Evoluzione del management e relative metodologie di formazione

Questo lavoro è stato compiuto al fine di illustrare i significati dei termini manager e management e l'evoluzione che tali concetti hanno subito negli anni. Partendo dalla spiegazione etimologica dei termini si è passati poi ad analizzare le più importanti scuole di pensiero che si sono susseguite nel tempo ( scientific management, scuola amministrativa, scuola behaviorista), fino ad arrivare alla concezione moderna di entrambi i vocaboli. Successivamente abbiamo provveduto ad analizzare i principali compiti svolti dal manager, elencando le funzioni, le attività, le abilità ed i ruoli che esso pone in essere o interpreta durante la sua giornata lavorativa, osservando che sono gli stessi, sia nel caso in cui questa figura sia inquadrata nell'ambito della compagine aziendale come dipendente, sia che egli ricopra invece il ruolo dell'imprenditore-manager. Abbiamo concluso poi con il concentrarci sui metodi formativi maggiormente utilizzati ( aula, coaching, e-learning, mentoring, ecc.) dalle aziende, soprattutto quelle di grandi dimensioni, basandoci sull'annuale ricerca presentata dall'Asfor, l'Associazione italiana per la formazione manageriale, l'ultima delle quali è stata pubblicata nel Febbraio 2015, che ha evidenziato come l'investimento delle aziende in formazione manageriale non si sia assolutamente ridotto nonostante la crisi economica presente sui mercati

Jean-Baptiste Amadieu, Le censeur critique littéraire. Les jugements de l’Index, du romantisme au naturalisme

L’Index librorum prohibitorum, creato nel 1559 e che ha smesso di avere forza di legge ecclesiastica solo nel 1966 dopo il Concilio Vaticano II, elenca i testi proibiti ai lettori cattolici, senza però precisare le motivazioni dell’interdetto. Nel 1998 il cardinale Ratzinger ha, con decisione storica, aperto al pubblico l’Archivio della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede, dove sono conservati i documenti legati al processo dei libri (in particolare le relazioni di lettura dei membri del..

Les écrits sur l’actualité de Paul Valéry : essais, pamphlets, écrits de circonstance ou textes littéraires ?

En tant que théoricien de la « poésie pure », Paul Valéry a contribué à systématiser et à consacrer la redistribution des critères génériques autour du binôme poésie/prose, pour identifier la littérature avec la poésie. Néanmoins, Valéry a écrit et publié des essais (nombreux) en prose, ne cessant de s’interroger sur le statut générique de ces textes. En explorant les différentes définitions que Valéry propose pour présenter ses textes en prose, et notamment ses textes à matière politique, l’article essaie de préciser l’objet, le contenu et les enjeux de la quête terminologique de Valéry, et de saisir la conception valéryenne du genre littéraire ainsi que de la littérature. À partir de quelques cas-limite, l’article essaie également de s’interroger sur les frontières entre production d’occasion et production littéraire.As a theoretician of “pure poetry”, Paul Valéry contributed to systematize and redistribute the generic criteria around the poetry/prose binomial, to identify literature with poetry. Nevertheless, Valéry has written and published prose essays (numerous), constantly questioning the generic status of these texts. Exploring the different definitions that Valéry proposes to present his texts in prose, especially his texts on politics, the article aims to specify the object, the content and the stakes of Valéry’s terminological quest, and to identify the Valéry’s conceptions of the literary genre as well as the literature. Starting from a few borderline cases, the article also tries to question the boundaries between « contingency » production and literary production

Marcel Drouin, Pierre Louÿs, Paul Valéry, Correspondance 1889-1938

Il lettore che si addentri in questa doppia corrispondenza (un centinaio di lettere scambiate tra Marcel Drouin, Pierre Louÿs e Paul Valéry tra il 1889 e il 1938, di cui tuttavia la maggior parte, una settantina, si concentrano tra il 1889 e il 1904) a dispetto delle primissime missive che non mancano, specialmente nel caso di Louÿs, di qualche puerilità o giovanile eccesso (come riconosce lo stesso curatore Nicolas Drouin nella sua introduzione), troverà alcune preziose testimonianze relati..

Antonietta Sanna, Paul Valéry traducteur de Leonardo da Vinci. Lecture, interprétation, création

Il volume pubblicato da Antonietta Sanna porta meritevolmente alla luce un progetto giovanile di Paul Valéry poco noto anche agli specialisti di questo autore, e purtuttavia di estremo interesse, per i suoi contenuti e perché permette di conoscere meglio le prime fasi della produzione valéryana – gli anni del famoso “silenzio poetico”. Dopo aver pubblicato la celebre Introduction à la méthode de Léonard de Vinci nel 1895, tra il 1905 e il 1908 Valéry si dedica alla traduzione (o piuttosto all..

P. Valéry, S. De Madariaga, Correspon-dance pour une Société des Esprits

Après 1925, la Société des Nations multiplie les initiatives vouées à favoriser la coopération intellectuelle entre les hommes de lettres européens. L’Institut international de coopération intellectuelle, créé dans ce cadre en 1926 et ayant siège à Paris, met en place un riche programme de conférences et de publications, auxquelles prennent part entre autres Paul Valéry, Thomas Mann, Johan Huizinga, Julien Benda, Aldous Huxley, œuvrant tous en faveur de la paix et de l’unité d’une Europe de p..

