A importância do conhecimento em administração de empresas para os profissionais da engenharia: a visão dos futuros engenheiros

Abstract

Abstract: Transformations in the global economic scenario have caused significant impacts on the structure and organization of work. In this context, there is a growing awareness of the importance of knowledge in Business Administration for professionals from other areas, especially for engineers. This work starts from a historical view of the changes in the profile of the Engineering professional, reaching the current scenario, where knowledge in Business Administration gains notable space. In identifying the subjects considered most important in Administration, three sources of research are reviewed: literature, research carried out on the subject and MEC curriculum guidelines, in addition to the results of interviews with professionals in the area of ¿¿Business Administration. The subjects cited in two or more sources are used to build a research instrument (Likert scale) that seeks to identify the importance Engineering students attribute to knowledge in Business Administration. Before the instrument is applied, it is submitted to a theoretical validation process that includes the analysis of judges and semantic analysis. The data resulting from the application of the final version of the instrument are treated according to statistical methodology based on factorial analysis, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney test. The results indicate that students consider, in general, that Business Administration matters are important for their professional activity, and this result reflects the opinion of students regardless of the year they are studying or the type of professional activity they perform.