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Undoubtedly, the middle management of an organized apparatus of power is a very important element, since it makes it possible to articulate the decisions issued by the leadership with the activities to be carried out by the followers. But not in all cases the intervention of a middle management can be understood as being of the utmost importance for the execution of injustices. Thus, on some occasions the middle command will limit itself to relaying the dispositions of the leadership; while on others it will exercise the power over a part of the organization recognized by the apparatus of power. Considering these two possibilities of intervention, this paper proposes different titles of imputation, depending on the case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective is to describe the process from planning to curricular evaluation of the Professional School of Librarianship and Information Sciences of the UNMSM. Within the framework of the national accreditation, several educational documents related to the standards of the study plan, characteristics of the study plan, competency-based approach, graduation profile, achievement of competencies, follow-up to the graduate and educational objectives were reviewed. In order to achieve this objective, the evaluation of the 2018 curriculum was proposed using the methodology with the qualitative and descriptive approach. The elements of the curricular design were reviewed, the occupational analysis, the correlation matrix of social demand, labor market and study plan and the V Evaluation - Planning model were applied. The results show a rigid curricular design whose evaluation denotes a lack of internal and external consistency in the study plan with the social demand that leads the librarian to assume middle management and operational roles, as a result of the formation of the study plans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: How to face a world medical crisis, if it also generated a world economic crisis never seen before? Does managing change imply managing the absurd? Faced with the pandemic, organizations had to face the tension and consider that stability must assume the processes of change, it is inevitable and is part of the life of the organization. Continuity and change should not be managed as alternative states but as coexisting states. It was fundamental to carry out strategies such as virtual collaboration, digital transformation and organizational strategic agility. Method: The objective of this article was to determine to what extent change management influences virtual collaboration, digital transformation and organizational strategic agility in the face of the impacts of the crisis by COVID-19. With the review of literature and supported by the Theory of Contingency, the hypotheses were formulated. The source of information was a nonprobabilistic sample survey of 109 companies in Mexico, and the unit of analysis was mostly management and middle management. The methodology used was a structural equation model (SEM). Results: The results indicate that Mexican companies employed strategies associated with change management such as: online teleworking, business optimization, investment in technology and diversification as a response to the crisis resulting from COVID-19. Although it is not possible to establish a causal relationship between the variables under study because the interpretation of causality in the real world is not guaranteed, but it was possible to establish with these results a discussion about the influence of change management on virtual collaboration, digital transformation and organizational strategic agility in the face of the crisis by COVID-19. Discussion or conclusion: Faced with this emerging environment, companies rethought their strategies to face the crisis generated by the impacts of COVID-19. The ability to adapt quickly to change and to manage it in the best way is an important and fundamental capacity to maintain and at the same time, transform organizations. As changes are fast and intense, it is necessary to manage change in order for organizations to be competitive in the short term and to survive in the long term. Research findings prove and indicate that change management predicts virtual collaboration, digital transformation and organizational strategic agility; the empirical analysis of this research has shown the importance of this to generate the necessary capacities that organizations require in the face of prompt and necessary responses to guarantee their survival and competitiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, organizations are facing challenging changes in pursuance of becoming more competitive. The theoretical background reveals that leadership is a necessary variable in the work context, since it motivates and guides followers to share knowledge in order to carry out activities that have a significant impact on organizational performance and success. Therefore, the aim of this work was to analyze the impact of transformational leadership on operational performance by means of the mediation of knowledge transfer. The study used a non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive and causal correlational quantitative design. The sample was non-probabilistic by convenience, considering middle managers working in the automotive industry in the northern border of Mexico as study subjects; a total of 300 participants were surveyed. Descriptive data were analyzed using the SPSS statistical tool, while inferential statistics were analyzed through the structural equation modeling tool, using the estimation of partial least squares (PLS). The results reveal that transformational leadership has a positive and significant effect on knowledge transfer and operational performance, at a 99.9% trust level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The culture in organizations occupies an increasingly important place in the management of corporate communication of institutions. Proof of this is the effort that companies make to properly convey their identity, protect their reputation among employees and promote the search for the best talent through employer branding actions. The importance that the equipment's management has within the companies, as well as the increase of the budgets that are dedicated to reinforce these internal policies, is another sample of this phenomenon. This research highlights the uniqueness