Extension in business administration in Unioeste campus Francisco Beltrao: alignment or fragmentation in training?

Abstract

The extension is one of the tripod elements considered essential in higher education coupled with teaching and research. This paper was an analysis of the State University extension practices the West of Paraná - Unioeste, focusing on projects developed on campus Administration Course Francisco Beltrao. The research is characterized as qualitative, with primary data obtained through interviews with coordinators of the project activity, characterized as a cross-sectional study. Data were analyzed using content analysis. The presentation of the structure facing the extension was given by consulting the documents of the Council for Research and Education and Extension (ECE) and resolutions regulating such activities. Complement secondary data from the study projects the activities in force in the management course on campus Francisco Beltrao. The results under a first look, point alignment of extension practices Unioeste, broadly, and specifically the campus Administration Course Francisco Beltrao. However, from a critical perspective, the study reveals no extension of articulation with teaching and research, supporting the fragmentation in the education of administration.