The Graduate Program in Business Administration - PPGA began its activities in 2006, with the implementation of the Master's in Business Administration, recommended by CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel).
In 2010, UCS had the PhD Course in Business Administration recommended by CAPES in the form of Broad Association of Higher Education Institutions and, in December 2014, CAPES recommended the operation of the PhD Course in Business Administration/UCS. PPGA-UCS's Area of Concentration is "Strategy and Innovation", with Research Lines in "Strategy and Operations" and "Innovation and Competitiveness".
The PPGA-UCS faculty brings together professionals with degrees from renowned institutions, enabling research on emerging themes and bringing the student body closer to knowledge generated in the most diverse parts of the world, giving them the opportunity to follow the evolution of knowledge and research in their areas of scope.
With a contemporary vision of the academic world and the strength of a faculty with national and international recognition, the Graduate Program in Business Administration - PPGA at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS) presents itself as a distinguished course. Its main feature is to establish a balance between the academic world and the business environment, in addition to interacting with the community (public and private sectors) in order to generate and disseminate relevant knowledge, capable of being applied to its context; seeking, scientifically, the endogenous production of solutions that make the process of regional development positive and sustainable. The program's pedagogical strategy, based on a pragmatic approach, constitutes what sets the Master's and PhD courses apart, allowing convergence between academic research and a practical purpose. To this end, the PPGA encourages convergence between two competency profiles, generating high-level stakeholders who will act as managers or experts specialized in identifying and implementing solutions to complex organizational problems, training teachers and researchers capable of developing a realistic and pragmatic vision of business management as well as using a rigorous approach in analyzing organizational problems. The academic orientation of the PPGA favors the transfer of knowledge to the practical context, considering the importance attributed to the application of knowledge, the resolution of organizational problems and decision-making. The Dissertation, or Thesis, encourages students to carry out rigorous research, thus contributing to the advance of knowledge in management and its transfer to the organizational environment. This orientation makes it possible to ensure the relevance of the research to the world of management. Furthermore, the international nature of the PPGA favors learning and access to knowledge, experiences and research carried out in different parts of the world.
This Area of Concentration addresses the theoretical-methodological aspects that should promote critical reflections on Strategy and Innovation and the relationships between different economic aspects, the strategies and production/operation, innovation and competitiveness processes, social agents and movements, socio-environmental relations and territorialities, constitutive elements of the idea and/or ideal of development in the region.
Strategy and Operations
This line of research aims to study the dimensions related to the development and implementation of organizational strategies and manufacturing and service operations systems as elements of organizational efficiency and effectiveness, supporting the sustainability of organizations. In this context, this line of research supports the quest for understanding Strategy and Operations as fundamental elements for the performance of organizations operating in regional, national and international markets, being articulated from two complementary dimensions: Systems and Market. The Systems dimension focuses on understanding operations management, its insertion and its impact on the performance of organizations, involving manufacturing or service systems; while the Market dimension involves strategies, resources and consequences relating to relationships between organizations and their targeted audiences.
Innovation and Competitiveness
This line of research aims to study dimensions related to innovation and competitiveness as sources of growth, development and sustainability of organizations. In this context, it seeks to understand innovation as a fundamental element of organizational performance, with a focus on increasing competitiveness in regional, national and international market scenarios, being articulated from two complementary dimensions: Organizations and Processes. The Organizations dimension focuses on understanding innovation, its insertion and its impact on the competitiveness of organizations. The Processes dimension covers the components and resources related to organizational processes capable of enhancing the innovative capacity of organizations, including the generation and flow of information, learning processes and knowledge management.
Strategy and Operations
This line of research aims to study the dimensions related to the development and implementation of organizational strategies and manufacturing and service operations systems as elements of organizational efficiency and effectiveness, supporting the sustainability of organizations. In this context, this line of research supports the quest for understanding Strategy and Operations as fundamental elements for the performance of organizations operating in regional, national and international markets, being articulated from two complementary dimensions: Systems and Market. The Systems dimension focuses on understanding operations management, its insertion and its impact on the performance of organizations, involving manufacturing or service systems; while the Market dimension involves strategies, resources and consequences relating to relationships between organizations and their targeted audiences.
Innovation and Competitiveness
This line of research aims to study dimensions related to innovation and competitiveness as sources of growth, development and sustainability of organizations. In this context, it seeks to understand innovation as a fundamental element of organizational performance, with a focus on increasing competitiveness in regional, national and international market scenarios, being articulated from two complementary dimensions: Organizations and Processes. The Organizations dimension focuses on understanding innovation, its insertion and its impact on the competitiveness of organizations. The Processes dimension covers the components and resources related to organizational processes capable of enhancing the innovative capacity of organizations, including the generation and flow of information, learning processes and knowledge management.
Coordinator: Alex Eckert
Secretariat: ppga@ucs.br
Telephone: +55 (54) 3218-2011
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