Design como processo. Prática projetual no contexto do Atelier d´Alves

O presente estágio integrado no plano de estudos do Mestrado em Design de Comunicação da Escola Superior de Artes e Design em Matosinhos visa acompanhar e desenvolver a prática projetual em estúdio de design e tem por foco os processos de design adotados em contexto profissional, considerando as fases fundamentais de um projeto - do briefing à conceção da ideia, até à produção - como momentos determinantes do objeto gráfico. Este documento apresenta-se como a memória descritiva da experiência de quatro meses no Atelier d'Alves, Porto, onde se relata o processo de desenvolvimento projetual e se reflete sobre as especificidades da atividade, bem como, se analisam os lugares da autoria nos projetos de design e a autonomia do designer enquanto autor e criador na contemporaneidade. Cumulativamente serão apresentados projetos nos núcleos criativos do Design Gráfico, Design Editorial, Cartaz, Identidade Corporativa e Environmental Graphic Design

COVID-19’s impact on the restaurant industry

The restaurant industry contributed to the creation of wealth and employment until the end of 2019, when it reached maximum values. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, this sector suffered a very serious economic and employment crisis. The analysis of this situation is imperative to mitigate the consequences for the restaurant industry and to prevent impacts in future crises. The main purpose of the present study is to compare the years 2019 and 2020, analyzing the profitability, payroll costs, headcount, and indebtedness of the restaurants, to verify the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact in Spain and Portugal. Quantitative research was applied, where a descriptive analysis and hypothesis testing were conducted. SABI database was the secondary data source used in this research. The results show that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on profitability, efficiency, and indebtedness in the restaurant industry, being a generalized situation in both countries, in all regions except for Ceuta. The results also confirm the importance of this study for managers and academics since all the variables under study worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. This study represents a contribution to managers and stakeholders in the restaurant sector by allowing the comparative evaluation of each restaurant with the average of the variables by location and the definition of proactive strategies. Practical implications are proposed to mitigate the effect not only of COVID-19 but also of other pandemics or economic crises that may arise in the future, preparing managers and stakeholders to adapt to change and promoting the financial sustainability of the restaurant industry. It is recommended to increase the disclosure of statistical indicators and financial ratios of free access, which allows the improvement of the analysis of different variables that are important for professionals in the restaurant industry.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Impact factors on Portuguese hotels’ liquidity

As a core activity in the tourism sector, hospitality accounts for the largest share of the sector’s revenue. The last few years, prior to the COVID‐19 pandemic, have been years of strong growth both in the number of hotel companies and in the number of available rooms. The hospitality industry has also been betting on diversification as well as on the quality of its services. This activity has a strong impact on the various agents in the sector, thus it makes it essential to measure and analyze the sustainability of these hotels. One of the indicators that proficiently measure short‐term sustainability is the company’s liquidity level, as it demonstrates its ability to meet short‐term financial obligations. This type of indicator is useful since it provides relevant information not only for managers, but also for banks and lenders, and investors. Volatility is a characteristic of hotels which are associated with geographic location, implying changes in the main operating revenue indicators. In this sense, this research aimed to investigate if the ability to reimburse short‐term responsibilities differs according to the geographic location, food and beverage service existence, official stars classification, and hotel size. Portuguese hotels with and without restaurants were analyzed in the 2013–2017 period and the number of available rooms and star rating were included in the database. All the information was obtained on SABI (a database of detailed financial information of Portuguese and Spanish companies) and RNET (the Portuguese Register of Tourist Enterprises). Findings show that the behavior of some hotels concerning short‐term obligations does not differ much considering the location of the hotels. However, the Algarve and the North region have the highest values. In fact, the official star rating proved to have the greatest influence. The size of the hotels, as well as the existence of restaurants negatively influences liquidity. This information is very important for hotel investors. This study can also provide management information that allows more informed decision‐making as well as the definition of corrective measures if necessary.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Assessing the liquidity in Portuguese hotel companies

