Papers by Gregorio Jean Varvakis Rados
Contemporary organizations are increasingly interested in augmenting their capacity to innovate. ... more Contemporary organizations are increasingly interested in augmenting their capacity to innovate. The most commonly adopted frameworks for innovation among corporations are the ones based on co-creation processes, particularly the ones related to the “design thinking” practices (i.e, human-centered design, open innovation, service design, lean startup and business model generation). These frameworks have fundamentally in common the assumption that people are sensible enough to understand different points of view. And that these frames of work will enable organizational teams to free themselves of their prejudices and embrace the “different.” At the same time that a team’s prejudice can distort understandings, it also plays an important role in opening up what it is to be understood. This text advocates that by being aware of the impacts of prejudice, tradition and the interplays between pre-understandings and understandings, organizational teams should have better possibilities to innovate, i.e. to create new propositions that will be perceived as valuable by a determined social context. A metaframework and future research are proposed.
Contemporary organizations are increasingly interested in augmenting their capacity to innovate. ... more Contemporary organizations are increasingly interested in augmenting their capacity to innovate. The most commonly adopted frameworks for innovation among corporations are the ones based on co-creation processes, particularly the ones related to the “design thinking” practices (i.e, human-centered design, open innovation, service design, lean startup and business model generation). These frameworks have fundamentally in common the assumption that people are sensible enough to understand different points of view. And that these frames of work will enable organizational teams to free themselves of their prejudices and embrace the “different.” By doing that, these teams would be able to create new value propositions that, once perceived and accepted by a social context, will be considered an innovation. However, a literature review on social sciences and experiments based on the Need For Closure scale assessment indicate that the necessary empathic understanding to “pivot” one’s own view of the world is not evenly distributed on a population. Nor, that it is something simple to be done. Building on the prejudice’s definition by Hans-Georg Gadamer and the empirical data obtained from the cited experiments, this paper draws a parallel between the hermeneutical circle and the social concept of innovation. In this paper, we understand innovation as a social construction based on tradition and prejudice of a social context. Which means that it has as its central component the hermeneutical’s interplays between preunderstandings and understandings.
Researches indicate that design practices and cultural diversity are positively related to perfor... more Researches indicate that design practices and cultural diversity are positively related to performance and innovation. At the same time that diversity and design present possibilities for
innovation, they strengthen the need for interaction and communication within a group, which may lead to conflict and distrust. The ability to exercise intergroup contacts is cognitively
demanding and it may present some difficulties to the individuals involved. And prejudice might be one key condition to understanding why some organisations, even if they adopt design methods and tools, do not innovate as expected by their members. With the aim of making sense of the innovation phenomenon, this document describes the pre-study of Mauricio Manhães’ doctoral research. Through a series of experiments, the relationships between the concepts of innovation, design and prejudice were contemplated. These experiments were based on workshops structured on two conceptual bases: (i) the four key conditions of intergroup contact by Allport; and (ii) the understanding of design as a hermeneutical circle. The prejudice characteristics of the participants were assessed through the concept of Need for Closure (NFC).
The investigated relationship between participants’ NFC levels and the perceived innovativeness of the resulting products by a panel of independent judges pointed to the possibility of proposing a sensemanking discourse. This can compromise organisations to act towards assessing prejudice among its members as a way of creating innovative opportunities. Although the perspective adopted for this research does not support the notion of a reified innovation phenomenon,
quantitative allegories and metaphors were used, due to the prejudices of the intended audience: members of the respective organisation. The findings of the pre-study phase of the research are presented.
Biblios: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2015
The aim of this study was to identify the informational necessities of academic library users (gr... more The aim of this study was to identify the informational necessities of academic library users (graduate students and professors of the distance education courses on Production Engineering Post Graduation Program of the Federal University of Santa Catarina), emphasizing the quality of the services provided. The results show that the academic library models need to be driven by the users voices,
Ciência da Informação, 2002
Apresenta pesquisa que objetiva identificar necessidades e expectativas informacionais de usuário... more Apresenta pesquisa que objetiva identificar necessidades e expectativas informacionais de usuários de bibliotecas acadêmicas realizada junto aos mestrandos e professores dos cursos a distância do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, dando ênfase à qualidade em serviços. Os resultados mostram que os modelos de bibliotecas acadêmicas devem estar centrados na voz dos usuários, pois necessitam de informação para a obtenção de conhecimento, para atualização, produção de artigos científicos e dissertações. Também, esperam que as unidades informacionais disponibilizem produtos nos diversos suportes existentes, isto é, convencionais e digitais.
