THE LEADERSHIP ROLE OF PNAE MANAGERS IN EXTREME CRISIS CONTEXTS

Abstract

This article analyzes the leadership systems in the management of the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) in the municipalities of Taubaté-SP and Viamão-RS as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, the National Fund for the Development of Education (FNDE) ratified FNDE Resolution No. 2, which regulated the distribution of foodstuffs, at the discretion of the local government. And this created contingencies, restrictions and unique situations in which decisions occurred according to the leaders of the PNAE.  This leadership was not restricted to a single person, but to a leadership system inserted in an extreme context. Thus, this study sought to reconcile studies of extreme contexts and leadership systems in a public policy, based on the experiences, perceptions and reflections of its catalytic agents. To achieve the objective, a qualitative-descriptive and abductive logic research was used, through multiple cases and semi-structured interviews.