MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The master course is organized in one concentration area, Organization and Strategy, and two lines of research:

LINES OF RESEARCH

The line of research focus on power relations in social, organizational, functional, group and individual dimensions, analizing new business and organizational arrangements. The researches address the institutions as a social, technical, cultural system and work management, notably on topics such as interorganizational relations, symbolism, subjectivity, identity, trust, gender and diversity, skills, leadership, organizational behavior and new agendas in this field. The studies focus on the perspectives of private companies, cooperatives, NGOs and the public sector, beyond cooperativism phenomenon and society.

The line of research is subdivided into thematic axes which constitutes areas of the Postgraduate Program that comprise research. For its turn, each axis is composed of themes, researches and guidelines, and students’ dissertations must be linked to themes related to the thematic axes.

Axes and Themes:

Power Relations
a) State, society and companies – management and collective action;
b) Conflicts and regulatory processes;
c) Gender relations and diversity in organizations;
d) Labor relations.

Work management
a) Health at work;
b) Involvement with work;
c) People management.

Organizational knowledge and learning
a) Skills management;
b) Learning and knowledge management.

Symbolism and identity
a) Subjectivity;
b) Identity in organizations.

Change and culture
a) Organizational change;
b) Organizational culture;
c) National culture.

Cooperativism and Society
a) Relationship with gender and female work in cooperatives;
b) Challenges of managing people in cooperatives;
c) Cooperatives in the face of new business scenarios.

LINES OF RESEARCH

The line of research focus on development of studies concerned with strategy, marketing, competitiveness, entrepreneurship and global market context. Thus, the themes to be investigated involves, generally, governance, financial and marketing management, sustainability, organizational performance, relationship with the market and internationalization, as well as new business environments. The studies focus on the perspectives of private companies, cooperatives, NGOs and the public sector, beyond cooperativism phenomenon and society.

The line of research is subdivided into thematic axes which constitutes areas of the Postgraduate Program that comprise research. For its turn, each axis is composed of themes, researches and guidelines, and students’ dissertations must be linked to themes related to the thematic axes.

Axes and Themes:

Strategy
a) Corporate strategies;
b) Business-level strategy;
c) Strategy management and competitiveness;
d) Theory of the firm;
e) Organizational networks.

Relationship with the market and society
a) Internationalization of companies;
b) Marketing;
c) Consumption and anti-consumption;
d) Neuromarketing;
e) Social marketing.

Innovation management
a) Innovation and technological changes;
b) Management technologies;
c) Economics and innovation systems;
d) Entrepreneurship;
e) Policies to foster innovation.

Social innovation
a) Entrepreneurship and social projects.

Research Nucleus: NUCONT

Axes and Themes:

Governance and sustainability

a) Corporate governance;

b) Governance in information technology;

c) Corporate sustainability.

Financial management and performance

a) Accountability;

b) Portfolio management;

c) Financing strategy;

d) Economic and financial performance;

e) Behavioral finance.

Innovation management

a) Innovation and technological changes;

b) Management technologies;

c) Economics and innovation systems;

d) Entrepreneurship;

e) Policies to foster innovation.

Social innovation

a) Entrepreneurship and social projects