A importância do conhecimento da administração na formação do Técnico em Agropecuária do Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – Campus Sertão.

Abstract

The Knowledge of the administration became essential for the conduct ion of any organization in the current society, especially in agricultural activities. Being an institution that focuses on developing Technicians Agricultural for fifty years, and that care of materialtechnical content in the professional formation, was presented the research proposal. The study initially aimed to examine the professional subjects, as the participation of the subjects to the administration .It aimed to characterize the profile of the student of this course, to know the pretensions of the students as their future professional and check the level of importance that students give to the knowledge of management for their professional life and rural property. To achieve the results we analyzed the syllabus of the course of the Farming Technician. The survey instrument was a questionnaire consisted of sixteen closed questions of multiple choice, and open questions. We used a stratified random sample of ninety-two students from that course, all the third year, because they are students with more experience in the institution and being close to finish their professional course. Through the research procedure it was verified that only ten percent of the syllabus of the professional subjects Farming Technician course have some connection with the content management area. As the profile of students, the majority is the son of small farmers. The option search of formal job was the most answered, but a significant portion intended to return to their farm. The survey also showed that most students understand how important is the knowledge of the administration for conducting farms and to have a more promising future career. The study concluded that the knowledge of management is of the interest of most students, and, according to the studied bibliography, it is extremely important for the conduct of any organization. Therefore, a curriculum change to intensify the subjects related to the administration would improve significantly the quality of the course of Farming Technical Institute.