O ENSINO DO EMPREENDEDORISMO NOS CURSOS DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ADMINISTRAÇÃO NO BRASIL

Abstract

The entrepreneurs’ formation has been growing in term of value in the world because of the important changes affecting mainly the labor relationship, employment and income. The entrepreneurs’ formation becomes an important subject. The aim of the present paper is to characterize the post-graduate programs in Business Administration, in Brazil, that have research lines, specific concentration area in entrepreneurship and offer disciplines in his curriculum structure regarding this issue. The teaching plans of the entrepreneurship disciplines were analyzed as for the menus, load-hourly and bibliographies. The research was exploratory, using a qualitative method. The population was constituted by the 16 programs for masters and doctorates degree recognized by the Coordination of Personal Improvement of Superior Level (CAPES). The results show that the menus and load- hours have a tendency to focus on the growth of entrepreneurship in the programs analyzed. The business plan, innovation, creating new business opportunities and recognition were the most discussed topics. Filion, Birley and Muzyca, and Drucker were the authors; they have been mentioned as references in the most bibliographies of offered disciplines. The conclusion evidenced that the theme of entrepreneurship is winning field in this level of studies in the Brazilian post-graduate in administration, being relevant to the role of Higher Education Institutions (HEI).