A governança corporativa é uma temática atual e de grande relevância para as organizações. Tem como norteador o manual de boas práticas de governança corporativa do Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa (IBGC). O presente estudo tem o objetivo de avaliar a estrutura de governança corporativo de um hospital filantrópico. Para tanto utilizou-se como caminho metodológico uma pesquisa teórica, qualitativo-descritiva, estudo de caso e entrevista semi-estruturada.   Conclui-se com a pesquisa que a Rede a qual o hospital pertence está organizada em estância canônica, institucional e empreendimento, e segue o manual de boas práticas de governança corporativa, no entanto, a unidade hospitalar apenas operacionaliza as diretrizes organizacionais. 

The study aimed to identify the financial behavior in relation to the indebtedness and the planning of the personal finances of the young students of a private university in Santa Maria / RS. The research sought to describe the financial reality of the students, identify the practices used to avoid indebtedness and understand the understanding and the importance of the theme for those investigated. For this purpose, a descriptive, quantitative and survey research was carried out, with the application of a questionnaire, divided into three sections, totaling 50 students from the administration, accounting and economic sciences courses. Most participants work in private, female, single companies, live with other people and spend less than they receive. The results showed that students have a conservative profile and use traditional techniques to control monthly expenses. In addition, they make decisions about their expenses based on professional and personal experiences, managing resources based on daily needs. As for the relevance of financial education, academics understand the importance of the theme, emphasize the inclusion of the subject in basic education and showed interest in opportunities so that they could learn more about financial planning. This research achieved its purpose of emphasizing the importance of financial planning to obtain adequate behavior in relation to consumption decisions.

The objective of the study was to analyze the marketing strategies adopted by agricultural stores in the municipality of Três de Maio - RS. The methodology used was the deductive method, the interview technique and the observation in data collection. The analysis used content analysis, descriptive and comparative statistics. It was interviewed, 15 managers of 17 existing agricultural stores and identified in the urban perimeter of the municipality under study. For 73% of respondents, location is an extremely important factor in the process of marketing inputs and 93% of stores carry out loyalty practices, such as differentiated discounts for old customers or those who purchase a larger volume of inputs. In legal matters, mainly related to environmental aspects, about 50% of stores need adjustment. The results obtained allow us to affirm that the majority of agricultural stores are aligned with their customers (producers), minor adjustments are necessary regarding the marketing strategies adopted.

This article aims to analyze environmental policies based on an assessment of the challenges and perspectives of the municipality of Ijuí / RS, thus contributing to the discussions on the admission of evaluation to the environmental policy cycle at the municipal level, debating challenges and expectations that arise. In this sense, a historical apparatus of the evolution of the evaluation is carried out, providing discussions of concepts, classification and ways of evaluation and finally the evaluation of environmental policies, based on the assumptions that instruments developed for the analysis of social policies allow to be adapted to measure environmental policies, and tools in the environmental field can also contribute to the evolution of the field of study. The research is classified in relation to the objectives as descriptive, in relation to the procedures as case study, had a qualitative approach, and the data collection was done through document analysis and informal interview using the model proposed by Mickwitz (2003). The conclusions show that the demand at the Municipal Environment Department is growing every day due to greater inspection and the need to comply with environmental legislation. At first, perhaps public environmental policies are seen only as obligations, but it is important to evaluate criteria related to the participation of the community and the Councils in decision-making and actions related to public policies in the environment sector.

O presente estudo teve o objetivo de avaliar a prática de ginástica laboral em loja do varejo calçadista do Rio Grande do Sul. O estudo caracterizou-se como descritivo, qualitativo e um estudo de caso. Para a coleta de dados foi aplicado aos funcionários da empresa objeto do estudo questionário composto por 33 questões adaptado de Silva Neto (2017).  No decorrer da pesquisa foi evidenciado o perfil etário, tempo de serviço e benefícios percebidos pelos funcionários. Conclui-se, que 72,5% dos entrevistados possuem de 19 a 29 anos e 52,5% dos entrevistados tem tempo de serviço de até 2 anos, em relação a prática de ginástica laboral, 50% dos entrevistados relatam como principal benefício a prática de exercícios e redução do estresse. 

This research aimed to understand how internal control can help the personal department sector of micro-enterprises and small businesses in the central region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Descriptive research was used to carry out this study as an objective, adopting a qualitative approach and using technical procedures related to a survey based on a selected sample. Through a questionnaire, we sought to analyze the practices, the structure of the PD and the understanding of the owners of the companies located in the urban area of the studied municipality, with a total of nineteen participants. The results indicated the existence of few defined personal departments, but regarding the perception of entrepreneurs regarding the use, scope and adaptation of internal controls for the personal department, presented a favorable result. Internal control helps ME and PPS to be preventively protected from risks related to the company's business, because with this control organizations have better performances and satisfactory results, facilitating their survival in the market.

This study has as general objective to analyze the impacts generated by logistics 4.0 in an agricultural company located in the State of Paraná.  As for methodological aspects, this is an exploratory research, a single case study, with a qualitative approach to the data. A standardized question script was used for data collection, based on the theoretical framework of the study, with application via e-mail. For data analysis, content and word number analysis were used. It is colluded with the study that logistics 4.0 is an emerging theme and the company in question has been gradually inserting these concepts in its productive area, impacting on financial results.

This study aims to understand the process of change and strategic adaptation of a family business focused on the management of health units, located in the northwest of Rio Grande do Sul, in the period between 2013 and 2018. It seeks to understand the critical periods existing in the organization's history and what dynamic capabilities prevail at those times. As for the methodological aspects, this is a unique case study, of descriptive nature and qualitative approach. The periods of strategic change were analyzed from the dimensions proposed by Pettigrew, Ferlie and Mckee (1992), context, content and process and through longitudinal and historical analysis through direct research procedures (Mintzberg, 1983). With the realization of the study, it was possible to characterize the organization's history in four strategic periods: Birth (2013-2014), Critical period (2015), Reflections and repositioning (2016) and Reorganization of organizational structure (2017-2018). The analyzes pointed out that the dynamic capacities that had an emphasis in each period were respectively: absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, absorptive capacity and adaptive capacity. The organization has demonstrated, therefore, internal competences and receptivity to the demands of new services from the environment by the users of the services themselves. In each period it was able to reorganize its resources and competences and shows indications of search also of the development of the innovative capacity.

This article has as its theme to understand what social housing and what benefits it offers to society for the development of the municipality of Ijuí / RS, thus contributing to the discussions about. The concern we have for those most in need and the search for the right to decent housing, are actions that refer a lot to assistance, both from the government and the community, this theme came up with the aim of demonstrating the reality of the houses, and how much this phenomenon has contributed to the regional growth of the municipalities. Families that are often evicted from their homes or from irregular settlements end up experiencing subhuman needs and conditions to survive. The research is based on objective 11 of the 2030 Agenda (UN 2015), to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Which refers to Sustainable Cities and Communities, and highlights the importance of making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. It is understood that it is from these relationships, studying the contributions of the Housing programs, that one can enter into the search for solutions and information to improve the human and territorial conditions of cities.