The article intends to rethink the managerial formation subject, and highlights, two narrowly linked aspects it this theme: a) it analyzes the use of the Learning in the Action approach in long duration managerial formation courses; b) it introduces a debate concerning the alternatives to overcome the difficulties regarding the effectiveness of those courses in solving business problems. From these objectives, the article examines the possibilities for using Learning in the Action processes in post-graduation Lato Sensu courses (as MBA's) as a way to connect theoretical information and personal/professional experience. In this sense, it analyzes the subject of the learning strategy to be so or more important than the specific contents of the disciplines and seminars, at least in what refers to the development of certain types of competences. Finally, it proposes a conception that seeks to establish more systematic connections among the analyzed courses and the competences development process. That conception is based on the emergency of new paradigms in the field of learning and managerial formation whose foundations concentrate on the Learning in the Action approach, with prominence for the notion of Communities of Practice in the organizations.
organizational learning; managerial education; managerial competences; learning in the action; communities of practice
