Human resources strategic practices, innovation performance & knowledge management: proposal for brazilian organizations

Technology andinnovation development presented new challenges for the twenty-first centurymanager. Besides, aspects of organizational culture and knowledge managementare equally important for corporate success. All the above areas have a growingnumber of studies that seek to deepen the reflections providing a greaterunderstanding of their environmental relationship. Brazilian human resourcemanagement has shown years of late progress, especially due to the prevailingmacroeconomic conditions, with no transformation evidences This current studywith a theoretical-descriptive qualitative approach through literatureanalysis, study the integration model proposed by Chen and Huang (2009). Themediating role of knowledge management to strategic human resource practicesand innovation performance presented by these authors are compared withnational and international literature. The integration conceptual modelproposed to apply in the Brazilian context, consider the three pillarspresented by the Eastern authors, enhanced by cross-checks prospects with axes,approaches or intellectual capital directories, representing the Westernauthors’ contributions. Henceforth, we aim to provide a suitable proposal forthis model in the Brazilian organizational context

IV Simposio Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial

El IV Simposio Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial “La Responsabilidad Social del Ingeniero Industrial” organizado por el Grupo de investigación Gestión de la Innovación Tecnológica y Productividad “GINTECPRO” de la Universidad El Bosque, tuvo lugar el pasado 10 y 11 de noviembre de 2015 en el auditorio principal de la Universidad. Su objetivo general fue compartir con la comunidad universitaria las experiencias de investigadores nacionales e internacionales concernientes con el quehacer de la Ingeniería Industrial, específicamente en relación con la responsabilidad social del ingeniero industrial. El evento contó con la participación como ponentes de invitados internacionales procedentes de universidades de Suiza, Venezuela y Brasil, de docentes investigadores de la facultad de ingeniería de la Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, del delegado de la Maestría en Gestión Empresarial Ambiental de la Universidad El Bosque y de los miembros del grupo de investigación GINTECPRO. Al evento asistieron cerca de 250 personas entre directivos, estudiantes, docentes, ponentes e invitados. Compiladora y coordinadora: Anny Astrid Espitia Cubillos, Ingeniera Industrial, Magíster en Ingeniería Industrial, Doctorante en Ingeniería área industrial. Líder del grupo de investigación

Human resources strategic practices, innovation performance & knowledge management: proposal for brazilian organizations

Technology andinnovation development presented new challenges for the twenty-first centurymanager. Besides, aspects of organizational culture and knowledge managementare equally important for corporate success. All the above areas have a growingnumber of studies that seek to deepen the reflections providing a greaterunderstanding of their environmental relationship. Brazilian human resourcemanagement has shown years of late progress, especially due to the prevailingmacroeconomic conditions, with no transformation evidences This current studywith a theoretical-descriptive qualitative approach through literatureanalysis, study the integration model proposed by Chen and Huang (2009). Themediating role of knowledge management to strategic human resource practicesand innovation performance presented by these authors are compared withnational and international literature. The integration conceptual modelproposed to apply in the Brazilian context, consider the three pillarspresented by the Eastern authors, enhanced by cross-checks prospects with axes,approaches or intellectual capital directories, representing the Westernauthors’ contributions. Henceforth, we aim to provide a suitable proposal forthis model in the Brazilian organizational context

Root-canal preparation with FlexMaster: canal shapes analysed by micro-computed tomography

Aim To evaluate the relative performance of FlexMaster nickel-titanium instruments shaping maxillary molar root canals in vitro. Methodology Extracted human maxillary molars were scanned, before and after root-canal shaping, with FlexMaster, employing micro-computed tomography (muCT) at a resolution of 36 mum. Canals were three-dimensionally reconstructed and evaluated for volume, surface area, 'thickness' (diameter), canal transportation and prepared surface. Based on median canal volume, the canals were divided into 'wide' and 'constricted' groups. Comparisons were made between mesiobuccal (mb), distobuccal (db) and palatal (p), as well as 'wide' and 'constricted' canals, using ANOVA and Scheffe post-hoc tests. Results Volume and surface area increased significantly and similarly in mb, db and p canals, and no gross preparation errors were found. Mean root-canal diameters, 5 mm coronal to the apex, increased from 0.45 to 0.65 mm, from 0.41 to 0.56 mm and from 0.79 to 0.85 mm for mb, db and p canals, respectively. Apical canal transportation ranged from 0.01 to 0.29 mm and was independent of canal type; 'wide' canals had a significantly higher (P < 0.05) proportion of unprepared surfaces than 'constricted' canals had. Conclusions FlexMaster instruments shaped curved and narrow root canals in maxillary molars to sizes 40 and 45 without significant shaping errors. Canal anatomy had an insignificant impact on preparation, indicating that FlexMaster instruments were able to shape 'constricted' canals as well as 'wide' ones

IV Simposio Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial

El IV Simposio Internacional de Ingeniería Industrial “La Responsabilidad Social del Ingeniero Industrial” organizado por el Grupo de investigación Gestión de la Innovación Tecnológica y Productividad “GINTECPRO” de la Universidad El Bosque, tuvo lugar el pasado 10 y 11 de noviembre de 2015 en el auditorio principal de la Universidad. Su objetivo general fue compartir con la comunidad universitaria las experiencias de investigadores nacionales e internacionales concernientes con el quehacer de la Ingeniería Industrial, específicamente en relación con la responsabilidad social del ingeniero industrial.El evento contó con la participación como ponentes de invitados internacionales procedentes de universidades de Suiza, Venezuela y Brasil, de docentes investigadores de la facultad de ingeniería de la Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, del delegado de la Maestría en Gestión Empresarial Ambiental de la Universidad El Bosque y de los miembros del grupo de investigación GINTECPRO.Al evento asistieron cerca de 250 personas entre directivos, estudiantes, docentes, ponentes e invitados.Compiladora y coordinadora: Anny Astrid Espitia Cubillos, Ingeniera Industrial, Magíster en Ingeniería Industrial, Doctorante en Ingeniería área industrial. Líder del grupo de investigación