GESTÃO DE RISCOS NAS UNIVERSIDADES E CENTROS UNIVERSITÁRIOS DO ESTADO DE SANTA CATARINA

Abstract

This paper analyzes and describes the adaptation and application of risk management and internal controls in Higher educational institution (HEI) of the Santa Catarina State as a necessary support to every institution‟s Control. The research applied the quantitative and cross section methods. In relation to its objectives this is descriptive research with the population defined by the 5 University Centers and 12 Universities of the Santa Catarina State. It was verified that most of the preoccupations of the managers in therms of risks stays in the categories of strategic risks (main factor: reduction of the number of students) and finantials (main factor: default). Finally it was concluded that the ISE are worried about risk management, even though this subject is not appropriately discussed and, in most of the institutions, due to the lack of a specific support system to the risk management, the actions and the adopted controls show the disposition of the managers of practicing the risk management.

Keywords

• risk management
• higher educational institution
• internal controls