A sucessão das chefias de departamentos acadêmicos nos processos de desenvolvimento institucional em uma Universidade Federal

Abstract

Faced with a scenario of challenges and constant changes in which the IFES are inserted, as well as the inherent needs to improve management practices, linked to the processes that involve institutional development, there is a need to study the succession and their interference in the Institutional Development Process of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Thus, the objective of this study is to analyze how the succession of the Departments of Academic Departments interferes in the Institutional Development Processes of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. In this context, a descriptive research was carried out, using the mixed method, of a quantitative and qualitative nature, as subtype the same one develops in the form of a case study, examining the phenomenon within a specific organization. The research to be applied presents itself as a quantitative analysis, since the results are taken as if they constituted a real picture of the entire population targeted by the research and qualitative of the researched phenomenon, since the Content Analysis technique was performed. Data collection was carried out by means of an online questionnaire applied to the universe of 76 (seventy six) Chiefs of Academic Departments, linked to the Academic Centers of UFRN, as well as Content Analysis, in view of the expressive number of return to the question the questionnaire. As a result of the data collection, it was observed the importance of the UFRN in working the succession of heads of academic departments in a more homogeneous way, in order to establish specific procedures for this process. In addition, it was noted the importance of the description of the competencies expected for the Heads of Departments, in line with the activities of assignments of the heads, as well as the survey of the main demands encountered by the Chiefs upon admission to the position. In addition, a Manual was created with Administrative Procedures for the Departments of Academic Departments of UFRN associated to the Institutional Development Processes, with the purpose of presenting the main procedures to be adopted by a department head in the processes of institutional development. Finally, some suggestions were presented to UFRN regarding the improvement in the process of succession of the Departments' Departments in the institution as a whole. The secondary data were collected in the documents provided by the research institution.