Cross-Functional Integration at Agribusiness Brazilian Organizations

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https://doi.org/10.32358/rpd.2020.v6.403

Keywords:

performance, process, outsourcing, organizational, risks

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to analyze how the integration between functions can be characterized in a context which one of the functions is outsourced. Four organizations were surveyed as the subject of the study; a multinational industry of agricultural inputs, an agricultural cooperative and two logistics companies outsourced by the multinational and the cooperative. Methodology/Approach: A multicase study was conducted. Data collection was done through interviews and personal observation, setting up a qualitative approach. Findings: Six categories and their properties were identified for each organization: contact points, requirements, culture, conflict, control and flexibility, and integration factors. Research Limitation/implication: The main limitation of the research lies in the analysis of a single sector, the logistics area. In addition, the contractual relationships are both an agribusiness company with a carrier. Originality/Value of paper: The research findings are innovative for the study of the integration between internal and external functions between a main company with outsourced companies.

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Author Biographies

Lorena Luiza Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Graduada em Administração na Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Atualmente ocupa cargo operacional em instituição financeira privada na cidade de Uberlândia.

Stefania Ferreira Silva, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Mestrado em Administração pela FAGEN UFU em andamento. Graduação em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (2008). Experiência profissional na área de Engenharia de Produção, com ênfase em Planejamento, Projeto e Controle de Sistemas de Produção

Marcio Lopes Pimenta, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Editor Associado do periódico World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research (WRITR). Possui doutorado em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos, mestrado em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia e graduação em Administração de Empresas pela UEMG. Tem experiência na área de Administração, com ênfase em Supply Chain Management e Marketing. Atualmente tem atuado em pesquisas sobre Integração Interfuncional em diversos contextos. 

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2020-06-09

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Ribeiro, L. L., Silva, S. F., & Pimenta, M. L. (2020). Cross-Functional Integration at Agribusiness Brazilian Organizations. Revista Produção E Desenvolvimento, 6. https://doi.org/10.32358/rpd.2020.v6.403

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