Gestão econômica em instituições de ensino superior: mensuração de resultados por unidade de negócios

Abstract

The higher education institutions (HEI), especially the private ones, are exposed to the reflection of external environmental matters, that is, competitive and dynamic market, economic and social instability, government educational politics, among others, that can cause impact on their economic performance, jeopardizing their continuity. In this context the informational requirement gets even more relevance. In light of such reality, the current paper aims the development and presentation of a set of managerial reports that aid the results control, by adopting a divisional accountancy, supporting a decentralized economic management, by business units, in the higher education institutions scope. The research carried out was exploratory, through case study in a university in Rio Grande do Sul, from which two units were selected, base for the development of the proposed reports. The data were gathered from documents provided by the institution, interviews with the academic managers, the controller and the high e