Elinaldo Leal Santos

O campo científico da administração: uma análise a partir do círculo das matrizes teóricas

This article is the result of a reflection on the scientific development of the management. It proposes to analyze the theoretical path of the field, from their frameworks, reflecting on the epistemological problem of a knowledge that even haven’t clearly defined its object of study. Inspired in the concept of the circle of epistemic matrices, conceived by Paes de Paula (2015), the analysis is based on three theoretical matrices (Orthodox Studies, Organizational Studies and Critical Studies), verifying their trajectories and highlighting the need to reposition their scientific object. Finally, some considerations are made in order to instigate the researchers of this area to make more profound reflections on the epistemological bases of this science.

Administração do Desenvolvimento na perspectiva Guerreirista: conceitos, contribuições e implicações

Currently, the Critical Studies in Administration (ECA - Estudos Criticos em Administracao) and the Critical Studies in Development (ECD - Estudos Criticos em Desenvolvimento) show a clear concern in including the phenomenon of development management in their researches. However, it is clear that, in the 1960s, there was already a concern by Guerreiro Ramos to relate the phenomenon of management with the development of nations. Therefore, this study aims to revisit the thought of Alberto Guerreiro Ramos, in a way to explore his theoretical contributions to the field of Development Administration. This is an exploratory study of the authors bibliographical contribution, in which he has analyzed the development management, direct or indirectly. The result of the analysis reveals that some important concepts as the administrative fact, substantive reasoning, parenthetical man and multicenter society are fundamental issues to understand the Development Administration as a discipline aiming to study the management of social relations of production, distribution and consumption of countries, regions, places or organizations.