Check the stage of institutionalization of development policy server of Federal Institutions Teaching (IFEs), the perception of managers of people, was the aim of this case study of 13 IFES located in Minas Gerais. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and documents of the institutions surveyed, handled through content analysis. Using Institutional Theory, and as a counterpoint characteristics of Brazilian public administration, allowed the understanding of the process of institutionalization of the five management tools specified in legislation: the National Staff Development, Development Policy Members of Career, and Training Program improvement; program Performance Evaluation; Dimensioning and Institutional Needs. It was found that such instruments were in stages of pre-and semi-institutionalization, showing that there is progress towards professionalisation of the workforce in the IFEs. However, they still lack effective actions to address the new issues on the agenda of people management in the public sector, the integration of the architecture of human resources in strategic institutional processes, linking development policy to institutional planning, the question democratization of labor relations and management by competence.