CORPORATE UNIVERSITY IN THE PANDEMIC PERIOD

Expectations, Experiences and Practices of Virtual Teaching in a Large Company

Abstract

The research proposes to study the importance of the Corporate University in the Covid19 pandemic period, for the execution of training to meet the rules of isolation and social distancing. The research was conducted in a large operational company and had as its target audience professionals from the administrative areas. The corporate education, which used to be carried out mostly face-to-face, was adapted to the pandemic period to meet the company's strategies and employee development, promoting a cultural change and opening up the possibility of continuing remote training after the pandemic. The data collection has a sample of 141 participants. As for the research findings, 94.3% of the respondents believe that during the pandemic the company promoted and encouraged virtual training, and 87.3% of the employees consider having adapted to the virtual training format. It is also worth mentioning that 90% of the respondents consider that the use of the Corporate University contributes to their professional training and contributes to their routine work activities. Finally, the study shows that the new work configurations have been accelerated with the Covid19 pandemic and that this fact represents a new configuration in the professional training processes.