Phronêsis e o processo da ação humana em contexto de mudança: um estudo em Instituições de Ensino Superior

• Ano de defesa: 2019
• Autor(a) principal: Pimentel, Fabine Évelin Romão
• Orientador(a): Domenico, Silvia Marcia Russi de
• Banca de defesa: Teixeira, Maria Luisa Mendes, Ferreira, Danúsia Arantes, Brunstein, Janette, Menezes, Luis Carlos
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Administração de Empresas
• Departamento: Centro de Ciências Sociais e Aplicadas (CCSA)
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: phronêsis; mudança emergente; processo da ação; deliberação; Instituição de Ensino Superior
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO::ADMINISTRACAO DE EMPRESAS
• Link de acesso: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/23325

Changes are routine on business and on people’s lives, and they have become an issue for those who go through them or who study them. On this thesis, we assume changing as a continuous and emergent situation that results from human interaction which occurs as long as one deals with everyday events, unexpected situations and contingencies that are typical in business. Due to this context, business managers that understand tendencies act subtly and on time so that they can make the necessary transformations. The prudent person, who is gifted with phronesis, which means practical wisdom, is able to decide by taking ethical actions made on a contingent and undetermined world. Human action does not stand on eternal and definite certainties. On the contrary, human action is based on fair judgement about what is needed and on when it needs to be done. Thus, a prudent manager can promote an emergent and non-traumatic changing environment. This study focused on classrooms as an emergent changing context and it was developed on two higher education institutions located in the state of Goias in order to understand how phronesis was exercised by professors in Business Schools, according to Aristotle’s theory of action. We adopted the narrative as research strategy by using qualitative research oriented by social constructionism, under responsive orientation, as an epistemological perspective. Also, we used episodic interview, non-participant observation and documents gathered from the researched institutions. The results were obtained by analyzing the participants theme stories which showed classrooms can be considered as a non-repetitive and unplanned context where emergent change takes place. Thus, classrooms constitute a dynamic, flexible environment of continuous change. The phronesis exercise was understood by analyzing the action processes between teachers and managers when they had to deal with unforeseen situations that derive from interactions within classrooms. This exercise results from experience that comes from constantly reviewing teaching practice.