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Health organizations are challenged every day to manage their projects in a dynamic context of multifactorial complexity, are intrinsically linked to the organizational competences for PM and project success (on time and budget, with quality, in alignment with the requirements defined by the project owner and stakeholders), through articulation between people, resources, processes and project support structures. The aim of this research was to study the Competence of Portuguese Public Hospitals in PM, carrying out a diagnosis of organizational competences in PM, reflecting on the existing competences and those that are needed, proposing strategies for its development. This study was carried in three public hospitals (51 respondents) and evidence that they can improve their organizational competence in PM. It also shows that there is a statistically significant association between the organizational competence in PM, the role of professionals in projects and their experience. On the other hand, the results also show that the success of projects is influenced by the existence of a PMO dedicated to supporting the project management activity in the organization. Likewise, the existence of a PMO, combined with certification or specific training in PM, and having already managed projects in the organization, didn´t revealed a strong influence on the state of development of organizational competence to manage projects. The results demonstrate that these health organizations need to invest in the development of organizational competence for the success of their projects and that there are not many professionals with certification or specific training in PM. Hospital´s need to improve people´s competences and create internal structures to support PM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The aim of the article isto present organizational competences of Emergency Medical Units (EMU) in the areas of marketing (recognizing the patient's needs), quality (the level of medical services) and logistics (a provision of medical services in the right place) during the time of the COVID 19 pandemic, influenced by managerial and professional competencies, and to identify those that have become particularly important in the period of the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed lists of managerial (five domains) and professional competencies (eight domains) were created and are based on the analysis of healthcare competencies models - the study of the literature - and the author of this paper’s observations of the analyzed entities. There were 57 respondents weighing managerial competences and 135 respondents assessing professional competences. Findings: As a result of the research, it is determined that the highest level among the professional competencies presented in the model (in all areas) is characterized by transportation competencies. The most undoubtedly framing organizational competences of EMU were managerial competencies: in marketing area Business Competencies and Professional and Social Competencies in quality and logistic areas. Practical implications: Currently health systems are being faced with briskly growing necessity developed by the COVID-19 outbreak. A well-organized and adapted health system has the scope to manage decent access to fundamental service delivery throughout an emergency, restraining direct mortality and avoiding heightened indirect mortality. Originality/value: An integration personal competencies (professional and managerial) with organizational competences of Emergency Medical Units especially relevant in pandemic time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article addresses the issue of the competence of counsellors working with people experiencing sexual violence. The theoretical part of the article describes the basic concepts related to institutional (professional) counselling and describes a professional counsellor and his/her competences in a descriptive way. The subject of the research includes the competences of counsellors in the field of working with people who have experienced sexual violence. The purpose of the study was determining and describing their competences – both organizational and professional ones – from the perspective of the experience of individual listeners preparing for counselling work. The study uses a narrative method with content analysis. The research problem took the form of the following question: what are the competences of a counsellor in accompanying a sexually abused person from the perspective of the personal experience of future counsellors? The research was conducted in 2019 among 23 postgraduate students preparing for counselling work. The results made it possible to select subcategories within the examined categories that show the specificity and value of the competences described by the respondents, and allowed us to emphasize the importance of the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills of counsellors. In addition, the conclusions of the study are valuable for pedagogical practice, especially in terms of enriching the offer of studies addressed to counsellors working with people who have experienced sexual violence.

