http://hdl.handle.net/10071/5849 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 12:47:45 GMT 2018-10-13T12:47:45Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16589 Title: The “outsourcing” and management consulting in a dimensional systemic model Authors: António, N.; Lopes da Costa, R. Abstract: In an era of particularly intense competition, the consulting services are becoming an increasingly important source of aid for strategic making and an important way to increase efficiency and quality in the various business activities. Many managers consider the consulting services as an influential and powerful tool for organizational change, bringing new life to the organization. The purpose of this article is to study this situation. We will carry out a study in one of the biggest Portuguese private bank, in order to show the real value of management consultancy when it combines, a broad view of business, to study a set of skills closely linked to the relationship between service and market, and when it is focusing on "core" competencies, resources and offers increasingly facilitating the well being of the client, that is, showing how a company can foster creativity and dynamism in the activities of companies when operated through the potentials of TIG (information technology management). Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16589 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16581 Title: The basic perspectives of consultant-client relationships in management consulting Authors: Geraldes, J. M. A.; Lopes da Costa, R.; António, N. Abstract: A historical overview, although the existing literature default the management consulting as a extraordinary and a unique phenomenon in the corporate context, in truth these statements do not come accompanied by a number of academic studies that emphasize the importance of effective work of management consultants. To combat the lack of studies in this emerging area, this article aims to understand whether it may be in fact the importance of knowledge produced in this sector is associated with the type of relationships that are built between the parties and, noting that the successful relationships are the basis of the knowledgeproduced in the sector who will then be responsible for the balance of powers and who should take control of projects. The results of the empirical analysis in the form of semi-structured interviews and questionnaires applied to management consultants and managers of SME in Portugal show that you cannot translate the control relationship between consultants and clients across the board, not least because the projects are not all equal, and there are various characteristics thatdistinguish them and that validate assumptions of control that can differ considerably between each one Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16581 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/14374 Title: The coordination of resources as an instrument of competitiveness in the business consulting industry Authors: Lopes da Costa, R. Abstract: In an era of particularly intense competition, the consulting services are becoming an increasingly important source of aid for strategic making and an important way to increase efficiency and quality in the various business activities, being seen by many managers as an influential and powerful tool for organizational change, bringing new life to the organization and procedural chain of the company. The purpose of this article is to emphasize exactly this situation, showing from a case study carried out in one of the biggest Portuguese private banks the real value of professional advice when you combine a broad view of business to study a set of skills closely linked to the relationship between service / market, focusing on "core" competencies, resources and offers increasingly facilitating the well being of the client, fostering creativity and dynamism in the activities of companies operating through the potentials of TIG (information technology management). Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/14374 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/12353 Title: Impact of exercise training on physiological measures of physical fitness in the elderly Authors: Mendonca, G. V.; Pezarat-Correia, P.; Silva, L.; Duarte de Almeida, I.; Heffernan, K. S. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Older persons are the fastest growing segment of the population living in the Western hemisphere. Longevity comes at a price, including a higher rate of morbidity, functional and mental disability and the eventual loss of independence. Physical inactivity further aggravates the decline in physiological function along the aging process. Therefore, the promotion of regular exercise may be seen as one of the main non-pharmacological approaches that should be recommended to older adults. METHODS: We performed a comprehensive review on the interaction between exercise training and improved physical fitness in the elderly. Specifically, 175 papers describing the overall benefits of exercise training on the cardiovascular, neuromuscular and brain function of older adults were included. The effectiveness of training for improving quality of life at an older age was also reviewed. RESULTS: Exercise training can partially reverse the age-related physiological decline and enhance work capacity in the elderly. Numerous studies have shown that maintaining a minimum quantity and quality of physical exercise decreases the risk of cardiovascular mortality, sarcopenia, prevents the onset of osteopenia and even exerts a prophylactic role against neurodegeneration. The systemic physiologic effects are profound and may be directly linked to a favorable feedforward cycle whereby improved physiologic function begets improved physical function and so on. CONCLUSION: We conclude that structured training programs should be designed to improve the physiological function in this population. Finally, the benefits of exercise training vary as a function of training volume and this relationship is independent of age and sex. Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/12353 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z