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.
