Management Master

Management (Academic Master's and Doctoral Degrees)

(Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração – PPGA)

Program Description

The Graduate Program in Business Administration was created in 1976, and the doctoral program was opened in 2006. The general objectives of the Program is the production and dissemination of knowledge and technologies in the field of Administration and the training of professionals for the ability to act critically and reflexively in research and teaching in Administration and in the management of public and private organizations and the third sector.

In 2018, the Graduate Program in Business Administration broadened its activities, in particular aiming at boosting internationalization by various means, such as publishing calls for application specific for foreign students and refugees, sending staff abroad to carry out technical visits and / or conduct post-doctoral research, establishing partnerships for bringing foreign professors to teach courses. Our Master Alumni are professors and / or professionals who work in public and private institutions. Doctoral Alumni from our program are reference people within the Brazilian academy, with publications in international journals.

Research Topics

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICIES
STRATEGY, MARKETING AND INNOVATION
ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
FINANCES AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS

Courses

Master's candidates must take 24 credits from the following courses:

Course	Credits	Code
Action Theories and Decision Processes	4	386871
Comparative Public Administration 1	4	381489
Contemporary Public Management	4	386685
Applied Theory of Systems to Administration	4	381519
Competence and Learning in Organizations	4	300705
Consumer Behavior and Marketing Survey	4	381764
Human Behavior in the Organizations	4	381870
Financial Econometrics 1	4	386901
Financial Econometrics 2	4	386952
Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship	4	300713
Corporate Education	4	386707
State, Government and Public Policies	4	300641
Corporate Strategy and Competitivity	4	381055
Corporate Finances	4	386758
Fundamentals of Public Management Theories	4	383104
Management of People and Work	4	386774
Strategic Management in Marketing	4	381799
Social and Environmental Management	4	386723
Management, Subjectivity and Organizational Criticism	4	319571
Innovation on Services	4	386880
Service and Social Marketing	4	381721
Research Methodology in Administration*	4	381012
Methods of Multivariate Analysis Applied to Administration***	4	386782
Statistical Methods in Administration**	4	381080
Qualitative Methods of Research in Administration**	4	386791
Quantitative Methods in Finances	4	386898
Analysis Models of Public Policies	4	383074
Evaluation Models of Governmental Programs	4	386812
Organizations, Institutions and Culture	4	300667
Research in Business Administration 1	2	386821
Research in Business Administration 2	2	386839
Research in Business Administration 3	2	386847
Research Seminars in Administration 1	4	380997
Research Seminars in Administration 1	4	380997
Research Seminar 2 - Directed Studies	4	383058
Finances Theory	4	381284
Practice in Higher Education Teaching in Administration	4	381471
Teaching Theory and Practice in Administration 2	4	386731
General Theory of the Complex Organizations*	4	381969
Special Topics in Public Administration 2	4	386928
Special Topics in Contemporary Administration	2	383040
Special Topics in Organizations Management	2	386936
Special Topics in Public Administration 2	2	386928
Special Topics in Administration 1	2	381501
Special Topics in Social Management and Work	2	300748
Work and Subjectivity	4	300721
VALUES AND BEHAVIOR	4	-

Doctoral candidates must take 36 credits from the following courses:

Course	Credits	Code
Action Theories and Decision Processes	4	386871
Comparative Public Administration 1	4	381489
Contemporary Public Management	4	386685
Applied Theory of Systems to Administration	4	381519
Competence and Learning in Organizations	4	300705
Consumer Behavior and Marketing Survey	4	381764
Human Behavior in the Organizations	4	381870
Financial Econometrics 1	4	386901
Financial Econometrics 2	4	386952
Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship	4	300713
Corporate Education	4	386707
State, Government and Public Policies	4	300641
Corporate Strategy and Competitivity	4	381055
Corporate Finances	4	386758
Fundamentals of Public Management Theories	4	383104
Management of People and Work	4	386774
Strategic Management in Marketing	4	381799
Social and Environmental Management	4	386723
Management, Subjectivity and Organizational Criticism	4	319571
Innovation on Services	4	386880
Service and Social Marketing	4	381721
Research Methodology in Administration*	4	381012
Methods of Multivariate Analysis Applied to Administration**	4	386782
Statistical Methods in Administration**	4	381080
Qualitative Methods of Research in Administration**	4	386791
Quantitative Methods in Finances	4	386898
Analysis Models of Public Policies	4	383074
Evaluation Models of Governmental Programs	4	386812
Organizations, Institutions and Culture	4	300667
Research in Business Administration 1	2	386821
Research in Business Administration 2	2	386839
Research in Business Administration 3	2	386847
Research Seminars in Administration 1	4	380997
Research Seminars in Administration 1	4	380997
Research Seminar 2 - Directed Studies	4	383058
Finances Theory	4	381284
Practice in Higher Education Teaching in Administration	4	381471
Teaching Theory and Practice in Administration 2	4	386731
General Theory of the Complex Organizations*	4	381969
Special Topics in Public Administration 2	4	386928
Special Topics in Contemporary Administration	2	383040
Special Topics in Organizations Management	2	386936
Special Topics in Public Administration 2	2	386928
Special Topics in Administration 1	2	381501
Special Topics in Social Management and Work	2	300748
Work and Subjectivity	4	300721
VALUES AND BEHAVIOR	4	-