Purpose: The aim of the article is to present organizational competences of Emergency Medical Units (EMU) in the areas of marketing (recognizing the patient's needs), quality (the level of medical services) and logistics (a provision of medical services in the right place) during the time of the COVID 19 pandemic, influenced by managerial and professional competencies, and to identify those that have become particularly important in the period of the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed lists of managerial (five domains) and professional competencies (eight domains) were created and are based on the analysis of healthcare competencies models – the study of the literature – and the author of this paper’s observations of the analyzed entities. There were 57 respondents weighing managerial competences and 135 respondents assessing professional competences. Findings: As a result of the research, it is determined that the highest level among the professional competencies presented in the model (in all areas) is characterized by transportation competencies. The most undoubtedly framing organizational competences of EMU were managerial competencies: in marketing area Business Competencies and Professional and Social Competencies in quality and logistic areas. Practical implications: Currently health systems are being faced with briskly growing necessity developed by the COVID-19 outbreak. A well-organized and adapted health system has the scope to manage decent access to fundamental service delivery throughout an emergency, restraining direct mortality and avoiding heightened indirect mortality. Originality/value: An integration personal competencies (professional and managerial) with organizational competences of Emergency Medical Units especially relevant in pandemic time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The unexpected social changes and the resulting consequences on the labor market require the improvement of the quality of the educational offer. Connected professionalisms need to be trained and formed again to comply collective demands. In accordance with aforementioned requests, university systems have to think over the educational path of educator, also in view of knowledge emerged from measurement tests TECO-D (Federighi, 2018; Torlone, 2018), defining fundamental core contents for this professionalism. This work expresses a few thoughts about curriculum organization to identifying strategies and methodologies for the promotion of design and organizational competences in future educator, aiming at practical arrangements and specific competences in the workplace. Promuovere competenze progettuali e organizzative nel futuro educatore I repentini mutamenti che investono il sociale e le conseguenti ricadute nel mercato del lavoro, richiedono il miglioramento della qualità dell’offerta nei servizi educativi. Le professionalità connesse devono essere formate e ri-formate per rispondere alla domanda collettiva. Il sistema universitario, sulla base delle suddette richieste, deve ridisegnare il percorso formativo della figura professionale dell’educatore, anche in virtù di quanto emerso dalla rilevazione dei test TECO-D (Federighi, 2018; Torlone, 2018) e definire i contenuti core fondamentali al ruolo. Il contributo propone alcune riflessioni sull’organizzazione del percorso formativo, allo scopo di individuare strategie e metodologie possibili per lo sviluppo delle competenze progettuali e organizzative nel futuro educatore, finalizzate alla successiva traduzione pratica nei contesti di lavoro.

Purpose: The aim of the article is to identify the current level of professional competencies and to determine the extent to which individual professional competencies affect the organizational competences of Emergency Medical Units in the areas of marketing (recognizing the patient's needs), quality (level of medical services) and logistics (provision of medical services in the right place and time). Design/methodology/approach: The model of professional competencies of medical staff employed in Polish EMU establishes eight domains. To achieve superior organizational performance is very important to identify which set of professional competencies is required to gain their strategic goals. The research was carried out in 2018 in Emergency Medical Units in six voivodships. respondents took part in the survey. Findings: As a result of the research, it is determined that the highest level among the professional competencies presented in the model is characterized by transportation competencies. Among managerial competencies, the following have the greatest impact on the organizational competences of Emergency Medical Units: in the area of quality – transportation competencies, while in the areas of marketing and logistics – transportation, therapeutics and assessment and diagnostics competencies. Practical implications: Nowadays health systems are being confronted with rapidly increasing demand generated by the COVID-19 outbreak. A well-organized and prepared health system has the capacity to maintain equitable access to essential service delivery throughout an emergency, limiting direct mortality and avoiding increased indirect mortality. Originality/value: An integration professional competencies of medical personnel of Emergency Medical Units with its organizational competences especially relevant in pandemic time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose – to analyze the process of organizational learning in development of organizational competences in two educational institutions that offer Higher Technological Education Courses in Brazil. Design/Method/Approach. As for the methodology, the nature of the research is exploratory, with a qualitative approach, and a multiple case study method. Findings. The results made it possible to conclude that there was a learning process at the organizational level, as new knowledge and new practices had been institutionalized. Based on the data found in each case, it was possible to certify that some competences can be built and others eliminated, shaping the dynamic character of the process. Theoretical implications. It was possible to corroborate the model used (Patriotta, 2003) and propose advances to it, towards an understanding of organizational learning processes in the development of organizational competences. Practical implications. The manager can see competences in dynamics, changing over time and in the context of the organization, according to the events and changes in their objectives, intentions, and strategies. Originality/Value. We found that organizational learning is the result of the acquisition of a competence that represents this process. Using a metaphor, it was found that the competences of an organization represent the 'DNA' of the organizational learning. Research limitations/Future research. This paper analyzed two cases only and new case studies are needed to characterize more fully on these results. Paper type – empirical.

