A CONVERSÃO DE CONHECIMENTO ATRAVÉS DO “LEARNING BY HIRING” NO PROGRAMA EMBRAER 170/190

Ricardo Gentil Peixoto da Costa, Henrique Pazos Siqueira Boclin, Luiz Alberto Nascimento Campos Filho
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5329/RECADM.20080701008

Abstract

In the end of the ´90s, Embraer had made its decision to launch a new aircraft program, named Embraer 170/190. This program represented an important challenge for Embraer, because it would place the company among the leaders in civil Aircraft industry, as well as venture into an unexplored market niche.  But the company did not have all the necessary technologies, deciding, then to search the international market for specialists in the fields of knowledge it needed. How can a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer company competing in a knowledge-intensive sector handle this kind of situation? Based on literature review and a case study of the 170/190 program at Embraer this article presents in what manner Embraer manage this challenge converting knowledge brought by migrating professionals through Learning by Hiring. The results reinforced what is supported in the knowledge conversion literature.

 


Keywords

Knowledge; EMBAER; Learning-by-Hiring

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