Analysis of the organizational structure adopted in the Unified Coordination of the Undergraduate Courses of CB
Organizational structure. Innovation. Efficiency.
The organizational structure affects the entire development of an organization, being an important tool to guide and provide resources regarding the improvements in the organizations efficiency. In this way, a case study based on the characteristics of the organizational structure adopted in the Unified Coordination of the Undergraduate Courses of the Biosciences Center of UFRN is presented. In this sector a coordination of five graduation courses was unified, creating a General Secretary of the CB's Undergraduate Courses. Thus, a study from the point of view of innovation and efficiency was developed, by surveying the characteristics of the organizational structure, identifying the adequacy of this structure to the requirements necessary for an innovation model, observing the functionality and efficiency of the processes performed and the advantages and disadvantages of the unified structure, with the objective of analyzing the organizational structure adopted in the Unified Coordination of the Undergraduate Courses of the CB, under the perspective of being an organizational innovation process, since organizational innovation refers to the implementation of new methods such as changes in service practices, in the organization of the workplace, or in the organization's internal and external relations, with a view to improving performance. A case study was carried out, with extensive descriptive research and a bibliographical survey on the subjects included in the study, followed by documentary research. At the end, it was possible to conclude that the unified organizational structure is a process of innovation with satisfactory impacts in terms of its efficiency and qualities and an instructional route was proposed of the main adaptations necessary to allow the reapplication of the organizational structure model adopted in the Coordination of CB.