Cargos de direção em Universidades Federais: diagnóstico da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados e proposições

Abstract

In a context in which changes are constant and the speed that news comes, Brazilian federal universities are increasingly relevant and need to innovate and adapt to the expectations of society. Managers are key to an administration based on efficiency and effectiveness. Thus a public servant when acting in the role of manager, whether a teacher or an administrative technician, must have the technical knowledge to manage the financial, human and administrative resources of the institution, and simultaneously be a good leader and represent the institution before the community . The purpose of this paper is to analyze the process of occupying the management positions and propose improvements. The technique for the development of the study is applied research, since the objective is to generate knowledge for a practical application. The research is descriptive, qualitative and quantitative. Data were collected from the professional trajectory of the 71 subjects who participated in the research, faculty directors and pro-rector coordinators who held the position from May 26, 2011 to May 25, 2016. Documentary research was done through legislation pertinent to the study and in the public and official documents of the UFGD, the two best federal universities in each region of the country according to the Quacquarelli Symonds ranking and the federal universities created in 2005. After that, an interview was conducted with the subjects studied, 23 managers participated in the interviews. As a result, managers believe that training in management is important and would like to have the opportunity to participate in training of this nature before and during the period of occupation of the position. No requirements were found on training or professional experience in the area of university management for the occupants of management positions in the official documents of the researched universities. Thus, some interventions were suggested that could help the institution in this process.