A ESTRUTURA ORGANIZACIONAL DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ (UFC): UM ESTUDO DE CASO À LUZ DA TEORIA DAS CINCO CONFIGURAÇÕES DE MINTZBERG

Abstract

With the management approach in the public governance since the 1900 decade, the administration of educational institutions has been losing its purely educational nature and taking a stronger management role, which requires a larger discussion about the existing management models in the federal government universities. Mintzberg’s structure of five theory (2008), theoretical lens of this work, proposes five basics typologies in which organizational structures can be classified. Therefore, the main objective of this paper was to analyze how the predominant type of organizational structure from Ceará Federal University (UFC) contributes to the achievement of its institutional objectives. The following specific objectives were proposed: identify the main coordination mechanism from UFC; identify the key part of UFC’s organizational structure; identify the type of decentralization prevailing in UFC; identify the difficulties caused by UFC’s organizational setup and identify the facilitators provided by UFC’s organizational setup. In this way, were realized a bibliographic and documentary research and a case study, which unit of analysis was UFC’s organizational structure. It was concluded that UFC’s predominant type of organizational structure is a hybrid between mechanized bureaucracy and professional bureaucracy. About the institutional objectives, it was observed that the current organization setup provides more difficulties than facilities for its achievement.

Keywords

• university management
• organizational structure
• mintzberg
• ufc