The influence of innovation in tangible and intangible resource allocation: a qualitative multi case study

Considering the current turbulent macroeconomic environment, the aim of this research is to explore the influence of innovation in tangible and intangible resource allocation. The literature underlines that organizations are facing a revolution in their business processes. As such, there is a need to understand the value of knowledge resources and to identify ways to manage them. This paper explores the field of resource allocation, namely dynamic capabilities, and highlights the importance of monitoring intangible resources. This research has three specific contributions. The first contribution provides a comprehensive picture of what has occurred in the field of tangible and intangible resource allocation, such as intellectual capital and its importance towards organizational performance. Secondly, it offers evidence about the actual need for performance measurement tools that foster intangible resource monitoring. Organizations devote special attention to market demands which consequently lead managers to adapt their strategies in areas concerning resource allocation. Given this importance, this research, comprising major innovative organizations in Portugal from diverse activity sectors, provides new insights and stresses the importance of tools to follow the overall performance of resource allocation. Managers of innovative organizations recognize the very powerful features of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in monitoring and linking strategic resources of both tangible and intangible natures. Thirdly, this research, with a view to enrich the field of intangible natures, points out some aspects for future research areas, bearing in mind the relevance of this research area confirmed by managers of the major innovative organizations. Thus, it provides prominent information for both academia and innovative organizations.This paper is financed by National Funds of the FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology within the project «UIDB/03182/2020

Organisational culture and balanced scorecard: An empirical study in Portugal

This study aims to identify and characterize the culture of the largest exporters without the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and with the BSC implemented. In addition, it confirms whether there are different characteristics in the type of organizational culture of the largest exporters without the BSC and with the BSC. To achieve this objective, data were collected through questionnaires sent to the 250 largest exporters in Portugal. Multivariate statistical techniques were used to validate the research hypotheses. This research shows that the Adhocracy (turbulent management) culture type prevails in organizations without BSC, while the Market (productivity) culture type prevails in organizations with BSC. The study is based on the characterization of the culture type of the organizations. This characterization is significant because organizational culture shapes and differentiates organizations’ actions, goal definitions, and strategic objectives, which can affect organizational performance. Although recent literature has addressed organizational culture and performance monitoring in isolation, not many studies have been found that link the topics of organizational culture, BSC, and performance

An Overview of Management Control Theory

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Mapping the literature on social responsibility and stakeholders’ pressures in the mining industry

Mining activities can be good for the local economy, but they can also have a negative impact, which has created increasing pressure from stakeholders. A constructive and positive engagement between a company and its stakeholders is important for sustainability issues and can provide a shared understanding of sustainable development. This review aims to examine the growth trajectory, the most influential documents, and the conceptual framework of the literature on stakeholder engagement and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the mining industry. Moreover, tries to answer the following research questions: What research streams have been followed? Which theories and research paradigms have been used? A bibliometric analysis was performed using 149 documents extracted from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The documents obtained were analysed using Bibliometrix software. The results suggest that the most studied constructs within the mining industry are related to sustainability issues, management and legitimacy concerns, and the importance of stakeholders, particularly local communities, and the social impacts that mining generates. The study contributes to the literature by reviewing prominent cited references and documents that cited them, the authors provide the landscapes and research gaps of major research lines for further development.The research of the author Maria-Céu Alves was funded by National Funds through the FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology), I.P., within the scope of the project Ref. UIDB/04630/2020. The work of the author Rui Silva is supported by national funds, through the FCT, under the project UIDB/04011/2020

A dignidade natural do espaço íntimo: uma leitura dos Poemas Quotidianos de António Reis

Esta dissertação propõe uma leitura crítica do livro Poemas Quotidianos (2017) do poeta e cineasta português António Reis. Para isto, este trabalho foi estruturado em três capítulos e em cada um deles está concentrado um aspeto que funciona como uma espécie de guia para esta análise. No primeiro, refleti sobre o contexto histórico em que Reis produziu, fiz uma breve apresentação do poeta e algumas considerações sobre os diálogos entre poesia e cinema. No segundo, procurei identificar e sugerir algumas relações e não relações entre António Reis, Carlos de Oliveira e Ferreira Gullar, bem como os movimentos do neorrealismo e imagismo. No terceiro e último capítulo, estabeleci algumas leituras da poética reisiana no geral, a partir da perspetiva dos temas que compõem o livro, os espaços e seus filmes.This dissertation proposes a critical reading of the book Poemas Quotidianos (2017) by Portuguese poet and filmmaker António Reis. For this, this work was structured in three chapters and in each of them is concentrated an aspect that acts as a kind of guide for this analysis. In the first, I reflected on the historical context in which Reis produced, gave a brief presentation of the poet and some considerations about the dialogues between poetry and cinema. In the second, I tried to identify and suggest some relations and non-relations between António Reis, Carlos de Oliveira and Ferreira Gullar, as well as the neorealism and imagism movements. In the third and last chapter, I established some readings of the king's poetry in general, from the perspective of the themes that make up the book, the spaces and their films

A massagem como forma de influência positiva na relação da tríade numa Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatais

