A trajetória de formação de estratégias em uma empresa de grande porte instalada no pólo industrial de Manaus

Abstract

The problem that motivated this research was to investigate which the characteristics that had predominated in the process of formation of strategies of the Masa company of the Amazônia, being aimed at to evidence the occured changes in the period of 1990-2006. This company is located in the Industrial Polar region of Manaus and belongs to the Flextronics Group, world-wide leader of design industrial, in the manufacture of electronic products, component plastics, equipment of telecommunications and activities of logistic. It is national distinguished for its history of development and conquest of diverse prizes and certifications, between them the election per two years consecutive (2006 and 2007) for the Magazine Examination as the best company to work. It is a study of longitudinal case, effected of descriptive form, corresponding to a qualitative boarding. The data had been collected from primary and secondary sources, through interviews, documents and bibliographical research. The longitudinal study it allowed that the analysis of the data was effected by chronological the historical reconstruction/of the collected data, making possible the identification of periods of training and periods in the formation of strategies, having as base the model of Mintzberg, Ahlstrand and Lampel (2000). In what it says respect to the findings of the research, was possible to identify four periods where the standards of decisions and action had been consolidated, from a historical reconstruction of the behavior of the organization. It was distinguished construction of a new organizational culture, stimulated for important factors amongst them the almost bankruptcy in the decade of ninety, establishment of a new vision, technological innovation and qualification of staff, under one same leadership, factor rare in the studies on strategy that enclose long periods of analysis