Análise do processo de trabalho dos gerentes no terrítório da Estratégía Saúde da Família

the study aims to analyze the working process of family health strategy managers from the perspective of the concept of territory as a space of power relations and production of individuals. the research is exploratory-descriptive with a qualitative approach. the study was conducted in sobral-ceará, with 28 fhs territory managers, from novêm ber 2006 to june 2007. data were collected using the focus group technique and analyzed based on the collective subject discourse. the working process of the managers is based on the management models of taylor, ford and toyo, even though the municipal health administration gives priority to the practice of participative management. most managers act as nursing assistants in their territory. managers should seek to organize their working process with a logic focused on the users and should collectively manage the territory with the team, using fhs-appropriate management tools.