Purpose: The self-evaluation of management training had the objective of verifying the influence of the learning support and of the management training offered to managers of a Brazilian federal autarchy on the expression of competences required for the performance of their duties. Originality/value: To reach this objective, the hypothesized theoretical model of research was elaborated having as variables the criteria of training impacts in the labor, measured both in depth and in amplitude, measured on what was the importance and contribution of two evaluated courses for the acquisition and expression of management-labor skills. Design/methodology/approach: Regarding the methodology, two courses were offered in the distance modality, in this autarchy, which dealt with strategic management and teams. Data collection was performed at a distance. The final sample (N = 291) was predominantly male, between 31 and 50 years old, and with complete graduate education. Findings: The results showed a valid and construct evidence for the used measures, as well as pointed out that learning support was an important predictor in the final empirical models. Having a constant investment in actions to improve learning support in the organizational environment, such managers can apply in their routines the skills acquired in a training situation, in a more persistent, impactful and aligned with the strategic objectives of the autarchy. Objetivo: A tríplice aliança na autoavaliação de treinamentos gerenciais teve como objetivo geral verificar a influência do suporte à aprendizagem e dos treinamentos gerenciais ofertados a gestores de uma entidade pública federal brasileira sobre a expressão de competências requeridas para o desempenho de suas funções. Originalidade/relevância: Para o alcance deste objetivo, foi elaborado o modelo teórico hipotetizado de pesquisa tendo como variáveis critérios de impacto de treinamento no trabalho, medido tanto em profundidade quanto em amplitude, mensurado sobre qual foi a importância e contribuição de dois cursos avaliados para a aquisição e expressão das competências laborais gerenciais. Principais aspectos metodológicos: Quanto à metodologia, foram investigados dois cursos ofertados na modalidade à distância, nesta entidade, que tratavam sobre gestão estratégica e de equipes. A coleta de dados foi realizada à distância. A amostra final (N=291) era predominantemente masculina, entre 31 a 50 anos e com ensino superior completo. Síntese dos principais resultados: Os resultados sinalizaram evidências de validade e de construto para as medidas utilizadas, bem como apontaram que suporte à aprendizagem foi importante preditora nos modelos empíricos finais. Tendo constante investimento em ações de melhoria do suporte à aprendizagem no ambiente organizacional, tais gestores podem aplicar em suas rotinas as competências adquiridas em situação de treinamento, de uma forma mais perene, impactante e alinhada com os objetivos estratégicos da entidade.

The purpose of this paper is to twofold: (1) to identify specific and generic organizational competences that compose three different types of competitive advantages – product leadership, customer intimacy and operational excellence – and (2) to identify processes and approaches by which identified organizational competences are developed. Using multi-case study approach, the main findings come into two tentative theory building conclusions. (1) Behind different ways of competing there there are only four distinct organizational competences – innovation competence, competence of managing business risks, operational competence and stakeholder influence competence. These four competences form three distinct ways of competing: competing via product leadership, competing via customer intimacy and competing via operational excellence. (2) All four organizational competences are composed of nine organizational processes and approaches: bonding, attracting, showcasing, specialization, capitalization, internationalization, specialization, quality control, cost monitoring, and shielding. However, due to the case study research design this paper provides limited generalizability and thus calls for validations via quantitative research approaches.

This article is focused on identifying within managers of Emergency Medical Units (EMU) the common professional competencies of medical personnel, as well as the managerial competencies that significantly shape such organizations. The proposed lists of managerial and professional competencies were created based on the analysis of healthcare competencies models as literature studies and own author's observations in the analyzed entities. To capture the complexity and dynamic quality of the EMU manager's role and reflect the dynamic realities in health leadership today, the managerial competencies model distinguishes five domains with 26 competencies, while the model of professional competencies of medical staff employed in Polish EMU takes in eight domains. To achieve superior organizational performance of such entities and to gain strategic goals, it is very important to identify which set of professional and managerial competencies is required. Thus, it is can be essential to clarify the areas of strategic competence in which these organizations must be competent, if the personnel of such are to succeed. Hence, there is a need to integrate professional and managerial competencies with organizational competences. Unfortunately, this area is not yet fully developed. The author's future empirical research would entail focusing primarily on the competences of EMU in Poland and the role that people competencies (whether managerial and professional) play in developing these. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose: The self-evaluation of management training had the objective of verifying the influence of the learning support and of the management training offered to managers of a Brazilian federal autarchy on the expression of competences required for the performance of their duties. Originality/value: To reach this objective, the hypothesized theoretical model of research was elaborated having as variables the criteria of training impacts in the labor, measured both in depth and in amplitude, measured on what was the importance and contribution of two evaluated courses for the acquisition and expression of management-labor skills. Design/methodology/approach: Regarding the methodology, two courses were offered in the distance modality, in this autarchy, which dealt with strategic management and teams. Data collection was performed at a distance. The final sample (N = 291) was predominantly male, between 31 and 50 years old, and with complete graduate education. Findings: The results showed a valid and construct evidence for the used measures, as well as pointed out that learning support was an important predictor in the final empirical models. Having a constant investment in actions to improve learning support in the organizational environment, such managers can apply in their routines the skills acquired in a training situation, in a more persistent, impactful and aligned with the strategic objectives of the autarchy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the simultaneous influences of culture and global mindedness on the foreign subsidiaries of Brazilian multinationals (B rMNs). Because the ability to develop competences abroad is critical for emerging multina tionals competitiveness, we proposed hypotheses and tested a model for how the competenc es of subsidiaries may be affected by the dimensions of global mindedness and culture. To do so, we conducted a multilevel survey involving the headquarters and subsidiaries of majo r BrMNs. The results suggest that global mindedness, which encompasses global orientation, g lobal knowledge, and global skills, is positively related to the development of subsidiari es ́ competences. By contrast, cultural factors, including power distance and uncertainty a voidance, are negatively related to competences development. Therefore, these dimension s may exert simultaneous and opposing stimuli and unaligned forces that affect the develo pment of competences abroad, generating a “tug of war” effect.

