scholarly journals COMPETITIVE PRESSURES ON THE ARTISAN COFFEE ROASTER SEGMENT IN THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: A MULTI-CASE STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Elisa Reis Guimarães ◽  
Helga Cristina Carvalho De Andrade ◽  
Álvaro Dos Reis Cozadi ◽  
Luiz Marcelo Antonialli ◽  
Antônio Carlos Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Consumer Education ◽  
Specialty Coffee ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
Competitive Forces ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Coffee Roasting

The specialty coffee market is still little known and underexplored in Brazil, motivating an analysis of the competitive pressures and structure of the artisan coffee roaster segment in the state of Minas Gerais, in order to better understand it and encourage the adoption of specific policies for its expansion, besides comparing it to the commodity coffee roasting segment. A multi-case study was performed with three companies in this segment through in-depth interviews with their owners. There were significant changes in the competitive forces that shape the coffee industry, when comparing the specialty and commodity coffee segments, both in intensity and in motivations. Among the suggested policies to support the specialty coffee segment are its promotion and dissemination through “consumer education” and awareness raising on the differentiated properties of these products, besides providing subsidized courses and specializations for those who wish to be involved in this marketplace.

Considerações sobre motivação e produtividade: estudo de caso em uma delegacia da polícia civil em Minas Gerais

Revista Foco ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Rafaella Cristina Campos ◽  
Natália Fernandes Fonseca ◽  
Odemir Vieira Baeta
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Clear Correlation ◽  
Classical Sense ◽  
Institutional Rules ◽  
Fixed Grid ◽  
Depth Interviews

O objetivo é averiguar a correlação dos fatores motivacionais e produtivos no contexto institucional da Polícia Civil. O estudo de caso foi conduzido por entrevistas em profundidade com um Delegado de Polícia, um Investigador de Polícia, e um Escrivão de Polícia. A análise de conteúdo foi utilizada. Conclui-se que há evidente correlação entre o desenvolvimento de artefatos motivacionais, sejam eles de ordem ambiental ou individual, com a produtividade na instituição da Polícia Civil. Destaca-se também, que apesar do controle e avaliação dos índices de produtividade serem predominantemente burocráticos, institucionalizados e legitimados, a ligação que se estabelece com a manifestação dos artefatos motivacionais é subjetiva, relacional e intangível nas normas institucionais. Destaca-se este evento neste artigo, porque como foi visto anteriormente, tanto a natureza do trabalho, quanto o ambiente da Polícia Civil, estão em total desencontro ao desenvolvimento de produtividade e motivação no sentido clássico destas vertentes. The aims is to determine the correlation of the motivational and productive factors in the institutional context of the Civil Police. The case study was conducted by in-depth interviews with a Chief of Police, Police Investigator, and Actuary Police. The content analysis was used for fixed grid. It is concluded that there is clear correlation between the development of motivational artifacts, whether environmental or individual order, with productivity in the civil police institution. Also noteworthy is that despite the control and evaluation of productivity indexes were predominantly bureaucratic, institutionalized and legitimized, the connection that is established with the manifestation of motivational artifacts is subjective, relational and intangible assets in the institutional rules. It highlights this event in this article, because as discussed above, both the nature of the work, as the environment of the Civil Police, are in complete disagreement with the development of productivity and motivation in the classical sense of the aforementioned areas.

Battling Breast Cancer: Women’s Narratives of Struggle, Family Support and Survival from Rural Sindh, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Nadia Agha ◽  
Maliha Gull Tarar
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
Depth Interviews

Breast cancer poses a major health risk to Pakistani women causing 40,000 deaths annually in Pakistan (Pink Ribbon 2019). Based on 40 in-depth interviews with women who have been treated for breast cancer from rural Sindh, this study explores the extent to which families, living in rural and less developed areas with poor socio-economic conditions, provide support to the patients. The results show that women as well as their husbands’ level of education and awareness is correlated to delayed access to medical services. Our findings show that husband’s support and empathy has a therapeutic effect on cancer patients. Women’s well-being and self-esteem was strongly associated with how men saw and dealt with their disease. Based on the findings, we recommend introducing awareness raising programmes and a well-integrated social support system to help the patients and particularly men who control women’s lives.

scholarly journals DAIRY GOAT AGRIBUSINESS SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY

2019 ◽  
pp. 187-205
Author(s):  
Luany Abadia Cavalcante de Sousa ◽  
Laya Kannan Silva Alves ◽  
Brenda Alves dos Santos ◽  
Augusto Hauber Gameiro ◽  
Camila Raineri
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Dairy Goat ◽  
Multiple Case

scholarly journals MobiSAM: Reflections from a four year case study using technology to increase public participation in local government in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Thinyane ◽  
Ingrid Siebörger
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Community Based ◽  
System A ◽  
Communication Capacity ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Awareness Raising

This paper reflects on a four year evaluation on the use of a mobile platform, MobiSAM, to support increased public participation in local government.  It describes the lessons learnt in the design, development and evaluation of the initiative.  MobiSAM uses a community based co-design methodology, emphasizing the importance of community’s voices throughout the design and evaluation of the project.  Attention is drawn to the education and awareness raising interventions undertaken in order to scaffold the deployment of the system.  A discussion of the findings of the project is also provided in order for other actors in the field to learn from MobiSAM’s successes and failures.  Special attention is focused on the political stability and communication capacity required to successfully undertake initiatives such as this.

