Abstract

CORDOVA JAIMES, Edgar. The postgraduate programs for the public administration in Venezuela ¿what is learned? ¿how is it learned?. Investigación y Postgrado [online]. 2009, vol.24, n.3, pp.67-86. ISSN 1316-0087.

This research had as objective the technocratic characteristics and tendencies assumed in the formation at a postgraduate level (Master and Specialization) of managers for the public area in Venezuela since the changes occurred in public administration from the reform of the State until nowadays. Two variables were selected in order to explain the technocratic phenomenon: the cogniscitive (contents expressed in the curricular units and several other academic experiences) and the teaching-learning processes, analyzed from curricular data of postgraduate programs. It concluded that the action and discourse of the Venezuelan university were associated to the changes in economy; it showed an evident tendency (a selection of contents and objects of study) to the technocracy of learning, which produces a narrow vision about public management, having difficulties for the comprehension in extenso of the reality and socio-political implications of this phenomenon.

Keywords : public management; postgraduate education; public administration; state reform in Venezuela.