This article, the result of a Master's thesis, has as the main objective to investigate how trainee-engineers from the Advanced Training Program for Engineers (ATPE), from a Brazilian organization called Challenge, working in multidisciplinary teams with the help of mentors, interact and mobilize their knowledge, resulting in learning. To accomplish this, a Theoretical Reference Model based on the studies of Nonaka and Takeuchi (1997); Crossan, Lane and White (1999); Choo (2000, 2001); Garvin (2002); Schwartz (2003); Zietsma, Winn, Branzei and Vertinsky (2002); Senge (2006) and Castañeda, Rios (2007) and Pérez-Acosta (2005) was built. The data of this qualitative study case was garnered by an open questionnaire, individual interviews and questionnaires with a closed scale, applied in October and November of 2008. The results show that ATPE is seen as a proper driver of the mobilization, interaction and exchange of knowledge between trainee-engineers and mentors, resulting in learning at individual and group levels. Mentors are professionals that stimulate attention, autonomy and promote integration in an environment that simulates the business one. These aspects were seen as facilitators of the interaction and learning in ATPE. At the end, 18 notions were related to learning in ATPE and appear portrayed in an Empirical Representation done by authors.

A Embraer se notabilizou, na relação com fornecedores, por estratégia de parceria, a qual se tornou referência em vários segmentos industriais. O tema deste artigo é justamente a estratégia na relação com os fornecedores, sendo a Embraer o caso utilizado para a investigação. Com base na literatura de relações de fornecimento e de fornecimento modular, a pesquisa recupera o enfoque da Embraer em suas diferentes linhas de produtos. Se nas famílias ERJ145 e E-Jets - EMB170/190, foram identificadas as parcerias de risco, nas quais fornecedores investem diretamente no desenvolvimento do produto e na capitalização do negócio específico, nas famílias mais recentes, de jatos executivos, a estratégia é outra. Isso levou à questão de pesquisa do presente texto: quais contingências estão relacionadas às diferentes abordagens na relação com fornecedores. Nesses termos, discute-se do fornecimento tradicional ao compartilhamento de investimentos e riscos, e as racionalidades subjacentes. As técnicas utilizadas para elaborar o trabalho foram observação direta, pesquisa em documentos da empresa, revistas especializadas, web sites vinculados à indústria aeronáutica e associações, e artigos acadêmicos. Além disso, foram conduzidas entrevistas semiestruturadas, com empregados e ex-empregados da empresa, inclusive diretores. Os resultados mostram que apesar de as grandes empresas - como Boeing e Airbus, inspiradas pelo caso da Embraer - terem passado a adotar parcerias de risco, a Embraer mostra que a forma de relação segue modelo de contingência - o melhor depende de características da situação do momento e de suas perspectivas.

Special buyer-supplier relationships in high-tech companies that manufacture complex products are discussed. The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer was investigated, a company that is known for its partner relationship strategy with its suppliers, especially when dealing the products of the ERJ145 and E-Jets families However, in its latest product line, it showed a different approach to relating with its suppliers, which led to investigate the rationales for every option in each product line. The research techniques used were direct observation, specialized journals within the area, website related to aircraft industry and associations, scientific papers, and company's documents. In addition, semi-structured interviews with current and former employees were conducted. The results show that despite the fact that large companies such as Boeing and Airbus have been using the partnership model of risk adopted by Embraer, it follows a contingency approach - there is no best way than the model of relationship with suppliers that depends on the specific characteristics of each project, the company , and the environment.