Com os progressos tecnológicos no campo da medicina neonatal, são cada vez mais os bebés prematuros com hipóteses de sobrevivência, e cada vez mais precoce a sua idade gestacional. Tendo como premissa que a família constitui um pilar básico na estrutura da nossa sociedade, para o enfermeiro que presta cuidados numa Unidade de Cuidados Neonatais, é essencial que os cuidados prestados assentem numa lógica de cuidados centrados na família. O cuidado centrado na família impulsiona uma mudança, da família como recipiente passivo para a família como participante activo nos cuidados ao seu bebé, representando uma abordagem holística dos cuidados; capacitando e empoderando as famílias; eleva a posição dos pais na UCIN a parceiros dos profissionais de saúde, com o objectivo comum de prestar os melhores cuidados possíveis ao bebé. Este relatório tem como finalidade analisar o trabalho desenvolvido sobre a temática: A massagem como forma de influência positiva na relação da tríade numa unidade de cuidados intensivos neonatais desenvolvido em contexto de trabalho, no estágio de Saúde Infantil e Pediatria (Módulo III – Serviço de Neonatologia), realizado na Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatais do Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, EPE / Hospital de Santa Maria. O tema foi seleccionado pela sua importância, na medida em que o desenvolvimento da vinculação é um processo complexo que constitui a base da saúde mental da criança. Teve como objectivo: Assegurar a continuidade do desenvolvimento harmonioso do bebé, promovendo o envolvimento parental. A metodologia adoptada, foi a descritiva reflexiva fundamentada em evidência científica, bem como na experiência da prática. A implementação / concretização do programa de massagem foi um importante contributo para a melhoria da qualidade dos cuidados, na medida em que possibilitou aos enfermeiros da unidade aprofundar conhecimentos sobre cuidados centrados no desenvolvimento e família e aplicá-los na sua prática diária. Permitiu também habilitar os pais a utilizar a massagem como forma de conhecimento e interacção mútuo, favorecendo a vinculação.Due to the technologic advances on the neonate medicine, the hypotheses of surviving of premature babies are increasing, as the gestation age becomes more precocious. Taking as premise the family as the main structure of our society, for the nurse caring on the Neonate Intensive Unit, becomes essential to focus the caring on the family. The caring focused on the family cause: a change from passive to active caring, expressing a holistic approach at caring; giving capacities and empowering; takes to a higher level, parents’ position on the Neonate Intensive Unit as health professionals partners, with the common objective of better caring. This report has as main objective to analyze the realized work for the theme: Massage as positive influence form, in the relation triad in the Intensive Neonate Unit that has been developed on context work, on the stage of Paediatrics and Child Health (Module III – Neonatology), realized in the Neonate Intensive Care Unit of Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte EPE/ Hospital de Santa Maria. The theme was selected by is importance in the way that the binding develop is the base of child mental health complex process. It has as objective to assure the continuous harmonious develop of the baby, promoting parental implication. The applied methodology was the reflexive descriptive reasoned on the scientific evidence, as well as practical experience. The implementation the program for infant massage was an important contribution for the better caring quality, because it became possible to the nurses of the unit, to get deeper knowledge’s on central caring development and family and applied them on the daily practice. It also allowed parents to use the massage as a way of knowledge and mutual interaction, favouring the binding

Management control practices as performance facilitators in a crisis context

In modern times, disruptive contexts have challenged the functioning of organisations, as shown by recent events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the current war in Europe. The literature highlights the role of management control practices (MCP) as resources that help to improve decision-making processes and organisational performance and competitiveness in a crisis context. In response to stakeholders’ pressures, companies are integrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues into their measurement and control systems. The aim of this research is to examine whether companies perceive MCP as a resource to support the decision-making process and contribute to organisational performance and competitiveness in a crisis environment, as well as to ascertain the perceived role of CSR in MC. A survey by questionnaire was conducted among the 250 major exporting companies in Portugal. Results show that in a crisis context of uncertainty and unpredictability such as the COVID-19 pandemic organisations perceive MCP as having (1) a significant influence on organisational performance and on leveraging organisational competitiveness; (2) a significant link with CSR. In general terms, this study provides new insights into the perceptions of the role of MCP as a valuable resource to achieve organisational competitiveness and performance in disruptive social and economic contexts.This research is supported by national funds, through the FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the project UIDB/04011/2022 and by NECE-UBI, Research Centre for Business Sciences, Research Centre under the project UIDB/04630/2022. This research has been also financed by Portuguese public funds through FCT, in the framework of the projects with references UIDB/05105/2020 and UIDB/04105/2020

As perceções dos alunos face à disciplina de educação física: estudo com alunos de 5º e 7º anos de escolaridade

