Cristina Keiko Yamaguchi

Decision Making and Social Learning: the Case of Watershed Committee of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Water is an essential element to life, and must be available to meet the basic needs of human beings. One of these needs is the production of food, emphasizing the relevance of agribusiness agents in the management of this natural resource. This study discusses how the management of water resources is being conducted by Committees of Watersheds in the State Rio Grande do Sul, focusing on decision making and in social learning. This is an exploratory study, supported by predominantly qualitative analysis. The results showed that the formation of the Committees of Watersheds in the State of Rio Grande do Sul depends on local decisions that are distinct in each region of the State. Evolution in the learning process of the members of the Committees occurs from the existence of conflicts. The conflicts emerge from issues concerning the use of water due to the multiple interests involved and provide discussions and solutions that lead to learning. Decisions taken in the Basin Committees are generally operating and relating to the quantity or quality of water. Social learning is promoted by actions of technical and relational nature offered by the exchange of knowledge and experience among stakeholders and other agents involved.

PROTEÇÃO DA PROPRIEDADE INTELECTUAL POR MEIO DO PACTO DE NÃO CONCORRÊNCIA À LUZ DA LEGISLAÇÃO E JURISPRUDÊNCIA NAS RELAÇÕES DE EMPREGO

A protecao da propriedade intelectual trata-se de objeto de discussao em virtude do crescente investimento de empresas em bens incorporeos para criar produtos que satisfacam a necessidade do ser humano, mostrando-se, por consequencia, muito lucrativos. Porem, o investimento realizado inclui a celebracao de contratos de trabalho com pessoas que podem potencialmente utilizar das condicoes favoraveis de producao de conhecimento fornecido pelo empregador para praticar contra estes atos de concorrencia desleal. O presente estudo propoe-se a verificar, numa abordagem qualitativa e por meio de uma revisao bibliografica, como a clausula de nao concorrencia pode salvaguardar os interesses dos empregadores na vigencia e apos a extincao do contrato de trabalho, analisando para isso a jurisprudencia. Observou-se que, considerando a falta de previsao legal acerca do assunto, ha precedentes jurisprudenciais no sentido da validacao das clausulas pactuadas entre empregado e empregador durante e apos a vigencia do contrato de trabalho. Palavras-chave : Concorrencia; Contrato de Trabalho; Propriedade

DIMENSÕES DO EMPODERAMENTO FEMININO: AUTONOMIA OU DEPENDÊNCIA?

This study aims to understand the dimensions of empowerment among women entrepreneurs in the municipality of Forquilhinha, Santa Catarina. Entrepreneurship and womens empowerment are the central themes theoretically contextualized in this work. This research is characterized as descriptive and qualitative, with non-probability sampling by accessibility. The data collection technique was a qualitative interview with a semistructured script, prepared based on the dimensions of empowerment aligned with the entrepreneurial initiative to open their own business, applied to 15 women owners of retail stores. The results showed that entrepreneurship provided an opportunity for economic empowerment for the interviewees, based on statements that focused on the expansion of income, financial independence, and self-worth. In the psychological, educational, political and Family dimensions, the interviewees demonstrated a degree of dependence on others, and insecurity in decision-making and the direction of the business.

ESTUDO DO EMPODERAMENTO NA PERSPECTIVA DAS MULHERES

Este trabalho objetivou conhecer como as mulheres que ocupam cargos de lideranca, utilizam o empoderamento no exercicio profissional em uma instituicao de ensino e tecnologia em Criciuma, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Na revisao da literatura foram contextualizados a mulher e sua insercao no mercado de trabalho, em busca de uma concepcao de empoderamento e as dimensoes do empoderamento da mulher no mercado de trabalho. A metodologia utilizada teve carater descritivo e qualitativo. O instrumento de coleta de dados consistiu num roteiro com 16 questoes que abordaram o bem-estar e sucesso profissional, o reconhecimento familiar, o processo de ascensao profissional e a participacao das mulheres nos processos decisorios organizacionais. A pesquisa foi realizada com 10 mulheres que ocupavam cargos de chefia em diferentes setores da instituicao em analise. Os resultados obtidos na pesquisa revelaram que as entrevistadas ja demonstram expressoes de empoderamento em seus cotidianos e a mulher se apresenta mais confiante e preparada para participar das tomadas de decisoes em niveis hierarquicos maiores, alem de interferir no proprio meio.

