University sport management: the case of the Federal University of Viçosa

Abstract

The study aimed to analyze the perception of practitioners of sports activities on the management of sport at the Federal University of Viçosa, in the light of the historical context, the management process of public actors, funding and competitive, recreational and educational activities. For this work, 82 questionnaires were distributed among the academic community to collect primary data and documental research was also carried out as secondary data. For data analysis, descriptive statistics were used to address objective questions and open questions were interpreted from Content Analysis, using the Iramuteq lexical analysis software. It was possible to observe that UFV has sports activities and projects for its academic community, also providing the physical space for sports. Respondents consider the UFV not very transparent, but on the other hand, they do not use their seats in the collegiate bodies. Finally, respondents consider UFV's sport management to be regular, with positive and negative points. The work contributes to discussions about management in Public Administration by bringing theoretical contributions on university sports, on the institutional planning of a Public University and on the participation of the academic community in the process of social control. This article also presents itself as an important empirical work that aims to describe the management of university sports from the perception of sports practitioners, bringing characteristics of university autonomy.