Importance of Training of Public Managers by Distance Education

Abstract

This work refers to a research carried out with the objective of emphasizing the importance of the training of public managers through training in the distance modality. In order to reach the proposed objective and respond to the research problem, we used the exploratory research and case study, as well as reviewing the literature allowing the deepening of the study. It emerged from the research that the skills required of managers are technical, intellectual, cognitive, relational, didactic and pedagogical, methodological, leadership and organizational. However, it has been identified that there are suggestions for improvement, such as specific trainings (courses) for managers, being better qualified for this type of education (distance), as well as training in the area of people management, to better understand the philosophy of Distance Education (DE), making institutions have more specific rules for the organization in this type of learning. Therefore, regardless of behavioral and context knowledge, the Public Manager is required to master the main managerial techniques in the organizational field and its human, financial and production resources and knowledge in public management, evidently referenced in an ethical commitment with the construction of a just society