CONTRIBUIÇÕES DO PDI E DO PLANEJAMENTO ESTRATÉGICO NA GESTÃO DE UNIVERSIDADES FEDERAIS

This article aims to analyze the contributions of the Institutional Development Plan and Strategic Planning in the management of Braz ilia n Federal U niversities, which carried out interviews and documentary analysis in eight federal universities : UFAL , UFGD , UFMA, UFMG, UFPA, UFSC, UNB and UNIFAP. The characteristics of the universities studied are unique, however, the experience of mana gers in terviewed evinces that the PDI and strategic planning bring contributions to the management of universities, to enable the self, the delineation of goals, objectives and strategies, providing a course universities and, in some cases, treading the fu ture with a competitive vision