Planejamento estratégico situacional: uma proposta metodológica para implantação do Projeto de Internacionalização da Universidade Federal de Lavras

Abstract

The aim of this study is to present a technical project of Situational Strategic Planning to implement the Internationalization Project of Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA). Thus, with this project we look up to answer the following question: how to effectively implement the internationalization project of UFLA with its academic community participation? The internationalization of universities is a current theme worldwide. Besides being a process that promotes skills improvement, internationalization of universities is a competitive process within worldwide academic systems, once it involves ranking of universities by scientific quality criteria and recognition of them before the whole society. SST fits with strategic planning conversely to traditional planning. SST choice is due to the fact of being a planning methodology which focuses mainly on the problem and its causes, seeking to identify the best strategy to solve them. It is a methodology where the participation of all stakeholders is considered essential for strategies implementation because they show values, views, goals and ideas diversely from each other which adds to the proposed actions effectiveness. It is expected that the Institution internationalization’s actions reflect straightly on improving teaching quality, research, innovation, extension and Institution’s visibility before worldwide and national scene. UFLA may rely on a planning methodology able to provide the internationalization goals achievement effectively with the implementation of this technical project of Internationalization SST.