to evaluate the challenges faced in the implementation of integrity compliance programs in the Public Administration at the state level. As a result, the empirical study intends, in addition to contributing to the scientific debate, to identify the degree of maturity of integrity compliance programs in the state-level Executive Branch in Brazil. Further, the empirical research analyzes the challenges faced in this process, in addition to promoting proposals to encourage the use of new information and communication technologies to improve public governance and the implementation of efficient compliance programs, thus, strengthening preventive controls in the public sector

This research has as the main theme State Constitutions and Economic Order in an analytical perspective that sought to establish the limits on the constituent power of the states in the deliberations on Economic Law. The overall objective of this research was to investigate the constituent power of the states in their deliberations on Economic Law, in order to analyze the possible limits to this autonomy, considering the effective exercise of it. Therefore, we considered theoretical aspects of the federal system and its division of powers, issues of autonomy of federative units and the general limits part of this prerogative, state competence in the field of Economic Law to reach to the real limits that were imposed to state constitution regarding economic law after analyzing the twenty-six Brazilian state constitutions. The research is developed from a bibliographic and legislative research and has its analysis based on the qualitative method of data analysis. The theoretical framework is based on references in the subject such as Oswaldo Aranha Bandeira de Mello, Raul Machado Horta, Anna Candida da Cunha Ferraz, Gilberto Bercovici,Washington Albino Peluso de Souza, among others.

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Este trabalho aborda a questão do déficit habitacional na cidade de São Paulo por meio de uma grande reportagem para Revista Piauí. Tecida a partir da vivência com moradoras de uma ocupação no bairro de Pinheiros, a matéria explora elementos da narrativa a partir de observações subjetivas contrastando-as com dados objetivos levantados por diferentes órgãos, tanto públicos quanto privados, sobre o tema. Com o objetivo de ilustrar o problema de moradias de forma prática, foram escolhidas duas personagens (Karina e Aline) com histórias de vida que englobam toda a questão discutida ao longo da reportagem. Desta forma, fez-se necessária a utilização de um veículo que se caracteriza pela publicação de perfis que debatem, ao mesmo tempo, questões factuais. Ao final, a narração de toda a trajetória de Karina e Aline presentes na reportagem desenham os aspectos prático e humanizado de questões públicas com soluções ineficientes para problemas de um número significativo da maior cidade da América Latina.

This work took advantage of the opportunity to develop a digital business with the purpose of making connections between the needs of buyers of inputs and sellers of products, participants in the productive chain of fashion, intermediating their commercial transactions, through a platform. For its application, initially, the fashion market research was deepened, according to the needs of the participants in this chain and the services needed to take advantage of a potential opportunity. In possession of the defined opportunity, a proposal was drawn up for its use, survey of the necessary resources, the action plan, economic feasibility study and risk analysis. The plan began to be implemented, seeking incubation notices and incentives for innovation, in addition to using the sprint design technique to validate the basic functionalities of the digital platform application. From the point of view of its impact, it is estimated that after implementing the solution, members of the fashion production chain have a technological alternative to enhance the insertion of their inputs and products in other cities and states in the country, in addition to offering a efficient option for your business transactions, reducing dependence on salespeople and sales representatives. There will also be the convenience of carrying out operations on the same digital platform. Thus, the proposed business model was classified as innovative, as there are still no commercial intermediation services on the market that integrate the representatives of the fashion chain, with the possibility of buying inputs and selling products through a single digital platform. The complexity presented itself in the construction of the proposed solution, as it required the involvement of people with multiple knowledge and from different segments, from the business to the best technologies to develop and maintain the digital platform. When the methodology used was the method followed for the elaboration of this work, it was the methodology for practical and applied works by Marcondes, Miguel, Franklin and Perez (2017), with the application also of qualitative methods with the use of the technique of interviews and quantitative using the survey.

Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie

We are living in an era driven by technological advances that have had a major impact on people's behavior and daily lives. The dependence on the internet and smartphones has been occurring both in personal and professional life, and teleworking has been gaining space and has become an increasingly common practice. However, negative psychological e ects can be observed in individuals who compulsively use these technologies. Typical psychological problems are stress, anxiety, and addiction. The emergence of the COVID- 19 pandemic accelerated the digitization process. Remote work has been used to minimize the operational impact caused by the economic crisis and is also a way of reducing the spread of the disease, through social isolation. Hence, the pandemic has caused people to increase the number of hours they are connected to the internet, which can exacerbate the negative e ects of using these technologies. In this work, a mathematical model, inspired by epidemiological models, is proposed to investigate the negative e ects of using the internet and smartphones. The model contains four ordinary di erential equations. Each equation represents the temporal evolution of the number of individuals in one of the four groups that compose the population. These groups are composed of individuals who: 1) have never used these technologies, 2) are occasional or moderate users, 3) are regular users, 4) are users who have started to develop serious mental disorders. In the model, an individual can migrate from one group to another spontaneously or through social contact. The model is analyzed by using the dynamical systems theory and the results are discussed in terms of public health and labor relations.