ITC'19: XI International Tourism Congress: The image and sustainability of tourism destinations, Funchal, Portugal, Nov. 5-7, 2019The hospitality companies have had substantial growth in the tourism sector which gives them a large part of the revenue generated by the sector. In this regard, its impact, whether negative or positive, is quite high and generates a response to a need felt by agents of the environment in which it operates. As a short-term sustainability indicator, the liquidity level of a company demonstrates its ability to repay its obligations, being a great management support for decision making and anticipation of financial problems that may arise. Considering the volatility of hotel companies, greater importance is given to the study of liquidity. The main liquidity ratios of Portuguese hotels in the 2010-2017 period will be analysed; data was collected on July 4, 2019, on the SABI platform and the original sample is composed of 2161 hotel companies registered with two Portuguese economic activity codes (CAE), “55111 - Hotels with restaurant” and “55121 - Hotels without restaurant”. The assessment of liquidity level will be important to decision makers understand if there are differences between hotels with or without restaurant and among the Portuguese districts were hotels are located. The results of this study are expected to be of assistance to hotel managers as decisions taken within the organization can be more deliberate and informed.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Measuring the hotels' performance using profitability ratios

The hospitality industry in Portugal has grown significantly through the year 2019, making a significant contribution to the country's economy. However, with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, this industry was severely damaged and saw its profitability affected. Thus, it becomes essential to evaluate the hotels’ performance, based on ratios and indicators that allow income to be related to other variables in the financial statements and thereby assist managers in the decision-making process. Thus, this study aims to measure the performance of Portuguese hotels through financial profitability ratios, more specifically the return on equity, return on assets and return on sales. The study, through a quantitative methodology, collected data from 2,008 hotels between 2016 and 2020, with the help of the SABI platform. Variables such as region, net income for the year, equity, financial costs and losses, total assets, operating income, and turnover were used to calculate and analyze the profitability ratios and the results were analyzed using SPSS software. The conclusions demonstrate how essential profitability is to inform hoteliers about performance. The Portuguese hotel industry, considered a driver of the country's economy, performs very well in terms of profitability indicators until the Covid-19 pandemic, a period that showed severe breaks in profitability and the need for extraordinary measures for recovery. It has become clear that the overall performance of hotels differs between regions, so the calculation of average profitability is crucial for hoteliers to effectively benchmark. This research has theoretical and practical contributions, as it supports the broadening of knowledge about financial ratios and managers' perceptions of the importance of their use in such a competitive industry. In addition, the study aims to fill a gap in the literature about the importance of analyzing hotel performance through profitability ratios in Portuguese hotel companies.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Are hotel companies creditworthy? The case of Portuguese hospitality industry

ITC'19: XI International Tourism Congress: The image and sustainability of tourism destinations, Funchal, Portugal, Nov. 5-7, 2019The hospitality industry achieved an important place in modern economies, namely in terms of the contribution to the GDP and for direct and indirect employment. Considering that, this paper aims to highlight the hotel companies’ level of solvency, as a sustainability factor in an extremely competitive sector. The main structure ratios of Portuguese Hotels in the 2010-2017 period will be analyzed; data was collected on July 4, 2019, on the SABI platform and the original sample is composed by 2161 hotel companies registered with two economic activity codes (CAE), “55111 - Hotels with restaurant” and “55121 - Hotels without restaurant”. The structure ratios, also known as debt ratios, highlight the importance of financing sources (resources), as well as the way in which financing is applied (applications). On the other hand, capital raising by companies, whether they are from the hospitality sector or not, should be carried out at the lowest cost in order to maximize their value. For the hotelier, it is essential to have his company balanced in the medium and long term; that is the reason why the investment coverage ratio, the fixed assets coverage ratio, the financial autonomy ratio and the solvency ratio were considered in the analysis. It is expected to obtain results that help hospitality managers understand the importance of the solvency and to guide the management for the financial sustainability in the medium and long term.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

