Governança no setor público: uma análise das práticas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

The brazilian public administration search over time a more responsive and efficient with performance results that best meet the needs of society. Beyond the New public management in Brazil, held from 1995, whose central focus is the reduction of bureaucracy and costs, increasing the efficiency of public services and the control of economic results, the research discusses the emergence of governance in the public sector, with the practices of transparency, social participation, ethical relationships, commitment to accountability (accountability) , evaluation and risk management and the integration of stakeholders in the implementation of public policies. Using as data collection instrument the semi-structured interview held with 7 leaders of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), the research, classified as exploratory, descriptive and qualitative aims to examine governance practices in the public sector, its concepts, principles and propositions are being adopted by the senior management of the institution. The results of the work show that, among the surveyed, 10 practices are being adopted by the institution and 18 have not been deployed in the municipality, showing that the largest number of public governance concepts and principles linked to practices adopted are: efficiency, risk management; transparency; and responsibility. Among the practices adopted are: the lack of a formal and transparent process to ensure that appointments to the Board of Directors comply with the criteria of competence and merit; the assessment of members of senior management based on performance indicators and targets; the lack of a risk management plan; and the absence of institutional guidelines for social participation and involvement of organized civil society in the planning and participatory budgeting. The findings of the survey, more than point practices adopted by the Organization, signaling to the opportunities for improvement of governance, to the extent that such practices will be implemented in the institution research.