Thomaz Wood Junior

Caos: a criação de uma nova ciência?

One of the most important developments in the last decades has been the discovery and study of the so called chaotic behavior in dynamic, non-linear systems. This research summarises some theoretical and practical applications of the Chaos Theory in various fields of the Business Administration. Studies related to Finances, Economyand Management are treated. The principIes and ideas derived from the Chaos Theory are useful skills to enhance the knowledge of complex systems. These concepts are dose to those from Open Systems Theory, the Complexity Paradigm and the Self-organized Systems. They represent an important shift of paradigm in the natural and social sciences: the overcome of the vision of the world deterministic and predictable, subordinate to universal and controlled rules.

O fenômeno dos MPAs brasileiros: hibridismo, diversidade e tensões

In the 1990s, MBA – Master in Business Administration – programs won a solid reputation and expanded beyond U.S. frontiers. In Brazil, this movement got momentum with the impressive growth of executive education in management. This paper aims to present and analyze the phenomenon of Professional Masters in Business Administration (MPA, in Portuguese). To describe this phenomenon, we conducted bibliographic and documental research and made interviews with coordinators and key-persons from local programs. Albeit being eventually classified as MBAs, the MPAs’ characteristics make them remarkably different from the North American blueprint. By attempting to align with its regional social and economic context, each program followed its own route, generating a landscape characterized by diversity. We believe that the phenomenon this article describes and analyzes can make a contribution to the current debate over business education.

Produção científica brasileira em Administração na década de 2000

Presentation of the forum: scientific production in Business Administration in the period 2000-2010 with reflections and ideas in the area.

Gerenciamento da qualidade total: uma revisão crítica

A survey based on the most recent publications on TQM shows increasing signals of unsatisfaction among practioners and indicates alternatives for future developments.

O impacto social da pesquisa em administração de empresas e da administração pública

Thoughts on the proposal for a model to learn the impact of Business Administration and Public Administration research.

Aproximando gregos e troianos

Gestores e academicos parecem habitar universos paralelos. E hora de unir esses povos e fomentar esforcos conjuntos para a solucao de problemas reais.

Colonização e neocolonização da gestão de recursos humanos no Brasil (1950-2010)

Human resource management, as a practical field of business administration and as a teaching and research area, has developed vigorously in Brazil. The objective of this critical essay is to present an historical analysis of this evolution over the last 60 years. To do so we characterize and analyze two periods: 1950-1980, which we call colonization; and 1980-2010, which we call neo-colonization. For each period we present the political and economic context, the changes that occurred in human resource management and the corresponding discourse. Our analysis adopts the perspective of post-colonialism, a rising tide in research in organizational studies, and introduces and uses the perspective of tropicalism, a genuinely local approach, which is derived from the cultural movements of the 1960s. We argue that human resource management developed in Brazil from a colonization movement that came from abroad. This movement, which involved both colonizers and the colonized, comprised asymmetries in terms of power, but also included interdependence and re-creations.Human resource management, as a practical field of business administration and as a teaching and research area, has developed vigorously in Brazil. The objective of this critical essay is to present an historical analysis of this evolution over the last 60 years. To do so we characterize and analyze two periods: 1950-1980, which we call colonization; and 1980-2010, which we call neo-colonization. For each period we present the political and economic context, the changes that occurred in human resource management and the corresponding discourse. Our analysis adopts the perspective of post-colonialism, a rising tide in research in organizational studies, and introduces and uses the perspective of tropicalism, a genuinely local approach, which is derived from the cultural movements of the 1960s. We argue that human resource management developed in Brazil from a colonization movement that came from abroad. This movement, which involved both colonizers and colonized, comprised asymmetries in terms of power, but also included interdependence and re-creations. keywords Human resource management, people management, post-colonialism, tropicalism, management ideology, management culture. Resumen La gestión de Recursos Humanos, como campo práctico de la Administración de Empresas, y como área de enseñanza e investigación, se ha desarrollado vigorosamente en el Brasil. Este ensayo crítico tiene como objetivo presentar un análisis histórico de esta evolución en los últimos 60 años. Para eso, caracterizamos y analizamos dos períodos: 1950-1980, el cual denominamos de colonización; y 1980-2010, al que llamamos de neocolonización. Para cada período, nosotros presentamos un contexto político y económico, los cambios ocurridos en la Gestión de los Recursos Humanos, y el discurso correspondiente. Nuestro análisis adopta la perspectiva del Postcolonialismo, una cadena de investigación ascendente en Estudios Organizacionales, e introduce y utiliza la perspectiva del Tropicalismo, un abordaje genuinamente local, derivado de los movimientos culturales de los años 1960. Nosotros argumentamos que la GRH se ha desarrollado en el Brasil a partir de un movimiento de colonización, oriundo del extranjero. Tal movimiento, envolviendo colonizadores y colonizados, comprendió asimetrías en termos de poder, pero incluyó también interdependencias y recreaciones. Palabras clave Gestión de recursos humanos, gestión de personas, postcolonialismo, tropicalismo, ideología del management, cultura del management. Thomaz Wood Jr. thomaz.wood@fgv.br Professor da Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas – São Paulo – SP, Brasil Maria José Tonelli mjtonelli@fgv.br Professora da Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas – São Paulo – SP, Brasil Bill Cooke b.cooke@lancs.ac.uk Professor da Lancaster University Management School – Lancaster – England ARTIGOS ISSN 0034-7590 232 w ©RAE n São Paulo n v. 51 n n.3 n maio/jun. 2011 n 232-243 COLONIZAÇÃO E NEOCOLONIZAÇÃO DA GESTÃO DE RECURSOS HUMANOS NO BRASIL (1950-2010) Tudo que eu sei da nossa história e da história do Oceano Índico veio de livros escritos por europeus. [...] Sem os europeus, sinto que todo o nosso passado teria se apagado, como as pegadas dos pescadores da praia de nossa cidade. (NAIPAUL,