Planejamento estratégico em instituições públicas de ensino: o caso do Instituto Federal Catarinense

Abstract

Based on the scientific thinking focused on strategic planning in public institutions of higher education, and its potential to contribute to the improvement of its managerial processes, this research turned its attention to the Instituto Federal Catarinense, in order to verify if the process of implanting the managerial model based on the strategic planning in the institution was being successful. This objective was sought through the analysis of the plans elaborated by the Institution and its deployment by Camboriú and Santa Rosa do Sul campuses. We also interviewed employees in these units and offered a questionnaire to all employees of the Rectory and the campuses participating in the research. The conclusions of the research point to a level of success that is only reasonable, largely due to the lack of knowledge, by the great majority of the servers, about the goals and strategies contained in the plans, which had a negative impact on the answers. Other limitations of the strategic planning process were the low participation of employees in the strategy formulation process and also the lack of formulation of indicators to control the progress of the plan. On the other hand, the research indicated that the introduction of strategic planning in IFC had a positive dimension, since many steps reached the expected result, showing that it was important to adopt this management tool. Based on the analysis of the collected data, suggestions are presented for changes in the procedures to be adopted in future planning, with the necessary paradigm shift, as shown by the suggestions for improvement presented.