Sistema de mensuração de redes sociais digitais como suporte no processo de competitividade

Abstract

Web 2.0 has revolutionized how government, business and society interact, work, communicate and share information and has been widely used as a tool to support the strategic management of organizations. In the field of private higher education institutions, there are multiple opportunities that arise before the effective use of this information flow that come through, especially the digital social networks. This study aims to evaluate the competitiveness of private higher education institutions, based on a system of performance measurement of digital social networks. Resorting to the scientific area, there is a gap and the paucity of studies that attempt to topics such as performance measurement and evaluation of online social networks from the perspective of organizational strategic management. Under this bias, the relevance of the theme of this work is given in that it will provide a framework of concepts and references that confirm the importance of the role of social networks in organizations, particularly as regards the treatment of opinions that can arise from interactions in social networks, with a view to organizational competitiveness. With regard to procedures and techniques, the research is characterized as a multicases study and the nature, it is an applied research that attempts to evaluate the processes of competitiveness of private higher education institutions that emerge from their interactions in digital social networks, by proposing a measurement system with indicators that are able to observe the opinions that resonate in digital social networks. Data collection will be conducted with all private higher education institutions in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, considering the social networks more than simple information exchange, but a challenge in the organizational environment, which extends the capability of disseminating information. At the end, we will present the relevant data of the research, ie, the conclusions obtained from the application of the proposed system, including detailed descriptions of the criteria used. Although the measurement of social networks through one system, being a nascent field for the strategic management of organizations, the trend is of great development, so that scientific research will help the consolidation of knowledge in this area. In this context, it is suggested to studies following the application of the system presented in this work as opportunity for applications in the field of discussion.