A RELIGIOSIDADE POPULAR BRASILEIRA

This paper aims to discuss the religious sphere in Brazil from its historical development, ethnic peculiarities and diversity of social structures. From the observation of the subject making use of descriptive studies of Gambini, Giddens, Otten, Sanchis, Paiva and Valle, find a scenario marked by the creativity of popular religiosity in partnership with the reflectivity of the post moderinidade, which performs adaptations to religious canons to order to serve the religion in a practical way in the believer's daily life. The results indicate a tangle of symbolic concepts, religious concepts, cultural traditions, fabrics such a patchwork of different tones and themes, but which together make any sense to the human being, lonely and disoriented, insecure in the urban chaos and speed virtual reality.Este trabalho tem por objetivo discutir o campo religioso no Brasil a partir de sua evolução histórica, peculiaridades étnicas, e diversidade de estruturas sociais. A partir da observação do campo valendo-se de estudos descritivos de Gambini, Giddens, Otten, Sanchis, Paiva e Valle, encontramos um cenário marcado pela criatividade da religiosidade popular em parceria com a reflexibilidade da pós moderinidade, que realiza adaptações aos cânones religiosos a fim de se servir da religiosidade de forma prática no cotidiano do crente. Os resultados indicam um emaranhado de concepções simbólicas, conceitos religiosos, tradições culturais, tecidos tal uma colcha de retalhos de diferentes tons e temas, mas que no conjunto faz algum sentido para o ser humano, solitário e desorientado, inseguro no caos urbano e na velocidade da realidade virtual

Promoção da autoestima, perspetiva temporal, atribuições causais e projetos vocacionais no envolvimento dos alunos à escola : um programa de intervenção

Tese de Mestrado, Psicologia (Secção de Psicologia da Educação e da Orientação), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Psicologia, 2014O envolvimento escolar está intimamente ligado à motivação académica e à disposição dos estudantes para investir psicologicamente na sua educação. Estudos têm revelado que dimensões como a autoestima e a perspetiva temporal de futuro estão relacionadas com níveis mais elevados de envolvimento na escola. O presente estudo teve como objetivo a implementação e avaliação do impacto de um programa de intervenção em domínios como a autoestima, atribuições causais, perspetiva temporal e projetos vocacionais no envolvimento escolar dos alunos. O desenvolvimento do programa teve como base diversos modelos teóricos, tais como o modelo de Seligman (2006) sobre o estilo explanatório; de Super (1990) sobre o desenvolvimento do planeamento e orientação temporal de futuro; de Ellis e Knaus (1977), com o Rational Emotive Education, relativo à modificação dos esquemas cognitivos, e o programa de intervenção de Ferreira-Marques et. al (1996) – “POC” (Programa de Orientação da Carreira). Participaram no estudo 72 alunos do 9º ano, dos quais 26 integraram o grupo controlo (uma turma de ensino regular), e 46 o grupo experimental (uma turma de ensino regular e outra de percurso curricular alternativo). Para a avaliação da intervenção foram utilizados o Inventário de Perspetiva Temporal (IPT), o Inventário de Autoestima de Coopersmith - Forma Escolar (SEI), a escala de Atribuições para a Carreira (EAC) e a Escala de Envolvimento dos Alunos (EAE) – versão para investigação. O presente trabalho permitiu verificar que a Autoestima Total e a Autoestima Geral melhoraram com a intervenção do programa. A Orientação Temporal de Futuro também registou uma melhoria mas apenas no grupo das raparigas. No entanto, não se verificaram diferenças nas dimensões Atribuições Internas de Sucesso e Envolvimento Escolar. Com base nestes resultados, foram apontadas limitações do estudo e implicações para investigações futuras com este programa.School engagement is closely related to academic motivation and student’s disposition to psychologically invest in their education. Studies have shown that dimensions such as self-esteem and the future time perspective are related to higher school engagement. The current research aims to develop and evaluate the impact of a program intervening on dimensions such as self-esteem, causal attributions, future time perspective and vocational projects, regarding students’ academic involvement. The Program’s design was based in several theoretic models, for example, Seligman’s model (2006) on explanatory style, Super’s (1990) on planning and life-span approach; Knaus’s (1977) Rational Emotive Education, regarding cognitive scheme modification, and intervention program developed by Ferreira-Marques et. al (1996) – “POC” (Programa de Orientação de Carreira). A total of 72 9th grade students participated in this research, 26 of which formed a control group (“regular” class) and the other 46 students comprised the experimental group (a “regular” class and an alternative class). TPI (Time Perspective Inventory), SEI (Inventário de Autoestima de Coopersmith - Forma Escolar), CAE (Career Attributional Scale) and SES (Student Engagement Scale) – Research Version, where applied to evaluate the intervention. The present work has shown that both Total Self-Esteem and General Self-Esteem improved with the intervention program. Future Temporal Orientation also registered an improvement but only in the group of girls. Nevertheless, no differences were found concerning Internal Attributions for Success and School Engagement. Based on these findings, study limitations and implications for future research with this program were identified

