THE RESEARCH GROUPS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE'S: LOOKING FOR CREATIVITY BY CELSO FURTADO

Abstract

The administration walks along with the modernization of society. Hence, the science of management is seen as directed to private organizations, which is unnatural and neglects the reality of this activity. This study places the science of management aimed at society rather than capitalist enterprises, focusing on management research groups linked to the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). With the intention of appropriating and re-situating the public universities for collective resolution of social problems, linking them with the creativity of Celso Furtado. This work aims, then, to identify the convergence between such productions and the concept of human creativity. To analyze the factors described, the research groups in administration registered at CNPq, located at UFMG, were mapped. The mapping of the groups was facilitated due to the access of the information contained in the CNPq website, where a total of 19 groups and 324 articles were adapted to the structuring elements of this study. After the content analysis of the articles, only one research group within the selected sample presented convergence with the concept of development and human creativity, leading to the initial hypothesis that little is done to modify the peripheral reality from science.