Estrutura de referência para a capacitação dos gestores das universidades federais brasileiras

Abstract

Considering the current challenges faced by the Brazilian public universities in a constant changing society, generating the need of trained managers, the objective of this research was to develop a proposal of reference framework in order to train these leaders. This is a quantitative research, applied and exploratory. In order to develop a reference framework to train graduated managers, the method used was the bibliographic and the further field research with the Brazilian federal universities. Thus, the theoretical framework addresses aspects about the public organizations managing, the concepts and processes of training in the organizations, the managers training and its learning processes. The data gathering with the universities tried to identify the level of occurrence and importance addressed to the inherent aspects to the four steps that compose the general training process by literature: gathering and diagnostic of training needs; the programs planning and drafting, covering strategies, technics, instructional resources and training modalities; the execution of the training actions and finally, its several evaluation levels. The main obtained results emphasize the importance of the four training process steps with the use of need gathering methods and the planning of the most talked about and participative training actions and the involvement of managers to be trained. It was also appointed the relevance of a training action planning with clear objectives and aligned to the policies, the strategies and organization objectives as well as the employment of less traditional and more participative training methods, which enrich the managers living experiences. The structure proposes a better use of the working training, with the use of the knowledge of the more experienced managers or the predecessors and the achievement of partnerships in order to hire instructors from other organizations. About the evaluation, the forth step of the process, the reference framework highlights the importance to evaluate the practical application of the acquired knowledge in the training actions, associated with the analysis of the organizations conditions needed for this application to occur. The proposal to a reference framework aiming to help the employee training areas in the implementation or improvement of its programs and managers training projects, based on theoretical and practical analysis of this research, composing a viable proposal to the presented reality, setting up as an effective contribution the Brazilian federal universities.