CEO sob desafio duplo: crise econômica e inovação tecnológica

Este caso de ensino tem como questão central os desafios para a sobrevivência da empresa Ccaps Translation and Localization – empresa do segmento de localização de software, que é a adaptação de programas de computador para outros países, idiomas e culturas. O caso foi estruturado para desenvolver o conhecimento de alunos em cursos de graduação ou pós em Administração de Empresas e Engenharia de Produção, em particular nas disciplinas de estratégia e inovação. O caso possibilita que os alunos apreendam os conceitos fundamentais da Teoria da Inovação Disruptiva e da Ambidestria Organizacional. A primeira teoria descreve o impacto e desafios suscitados por inovações como as que ameaçam a sobrevivência da Ccaps e a segunda constitui instrumento estratégico para vislumbrar alternativas viáveis e promissoras para perenizar a empresa. Os alunos devem ser conduzidos pelo professor para a análise crítica dos ambientes competitivos e das capacidades atuais e futuras da Ccaps, explorando o caráter inibidor (problemas e restrições) e habilitador (soluções e “alavancas”)

Leisure, refuge and solidarity:messages in visitors’ books as microforms of travel writing

Visitors’ books not only trace developments in modern tourism, but they also reveal changes in the socio-cultural and language attitudes of travellers from all walks of life over prolonged periods of time. This article investigates messages in visitors’ books from Wales from the mid-nineteenth century up to the present and argues for their recognition as microforms of travel writing. Despite their brevity, entries in visitors’ books are a highly complex form of travel writing particularly in the inscribers’ self-fashioning of identity for future readers. The article examines how writerly choices are not only directly rooted in the discourse of travel, but also in socio-political circumstances in the individual travellers’ countries of origin and their travel destinations

As Organizações e a Felicidade no Trabalho: Uma Perspectiva Integrada

Despite the large number of studies on happiness at work in organizations, they are disperse and divergent and thus inconclusive. This makes the evolution of research on this topic and practicioners’ decision-making regarding the happiness at work difficult. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this article proposes a perspective that encompasses the knowledge developed so far. To do so, it explores three issues: how happiness at work has been defined; the impact of happiness at work on organizational performance; and, what makes people happy at work. The integrated perspective this paper advances draws on the principles from Kahneman and Riis (2005), mainly focusing on antecedents of happiness at work and their impact on individual behavior in the organization

Organizations and Happiness at Work: An Integrated Perspective

<p></p><p>Abstract Despite the large number of studies on happiness at work in organizations, they are disperse and divergent and thus inconclusive. This makes the evolution of research on this topic and practicioners’ decision-making regarding the happiness at work difficult. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this article proposes a perspective that encompasses the knowledge developed so far. To do so, it explores three issues: how happiness at work has been defined; the impact of happiness at work on organizational performance; and, what makes people happy at work. The integrated perspective this paper advances draws on the principles from Kahneman and Riis (2005), mainly focusing on antecedents of happiness at work and their impact on individual behavior in the organization.</p><p></p