Competências coletivas em uma equipe de tecnologia da informação de uma empresa de grande porte : o caso da empresa Grendene S.A.

Abstract

The subjects of collective competence and information technology are related within the organizational context, as a way of competitive advantage to the companies. Given the necessity of knowing and analyzing the collective competence of working teams, in order to give subsidies for the organizations to maintain their most talented workers, hire employees with adequate profiles and reach the organizational strategies, this study has been made with the main objectives of investigating what kind of collective competences in the information technology teams of big companies and also how the articulation of individual competences happens, integrating and interacting to the benefit of the whole. The theoretical reference is composed with the concepts of individual competences, organizational competences, collective competences and information technology. The collective competences are understood in a macro form, as the ability of a group to act collectively to reach a common goal. This study is outlined by its applied nature, exploratory-described and quantitative and qualitative approach. In order to collect the needed data, an instrument of research has been developed, which has been applied to 132 employees of the information technology department of Grendene S.A.. When it comes to analyzing the results, techniques of statistic analysis such as descriptive analysis, factorial analysis, correlation analysis and Regression and variables analysis have been used. The discussion of the results has identified that the explanatory variables of the collective competences in the information technology in the analyzed company are: proactivity, communication, cooperation and interpersonal relationship. It has also showed that proactivity is the variable that owns the most intensity of association. Other bounded elements of all the factors have been identified and the significant differences related to collective competences and the profile of the analyzed people. Through this study, one would conclude that individual competence and collective competence are a two way street. They work dependently of each other and are the base for the organizations to identify their competences so they can pursue actions to make them stronger. This study has also helped expanding the knowledge of the kind of profile the professionals of information technology have.