Diagnóstico do meio escolar: análise de duas escolas de bairros do Porto, sob a perspetiva dos profissionais do ensino

Dissertação apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa, como parte dos requisitos para a obtenção do grau de mestre em Psicologia, ramo de Psicologia da Educação e Intervenção ComunitáriaA avaliação de escolas, quer na sua vertente externa, quer interna, tem como grande finalidade melhorar as práticas, melhorar o ensino e a aprendizagem, pretendendo gerar impacto na melhoria dos resultados dos alunos no processo educativo (Azevedo, 2007; Alaíz, Góis & Gonçalves, 2003). A conjugação das duas vertentes é fundamental para que as escolas melhorem e se desenvolvam. O presente estudo experimental centra-se na administração do questionário Diagnóstico do Meio Escolar (DME) a uma amostra de 60 profissionais de ensino, professores e não professores em duas escolas na região do Porto, com idades compreendidas entre os 32 e os 60 anos de idade (com média de 48.3, desvio padrão de 7.3). Assim sendo, os objetivos da investigação são captar as perceções dos funcionários, professores e não professores, sobre os funcionamentos interno e externo das escolas; perceber de que forma os profissionais que trabalham nas escolas percebem o comportamento dos alunos; identificar indicadores do que poderá estar subjacente aos comportamentos menos adequados nos alunos, sob a perspetiva dos funcionários; e perceber até que ponto o meio físico envolvente pode interferir nos comportamentos dos alunos. Os resultados foram obtidos através de análises qualitativas e quantitativas. Todos os objetivos propostos foram conseguidos, conseguindo-se traçar um perfil das escolas a todo o nível de funcionamento quer interno quer externo das escolas. Os resultados mostraram que, apesar dos participantes percecionarem o meio físico de forma positiva, há a necessidade de se criarem espaços fechados de lazer para os alunos, condições logísticas melhores e o aumento de profissionais de ensino. A participação e envolvimento dos pais é percecionada como negativa e existem comportamentos inadequados na escola que obrigam o refletir das medidas disciplinares, tornando-se necessário redefinir formas de estimular a participação ativa de todos os agentes educativos.The evaluation of schools, both in its external or internal aspects, have the great purpose improve practices; enhance teaching and learning, seeking to create an advance in the students results at the educational process (Azevedo, 2007; Alaíz, Góis & Gonçalves, 2003). The combination of the two components is critical for schools to improve and develop. This experimental study focuses on the administration of the Diagnóstico do Meio Escolar (DME) questionnaire, into a sample of 60 education professionals, teachers and not teachers aged between 32 and 60 (mean 48.3, standard deviation 7.3) in two schools in the Oporto region. Therefore, the objectives of this research are understand the perceptions of the employees, teachers and non-teachers on the internal and external functioning of schools; realize how the professionals that work at schools comprehend the students behaviors, identify indicators that could underlie less suitable behaviors in students, under the perspective of employees and realize how can the surrounding physical environment affect that conducts. The results were obtained by qualitative and quantitative analyzes. All objectives were accomplished, so it was possible to draw a profile of all schools involved at any level of functioning, both internal and external. The results prove that despite the participants assumed the physical environment in a positive way, it is important to create enclosed spaces of leisure for students, better logistic conditions and increase education professionals. The participation and involvement of parents is assumed to be negative and there are inappropriate behaviors in school that force us to reflect in disciplinary action, making it necessary to redefine ways to stimulate the active participation of all education agents