that communication has in an adequate management of the internal culture through the study of its triple dimension: (1) the development of corporate identity, (2) the different forms of salary and (3) the path that the employee can develop within the company. A questionnaire was made to 40 executives and middle managers of Spanish fashion companies. Among the findings emerge the low interest that managers give to emotional salary stands out, as a form of outstanding compensation and with a high impact on employees' commitment to the institution. We conclude that the real and systematic development of the internal culture is scarce, particularly in studied small and mediumsized companies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this article is to present the first results on the technological trends identified for the middle Holocene in the lower basin of the Colorado River (Buenos Aires Province). For this purpose, the lithic assemblage of La Modesta site was analyzed. The occupations of this site were dated between ca. 5900 and 5600 14C years BP. So far, the known archaeological information for this temporal lapse in the area was restricted to the study of human burials that were found in modern pebble quarries near the Atlantic coast. La Modesta lithic assemblage is in the interior portion of the study area. For this reason, this study consists on the first approach to the knowledge of the lithic technology of this scarcely known period in the eastern Pampean-Patagonian transition area. The methodology included the study of the exploited raw materials, the chaînes operatoires, the knapping methods and techniques, the tools production modalities, and the main characteristics of the typological groups. The results allowed expanding the knowledge of the lithic technology, already outlined in the study area for other temporal periods (initial and final Late Holocene). In general terms, it is proposed that the hunter-gatherers that inhabited the lower basin of the Colorado River had continuity in the knowledge about the raw materials management along the Middle and Late Holocene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this article, the results of a study that analysed the construction process of the organizational identity of middle managers in a Colombian organization are presented. The problem is circumscribed to the destabilization of identity as something that is given and relatively secure, and to a growing interest in being considered as an objective and means of the management's regulatory efforts. The qualitative research was conducted in the form of case of study, in a company named Comercial Nutresa S.A.S., located in Medellin, Colombia. From the critical and multidisciplinary perspective in Organizational Studies, organizational identity was defined as a dialogue between the organization and the middle managers. The findings that constitute middle management process of identity construction were: recognition, transcendence, and security. Upon analysing their relations and meanings for middle managers, it can be stated that organizational identity is a liminal process wherein the combination of factors involved in the process form a non-structural space where change, resistance, and constant significance characterise the organizational identity of middle managers in the organization that has been studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Scientific literature has highlighted the role Perceived Emotional Intelligence (PEI) plays on levels of mental health and perceived stress among workers. This paper proposes the potential mediating role of perceived stress levels in the PEI-mental health relationship. Self-report measures were applied to evaluate the PEI, perceived stress and mental health of 110 executives and middle managers. The PEI was associated with lower levels of perceived stress and higher mental health in managers and middle managers. Mediational analyses showed that the relationship between emotional clarity and mental health was not direct, but rather took place depending on the levels of perceived stress; at the same time these perceived stress levels partially mediated the relationship between emotional repair and mental health. Thus, perceived stress may help to explain the effect that perceived emotional skills have on mental health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A big challenge in modern service organization is to focus on customers and to forge their satisfaction and loyalty. Innovation, information technology and value added are decisive factors, however the main aspect to consider is the human factor. It is necessary to focus on people in order to improve the service capability within the organization. Middle manager is the link between the strategy designed by top management and the execution to deliver services, that is realized by employees guided by leaders of middle level. Our study is focused on middle manager service orientation as the pillar to get a customer focus and to forge the service employees' performance. We consider that middle managers have to asume a service leadership in order to foster the productivity and employees' commitment. In that sense we focus especially on middle managers' main roles. Those are the key aspect to deploy a service culture, and at the same time to promote employees' satisfaction that drives their performance and development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. In this work, a questionnaire was designed and perceptions of motivation and demotivation of middle managers in three hospitals in the Region del Maule, Chile were measured. Material and Methods. The fieldwork was carried out between September and October, 2006. A questionnaire that included 57 statements to measure attitude was administered and qualified according to a five-point Likert-type scale. The population studied included 125 professionals that supervise roughly 3 800 employees. Results. Ten variables were identified, 5 motivational and 5 demotivational. Notable among the motivational variables are vocation and service-oriented spirit; among the demotivational variables are lack of recognition and commitment. Discussion. It is affirmed that both motivational variables as well as demotivational variables are essentially qualitative and that economic and salary variables are less relevant and less hierarchical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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