O exercício da liderança ética e cultivadora para a manutenção dos valores institucionais nas unidades operativas da Marinha do Brasil

Abstract

Due to the continuous and rapid changes that take place in this century, it is natural that many people, accustomed to predictability, feel insecure and concerned about the destinies of the organizations and the competition of a new generation of individuals, known as Generation Y. Additionally, Brazilian society experiences a moral discouragement, where there is a discredit in relation to its leaders, which has provided a critical collective conscience for a need for change. Composing this environment, the Armed Forces cultivate a high degree of trust with this society, as a result of the uniform attitude of its military, based on ethical and moral values. In this context, the Brazilian Navy depends on its leadership, at various levels, to be prepared and capable of disseminating and preserving its institutional values with the new generations that come to form its ranks. The operational units of the Brazilian Navy, composed of ships and marine units are some of the organizations perceived by society to perform the tasks related to the defense of the motherland. The Commanders of these units, in addition to carrying out their activities, must be able to transmit and strengthen the values of the Institution to its commanders and to contribute in the formation of new leaders. The central issue of this study is to verify how Commanders can transmit and cultivate these values to the next-generation military, who make up the majority of MB's operational units. Initially, the work addresses that to lead is essential that the leader knows yourself. In the second part, it presents the essential attitudes for the exercise of Ethical Leadership and how they act in the leader, the subordinates and decisively reflect on the organization. In the next step it mentions the basic concepts of the organization and the leadership styles, as well as the concept of Cultivating Leadership and how their assumptions facilitate interaction between the leader and the subordinates. In the sequence, it points out the characteristics of the various generations and the peculiar traits of the Generation Y military, present in the operative units. Finally, it is concluded that the Commander's adoption of a position consistent with that advocated by Ethical Leadership and Cultivating Leadership is convenient for the guidance of subordinates belonging to Generation Y, providing an environment conducive to the formation of new leaders, for the dissemination and maintenance of the institutional values of the Brazilian Navy.