Geographical indication in the process of creating knowledge to develop new competences

The protection of geographical indication is considered to be strategic for Brazil. The state of Santa Catarina, especially Goethe Grape Valley, was acknowledged as the first Geographical Indication (GI) to encourage various disciplinary studies, mainly from the view point of law, economy, intellectual property and regional impact. However, there is no evidence in interdisciplinary studies aimed to understand the influence of GIs development with winegrowers and wine producers of this region. Taking these gaps into account, this study intends to check up how the acknowledgement of GI by Goethe Grape Valley Indication of Origin can contribute to creation and development of new competences in wine culture and winemaking. For that purpose, a descriptive, exploratory study with qualitative approach was developed. The creation and change of routines and activities, insertion of new techniques of traceability control, as well as information intending to improve monitoring and control of the origin of each grape in wine barriques was noticed. The authors identified that GI, besides contributing to local development, promotes new competences of winemakers from the very moment of execution of rules and procedures documented in wine production process imposed by Regulatory Council; information-sharing and search for methods that improve their product. One can conclude that geographical indication created new knowledge in production processes and increased winegrowers’ competence level. From the implementation of IPVUG the study allowed a more efficient management of properties and of wineries, because the production volume is controlled, also the place, volume and sampling harvest are traceable. The study also provided a better cost control, which consequently led to more efficient production strategies and wine distribution. Key words: Knowledge management, Knowledge creation, Geographical indication, new competences.

CADEIA PRODUTIVA OROZÍCOLA: UMA ANÁLISE DE P&D DAS NOVAS CULTIVARES UTILIZADAS NAS REGIÕES DA AMREC E AMESC NO SUL DE SANTA CATARINA

EnglishImportant source of livelihood and food for humans , rice is present in all continents , either in cultivation or in the consumers table . In Brazil , especially in the southern region , this culture has relied on the use of new technology related management , the use of new cultivars that seek to adapt it to the ecological characteristics of each region , as well as the introduction of distinguishing characteristics , such as high productivity , pest resistance , herbicide tolerance , etc. . In this scenario, the objective of this work focuses on the study of the correlation between intellectual property rights protection applied to new cultivars and technological development of a particular sector of agribusiness . For this analysis we selected the paddy sector in the southern state of Santa Catarina . To achieve that goal, we carried out a field survey , through semi-structured interviews with the actors in the rice southern state of Santa Catarina chain to collect primary data regarding the use of these seeds were for growing rice. Additionally , analysis of secondary data obtained from the EPAGRI and EMBRAPA was performed in order to characterize the region and the actors of the rice chain. Based on this set of perceptions , we sought to verify how today is shaped by the use of new cultivars and regional actors such as innovation cultivars may influence this production chain . As a result one can see a high use of protected varieties , which can take proof of the hypothesis to be a correlation between intellectual property and technological development of plants on the paddy sector. There is also the effective increase in production and productivity on the same acreage, which confirms the second hypothesis , that the grant of exclusivity may result in benefits to society . portuguesImportante fonte de sustento e alimentacao para o ser humano, o arroz esta presente em todos os continentes, seja no cultivo ou na mesa do consumidor. No Brasil, notadamente, na regiao sul, esta cultura tem contado com o uso novas tecnologicas relacionadas manejo, ao uso de novas cultivares que buscam adapta-la as caracteristicas edafoclimaticas de cada regiao produtora, bem como a introducao de caracteristicas diferenciadoras, tais como alta produtividade, resistencia a pragas, tolerância a herbicidas, etc. Neste cenario, o objetivo deste trabalho foca-se no estudo da correlacao entre os direitos de propriedade industrial aplicados a protecao de novas cultivares e desenvolvimento tecnologico de um determinado setor do agronegocio. Para a referida analise foi escolhido o setor orizicola no sul do Estado de Santa Catarina. Para alcancar o referido objetivo, realizou-se uma pesquisa de campo, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas junto aos atores da cadeia do arroz do sul do Estado de Santa Catarina, visando coletar dados primarios referentes ao uso de sementes que estes faziam para o cultivo de arroz. Adicionalmente, foi realizada analise de dados secundarios, obtidos junto a EPAGRI e a EMBRAPA, com o objetivo de caracterizar a regiao e os atores da cadeia do arroz. Com base neste conjunto de percepcoes, buscou-se verificar como hoje se configura uso de novas cultivares pelos atores regionais e como a inovacao em cultivares pode influenciar esta cadeia produtiva. Como resultado pode-se verificar um elevado uso de cultivares protegidas, o que pode levar comprovacao da hipotese haver uma correlacao entre a propriedade intelectual de plantas e o desenvolvimento tecnologico relativo ao setor orizicola. Tambem verifica-se o aumento efetivo da producao e da produtividade na mesma area cultivada, o que confirma a segunda hipotese, de que a concessao da exclusividade pode resultar em beneficios para a sociedade.