Estudo comparativo entre perspectivas institucionais e a realidade profissional: o curso de mestrado em administração rural

Abstract

This work tries to analyse, comparatively, the institutional perspective and the professional reality related to the Master's Course of Rural Administration at Escola Superior de Agricultura de Lavras, CMAR/ESAL. The uni verse researched was i!ormed by the magisters graduated between 1975 to 1990 and J.5 professors of the course, associated with DAE/ESAL. Two semiftrustured questionnaires were used as information collection instruments: one mailed to the alumni and another applied by the author to the professors. Secondary data were obtained from various sectors of ESAL. The analysis of the results was done descriptively because it was considered more adequate for the profile identification and the survey of groups opinions. Quantitative methods were also used in specific analysis. The study concludes, in disagreement with the initially cited hypothesis, that there are no significant differences between the opinions of alumni and CMAR professors and that, in their point f view, the current program's structure in spite of being of good quality, should be re-structured in some aspects and its objetives should be rethought as «eil.