A influência da cultura organizacional nas actividades pedagógicas dos professores do ensino superior: um estudo de caso

Com o presente estudo pretende-se compreender a importância da cultura organizacional escolar e demonstrar a sua influência nas actividades pedagógicas dos docentes. Na abordagem teórica referem-se algumas definições, principais características, funções e importância da cultura, cultura organizacional e cultura organizacional escolar, com base na bibliografia consultada. Faz-se referência a modelos de análise da cultura organizacional e refere-se a sua importância face às mudanças nas organizações. Este estudo configura-se como um estudo de caso, utiliza-se uma amostra de três docentes do Curso de Licenciatura em Radioterapia da Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa. Na recolha de dados efectua-se a cada docente, três entrevistas semi-estruturadas, designadas de Entrevista, Entrevista Reflexiva e Entrevista Reflexiva Aprofundada. Analisam-se os dados através da análise de conteúdo, seleccionando-se categorias analíticas relevantes para o estudo. Nas considerações finais aborda-se a importância da cultura escolar nas actividades pedagógicas dos docentes e sugerem-se novas linhas de estudo. ABSTRACT: With the present study it's intend to understand the importance of the scholar organizational culture and demonstrate its influence on the teacher's pedagogic activities. ln the theoretical part there are mentioned some definitions, main characteristics, functions and importance of culture, organizational culture and scholar organizational culture, based on the consulted bibliography. Are mentioned also models of analysis of the organizational culture and their importance on the organizational changes. This study is a case study; it's used a sample of three teachers of the Radiotherapy Degree of the Higher School of Health Technologies of Lisbon. There were made three semi­ structured interviews to each teacher, called Interview, Reflexive lnterview and Deepened Reflexive Interview. The data were analysed through content analysis, by selecting analytic categories relevant to the study. ln the final considerations is approached the importance of the scholar culture in the pedagogic activities of teachers and are suggested new study lines.

Summary and Conclusion

This monograph outlines the process and results of development of a common educational programme at masters level in health and social care management, which was supported by the Erasmus Life Long Education project CareMan (Cul- ture and Care Management). The CareMan project brought together university partners actively involved in educating social and health care professionals in leadership and management at master’s level in Europe. The five partners of the consortium were Lahti University of Applied Sciences – Lahti UAS (administra- tive and academic coordinator, Finland), Charles University – CU (the Czech Republic), Edinburgh Napier University – ENU (Scotland), Hammeline University of Applied Sciences – HAMK (Finland), and University of Évora – UoE (Portugal). The objectives of the project were to achieve lower -level educational goals that included the development through education cultural and value -driven leadership, quality of care and quality management to effectively manage an integrated health and social care service. Through mapping the situation in the field and comparing curricula of all participating universities the overall aim was to develop a joint masters programme in social and healthcare management. After the detailed understanding of national and institutional specifics of each of the individual academic entities it was recognised that, due to a number of regulation issues, the original aim was not achievable. Following subsequent analytical work, it was decided to develop a set of three master’s level modules. At the end of the project it was intended that all created modules would be available virtually to the participating programmes and would contribute some added value to existing curricula. In the future these ready -to -use modules are intended to be taught in cooperation with the participating universities or as a separate module in each university. The chosen theoretical framework of the project that underpinned the devel- opment, management and evaluation of the inter -cultural educational provision relied on the combination of two learning theories – ‘cooperative collaborative and social learning’ and ’transformational’ (Mezirow, 2009). This theoretical framework helped to align with European collaborative policy and its application on all levels of implementation of the project.

Organizational Cooperation and Knowledge Management in Research and Development Organizations

Organizational Cooperation (OC) is a current concept that responds to the growing interdependence among individuals and teams. Likewise, Knowledge Management (KM) accompanies specialization in all sectors of human activity. Most KM processes are cooperation-intensive, and the way both constructs relate to each other is relevant in understanding organizations and promoting performance. The present paper focuses on that relationship. The Organizational Cooperation Questionnaire (ORCOQ) and the Short form of the Knowledge Management Questionnaire (KMQ-SF) were applied to 639 members of research and development (R&D) organizations (Universities and Research Institutes). Descriptive, correlational, linear multiple regression and multivariate multiple regression analyses were performed. Results showed significant positive relationships between the ORCOQ and all the KMQ-SF dimensions. The prediction of KMQ-SF showed a large effect size (R2 = 62%). These findings will impact on how KM and OC are seen, and will be a step forward in the development of this field.