Empreendedorismo na universidade: uma visão do processo e da aprendizagem em empreendedores discentes de administração da FACE-UFMG.

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is often regarded as one of the main drivers of economic development, due to its ability to generate jobs, increase income, and foster innovations through the creation and commercialization of new products, services, and technologies. However, beyond these impacts, it is essential to understand the underlying process of entrepreneurial opportunities, especially from the perspective of organizational learning. In this context, this dissertation aims at understanding how the entrepreneurial process of undergraduate students from the Administration program at Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (FACE-UFMG) develops, using the 6i Organizational Learning Model as its theoretical framework. The 6i Model describes organizational learning through six interconnected dimensions, providing an analytical framework to explore how knowledge is created, shared, and applied in organizations. The applied methodology was descriptive and qualitative, consisting of a case study, with data collected through semi-structured interviews. Study participants were entrepreneurs, either currently enrolled in or graduates of the Administration program at FACE-UFMG, engaged in business creation and management activities. Data analysis was conducted using qualitative content analysis techniques, aiming to identify patterns and processes that reflect the dimensions of the 6i Model. The findings of this study reveal how FACE-UFMG students entrepreneurs developed their entrepreneurial process and organizational learning. From the interviews, it was possible to identify how the entrepreneurial process occurred according to the 6i Learning Model, showing that all the “is” are interconnected, although the model proved to be less applicable to the entrepreneurs studied.