Food Waste Causes in Fruit and Vegetables Supply Chains

Fruit and vegetables are a core component of healthy diets, but horticultural production and distribution activities suffer from a high incidence of surplus food and food waste. The intrinsic perishability of products as well recurring pests, diseases and contamination events are since long recognized to be primary reasons for fruit and vegetables wastage, but a more thorough knowledge of causes, including external events and internal strategies and practices, is necessary to design and implement waste reduction strategies. However, literature on waste causes in fruit and vegetables supply chains is rather fragmented. Most existing studies focus on single products, single deterioration mechanisms or single reuse or recycling choices, and hardly ever investigate more than one stage of the fruit and vegetables supply chain. The main objective of the paper is to offer an instrument for identifying in a comprehensive way the possible origin points and root issues behind food waste generation in the stages of fruit and vegetables supply chains. The research is conducted through the application of two methods. A first phase consists in a deep literature review, whose results are summarized in the so-called Causes Framework. This qualitative instrument shows the possible sources of fruit and vegetables surplus and waste, highlighting for each supply chain stage the high-priority causes and for each cause the fundamental root issue. The second research phase is a case study that shows how the Framework can be applied to pinpoint the most significant causes for specific supply chains. The unit of analysis is the supply chain of an Italian PGI pear. Primary information is gathered from 6 enterprises through 7 semi-structured interviews. The most critical causes of surplus and waste generation in the focal supply chain are found as the intersection between interview answers and Framework predictions. The paper integrates sparse pieces of knowledge on the processes of food waste generation in fruit and vegetables supply chains, and offers an instrument that may support private and public decision-makers in the reduction of horticultural waste

Precipitation products from the hydrology SAF

Abstract. The EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H-SAF) was established by the EUMETSAT Council on 3 July 2005, starting activity on 1 September 2005. The Italian Meteorological Service serves as Leading Entity on behalf of twelve European member countries. H-SAF products include precipitation, soil moisture and snow parameters. Some products are based only on satellite observations, while other products are based on the assimilation of satellite measurements/products into numerical models. In addition to product development and generation, H-SAF includes a product validation program and a hydrological validation program that are coordinated, respectively, by the Italian Department of Civil Protection and by the Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. The National Center of Aeronautical Meteorology and Climatology (CNMCA) of the Italian Air Force is responsible for operational product generation and dissemination. In this paper we describe the H-SAF precipitation algorithms and products, which have been developed by the Italian Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (in collaboration with the international community) and by CNMCA during the Development Phase (DP, 2005–2010) and the first Continuous Development and Operations Phase (CDOP-1, 2010–2012). The precipitation products are based on passive microwave measurements obtained from radiometers onboard different sun-synchronous low-Earth-orbiting satellites (especially, the SSM/I and SSMIS radiometers onboard DMSP satellites and the AMSU-A + AMSU-B/MHS radiometer suites onboard EPS-MetOp and NOAA-POES satellites), as well as on combined infrared/passive microwave measurements in which the passive microwave precipitation estimates are used in conjunction with SEVIRI images from the geostationary MSG satellite. Moreover, the H-SAF product generation and dissemination chain and independent product validation activities are described. Also, the H-SAF program and its associated activities that currently are being carried out or are planned to be performed within the second CDOP phase (CDOP-2, 2012–2017) are presented in some detail. Insofar as CDOP-2 is concerned, it is emphasized that all algorithms and processing schemes will be improved and enhanced so as to extend them to satellites that will be operational within this decade – particularly the geostationary Meteosat Third Generation satellites and the low-Earth-orbiting Core Observatory of the international Global Precipitation Measurement mission. Finally, the role of H-SAF within the international science and operations community is explained.</p

Porphyromonas gingivalis and the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: analysis of various compartments including the synovial tissue

Introduction: We evaluated the presence of Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) DNA in the synovial tissue through synovial biopsy and in other compartments of RA patients in comparison with patients affected by other arthritides. Possible links with clinical, immunologic and genetic features were assessed. Methods: Peripheral blood (PB), sub-gingival dental plaque, synovial fluid (SF) and synovial tissue samples were collected from 69 patients with active knee arthritis (32 with RA and 37 with other arthritides, of which 14 with undifferentiated peripheral inflammatory arthritis - UPIA). Demographic, clinical, laboratory and immunological data were recorded. The presence of Pg DNA was evaluated through PCR. The HLA-DR haplotype was assessed for 45 patients with RA and UPIA. Results: No differences arose in the positivity for Pg DNA in the sub-gingival plaque, PB and SF samples between RA and the cohort of other arthritides. Full PB samples showed a higher positivity for Pg DNA than plasma samples (11.8% vs. 1.5%, p=0.04). Patients with RA showed a higher positivity for Pg DNA in the synovial tissue compared to controls (33.3% vs. 5.9%, p<0.01). UPIA and RA patients carrying the HLA DRB1*04 allele showed a higher positivity for Pg DNA in the synovial tissue compared to patients negative for the allele (57.1% vs. 16.7%, p=0.04). RA patients positive for Pg DNA in the sub-gingival plaque had a lower disease duration and a higher peripheral blood leucocytes and neutrophils count. The presence of Pg DNA did not influence disease activity, disease disability or positivity for autoantibodies. Conclusions: The presence of Pg DNA in the synovial tissue of RA patients suggests a pathogenic role of the bacterium. The higher positivity of Pg DNA in full peripheral blood and synovial tissue samples compared to plasma and synovial fluid suggests a possible intracellular localization of Pg, in particular in patients positive for HLA-DR4

Salvage stereotactic body radiotherapy for isolated lymph node recurrent prostate cancer : single institution series of 94 consecutive patients and 124 lymph nodes

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