Tese
O processo de aprendizagem organizacional transformadora: a construção de uma instituição de ensino superior sustentável
Fecha
2023-03-30Autor
Junges, Vanessa de Campos
Institución
Resumen
Discussions on the sustainability approach are still an emerging topic that is far from being
finalized. Actions aimed at understanding sustainability in a holistic way are necessary in
all areas, especially when thinking about the role to be played in society by Higher
Education Institutions. Therefore, this thesis aims to propose a framework for
understanding organizational learning in Higher Education Institutions, in order to build
a Sustainable Higher Education Institution. Therefore, a qualitative, exploratory and
descriptive research was developed, based on multiple integrated cases. The analysis units
involve the Ui GreenMetric – Word University Rankings and the Principles for
Responsible Management Education, being the object of study seven public and private
Higher Education Institutions, located in the Brazilian territory. The source of evidence
was based on in-depth interviews and document analysis. In view of this, after data
collection, these received treatment based on content analysis in conjunction with the
analysis matrix. As results, it was evidenced that institutions, even with the difference
between public and private, have similarities in facilitators and inhibitors before their
advancement in organizational learning. No institution fits into Level 0 (Instrumental
HEI), because based on the current reality, it is unacceptable that there is no movement
towards sustainability, being responses to the emergence of external demands. At Level
1 (Conventional HEI) HEIs B, C and G were identified, which are in the niche, making
slow movements with the intention of perpetuating a seed of sustainable change. At Level
2 (HEI Green) are the HEIs A, D and E, which reveal to be in an advanced space in terms
of sustainability, residing in the regime so that there are already rules, regulations and
values based on this differentiated logic. Furthermore, at Level 3 (Transforming HEI) it
was noticed that HEI F is situated, so that it has characteristics common to what is desired
in a transforming institution. However, this part of an ideal type that in empirical reality
is not impeccably reproduced, in which sustainable construction in all processes requires
a long-term pursuit. Because of this, HEI F is in the niche, in order to perpetuate what it
has been building. Therefore, it was identified that a Transforming HEI is a philosophy
of how to conduct and understand the organizational context, which must be mediated
and built over time in a constant process of learning to relearn. Therefore, the study
contributes in a managerial way to the area of administration and public management, so
that it shows what are the facilitators and inhibitors that permeate the context of HEIs,
given that management in many cases is not linked to technique, having as its main focus
the teaching. Therefore, in order for there to be profound changes in the structure and in
the way in which the teaching HEI understands the management process, there must be a
commitment to issues related to sustainability.