FOREIGN TRADE TEACHING ACTIVITY: DECIDING BETWEEN COST AND SUSTAINABILITY

Authors

  • Cristiano Henrique Antonelli da Veiga Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - Uberlândia/MG
  • Jesildo Moura de Lima Faculdade Três de Maio - Três de Maio/RS
  • Roberto Portes Ribeiro Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - Palmeira das Missões/RS
  • Luis Carlos Zucatto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2015.v16n1.212

Keywords:

Management Teaching, Business Games, Foreign Trade, Sustainability.

Abstract

The world debate focused on preserving the environment, such a s that held during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio +20, in conjunction with Brazil’s growing foreign trade requires a study of all these topics in management courses. The central premise of this paper is to investigate the systematization of trade concepts through the use of business games. Two asymmetric scenarios for exporting and importing teams were developed using action research and qualitative data analysis. The longitudinal study was conducted on four separate, sequential classes from the Foreign Trade discipline of two universities from southern Brazilian. The students were able to discuss a variety of foreign trade topics and interact autonomously among themselves using business games that stimulate business negotiations through role playing dynamics, demonstrating that this teaching strategy can be used as a foreign trade teaching support tool. The final proposal was to change the game scenarios to focus on the decision between lowest costs and sustainable manufacturing processes without losing the aspects developed previously. The results showed that students’ decisions are more linked to their prior personal environmental concepts than to competition strategies developed for the company.

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Author Biographies

Cristiano Henrique Antonelli da Veiga, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - Uberlândia/MG

Doutor em Educação nas Ciências pela UNIJUÍ. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Ensino e Pesquisa em Administração, Administração da Produção e Teoria da Atividade

Jesildo Moura de Lima, Faculdade Três de Maio - Três de Maio/RS

Mestre em Desenvolvimento pela UNIJUÍ. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Administração, Marketing, Empreendedorismo e Comércio Exterior.

Roberto Portes Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - Palmeira das Missões/RS

Doutorando em Administração pela USP. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Simulação, Pesquisa Operacional, Jogos de Empresas, Ensino e Pesquisa em Administração.

Luis Carlos Zucatto

Doutorando em Administração pela UFRGS. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Logística, Administração da Produção e Ensino em Administração

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Published

2015-03-31

How to Cite

Veiga, C. H. A. da, Lima, J. M. de, Ribeiro, R. P., & Zucatto, L. C. (2015). FOREIGN TRADE TEACHING ACTIVITY: DECIDING BETWEEN COST AND SUSTAINABILITY. Administração: Ensino E Pesquisa, 16(1), 179–207. https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2015.v16n1.212

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2015): Janeiro-Março

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