Perfil, opinião e expectativas dos docentes e discentes do curso de administração em comércio exterior em relação ao mercado de trabalho: estudo de caso de uma instituição privada em São Paulo

Abstract

This work aims to study the teachers' opinio and expectation concerned to the Foreign Trade Course that along four years prepares the student to face the market, helping them to develop their abilities. It also aims to study the students' expectations related to their Education at the university and in the world of work. The study starts exposing the Economic policies and the proefssional market within the foreign trade in Brazil, considering the changes occured after the market poening in the 90's. Next, the role of the university is analyzed concerning the education of the foreign trade professional trying to get if is attending the demand of the market. The curriculum and program of the Administration courses in Brazil are also analyzed in its context and the way these courses were organized from the minimum curricula having as basis the "diretrizes curriculares" for the graduation courses. This research is characterized as an exploratory case study run on qualitative and quantitative basis, having as its scope the teachers and the students of the last year of the Administration course with emphasis on Foreign Trade, at a University Center located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Its results permitted us to see the relationship among university, teachers and students, in the construction of the university, and also the way it prepares the student and its board of teachers, building its image and position in the market.