In order to achieve the desired performances and the increased value added to the final consumer, organizations need not only to integrate their core businesses and align them to business strategy but also to develop essential entrepreneurial competences. After presenting the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation and their specificity in a supply chain, we propose an empirical research using a working dataset of 64 firms from various industries to analyze the Romanian entrepreneurial supply chains. Structural equations are employed to estimate the complex relationships between organizational performances and entrepreneurial orientation in supply chains at national level. Results show that entrepreneurial orientation influences organizational competences only in the framework of the supply chain management strategic approach to operational excellence.

O propósito deste estudo de natureza empírico-teórica foi entender os relacionamentos entre o Uso do Sistema de Controle Gerencial; o desenvolvimento de Competências Organizacionais e Desempenho usando o framework proposto por Henri 2006 . A dimensão Uso do Sistema de Controle Gerencial proposta por Simons 1995; 2000 em Uso Diagnóstico e Uso Interativo é pouco estudada no Brasil; contrariamente à literatura internacional; embora esta tenha mostrado alguns resultados que são contraditórios. A pesquisa foi realizada em 2008; por meio de um survey em uma amostra de 104 empresas constantes da relação das 1.000 Maiores Empresas da Revista Exame. Com a aplicação da Modelagem de Equação Estrutural; os principais resultados mostram que não existem evidências de relacionamento negativo entre o Uso Diagnóstico e o desenvolvimento de Competências Organizacionais; o que contradiz os resultados de Henri 2006 . Também se identificou que o Uso Interativo influencia positivamente as competências Aprendizagem Organizacional e Orientação para Mercado e estas influenciam positivamente o Desempenho medido por auto-avaliação . O estudo contribui para a literatura nacional ao abordar um tema que integra Contabilidade Gerencial e Estratégia; e também por operacionalizar o construto Tensões Dinâmicas. O resultado contribui para a prática ao mostrar que as empresas devem continuar usando diagnosticamente o Controle Gerencial; pois este auxilia a organização a corrigir desvios; ao mesmo tempo que recomenda a utilização da forma interativa para ativar as competências organizacionais.The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship among Management Control System Use, development of company's organizational competences and performance using Henri's framework (HENRI, 2006). The dimension Use of Management Control System, proposed by Simons (1995, 2000) in diagnostic use and interactive use is scarcely studied in Brazil, in spite of the international research that has shown some contradictory results. The research was carried out in 2008, by a survey in a sample of 104 companies from Exame Magazine 1000 Biggest Brazilian Companies. Using the Structural Equation Model, the main results indicate no evidence of negative relationships between the diagnostic use and the organizational competences development, what contradicts Henri's results (2006). It was also identified that the interactive use has positive influences in the competences of Organizational Learning and Market Orientation, and these have positive influences in Performance (measured by self-evaluation). This study contributes to Brazilian research as its subject integrates Management Accounting and Strategy and also for measurement the construct Dynamic Tensions. For the practice, the result is important as it shows that companies should continue to use Management Control for diagnostic, as it helps the organization to correct errors, simultaneously recommending the use of interactive way to activate organizational ompetences.

