Tecnologia da informação como elemento de qualificação da gestão estratégica da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia

Abstract

Information technology (IT) has gained increasing relevance to the effectiveness of organizations, however it is not enough just to deploy information for business success assurance technology, it is essential that this technology provides the necessary support for the organizational goals are met. The importance of the use of information technology and the convergence of studies that confirm their essentiality to achieve strategic objectives motivated this case study on the role of IT in the performance of the managers of the strategic areas of the Federal University of Bahia Reconcavo (UFRB) with a qualitative and quantitative approach was made a study diagnosis and purposeful. For data collection were used analysis of documents and questionnaires. The research involved a universe of twenty-two managers of the strategic areas of UFRB. The model used for the analysis was defined from two perspectives: structural factors of the Organization and the factors related to the IT organization. Analysis of the related dimension to structural factors of the Organization identified the importance of IT to the Institutional goals. While the analysis of the size of the IT organization allowed to establish limitation of information systems to support the strategic management of UFRB. The diagnostic studysubsidized propositions qualify for the strategic management of UFRB when using IT.