Gestão empresarial : o papel das micro e pequenas empresas no desenvolvimento do Vale do Rio Taquari/RS.

Abstract

This Study has as its central theme the business management and the regional development. The business management is considered one of the determining factors in the search of success of the business and, along with suitable public policies and an active society, motivates the local and regional development. Thus, it was intended to analyze the main characteristics and the business management of the MPE’s from the transformation industry from the Vale do Rio Taquari, taking as basis the Adizes (2002) theoretical model of the organizational life cycle. For this reason, a field research was carried out, during the period of June 16 and August 21, 2007, with the help of a questionnaire, presenting open and closed questions. Interviews were done with 34 MPE’s businessmen, who took part of the PEE offered by the Rio Grande do Sul government, in the period of July 1, 2005 to April 1, 2006. One of the aims of this study was to verify in which stage of the organizational life cycle are the MPE’s located, and point to their performances and needs in the field of business management. A “longlasting life” was observed in the rate of existence time (9.8 years) of the researched companies, as well as the necessity of improvement of the basic tools of the business management, mainly in the financial and costs area. Another important aspect noticed were the public policies adequate to support and integrate the MPE’s in an open and competitive economy. The PEE was relevant for bringing technical-management improvements to the companies, intending the local and regional organizational development. In spite of the low rate of MPE’s general participation in public organs (counselings). Its role in the society was also evidenced, either by the economic aspect or by its contribution for the improvement of the population’s life, with wealth generation and job offers, for whom would not have the opportunity of working in bigger companies, being of fundamental importance the investment of the MPE’s for the development in the studied region.