2016-11-172016-10-04MENDONÇA FILHO, Érison Ferreira. Fatores intervenientes na tomada de decisão em conselhos superiores dos Institutos Federais de Educação. 2016. 98 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Administração Pública em Rede Nacional) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Aparecida d Goiânia, 2016.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/6502One of the ways to deepen representative democracy is through the institutionalization of management councils in public institutions, in order to fill the gap of participation represented in the interim between the processes choosing their representatives and thus enable stakeholders to permanent representation of their interests in decision-making. However, the mere existence of councils does not guarantee the representation of stakeholders, social control and accountability of counselors, and optimal decisions, since its composition, the profile of its members and internal deliberation dynamics can influence the results. So there is efficiency in the decision-making process, and therefore to satisfy the demands of the represented, decision-making should take place in such a way to obtain decisions based on rationality objectives assumptions. The objective of this study was to analyze the factors involved in the decision-making process in the higher councils of the Federal Institutes of Education in relation to the profile of its members, its organizational structure and the techniques used for decision-making. The methods used to obtain data were documentary and field research, the latter made by questionnaires with items in Likert scale format. It was made content analysis of the statutes and general regulations of 38 Brazilian federal institutes of education and questionnaires to 122 directors of 14 institutions. It was found that the higher councils of the Brazilian federal institutes have a composition ranging from 16 to 73 members, and most of them have 30 members; that most councilors had had previous participatory experiences; that some rationality assumptions were met, but that the availability of information, the forms of communication between members and between them and the community, and the employee decision-making method can be improved to be achieved so that more solutions are obtained satisfactory given the existing limitations of rationality.application/pdfAcesso AbertoDecision-makingSuperior councilsFederal Institutes of EducationTomada de decisãoConselhos superioresInstitutos Federais de EducaçãoADMINISTRACAO PUBLICADissertação