Liderança e tomada de decisão no ensino superior privado

Este trabalho foi feito no âmbito do Mestrado em Administração e Gestão Educacional, e foi resultado de leituras, reflexão, inqueritos aplicados a uma instituição de ensino superior, na cidade de Porto Velho, estado de Rondônia, no Brasil. Através desta dissertação procurou-se compreender a liderança e sua importância na tomada de decisão na faculdade, conforme o próprio título do trabalho aponta. A investigação foi norteada pela necessidade de compreender a forma como a liderança numa faculdade se norteia na tomada de decisão, como isso ocorre e quais os desdobramentos do processo decisório. Também quisemos saber de que forma os atores contribuem para o processo decisorio. Os dados foram recolhidos através de questionário semiestruturado, pretendendo-se ter uma compreensão mais verossímil possível das opinioes dos entrevistados, na de pesquisa de campo. O enquadramento teórico do trabalho assentou em reflexões e leituras sobre liderança e tomada de decisão no ensino superior privado,reflectindo sobre: liderança e suas teorias, conceito de organização.Também no enquadramento teórico, foi possível levantar alguns indicadores importantes para a tomada de decisão no ensino superior, campo de pesquisa do trabalho. Percebeu-se que a tomada de decisão constitui uma parte extremamente importante para uma liderança de excelência, além de apontar possíveis caminhos para melhor aproximação com os liderados, uma vez que seus anseios e reflexões vão sendo colocados graças à sua participação.This work was done within the scope of the Master in Administration and Educational Management, and was the result of a methodology of studies and actions developed through research, reading, reflection, writing, questioning done at a higher education institution, in the city of Porto Velho, State of Rondônia, Brazil. This dissertation tried to understand the leadership and its importance in the decision taking at college, as the title of the work points out. This research has been guided by the objectives of understanding how leadership in a college is guided by decision-making, how it occurs, and what are the ramifications of that decision-making process. There has also been another aspect related to leadership and decision making regarding the role of actors in this dynamic and how these actors contribute or fail to contribute to the decision-making process. This dissertation is presented in the form of qualitative and quantitative research, and the data were collected through a questionnaire with semi-structured interview, seeking to have a more credible understanding of the returns of respondents, in the field research. As for the theoretical framework of the research, this one incurred in reflections and readings about leadership and decision making in private higher education, passing through some phases considered important for its development, such as: leadership and its theories, concept of organization, opening opportunities for reflecting on school organization and higher education, with an emphasis on leadership. Also in the theoretical framework, it was possible to raise some important indicators for decision making in higher education, field of work research. The intention has always been that the conclusions drawn from the study could somehow bring some practical contribution on the theme, since it is known that currently, any and all organizational activity brings with it the need for updating and that leadership plays a fundamental role, in this particular study, the focus is on private higher education. And, in fact, it was noticed along the way, that the questions are answered and that really the decision making constitutes an extremely important part for a leadership of excellence, besides pointing out possible paths of better approach with the ones who are being led, once their yearnings and reflections are put in use at their work