Analysis of the development of competences in a Brazilian master of public administration

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the main competences developed by graduates of a professional master’s degree in Brazilian public administration. For this purpose, the research developed (i) a theoretical framework to present the main competences for public sector professionals, (ii) a bibliometric analysis with the scientific publications about development of competences in public administration between 2009 and 2019, and (iii) an investigation of the graduates’ profile in the Brazilian professional master’s degree surveyed with a standard score. Finally, a map of investigated competences was elaborated, identifying the development levels according to the graduate’s perception acquired along a postgraduate program. These competences were distributed into four categories: high, medium, low and very-low development levels.

The effects of continuing public sector management education: a systematic literature review

“…Avaristo and Ubeda (2021) capture in an electronic survey study much of the findings in the above mentioned studies as well as the similar findings in Hiedemann et al . (2017) and Sanina and Kutergina (2016, see Appendix 2 for a full list of the competences examined) as they (Avaristo and Ubeda) conclude about their own research, that MPA develops a high level of “familiarity with public administration”, “motivation to learn”, “communication” and “knowledge transfer”.…”

“…The study also finds that MPM affects students' office management, objectives setting, results-based management, organizational analysis and assessment, staff appraisal, delegation, leadership, public speaking, teamwork, public policy analysis, using SWOT, problem tree and finally problem-solving skills. Avaristo and Ubeda (2021) capture in an electronic survey study much of the findings in the above mentioned studies as well as the similar findings in Hiedemann et al (2017) and Sanina and Kutergina (2016, see Appendix 2 for a full list of the competences examined) as they (Avaristo and Ubeda) conclude about their own research, that MPA develops a high level of "familiarity with public administration", "motivation to learn", "communication" and "knowledge transfer". Furthermore, they conclude that MPA develop "Negotiation", "empathy", "organizational planning", "flexibility", "proactivity".…”

Vivências da Pós-Graduação: As competências adquiridas na perspectiva dos egressos

“…Dessa forma, cabe destacar que as IES possuem papel estratégico na formação de alunos para a constituição de uma comunidade mais crítica, uma sociedade que, antes de tudo, seja voltada para o conhecimento. Tais programas visam qualificar profissionais em pesquisa, desenvolvimento e inovação, bem como torná-los aptos a atuar como multiplicadores de conhecimento para outros na mesma área (Avaristo & Ubeda, 2022), especialmente em nível de mestrado, em que se torna essencial a integração entre teoria, prática e pesquisa para possibilitar soluções e resultados inovadores para as organizações e o desenvolvimento de competências para os indivíduos (Anheier, 2019).…”