The objective of this paper was to identify the dimensions of the imitation construct between companies and to propose an operatingprocedure to measure it in business sectors. The imitation was conceptualized as a copy of capabilities. Putting them into operation was madepossible by the ease of understanding them. The perceptions of 112 managers from 14 sectors of the Brazilian economy in the State of Sao Paulowere collected. The database of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp) was used. The dimensions underlying the constructwere identified by exploratory factorial analysis. The results indicate that the less that research and development (R&D) activities are carriedout, the less the importance of the level of schooling in productive processes, the lower the technological content of products and processes and theless significant the assembly of products, the greater the imitation tends to be in one sector

Representar, entender e explicar a ação organizacional tem sido tema de muitos estudos e pesquisas. O presente trabalho se une a este esforço, como uma contribuição dentro da Teoria de Gestão de Operações. O entendimento das relações causais entre estratégia, estrutura e desempenho ainda ocupa um espaço importante dentro da agenda da área de 'Estratégia e Organizações'. Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar os pressupostos teóricos de um framework de referência que possa ser utilizado na construção de modelos organizacionais, cujo objetivo orienta-se ao estudo da ação organizacional nas medidas da sua estruturação, implementação e desempenho. A abordagem utilizada é a estruturalista e incorporam-se também elementos da abordagem baseada em recursos e capacitações, dentro de um enfoque centrado no desenvolvimento de competências organizacionais. O framework apresentado baseia-se na metáfora do hipertexto e inter-relaciona as dimensões dos processos organizacionais, das estruturas organizacionais e o contexto dos espaços organizacionais. Destacam-se a incorporação da dimensão espaço na estrutura do framework, o enfoque estruturalista fundamentado na definição de 'forma' e a arquitetura em hipertexto para a integração das dimensões. O framework desenvolvido articula e representa a coordenação horizontal e vertical das atividades e processos de forma integrada e coerente, no contexto da gestão participativa e da gestão do conhecimento.Many studies have been devoted to representing, understanding and explaining organizational action. The purpose of this work is to contribute to the Theory of Operations Management. An understanding of the causal relationships between strategy, structure and performance is still of major importance in the area of 'Strategy and Organizations'. This paper discusses the theoretical assumptions of a reference framework that can be used in the construction of models aimed at studying organizational action from the standpoint of structuring, implementation and performance. The approach employed here is structuralism, into which concepts of resources and capabilities have been incorporated based on an approach centered on the development of organizational competences. The framework presented here is founded on the hypertext metaphor and interrelates the dimensions of organizational processes and structures in the context of organizational 'spaces'. The framework incorporates the dimensions of space, the structuralist approach founded on the definition of 'form', and the 'hypertext' architecture to integrate the dimensions. The framework articulates and represents the horizontal and vertical coordination of activities and processes in an integrated and coherent way within the context of participative management and knowledge management.

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The role of energy management (EM) capabilities in enhancing circular economy (CE) business models of agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises by way of developing dedicated organisational competences is an under-investigated topic. In addition, the contribution of CE business models to the sustainability performance of agro-energy businesses deserves further investigation. To cover these gaps, a case study was conducted within an agricultural firm that exploits a high-tech hydroponic system to cultivate tomatoes. Interviews were conducted with top management of the firm and technicians to identify the EM capabilities that foster the development of organisational competences to implement a CE business model. The framework of dynamic capabilities was used to discuss the results. Results indicate that EM and auditing capabilities play pivotal roles in enhancing knowledge of sustainable production methods and accountability, and constitute the microfoundations of dynamic capabilities that are needed to sense, seize, and reconfigure the business model around CE, which allows the achievement of sustainability performance. EM, along with the promotion of an organisational culture of energy conservation, also enhances the knowledge and implementation of CE business models. Implications for SMEs' agricultural managers relating to EM implementation are discussed, given its pivotal role in the implementation of CE business models. • Circular business model in an agricultural small business is investigated. • Energy management enhances the firm's circular economy competences. • Circular economy competences contribute to the business' sustainability. • Microfoundations of dynamic capabilities for circular economy in agriculture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to achieve the desired performances and the increased value added to the final consumer, organizations need not only to integrate their core businesses and align them to business strategy but also to develop essential entrepreneurial competences. After presenting the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation and their specificity in a supply chain, we propose an empirical research using a working dataset of 64 firms from various industries to analyze the Romanian entrepreneurial supply chains. Structural equations are employed to estimate the complex relationships between organizational performances and entrepreneurial orientation in supply chains at national level. Results show that entrepreneurial orientation influences organizational competences only in the framework of the supply chain management strategic approach to operational excellence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Se determina el stock de recursos y competencias, y su integración estratégica, en la actividad de reparación de tanques de combustible de la Empresa de Mantenimiento del Petróleo, empleando la Tecnología de Integración Estratégica del Sistema de Competencias de la Organización; con ello se pudo determinar que la entidad desarrolla la alineación estratégica del desempeño organizacional, sin embargo, no existe integración estratégica en el sistema de competencias. Se identifican las competencias organizacionales que posee la entidad y aquellas que debe potenciar en el diseño de su planeación estratégica, para aprovechar las oportunidades y minimizar las amenazas del entorno. AbstractIn this paper, it is determined the competences and resources stock, and their strategic integration, for repairing oil tanks activity of the Maintenance Enterprise for Oil Industry, applying Strategic Integration Technology of the Organization´s Competence System; which that technology was possible to determine that this enterprise develops the strategic alignment of the organizational performance, however, the strategic integration for the competence system doesn’t exist. In this work are identified the organizational competences of this organization and these which should be developed, in order to enhance at the design of the strategic planning, to take advantage of opportunities and to minimize the threats of the environment.

