Atuação do secretário executivo na gestão de eventos: estudo com egressos da Universidade Federal do Ceará

Abstract

Currently there are various types of events and with different purposes, is an area that has developed and requires management by professionals able to handle all the stages that involve the production of an event. As a result, many courses have emerged that are said to be aimed at training professionals who wish to work at events, either as a manager or as an advisor. However, this type of training does not always guarantee the individual the proper preparation to work in this field. In this context, the executive secretary, who has been gaining more and more recognition in the market, especially because he has multiple knowledge and expertise in different areas, seems to be the appropriate professional to act in event management. This problem has generated the research that has as its research question: Does training in executive secretariat contribute to acting in event management? The general objective of this paper is to investigate how Executive Secretariat training contributes to the performance of graduates of the Executive Secretariat course in event management. For this, a descriptive research with a qualitative approach was carried out, where the data collection started initially with a research to compose the theoretical framework of this work and for further study, a questionnaire was applied to the graduates of the Executive Secretariat of Federal University of Ceará who are currently acting in event management. It was concluded that the training in executive secretariat of the Federal University of Ceará contributes to develop a professional capable of acting in the management of events, because the subjects taught in the course collaborate to build a theoretical base that in practice can be developed and massified. with the experience. Still, it was possible to raise in the answers given by the participants, that the advisory work is also very present in this area of activity, and it is interesting to continue this theme for further study.