The Metamorphoses of Qualification Before the Introduction of the Notion of Competence in Organizational Spaces: the Study in a Large Company of Mining and Logistics in the ES.

Name: RUBENS DE ARAÚJO AMARO

Publication date: 12/12/2005
Advisor:

Name	Role
MÔNICA DE FÁTIMA BIANCO	Advisor *

Examining board:

Name	Role
ANTONIA DE LOURDES COLBARI	Internal Examiner *
MÔNICA DE FÁTIMA BIANCO	Advisor *

Summary: Considering the deep changes occurred in the work relations during the 1980’s and 1990’s decades and the rising of the concept of competence, this dissertation aims to describe how the introduction of this concept in a company changes the conceptual, social and experimental dimensions of qualification. In order to describe the usage of these two concepts, qualification and competence, a case study has been made in the locomotive maintenance area of a large mining and logistic company. The data was collected from company documents and from semi-structured interviews. The qualitative analysis of the contents was used to interpret the data from pre-established categories. The study revealed that the usage of the concept of competence in the company did change the concept of qualification, weakening its conceptual and social dimensions and strengthening its experimental dimension.

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