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In this paper, it is determined the competences and resources stock, and their strategic integration, for repairing oil tanks activity of the Maintenance Enterprise for Oil Industry, applying Strategic Integration Technology of the Organization's Competence System; which that technology was possible to determine that this enterprise develops the strategic alignment of the organizational performance, however, the strategic integration for the competence system doesn't exist. In this work are identified the organizational competences of this organization and these which should be developed, in order to enhance at the design of the strategic planning, to take advantage of opportunities and to minimize the threats of the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines how innovative business practices are developed, diffuse across organizations, and effect industry-level change. Applying evolutionary economics and evolutionary organizational theory as a theoretical lens, it conceptualizes the adoption and diffusion of innovations as a dynamic process whereby innovations propagate vertically within firms via successive instantiations (or generations) as well as horizontally across firms via imitation and replication. Innovations that describe observable, transparent, and transferable business practices are the specific concern. Examples from management, software development, and e-commerce support the theoretical analysis. A two-level study, based on a formal stochastic process model, examines how innovations arise, which innovations do or do not survive in the market, and whether and under what conditions best practices emerge and industry standardization is achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emerging multinationals must seek and develop competences abroad and develop the skills to transfer such competences faster and more actively than traditional multinationals. This article aims to further the understanding of the development, transfer, and recognition processes of the competences of emerging multinationals' subsidiaries. Based on a review of the literature, a model was developed focusing on the relationships between (i) the strategic guidelines designed by corporate headquarters for subsidiaries (integration, entrepreneurial attitude), (ii) the management of subsidiaries (initiative), and (iii) the management of subsidiaries' relationships with the external environment (competitive context and external network). The model was applied to a survey of Brazilian multinationals and their subsidiaries. The results showed that the variables competitive context and external network (in which the subsidiary is embedded) are the most important for competence development, transfer to and recognition by the headquarters; the variable subsidiary initiative is important for recognition by headquarters only. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study analyzes the internationalization process of medium sized companies of the leather-footwear supply chain, located in the Sinos Valley, in the southern region of Brazil. The two cases of footwear component companies were identified by entrepreneurs from the leather-footwear supply chain as the most outstanding from the Sinos Valley in internationalization practices. Thus, this study aims to identify which resources those companies mobilize to develop their internationalization process. The organizational competence concept provides the theoretical base for the data interpretation. The results show that the internationalization of those companies is related to a combination of resources associated to three competences: (a) process technology domain; (b) market understanding ability and (c) the ability of joining partners. The cases reinforce the understanding of the internationalization as a learning process that has integrated these companies to the international footwear supply chain dynamics since the eighties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the question of how resources affect organizational performance. It assumes competence as a bundle of coordinated resources and employs the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework to measure and assess how this coordination influences performance indicators all over BSC perspectives. A review effort in this field showed that financial or internal process indicators are the most considered; performance indicators from learning and growth perspectives or studies evaluating simultaneously all performance perspectives are less common. A case study in a Brazilian water company, using firm's data and indicators, pointed external factors related to demand to be the strongest performance determinant; employee satisfaction presented association with all BSC perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]