Construction waste management decision making process: identification, framework and detailed urban C&D waste profile analysis

In software development projects, managers still have to face a variety of organisational and technical limitations despite the development of technology and approaches to improve the project management process. Projects, Human Resources and Costs are planned for a specific period of time. However, in the progression of project execution, there is a need to make various decisions and to dynamically adjust the work plan during the project in order to conform to its evolution. Thus, there is a need for a method that employs the latest technology to support the project management decision-making process. The aim and the expected result of the article are to identify and collect available information in the scientific literature to answer the following questions: (1) Which challenges of project management have been addressed using genetic algorithms? (2) What are the opportunities and limitations of genetic algorithms in the project management decision-making process? (3) What are the potential solutions to the identified genetic algorithm problems?

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Municipal solid waste management decision-making during COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison between Brazil and Portugal

Research Society and Development ◽

10.33448/rsd-v11i1.24673 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. e19411124673

Author(s):

Ana Teresa Rodrigues de Sousa ◽

Susana Paixão ◽

Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Management Decision ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Management Decision Making ◽

Urban Waste Management

Decisions related to waste management were affected to contain the advance of the new coronavirus pandemic. Different measures have been adopted between countries around the world. This study aims to assess changes in decision-making on solid waste management in Brazil and Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic, considering the socioeconomic differences and the context of waste management in each country before the health crisis. A literature review was carried out on scientific bases, PubMed, Google Scholar and Web of Science. Differences were noted in decisions and guidelines for good practices in waste management, with measures being observed in a decentralized manner in Brazil, differently from what was observed in Portugal. In this way, the understanding of urban waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil becomes complex, in addition to the territorial extension and the diverse social composition, due to the decentralization of decision-making, while Portugal centralizes decisions related to waste management and has a smaller population and territorial extension.

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Conflitos de Agência e Assimetria de Informações Contábeis: Entre a Tomada de Decisão e a Gestão Corporativa

International Journal of Professional Business Review ◽

10.26668/businessreview/2020.v5i2.199 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 234

Author(s):

Kathleen Xavier de Almeida ◽

Ruan Carlos dos Santos ◽

Maria do Socorro Silva Mesquita ◽

Rosimery Alves de Almeida de Lima

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Management Decision ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Accounting Systems ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Management Decision Making ◽

Research Findings

Objective - The registration and disclosure of the company's accounting information, attributed to the accounting professional, is of utmost importance for the decision making process for the company-manager. This theoretical essay presents and discusses the main contributions of the theory on management decision making between the company and the accounting process.Methodology - In methodological terms, this study is defined as a theoretical essay, in the sense that it seeks, through the existing literature, an understanding of the issue of Corporate Governance in Non-Governmental Organizations. This study can be classified as a theoretical-conceptual bibliographic research. The study will search the existing literature of the theme, with the purpose of elaborating a theoretical reference on Agency Theory, Accounting and Corporate Governance.Results - As a contribution to the discussion, this work was developed from extensive bibliographic research in Brazilian and international journals and events, contemplating foundations related to the reality of Accounting and organizations. Although few researches address the association of these theories with accounting practice, especially regarding the production of accounting information for external users, the research findings expose the close relationship between the two fields of knowledge. Contributions - Among the main contributions of decision theories to accounting science, knowledge about human behavior that can be used in behavioral accounting, the need for subsidies for accountants to make more rational decisions and, especially, the possibility of improving accounting systems, aiming at better treatment of information for the decision-making process, stand out.

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