Vocational Rehabilitation for Persons With Visual Impairment at the Community: A Case Study in Dong Da District, Hanoi City, Vietna

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-266
Author(s):  
Trinh Van Tung ◽  
◽  
Le Thi Nhung ◽  
Bui Ngoc Ha ◽  
Nguyen Thi Thu Hoai
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Vocational Programs ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
Social Components ◽  
Depth Interviews

Work has been emphasized by the WHO, ILO, and UNESCO for years as to how individuals can escape poverty, secure the necessities and improve his/her economic and social status. In this sense, vocational rehabilitation is regarded as the means for persons with disabilities to access work. However, in the absence of either these programs or full respect for their right to work, they have been encountering different barriers in employment accessibility. This happens more seriously in developing countries, including Vietnam. Through mixed methods of desktop reviews, a survey with 110 persons with visual impairment in the community, and in-depth interviews with 10 key stakeholders, the article aims at briefing an overview on current situations of their employment as well as vocational rehabilitation services and support for occupations in Dong Da District, Hanoi City. Several key findings indicate that they have been coping with unemployment or low-tech and low-paid jobs. There is an intensive gap between needs and service supplies in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial components. In the community, available programs target supporting them in terms of physical aspects rather than cognitive and social components. Finally, the authors discuss more various vocational programs, capacity building to other potential providers, and awareness-raising.

scholarly journals O SIGNIFICADO DO TRABALHO DOCENTE: uma análise da percepção dos professores de uma Ifes de Minas Gerais

Revista Foco ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Isabela Murad ◽  
Barbara Ávila Domingos ◽  
Isabel Cristina Da Silva ◽  
Flávia Luciana Naves Mafra
Keyword(s):  
Social Situation ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Social Prestige ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Professional Fulfillment ◽  
Depth Interviews

Na contemporaneidade assiste-se a um quadro social cada vez mais exigente no que se refere às questões do mundo do trabalho bem como suas buscas incessantes por profissionais competentes e com habilidades variadas, tais mudanças refletem diretamente no trabalho docente, reforçando a necessidade de compreender o significado desta profissão. Assim, este estudo objetiva identificar e analisar os significados do trabalho atribuídos por professores da área de Administração de uma IFES (Instituição Federal de Ensino Superior) de Minas Gerais, sediada na região do Campo das Vertentes. Para operacionalizar essa investigação realizou-se um estudo de caso qualitativo-descritivo, coletando-se os dados por meio de entrevistas em profundidade. Os resultados foram analisados por meio da técnica de análise de conteúdo. Nessa análise, constatou-se que os significados atribuídos pelos professores ao trabalho docente são representados por dimensões positivas e negativas do contexto de trabalho. Do lado positivo, tem-se prestígio social, o reconhecimento, a realização pessoal e profissional e o prazer em exercer o trabalho que gosta. Do outro lado, tem-se a sobrecarga de tarefas, a necessidade em cumprir indicadores, as dificuldades do trabalho em equipe e o excesso de responsabilidades. No entanto, o trabalho é tido como significativo pelos docentes, constituindo-se como parte da identidade de cada um deles. At the present time, there is an increasingly demanding social situation in the world of work, as well as its constant search for competent professionals with varied skills. These changes reflect directly on the teaching work, reinforcing the need to understand the Meaning of this profession. Thus, this study aims to identify and analyze the meanings of the work attributed by professors of the Administration area of an IFES (Federal Institution of Higher Education) of Minas Gerais, headquartered in the region of Campo das Vertentes. In order to operationalize this investigation, a qualitative-descriptive case study was carried out, and data were collected through in-depth interviews. The results were analyzed using the content analysis technique. In this analysis, it was verified that the meanings attributed by the teachers to the teaching work are represented by positive and negative dimensions of the work context. On the positive side, one has social prestige, recognition, personal and professional fulfillment and the pleasure in performing the work that he likes. On the other hand, there is the overload of tasks, the need to comply with indicators, the difficulties of teamwork and the excess of responsibilities. However, the work is considered significant by the teachers, constituting as part of the identity of each one of them.

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