Research Group Meeting - Monday, December 08th, 2014

The last meeting of 2014 was dedicated to discuss the meeting calendar and research group objectives for 2015.

It was agreed that the meetings will happen every fifteen days and will still take place on Mondays from 17:00 to 18:45 in the post-graduation building.

In order to distribute the work and organize the components of each front, it were listed the big themes of interest to the group and the works that are in the press. 

The research group members interested in the listed themes committed themselves to the themes that will be worked in the first semester and along 2015. 

In a second moment of the meeting, it was presented the project Case Teaching ABRH and the researchers took on specific cases that will be worked on December, January and February for upload in the website to the constitution of People Management Case Teaching Base.

Were present at the Meeting

1- Bruno Henrique Fernandes

2- Fabricio Pupo

3- Gislaine Baniski

4- Marcos Aurélio Custódio

5- Luis Gabriel Abravanel

6- Rúbia Carla Maier

10- Osnei Francisco Alves

11- Cristina Maria Souto Ferigotti

12- Vanusa Barankievicz

Next meeting agenda – 9/Mar/2015

=> Gabriel and Vanusa will present the progress of the article HPWS and financial performance: mediation X moderation. The objective is to submit the article to the XXXIX Encontro da ANPAD – EnANPAD, 2015.

Research Group Meeting - Monday, November 17th, 2014

Initially, on the penultimate meeting of 2014, Jorge Postiga - Master Degree student from PMDA-UP, presented the findings of his dissertation that tried to understand the factors that influence the effectiveness of planning and execution of the strategy in Brazilian small and medium companies. The study was conducted based on the database from a program managed by Sebrae – Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (Brazilian Service of Support to the Micro and Small Enterprises) called Sebrae Mais – Programa Sebrae Para Empresas Avançadas (Sebrae Plus – Sebrae Program for Advanced Enterprises), which developed a management model based on indicators and targets named Ferramentas de Gestão Avançada (Advanced Management Tools). The methodology used to test the theoretical proposed model was the Case Study where 8 companies of a population of 11 participated in the research. Among the research findings it can be highlighted: 1) the proposed theoretical model helped to explain the “why” of the effectiveness of planning in the implementation of strategies; 2) companies that best met or approached the categories proposed in the model also had more effective implementation of planning.

In a second moment, Álvaro Argemiro, a Master Degree student from PMDA-UP, presented his research findings that intend to understand if the Practices of Professional Performance Evaluation in a publicly owned company are related to the Organizational Results. Alvaro shared with the group the difficulties that he had to get the database for his statistical analyses and now, with the data in his hands, he can refine the statistical analysis and deepen the theoretical base that supports the whole work. In  mid-February 2015 we will see the final results of Alvaro’s work during his official presentation to the examining board.

The final evaluation of the meeting was positive and involved the active participation of the presents in order to understand and contribute to the continuous improvement of the researches. Prof. Bruno, the group Leader, emphasized that the importance of these presentations is the awakening of ideas for future works for master and doctoral students that are dealing with research problem definition. Another objective is to join forces and work together in parallel researches that, somehow, complement the presented works.

Were present at the Meeting

1- Bruno Henrique Fernandes

2- Fabricio Pupo

3- Gislaine Baniski

4- Marcos Aurélio Custódio

5- Luis Gabriel Abravanel

6- Rúbia Carla Maier

7- Álvaro Jose Argemiro da Silva

8- Jorge Postiga

9- Gerson Antonio de Almeida

10- Osnei Francisco Alves

11- Cristina Maria Souto Ferigotti

12- Vanusa Barankievicz

Next meeting agenda – December 8th, 2014

ð  Fabricio e Vanusa will present the Case Method Teaching and will exemplify the cases written in partnership with the ABRH Paraná (Human Resource Brazilian Association). During this meeting it will also be presented the meetings schedule for 2015 and the planned research agenda for 2015 with previous definitions of responsible for issues of interests to the Group and to the PMDA program.

Journal of International Management: Special Issue Call For Submissions

The Journal of International Management is doing a Special  Issue Call For Human Resources Submissions in MNCs from the BRICS Countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). Challenges and Research Agenda:

• What is the nature of HRM systems of foreign firms originating from emerging markets, specifically Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa?
• What are the major factors that affect HRM policies and practices from EMNCs in their overseas operations?
• What theoretical frameworks are relevant to examine and highlight the context-specific nature of HRM in EMNCs?
• Are HRM systems of MNCs from BRICS countries convergent with systems of developed nations?
• How do MNCs from BRICS countries share their best HRM practices and transfer them between headquarters and subsidiaries?
• What is the experience of expatriates from MNCs of BRICS countries, and to BRICS countries?
• How can HR policies and practices affect organizational performance of EMNCs?
• What is the role of HR in the formation and implementation of global strategic alliances (e.g., mergers and acquisitions)?

