O gestor social como facilitador do desenvolvimento: aprendendo com a metáfora do jardineiro

Abstract

This dissertation mobilize the metaphor of the gardener as a methodological resource to describe and refine the concept of the social manager as a facilitator of growth. The practices of the gardener have constituted a category structured from interviews carried with five gardeners who shared their experiences on five practices of gardening – preparation of soil; sow; handle; pruning/direct and crop. These gardening practices pictured by the practices of social management within Semeie Ostras Project/MARSOL/IBIO/UFBA, where I work as a Social Manager, having my main goal the elaboration of Bahia’s Oyster Growers Network besides of Brahma Kumaris Organization, where the social residence was held. While unusually exploring the metaphor as a way of building knowledge, the social management and gardening practices were compared, which resulted a learning scope for the social manager as a facilitator of growth. This research, in this sense, aims in contributing by improving the discussion on manager-leader and the field of the metaphors, due to its the potential in providing ways to visualize the aspects that are not explicit, which happens by mirroring other practices, enabling a more organized and unusual viewpoint of the studied practice. The results of this research allow us to confirm and better understand two existing practices and develop three new ones about the social manager's role as a facilitator of growth.