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This research aimed to investigate the influence of organizational culture in decisions involving the appropriation of tax credits of Brazilian value-added tax. The research takes into consideration the corporate and tributary contemporary environment, where this practice has been used as means of management and control. This indicates a supposedly universal trend within this environment. As either there are not enough studies on tax and fiscal fields or we could not find them, when it comes to theory, this thesis adapts the studies of Zuber (2007), Zuber and Sanders (2013) and Blanthorne and Kaplan (2008). One hundred and sixteen postgraduate alumni and professionals in the tax area answered the questionnaires. The analysis of these questionnaires yielded the necessary data for this study. Data analysis was performed using non-parametric Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. This thesis s hypothesis is that behavior related to credit appropriation decisions is in accordance with the whatever organizational culture one is immersed in, whether it is aggressive or not. Statistical results by group difference indicate that there is influence of organizational culture on behavior regarding credits of Brazilian value-added tax. According to the results, the financial situation (surplus or deficit) as well as moral, ethical, and legitimacy issues that arise from such decisions can also influence the tax credit decision making process. This research helps companies to identify whether employees in the tax department who decide on the appropriation of Brazilian value-added tax are acting in accordance with corporative guidelines (aggressive or conservative), including the knowledge as one of the features considered in the study. This research also contributes to discussions on factors that can encourage tax evasion, while observing the propensity of respondents to adopt situations not expressly provided by the legislation. Additionally, since we also verified the reaction of respondents when subjected to moral and ethical issues, this research contributes to studies that observe taxpayers' behavior and some of their influences.

This dissertation analyzes the work In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, as the first great novel of the New Journalism or literary journalism. Summarily, it was published in four parts in The New Yorker magazine, in 1965. Given the huge repercussion, in the following year, it was compiled into a single volume and published as a book. In this dissertation, the reader will be faced with an analysis of what is the New Journalism, as well as its relationship with literature. Some issues about fiction inside reports and reality inside literature are discussed. The narrative is analyzed, exposing its journalistic and literary characteristics which contribute to the greatness of the book. Still as part of the narratives, the reader can find a study about North-American society and how Truman shows and discusses it in his book; and how Capote builds his characters, the way he uses literary techniques to give life to people in his work, and, particularly, how he presents the character Perry Smith, a cold killer presented as the effect of a liar society.

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Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Supply chain management (SCM) is a concept that began to be explored from the 1980s, became a subject of fundamental importance to the academic and business career. Successfully applied in various areas of business, the SCM is studied by researchers worldwide. This form of management discussion brings to the quest for efficiency in the actions and decisions related to organizational operations. On this basis, the aim of this study was to investigate what is the influence of collaborative performance management supply chain of organic coffee. Therefore, we carried out a research exploratory and descriptive in two stages. In the first step of this research, the exploratory nature of qualitative type was sought through interviews with professionals, determine elements to characterize the SCM organic coffee, as well as validate the indicators of collaboration and performance used in the study. The data collected through interviews with four managers, were treated for content analysis and contributed to the formation of characteristic elements of SCM and validate the constructs. In the second step was promoted research of descriptive type with quantitative questionnaires sent to managers involved in SCM organic coffee. Data were collected through questionnaires completed by 107 managers with experience in SCM organic coffee, treated statistically using factor analysis and structural equation development to analyze the relationships between the constructs SCM, collaboration and performance. The results showed valid relationship between the constructs [SCM and Cooperation] and [SCM & Performance]. However, it became clear that the collaboration had no influence on Operating Performance. Based on these results it can be concluded that although collaboration is valid for improving the performance of the SCM organic coffee, its importance was not evidenced by the executives. Finally, this research sought to contribute to broaden the knowledge about SCM's organic coffee and find grants in the corporate environment so that they can understand the potential impact of collaboration on operational performance of SCM organic coffee.

Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa

Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa

This study aimed to analyze the contributions, limits and challenges in regard to ENADE,offered to History teachers of a degree course from the institution here designated as Global University Center. Faced with this perspective, we structured the research in two phases: an exploratory study of the motion and field research. Eight professors from the History curse were interviewed and for the analysis of the collected data content analysis was carried out, whose purpose was obtaining indicators that allow the inference of knowledge related to the speech production conditions. Based on the survey we can see that the ENADE is a regulatory instrument that has contributed to the development of the course, once teachers are aware that it is not in the service of ENADE. Its ongoing process of updating and improvement should consider several factors, which are not limited to the concept established by the Ministry of Education as a result of an assessment whose characteristics and weaknesses can bring results that do not represent the reality of the course.