Relatório de estágio mestrado em Ensino de Educação Física nos Ensinos Básico e SecundárioEste relatório final de estágio demonstra a prática educativa realizada durante o estágio de natureza profissional, designado por prática de ensino supervisionada em Educação Física (EF), numa escola E.B 2,3, Braga. Encontra-se estruturado da seguinte forma; numa primeira fase é feito um enquadramento pessoal, onde transmito todas as minhas expetativas relativas a este ano de estágio, de seguida faço um enquadramento institucional, de forma a caraterizar a escola e o meio envolvente em que se encontra inserida. Numa outra fase temos o enquadramento pedagógico, que tem por objetivo dar a perceber qual a participação e intervenção do núcleo de estágio na escola, tanto ao nível da comunidade escolar como ao nível da gestão e organização da própria turma de lecionação. Na fase final, surge o enquadramento científico dedicado ao projeto de investigação desenvolvido ao longo deste ano, que pretende conhecer as perceções dos alunos sobre a disciplina de Educação Física. O estudo foi realizado com alunos do 5º e 7ºanos de escolaridade. Os objetivos deste estudo foram: (1) conhecer a importância da disciplina de EF na formação dos alunos; (2) averiguar se a disciplina de EF seria preferência dos alunos, se fosse de carácter opcional; (3) verificar quais as atitudes fomentadas nas aulas de EF, de maior e menor importância. A amostra é constituída por 130 alunos de ambos os sexos, com idades compreendidas entre os 10 e os 14 anos, pertencentes ao 5º e 7ºanos de escolaridade do Ensino Básico, de uma escola E.B 2,3. Os resultados mostram que a maioria dos alunos de ambos os anos considera a disciplina de EF muito importante na sua formação a nível do ensino básico. Os alunos do 5º ano relativamente às atitudes e valores da disciplina de EF apontam o trabalho de equipa como o mais importante e no 7º ano o divertimento é a opção mais valorizada. A competição com os outros e a competição consigo próprio destacam-se de forma evidente, como as perceções menos importantes nos alunos mais novos e mais velhos.This report demonstrates the final stage of educational practice conducted during the training of professional nature referred to the supervised practice teaching in Physical Education (PE), in a EB 2,3 school in Braga. It is structured as follows: in a first stage is done a personal environment where I expose all my expectations for this training year, then I do an institutional framework in order to characterize the school and the environment in which it is inserted. In another phase we have the pedagogical framework, which aims to illustrate the participation and intervention of the training group at school, both within the school community as to the management and organization of their own class teaching. In the final phase, there is the scientific framework dedicated to the research project developed over this year, which main goal is to know the perceptions of students about the subject of Physical Education. Thistudy has included students from the 5th and 7th grades. The objectives of this study are: (1) know the importance of the subject PE in the formation of students; (2) determine whether the subject of Physical Education would be a students’ preference, if it was of optional nature; (3) determine which attitudes fostered in PE classes, of greater and lesser importance. The sample consists of 130 students of both sexes, aged between 10 to 14 years, belonging to the 5 th and 7 th grade of basic education from a EB 2,3 school. The results show that most students in both years consider that the PE subject is very important in their training at the level of basic education. The 5th grade students, concerning to the attitudes and values of PE, indicate the teamwork as the most important and in the 7th grade fun is the most valued. The competition with each other and the competition with oneself stand out so clearly, as the perceptions perceived as less important to the young and old children

Engenharia social e governança: processos e mecanismos de organização da participação e ação coletiva no planeamento e desenvolvimento territorial integrado

A ideia persistente e recorrente da Engenharia Social, que ao longo de uma carreira de serviço público de 20 anos, me acossou, não encontraria paz enquanto não fosse estudada, investigada e verificada, na sua validade académica e empírica. Assim, foi esta inquietude a razão destes trabalhos, pois nada mais fazia sentido na minha prática profissional; a Sociologia, a sua metodologia e técnicas, per si, eram amplamente insuficientes na intervenção dos problemas sociais localizados. A Engenharia Social sempre me acompanhou como a perceção da profissão que exercia – Investigação Social Aplicada. No mestrado não foi consensual a utilização do termo, não compreendendo a razão para tal, teria mesmo de a estudar para compreender de que efetivamente se tratava. Com este propósito bem definido iniciei os estudos de doutoramento, trabalhando desde o início as referências que iria utilizar na tese. Contudo, outra vez de regresso ao mundo académico deparei-me com um vazio de referências, só tangível na Sociologia de intervenção, mas que não era exatamente o mesmo

The pandemic and the creative performance of cities: an empirical study in Portugal

In a pandemic and post-pandemic environment, the consequences for the creative economy have been brutal and nefarious. Thus, this study aims to measure cities’ creativity performance, through a composite index, reported in the year 2021. In this sense, the results show that culture, the creative economy and enabling environment, as subdimensions of creativity, show that cities suffered a significant setback in their creative performance. However, this is currently being reversed so that creativity continues to contribute to the performance and growth of cities, whereby the formation of networks/partnerships as allies of the creative class and industries that characterise this dimension becomes even more important. This means that the creative class was one of the most affected by the pandemic, given that its activities are sustained mainly by the public, which corroborated recent studies. The study’s main contribution lies in the use of the Composite Index, in which it was concluded that creativity generates employment and wealth for a country’s economy. Finally, some limitations and avenues for future research were outlined.The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Funds of the FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology within the project «UIDB/04007/2020» and the project «UIDB/04011/2020»