La autora de éste documento, con base en su formación como psicóloga organizacional, argumenta que existe información y contenidos vinculados con el proceso de capacitación y medición de sus resultados, con los que regularmente las empresas, instituciones u organizaciones se apoyan para diseñar, elaborar y aplicar una metodología para la medición de los resultados de sus programas de capacitación, dado que desconoce la existencia de alguna metodología con recursos estandarizados que resulte aplicable a cualquier empresa, sin interesar sus características: giros comerciales, dimensión física, número de colaboradores o ubicación geográfica. Con la intención de ofrecer una alternativa práctica y sencilla, adaptable a condiciones de trabajo, estructura organizacional, características del personal y los objetivos que se desean lograr en la empresa objeto de estudio, con base en datos bibliográficos y experiencia de la autora, se desarrolló y aplicó una metodología para medir el impacto del programa de formación gerencial en los participantes de la empresa Operadora Palancar, SA de CV, en Cozumel, Quintana Roo, México. La metodología se encuentra fundamentada en cuatro componentes: 1) pedagógico, 2) filosófico, 3) social y 4) evaluativo; donde se incluyen principalmente: la justificación del proyecto, los diferentes instrumentos de evaluación utilizados, beneficios, soporte referencial y teórico, descripción detallada y aplicación práctica de la metodología y finalmente los resultados obtenidos con sus conclusiones y recomendaciones.

A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world? In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective; hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are). Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, William McDonough and Michael Braungart make an exciting and viable case for change.

"Valuable report based on the Ecuador Living Standard Measurement Survey (1994). Uses total consumption expenditures. Provides a baseline reference for future work. Contrast with INEC's basic needs survey (item #bi 97002637#)"--Handbook of Latin AmericanStudies, v. 57.

Financial incentives have long been used to try to influence professional values and practices. Recent events including the global financial crisis and the BP Texas City refinery disaster have been linked to such incentives, with commentators calling for a critical look at these systems given the catastrophic outcomes. Risky Rewards engages with this debate, particularly in the context of the present and potential role of incentives to manage major accident risk in hazardous industries. It examines the extent to which people respond to financial incentives, the potential for perverse consequences, and approaches that most appropriately focus attention on major hazard risk. The book is based in part on an empirical study of bonus arrangements in eleven companies operating in hazardous industries, including oil, gas, chemical and mining.