Competências profissionais adquiridas no Curso de Administração da UFC: percepção dos alunos concluintes

Abstract

The importance of this study can be explained by the recent market dynamics, wherein the success of organizations depend on the people who integrate and their competencies, and these should be acquired, partly, the training provided by the Higher Education Institutions. This study have the intention to analyze the professional competencies acquired through classroom course of Administration of UFC, under the vision of the graduating students of this course. For this, a survey was conducted, between 18 and 29 November 2013, through application of a questionnaire, composed of a part for the characterization of the respondent and the other for analysis of the perception of the same about the professional competencies acquired through the course. This questionnaire was designed for students with at least 80% of the subjects already routed, both in daytime period and in the night period. The collected data were subjected to factor analysis, which reduced the variables used in five groups of competencies. The results indicate that the Administration course offered by UFC assists in the development of professional competencies investigated, with emphasis on the competence of knowledge/cognitive and social competence, confirming the adequacy with the suggested guidance by MEC. For future research, is recommended to investigate the Administration students from other universities, public and private, in order to compare the student’s perception.