Use Of Management Instruments Research Articles

Management practices in retail trade companies in the east region of the city of Porto Alegre (RS)

Purpose: To identify the managerial accounting practices used in retail organizations in the Eastern Region of the city of Porto Alegre (RS). Moreover, study the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the importance attributed to financial reports and management instruments and data analysis systems for taking decisions. In a complementary way, the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic and the importance attributed to financial reports and management instruments and data analysis systems for decision making are investigated.
 Methodology: Descriptive research with a quantitative approach, it performed a data collection through a questionnaire with the owners/partners, administrators and employees of retail organizations in the region object of the study, totaling a non-probabilistic and accessibility sample of 26 companies. The questionnaire contemplated the profile of the respondents; management data; importance and use of management instruments and financial reports; and open questions to collect additional information.
 Results: Companies are on average micro-companies, with centralized decisions, with a few use of managerial instruments and they comprise accounting as a support for the tax area. The least used management tools are the Balanced Scorecard and product life cycle, and some companies do not even use basic operational and financial controls, such as inventories, accounts payable and receivable, and strategic plan. Also, they attach greater importance to managerial instruments than they use them.
 Contributions of the Study: Based on the perception of importance of financial reports and management tools, low level of training of managers, a few knowledge and use of management practices, therefore that more complexity of management tools, less importance attributed by managers to them.

Qual o elemento central na Rede de Atenção Psicossocial de um município de Minas Gerais?

Objetivou-se identificar, pela Análise de Rede Social, o elemento central da Rede de Atenção Psicossocial de um município de Minas Gerais e estabelecer relações de tal centralidade com o perfil dos trabalhadores. Estudo quantitativo realizado com 162 trabalhadores. Utilizou-se questionário autoaplicável e uma matriz sobre os serviços. Empreendeu-se análise descritiva e a de Rede Social para o cálculo da centralidade e confecção do mapa de redes. O hospital psiquiátrico assumiu centralidade na rede estudada. O tempo de atuação na área, escolaridade e função assistencial dos profissionais exerceram influência em relação ao conhecimento dos serviços extra-hospitalares. Concluiu-se que a centralidade do hospital psiquiátrico assinala a necessidade de ressignificação do modelo de atenção que sustenta a prática dos profissionais. Neste sentido, entende-se que o adensamento do capital social dos trabalhadores e o uso de instrumentos de gestão contribuiriam para maior articulação da Rede de Atenção Psicossocial.

Tornando-se gerente de enfermagem na imbricada e complexa fronteira das dimensões assistencial e gerencial

The study aimed to understand the experience of managing medical-surgical inpatient units in a general hospital, highlighting the meaning of being a nursing manager, with the intention to qualify and instrument nurses for caring management practice in this scenario. This is a Grounded Theory research, conducted from August 2010 to August 2012, through interviews with 19 participants from the nursing team, distributed in 3 sampling groups. From the analysis emerged the phenomenon “Becoming a nursing manager in the nested and complex border of caring and management dimension”. To exercise caring management, nurses use management instruments as essential tools, they become capable theoretically and enhances, based on his experience, professional skills and personal characteristics. We conclude that competency mobilization beyond the clinical aspect is needed; allowing the use of management instruments to make caring viable and to improve relational and interactive processes.

Management of basic health units in municipalities of different size: profile and management instruments

To identify the characteristics of managers and their use of management instruments in primary care and to analyze differences in these features among municipalities of different sizes. The present cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at 108 basic health units from 21 municipalities in northern Paraná, Brazil. The data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire during the second half of 2010. Most managers had graduate degrees and were female and nurses. The managers from the small municipalities were younger, their payment was lower, and they had less work experience. The use of management instruments was expressive for both the organization and work management; however, the instruments were used less in the small municipalities. The managers were committed to their role; it is recommended that policies and guidance should be formulated at the federal and state levels to support small municipalities.

Análise da gestão dos recursos hídricos no município de Erechim

Este trabalho teve como premissa analisar o status atual da gestão dos recursos hídricos no município de Erechim (RS) com base nos planos de manejo, dados estatísticos, históricos e informações coletadas junto a gestores responsáveis pelas instituições legais que respondem pelas políticas públicas ambientais do município tais como Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente (SMMA), Prefeitura Municipal, Comitê de Bacia Hidrográfica Apuaê Inhandava (CBHAI), Comitê de Bacia Hidrográfica Passo Fundo (CBHPF), Conselho Municipal de Proteção ao Meio Ambiente (COMPAM) e Corsan.

French public management reform: an evaluation

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to measure the dissemination of public management practices in French State administrations and to interpret results in the light of successive reform trends, in order to give an objective evaluation of French public management reform.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on a survey on use of management instruments, targeting Heads of Ministry departments (n=298, response rate=80 per cent, use of rigorous sampling techniques). The survey measures actual practices rather than opinions through lists of use of “management instruments”. The method is adapted to evaluate a reform which has mainly been defined in a process of “modernization”.FindingsThe findings demonstrate the high level of dissemination of process innovations, even if as observed in many countries, human resource transformation is more challenging than change in quality methods or user's orientation implementation. The survey also points out major disparities between different Ministries and implies that two different models of reform have been progressively implemented during successive periods.Research limitations/implicationsThe survey was conducted in 2007.Originality/valueThe survey is the first attempt to measure public management practices in French State administration conducted by the French National Institute for Statistics (INSEE). The present article is one of the few quantitative appraisals of public management produced in Europe.

Sustainable Change

Globalization and intensified competition require organizations to change and adapt to dynamic environments in order to stay competitive. This article describes a longitudinal action research study supporting the strategic change of a trading company. The strategic change was accompanied by planned changes in organizational structures and processes, management systems, emerging changes in leadership, and organization members’ attitudes and behaviors, and it was supported by management development activities. Longitudinal data over a 4-year period including participant observation and interviews reveal that a systemic approach, a learning and becoming perspective toward change, trust, an appropriate role perception, and the specific use of management instruments contribute to sustained change that resulted in performance improvements and a move toward a learning organization. We conclude with implications for strategic change and suggestions for further research in this area.

Management decisions on commercial sugarcane farms in KwaZulu-Natal: a focus on choice bracketing behaviour for risk management

The sugar industry is an important contributor to the South African (SA) economy, with average annual production estimated at 2.5 million tons of sugar. This study aims to quantify actual use of management instruments by a sample of commercial sugarcane farmers in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) that are commonly associated with risk management, and uses factor analysis to investigate the extent to which these farmers bracket their management decisions. Data were obtained in 2006 via personal interviews of a stratified random sample of 76 large-scale sugarcane farmers in two separate mill-supply areas of KZN. Respondents were asked questions regarding risk-related management strategies, including diversification of on-farm enterprises, investments and management time. Factor analysis identified six management choice brackets, collectively explaining 77% of the variance in all of the 12 risk-related management responses considered. Recommendations that stem from these findings include that policy makers create a more enabling business environment and that government make labour legislation more flexible. Farmers need to search for information more proactively and develop management strategies that reduce barriers to efficiency. Future research based on time series data could be important to identify how management portfolios and choice bracketing levels change over time.

Technical education for brazilian industry

This article reviews practices on strategic planning between 2000 and 2005 in eight universities pertaining to the Chancellor Council having different governance regimes, property and orientation on educational projects. Research shows that universities make all efforts to better know the strategic planning process and use of management instruments developed all over the corporate management area. However, the complete analysis of different stages of strategic planning reveals some problems in implementation, monitoring and feedback.