Presence of Potential Contingency of the Government in the Attitudes Adopted by UG’s Managers
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Public finance. Action of rendering of accounts. Fiscal responsibility. Budget. Executions (Law). Tribunal de Contas da União.

How to Cite

Parisi, C., Galhardo, J. A. G., Pereira, A. C., & da Silva, A. F. (2011). Presence of Potential Contingency of the Government in the Attitudes Adopted by UG’s Managers. Review of Business Management, 13(41), 415–439. https://doi.org/10.7819/rbgn.v13i41.772

Abstract

The objective of this research was to assess of the contingency reflexes of Brazilian Central Government on the management of the Management Units – MU. The representation model assumed that the reflexes take place under the form of shortcuts adopted by managers in order to make budget execution feasible. This is a descriptive research of a qualitative nature, which was performed by gathering, handling, and interpreting data from court proceedings in the Federal Audit Court – TCU on the annual account audits of the UGs in Direct Government Bodies, Autonomous Institutions, and Foundations located in the State of São Paulo. Data analysis was based on a content analyzing procedure that involved selecting documents, listing assumptions and measuring indicators, as well as employing the Chi-square test for a statistical assessment of the research assumptions. The results have shown that there is a variety of creative actions and that it is possible to identify them according to the management area, there is also a diversified incidence of such creative actions among management areas, affecting indiscriminately the following areas: budgeting, finance, assets and property, personnel, provision of goods and services, and operations.

Key words: Public finance. Action of rendering of accounts. Fiscal responsibility. Budget. Executions (Law). Tribunal de Contas da União.

https://doi.org/10.7819/rbgn.v13i41.772
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