O modo de aprendizagem de empreendedores: um estudo com gestores de empreendimentos no município de Rondon do Pará

Abstract

Due to the growing importance of entrepreneurship in the economy of several countries, including Brazil, in the state of Pará, especially in the Southeast, where many people found in entrepreneurship the door to support their families and survive the crisis in the region. This work sought to identify the factors that lead people to undertake, how each entrepreneur learned to develop the management of their companies and what the profile of each of these entrepreneurs. Dornelas (2006) states that an entrepreneur is an individual who is dissatisfied and seeks to transform that feeling into discoveries and proposals that bring benefits to themselves and to those around them. Based on the above mentioned information, the general objective of this research is to analyze the development of learning in the professional trajectory of four entrepreneurs from distinct segments in Rondon do Pará. Having specific objectives: To discover which factors cooperated for the entrepreneurial career, to identify the mode of learning, identify the characteristics of the entrepreneurs surveyed and what suggestions entrepreneurs would give to those who are thinking of starting their own business. For this, interviews were conducted with a structured script, together with 4 entrepreneurs from different segments, from micro and small businesses in the municipalityof Rondon do Pará. Through the content analysis of the reports and according to the theoretical framework of learning , it was possible to identify different attitudes regarding learning types: experiential, formal, informal, as well as group learning. Inaddition, it was possible to identify the barriers to learning, and lack of time is one of the factors that has somehow hampered growth in some sectors of the company.