Key dates:

Submission Deadline: 31 July 2015

Review Completion: 30 April 2016

Publication: 2016/17

For enquiries please contact:

Pawan Budhwar - Email: p.s.budhwar@aston.ac.uk

Full Call: http://globaledge.msu.edu/content/uploads/jim-special-issue-call---brics-mncs-5-nov-2014.pdf / http://globaledge.msu.edu/

Research Group Meeting - Monday, October 20th, 2014

In this meeting, the PhD student Augusto Machado presented the evolution of his thesis research that deals with understanding the Inter-organizational Relations, Organizational Competences and Results of Innovation in Industrial Organizations located in Parana State. He showed the preliminary survey data and some previous scenarios that have used descriptive statistics, but suggests the use of more robust statistical techniques to better understand the object of study.

Augusto also shared with us the reason for his interest in the topic that has his professional and academic experience as background. Augusto immersed during two years in the Bússola da Inovação Industrial do Estado do Paraná (State of Paraná Industrial Innovation Compass) project design promoted by the Federação das Indústrias do Paraná. The result of this project was the development of the Índice Paranaense de Inovação -IPrI (State of Panará Innovation index) consisting of three pillars: innovation efforts, management and innovation outcomes, which will drive Augusto’s PhD thesis.

The meeting was very productive and had intense participation of the presents in order to understand the presented thesis problem and discuss gaps on theory, methodology and data treatment and presentation. Regarding the data presentation and the statistical models that will guide the research, we highlighted the speech of Prof. Bruno, the Group Leader: "good statistical models are parsimonious, meaning they are made of a few variables. Models under those parameters tend to be robust in order to talk a lot with few words."

In a few months we will have updated news on findings and developments of Augusto’s thesis.                                       

Were present in the Meeting

Bruno Henrique Fernandes

Augusto Machado

Fabricio Pupo

Gislaine Baniski

Luis Gabriel Abravanel

Rúbia Carla Maier

Silvia Cristina Antonio Staron

Juliana Keiser

Jorge Postiga

Vanusa Barankievicz

Next meeting agenda – November 17th, 2014

=> Jorge Postiga will present the progress/findings of his research (Work performance evaluation practices and organizational results: a case study in a public company).

=> Alvaro Argemiro will present the progress/findings of his research (Strategy planning, execution and effectiveness in small businesses).

Research Group Meeting - Monday, September 22nd, 2014

Prof. Bruno Henrique Fernandes presented to the new members of the group the research lines of Master’s and PhD programs at Positivo University (PMDA-UP) and positioned the GP-ECGP within this context. He discoursed about the GP-ECGP objectives, the importance of its meetings, the ongoing projects, the existing partnerships and the suggestions for future projects. Professor Bruno stressed the importance of the Research Group, the exchanges and the ideas that will emerge from current and future studies to the continuity and deepening of relevant themes to the Academy, Organizations and Community.

Afterwards, Luis Gabriel Abravanel, a PhD student from PMDA-UP, presented the results of his recent thesis defense entitled "People Management Practices, Organizational Climate and Performance: A Longitudinal Study”, which was supervised by Prof. Bruno Henrique Fernandes with co-supervision of Professor Amir Rezaee from ISG-France during the Gabriel’s sandwich PhD.

Were present in the meeting:

  Bruno Henrique Fernandes

  Cristina Ferigotti

  Fabricio Pupo  

  Gerson Antonio de Almeida  

  Gislaine Baniski  

  Janaina Silva  

  Luis Gabriel Abravanel  

  Rúbia Carla Maier  

  Silvia Cristina Antonio Staron  

  Tavany Cibele Coelho  

  Vanusa Barankievicz

Next meeting agenda – October 20^th, 2014

 => Augusto Machado will present the progress/findings of his research (Competences, Innovation and Networks).

Next Research Group Meeting - Monday, September 22nd, 2014

We will retake the Research Group on Monday.

The day’s agenda:

• Luis Gabriel Abravanel dos Santos will present the results of his thesis and suggestions for future researches.

Next meeting agenda:

• October 20^th - Augusto Machado will present the progress/findings of his research (Competence, Innovation and Networks).