Diagnóstico do meio escolar: análise de duas escolas de bairros do Porto, sob a perspetiva dos profissionais do ensino

Dissertação apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa, como parte dos requisitos para a obtenção do grau de mestre em Psicologia, ramo de Psicologia da Educação e Intervenção ComunitáriaA avaliação de escolas, quer na sua vertente externa, quer interna, tem como grande finalidade melhorar as práticas, melhorar o ensino e a aprendizagem, pretendendo gerar impacto na melhoria dos resultados dos alunos no processo educativo (Azevedo, 2007; Alaíz, Góis & Gonçalves, 2003). A conjugação das duas vertentes é fundamental para que as escolas melhorem e se desenvolvam. O presente estudo experimental centra-se na administração do questionário Diagnóstico do Meio Escolar (DME) a uma amostra de 60 profissionais de ensino, professores e não professores em duas escolas na região do Porto, com idades compreendidas entre os 32 e os 60 anos de idade (com média de 48.3, desvio padrão de 7.3). Assim sendo, os objetivos da investigação são captar as perceções dos funcionários, professores e não professores, sobre os funcionamentos interno e externo das escolas; perceber de que forma os profissionais que trabalham nas escolas percebem o comportamento dos alunos; identificar indicadores do que poderá estar subjacente aos comportamentos menos adequados nos alunos, sob a perspetiva dos funcionários; e perceber até que ponto o meio físico envolvente pode interferir nos comportamentos dos alunos. Os resultados foram obtidos através de análises qualitativas e quantitativas. Todos os objetivos propostos foram conseguidos, conseguindo-se traçar um perfil das escolas a todo o nível de funcionamento quer interno quer externo das escolas. Os resultados mostraram que, apesar dos participantes percecionarem o meio físico de forma positiva, há a necessidade de se criarem espaços fechados de lazer para os alunos, condições logísticas melhores e o aumento de profissionais de ensino. A participação e envolvimento dos pais é percecionada como negativa e existem comportamentos inadequados na escola que obrigam o refletir das medidas disciplinares, tornando-se necessário redefinir formas de estimular a participação ativa de todos os agentes educativos.The evaluation of schools, both in its external or internal aspects, have the great purpose improve practices; enhance teaching and learning, seeking to create an advance in the students results at the educational process (Azevedo, 2007; Alaíz, Góis & Gonçalves, 2003). The combination of the two components is critical for schools to improve and develop. This experimental study focuses on the administration of the Diagnóstico do Meio Escolar (DME) questionnaire, into a sample of 60 education professionals, teachers and not teachers aged between 32 and 60 (mean 48.3, standard deviation 7.3) in two schools in the Oporto region. Therefore, the objectives of this research are understand the perceptions of the employees, teachers and non-teachers on the internal and external functioning of schools; realize how the professionals that work at schools comprehend the students behaviors, identify indicators that could underlie less suitable behaviors in students, under the perspective of employees and realize how can the surrounding physical environment affect that conducts. The results were obtained by qualitative and quantitative analyzes. All objectives were accomplished, so it was possible to draw a profile of all schools involved at any level of functioning, both internal and external. The results prove that despite the participants assumed the physical environment in a positive way, it is important to create enclosed spaces of leisure for students, better logistic conditions and increase education professionals. The participation and involvement of parents is assumed to be negative and there are inappropriate behaviors in school that force us to reflect in disciplinary action, making it necessary to redefine ways to stimulate the active participation of all education agents