Mestrado em administração: o que busca o aluno nesse curso?

Abstract

This dissertation aims to identify and analyze the relations between personal values, attributes considered in the decision of choice of course, the judgment and meanings attributed and the level of satisfaction with the Master course chosen by students of Graduate Programs in Management, members of the Post-Management Program. To perform this study twenty-three courses of Academic Master in Management were analyzed, distributed in the Southeast, South, Northeast and Center-east regions of Brazil, totaling 512 students (current and graduated). With a theoretical and empirical approach, this is a descriptive study, mainly quantitative, developed from primary and secondary data. The primary data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire available in the internet for current and egresses students from the analyzed programs. The secondary data were obtained by a documental research and literature review in order to allow a better comprehension of the trajectory of Graduate Studies programs and the context of Master in Management courses in Brazil. The data analysis was made by descriptive statistical techniques and multivariate data (Cluster Analysis and Multinomial Discriminant Analysis). The proposed model of personal values influence, course attributes and judgment/meaning was analyzed and the overall hit rate in the Discriminant Analysis classification was 83.0%. The research shows that there are significant differences in student evaluations with regard to courses classified according the grouping of Master Courses (A to D). There are contradictions between the goal to search a Master Course in order to work in the academy and the egress activity. A mismatch was detected between the ideal profile of the teacher professional in Management and the current reality.