Encontros Bibli: revista eletrônica de biblioteconomia e ciência da informação, 2011
... metodologia pra avaliar grupo focal com páginas de web, ao que o mesmo respondeu que a discus... more ... metodologia pra avaliar grupo focal com páginas de web, ao que o mesmo respondeu que a discussão ... O que se propõe, ao divulgar os principais resultados da pesquisa realizada, é considerar o desenvolvimento da Competência Informacional na ...
Ciência da Informação, 2002
... à informação, para o usuário off campus, inicia-se via Internet, correio eletrônico, telefone... more ... à informação, para o usuário off campus, inicia-se via Internet, correio eletrônico, telefone e fax, ou mesmo localmente em bibliotecas consorciadas; o usuário efetua a busca por informação, que pode ser por meio de acesso às bases de dados, como biblioteca híbrida (digital ...
Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2011
Outsourcing activities have been expanded through the whole value chain in the Brazilian electric... more Outsourcing activities have been expanded through the whole value chain in the Brazilian electric energy distribution sector, including services which are part of the firm's core business. This work has as the objective of analyzing two service outsourcing models developed by Brazilian electricity distribution companies. Interviews in situ with stakeholders from both companies and from the outsourcing companies were made along with visits. The main contribution is that outsourcing activities require more sophisticated management models, suggested by the need to increase technical and managerial capabilities in the firms.
National Innovation System (NIS) is the term used by scholars and policy makers to describe the e... more National Innovation System (NIS) is the term used by scholars and policy makers to describe the emerging scientific and technological structures and processes of a nation that influence economic and social development. The last decade has seen a growing research interest in the innovation systems of different economies in order to better understand the factors that determine their economic and social development. This paper addresses the complex industry-university relationship using as theoretical framework the NIS concepts and as an analytical method, System Dynamics (SD) which is specifically designed to evaluate complex systems. Later, some international comparisons between Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) are introduced in terms of industry-university partnerships.
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Papers by Gregorio Jean Varvakis Rados
innovation, they strengthen the need for interaction and communication within a group, which may lead to conflict and distrust. The ability to exercise intergroup contacts is cognitively
demanding and it may present some difficulties to the individuals involved. And prejudice might be one key condition to understanding why some organisations, even if they adopt design methods and tools, do not innovate as expected by their members. With the aim of making sense of the innovation phenomenon, this document describes the pre-study of Mauricio Manhães’ doctoral research. Through a series of experiments, the relationships between the concepts of innovation, design and prejudice were contemplated. These experiments were based on workshops structured on two conceptual bases: (i) the four key conditions of intergroup contact by Allport; and (ii) the understanding of design as a hermeneutical circle. The prejudice characteristics of the participants were assessed through the concept of Need for Closure (NFC).
The investigated relationship between participants’ NFC levels and the perceived innovativeness of the resulting products by a panel of independent judges pointed to the possibility of proposing a sensemanking discourse. This can compromise organisations to act towards assessing prejudice among its members as a way of creating innovative opportunities. Although the perspective adopted for this research does not support the notion of a reified innovation phenomenon,
quantitative allegories and metaphors were used, due to the prejudices of the intended audience: members of the respective organisation. The findings of the pre-study phase of the research are presented.
innovation, they strengthen the need for interaction and communication within a group, which may lead to conflict and distrust. The ability to exercise intergroup contacts is cognitively
demanding and it may present some difficulties to the individuals involved. And prejudice might be one key condition to understanding why some organisations, even if they adopt design methods and tools, do not innovate as expected by their members. With the aim of making sense of the innovation phenomenon, this document describes the pre-study of Mauricio Manhães’ doctoral research. Through a series of experiments, the relationships between the concepts of innovation, design and prejudice were contemplated. These experiments were based on workshops structured on two conceptual bases: (i) the four key conditions of intergroup contact by Allport; and (ii) the understanding of design as a hermeneutical circle. The prejudice characteristics of the participants were assessed through the concept of Need for Closure (NFC).
The investigated relationship between participants’ NFC levels and the perceived innovativeness of the resulting products by a panel of independent judges pointed to the possibility of proposing a sensemanking discourse. This can compromise organisations to act towards assessing prejudice among its members as a way of creating innovative opportunities. Although the perspective adopted for this research does not support the notion of a reified innovation phenomenon,
quantitative allegories and metaphors were used, due to the prejudices of the intended audience: members of the respective organisation. The findings of the pre-study phase of the research are presented.