The role of academic-manager in a federal institution of higher education of Alagoas: a study at UFAL – Campus Arapiraca

Abstract

Teachers are responsible for the management of the university, through management practices, decisions and actions that enable the achievement of organizational objectives. The aim of this research was to characterize the role of academic-manager at UFAL / Campus Arapiraca. The theoretical reference of the work was composed by themes such as the role of the teacher at higher education, the university management and the role of academic-manager. It is a qualitative and exploratory case study of. To reach the objective proposed, five interviews semi structured were conducted with teachers and, then they were transcribed. The Content Analysis was adopted to analyze the data. The data collected showed that, in assuming the role of manager in a federal institution of higher education (FIHE), the teacher does not have a preparation for the administrative activity and that this learning happens during the exercise of the role. With regard to the construction of managerial role, it is observed that this process happens daily, based on individual experiences and between errors and successes. As else as, groups that interact with managers support them to activities and thus also collaborate to build the role of academic-manager.