Who is in charge? A review and a research agenda on the 'human side' of the circular economy

The adoption of the circular economy (CE) at the firm level has rarely intersected with human resource management (HRM) – here called 'the human side of organizations' – and these two fields remain largely separate areas of knowledge. While the literature on the CE is expanding, discussion of its implementation in organizations is, so far, rare, along with exploration of the necessary alignment of the CE with green human resource management (GHRM). In this article, we extend the state-of-the-art literature on CE business models through the inclusion of the ‘human side’ of such issues. This goal is met by offering an original integrative GHRM framework for organizations developing CE. The theoretical lenses of stakeholders' theory and the resource based view (RBV) form the foundation of this framework, which represents a 'middle range theory'. We underline the practices and dimensions of the links between GHRM and the 'ReSOLVE' CE model. Through an exploration of this integrative framework, we propose a future research agenda along with original research propositions. Furthermore, the middle-range integrated theoretical framework we propose can serve both academics and practitioners in developing understanding of the human resource management (HRM) and change management aspects of the CE

Estratégias, organização e gestão de empresas em mercados globalizados: a experiência recente do Brasil Strategies, organization and management of industrial companies in globalized markets: the recent experience of Brazil

No novo contexto de economia globalizada, as perspectivas de cada país são função das competências adquiridas por seus elementos constitutivos: pessoas, empresas, instituições. Este estudo analisa as mudanças em curso na indústria brasileira, recentemente envolvida na globalização produtiva, e suas conseqüências em termos de formação de competências. Destaca as profundas mudanças em termos de estratégias, arquiteturas organizacionais e sistemas de gestão que estão ocorrendo, tanto nas empresas estrangeiras quanto nas brasileiras. Mesmo que no curto prazo essas mudanças possam ser consideradas positivas, no longo prazos os seus efeitos serão prejudiciais para o desenvolvimento de competências locais, o que afetará o desempenho competitivo da indústria brasileira.<br>This study analyses the changes that are taking place in the Brazilian industry, recently involved in the process of productive globalization. It shows that drastic changes in terms of strategies, organization and management are in course, both in terms of transnational and Brazilian enterprises. The main conclusion is that knowledge intensive functions such as R&D, Strategic Management and Management Systems are being transferred abroad by the TNCs and the Logistics function is becoming the most "strategic" function in the operation of their subsidiaries. The Brazilian enterprises which succeed in operating in globalized productive chains are adopting similar structures. In the long run, those changes will be detrimental for the formation of local capabilities and consequently, for the maintenance of the competitive position of Brazilian industry

Aplicação das técnicas de planejamento e análise de experimentos no processo de injeção plástica Application design of experiments in the injection molding process

Experimentos industriais são realizados pelas empresas com o intuito de melhorar o desempenho dos produtos e os processos de fabricação. Nesse sentido, este trabalho tem por objetivo estudar e aplicar as técnicas de planejamento e análise de experimentos na melhoria da qualidade industrial. Especificamente são aplicadas as técnicas de planejamento Fatorial Fracionado 2k-p, Metodologia de Superfície de Resposta e Análise de Variância, em um processo de moldagem por injeção plástica. Com essa pesquisa experimental foi possível identificar os níveis ótimos de regulagem e os parâmetros mais importantes da injeção plástica: temperatura da máquina e pressão de injeção. Para finalizar é avaliado o procedimento de implementação das técnicas de experimentação e as dificuldades práticas encontradas na empresa.<br>Industrial experiments are made by companies in order to improve the quality characteristics of products and production processes. In this sense, the objective of this paper is to study and apply the design of experiments in the industrial quality improvement. In addition, as a part of the objective, an application of the techniques of design Fractional Factorial 2k-p, Analysis of Variance and Response Surface Methodology is done. It is focused in an injection molding process applied by a company, that makes and trades plastic products for the civil construction. Using this experimental study, the most important parameters of plastic injection are identified: machine temperature and injection pressure. At the same time, the optimal levels of adjustment of these parameters are determined. From this study, it is evaluated both the implantation procedures of the designs of experiments as well as the difficulties faced. Also, this study tries to contribute to the university-company relationship