A gestão democrática no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Roraima (IFRR) nos momentos de transformação de sua institucionalidade: de Escola Técnica Federal a Centro Federal, e de Centro Federal a Instituto Federal

Abstract

This paper analyses whether democratic management took place in specific moments of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Roraima (IFRR): from Federal Technical School of Roraima to Federal Center of Technological Education; and from Federal Center of Technological Education to Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology. This study approaches the important transformation stages of the institution. In order to achieve the aims of the work, I adopted concepts claimed by Vitor Henrique Paro, to whom democracy is a universal value. In this research, the management mechanisms adopted by the Institution were listed, and I analysed whether those mechanisms made the democratic management possible. Another objective was to analyse the effectivity of the management tools used, and if those tools guaranteed participation in decision making and in result achievement. The data analysis was based on a structured talk with the protagonists who were in the institution at the moments of change. The results demonstrated that the categories analysed were greatly important to approach democratic management.