CORPORATE UNIVERSITY THE LIGHT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN ORGANIZATIONS: AN EXPERIENCE REPORT

Currently, educational psychology is directed at children and youth, and organizational psychology treats people as recourses for production, which reduces the possibilities of psychological intervention. The Corporate University increases competitiveness in the job market, transmitting the organizational culture and providing training based on the company's objectives, having employees better instructed. The report is related to an experience of a Corporate University in the metallurgic sector in Brazil, where the training took place between 2021, September, and 2022, August. Objective: Evaluate the impact of internal training on employees' daily lives based on responses in satisfaction assessments applied at the end of training and personal reports at graduation. Methodology: Three satisfaction surveys were rated, totaling 44 responses, from three different training courses (Technical Drawing Basic –TD, Lean Level 1 –LL1-and Laser Cutting Machine Operation –LaserOp), which followed the UniMemo Methodology, developed by participating industry's training sector (UniMemo), after each training graduation, was collected the data through a questionary accessed by a link sent by UniMemo to the graduated participants. Additional data assumed were the employee's reports during each training's graduation. Thus, all participants could say what the experience represented in their personal and professional lives. Results: The DT satisfaction survey had 14 responses, LL1 had 22, and LaserOp had eight. The reports and responses in the surveys showed that the training is therapy for introducing a sense of belonging to the company and valuing the employee himself. In addition to the subjective results, a financial return was developed from the application of projects to reduce production costs, improve processes and reduce production stops. The projects also improve work conditions by reorganizing the fabric areas and co-construction knowledge, having a better training team, and with less doubt. It provided an increase in the possibility of replacing people with unexpected absences. Conclusion: Good learning, productivity, and personal development results have been obtained with the application of Rogers and Vigotsky's knowledge within the organizational context, considering the evaluated industry. Although the results are still preliminary, they indicate the possibility of a new psychological perspective to be explored in the educational/corporate interface.