Co-construindo bases teórico-metodológicas para avaliação da capacidade de gestão de organizações da sociedade civil

Abstract

The subject matter of this research focused on analyzing the management capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based on empirical observation of organizations located in the Territory of the Itapagipe Peninsula-Salvador-BA. In the epistemological and scientific field, the present study is anchored in the constructs of Political Administration and Social Management. The objective of the research was to co-construct a social management technology to self-assess the democratic management capacity of Civil Society Organizations, based on the knowledge and social practices developed by social actors. To answer the guiding question and fulfill the objectives of this study, the qualitative method was privileged, highlighting two main resources: action research and participant observation. These paths are aligned with the process of co-construction of knowledge with a view to enhancing the social value of the social technology called AVALIA OSC’s. In this sense, it is considered that the theoretical-methodological strategies provided the necessary means for a contextualized and inclusive reading of the organizations and social actors involved in the construction of practices and knowledge in social management that were part of the scope of this study. The research results made it possible, firstly, to consolidate a process of co-construction of theoretical- empirical knowledge aimed at validating a flexible technological instrument contextualized to the needs of CSOs to self-assess the management capacity of their social associations; secondly, it enabled the incorporation of social actors and UFBA students (enrolled in the ADMB80 and ADMK28 subjects in the 2022 and 2023 academic periods) as co-participants in the theoretical- methodological instruments; and, thirdly, it promoted a closer relationship between the University and civil society, based on the meeting of academic and empirical (everyday) knowledge with an emphasis on the theoretical-methodological constructs of Political Administration and Social Management anchored in research developed in programs of Postgraduate from the UFBA School of Administration.