O Processo de realização de planos de desenvolvimento das unidades da UFPA: uma análise do plano de desenvolvimento do Campus do Marajó – Breves 2012-2015

Abstract

The Institutional Development Plans (PDIs) are mandatory documents presented by universities for accreditation and reaccreditation at the Ministry of Education (MEC). Its preparation should follow a predetermined minimum structure, which contains topics such as mission, vision, objectives, goals, the realization of a general diagnosis of the institution, among others. For these characteristics and also for its relevance from the point of view of planning and management of administrative and academic activities, several authors associate the PDIs to the strategic planning of the university, often treating them as the same thing. The Federal University of Pará (UFPA), at the PDI 2011-2015, demanded for the campi of the institution to build similar document geared to the local reality of these units, without losing sight of the macro plan of the institution. This document is the Unit Development Plan (PDU). Following this orientation, the Campus of Breves in Marajó, built its PDU for 2012-2015. This study aims to identify and analyze, under the light of the literature on strategic planning and development plans of universities, the main restrictions in the process of realization of the PDU Campus of Breves 2012-2015, under the view of UFPA servers who exercised directives positions/roles/functions in the administrative and organizational structure of the unit in the analysed period. Therefore, it is characterized as an exploratory and descriptive research as to the purposes, and field research, telematic, bibliographical and documental, as to the means, adopting predominantly quantitative approach. The data discussed are primary and secondary, obtained by Internet research, bibliographic and documentary collection and a survey through virtual questionnaires, going through the stages of selection, coding and tabulation for later review and interpretation, being the results presented with graphics support. The results point to the existence of restrictions on implementation, control and evaluation steps of the PDU, concluding to be insufficient budgetary resources one of the main, among others. Also concluded that the research can be a point of departure for other scientific work as well as provide information to assist in the overall evaluation process of the current PDU and the preparation of the next, thus contributing to the strengthening of planning and management practices developed in the Campus