GESTÃO PÚBLICA: OLHARES PRAGMÁTICOS

Abstract

Starting from the premise that education is a vector of social ascension that dignifies and transforms the reality of so many young people and adults throughout Brazil, we believe that the success of the teaching-learning process involves not only the advancement of scientific studies aimed at didactic- pedagogical, but it is also the result of a synergy between many and multifaceted factors, among which Public Management stands out, the theme of the collection of chapters of this compendium. In the universe of public educational institutions, as in the case of the Instituto Federal Goiano (IF Goiano), management, as the executor of government policies, must guarantee the provision of free and quality education, ensuring the optimization of the physical and organization of the institution. This means creating a meticulously designed support network to plan, execute, evaluate and improve actions that will make it possible for properly academic activities, in all their meanings, to be consummated in the midst of teacher/student interaction. In this sense, the following pages, which are the result of a collective effort by IF Goiano employees and partner institutions, reduce to term the results of postgraduate research, whose objects are actions and activities linked or performed by public management, the which makes the work a valuable pragmatic contribution for students from technical education to graduate studies, as well as for readers who deal daily with public management in the financial and budgetary areas, governance in municipalities, bidding procedures, health management, tax management, information technology in public services, process management, among others. Thus, many of the topics covered in this collection are a relevant instrument for public management, with regard to decision-making technically based on management tools. Throughout its history, IF Goiano has invested heavily in training policies, producing and delivering knowledge to society that contributes to a transforming reality. An example of this is the present work: a relevant source of research in the search for unprecedented solutions to the challenges of public management that are renewed daily.