Coaching for Managers and Engineers

Carolina Machado is Associate Professor on Human Resources Management subjects at the University of Minho. Her experience and research interest areas in the field of human resource management, international human resource management, human resource management in SMEs, training and development, management change and knowledge management. She is Head of the Human Resources Management Work Group at the School of Economics and Management of University of Minho, Coordinator of Advanced Training Courses at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences and Chief Editor of the International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE). J. Paulo Davim is Eur Ing by FEANI and Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with an MBA and specialist title in Engineering and Industrial Management. He is Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing, materials and mechanical engineering with special emphasis on Machining & Tribology. Recently, he also developed an interest in management/industrial engineering and higher education for sustainability/engineering education.

• From theory to practice – In search of theoretical approaches leading to informed coaching practices.- Building blocks of coaching project managers.- Socialization coaching: An application for welcoming and integrating people (“the point out of the curve”) without homogenizing.- Coaching for all – New approaches for future challenges.- Prone to follow, eager to lead: Millennials as the ultimate commodity on the job market.- The Dark Side of Human Resources Management: The Perceptions of Different Organizational Actors.