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REINVENTING THE GOVERNMENT? REFLECTIONS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT: a critical-reflexive analysis of entrepreneurship appropriation in small Brazilian towns
Searching for meanings: a critical-reflexive analysis of entrepreneurship appropriation in small Brazilian towns
Autor
Valadares, Josiel Lopes
Macedo, Suélem Viana
de Melo, James Rocha Rodrigues
Resumen
ABSTRACTThis research aims to develop a critical reflection of entrepreneurship in public management from two central works in the production of Alberto Guerreiro Ramos. ‘The Sociological Reduction’ and ‘The new science of organizations’. This theoretical framework becomes a relevant strategy for building a critical consciousness of the incorporation of this practice so widespread and defended by international scholars and used by Brazilian managers as a development strategy of public administration by results. This is a qualitative research from bibliographical, documentary data, in-depth interviews, online questionnaires and direct observation. It was observed that not seek the essence of entrepreneurship concepts and practices in the public sector in the international context the municipal government managers in Brazil favor the interests of market-related agents. Community ties and public administration culture shall be taken by the instrumental logic, inhibiting the possibilities of building local substantive values. This research aims to develop a critical-reflexive analysis of entrepreneurship in public management based on two significant works of Alberto Guerreiro Ramos: ‘The sociological reduction’ and ‘The new science of organizations.’ The research is qualitative, based on bibliographic, documentary data, in-depth interviews, online questionnaires, and direct observation. The results show that the challenges present in the context of study indicate that small municipalities can present fertile ground for the development of entrepreneurial practices. The analyses have also shown that the main deficiencies of the small towns are the managers’ lack of training, the lack of effective articulation with the federal level, the lack of an environment capable of fostering proactivity and participation, the financial crisis, and the necessary behaviors and arrangements. A huge gap for the development of effective businesss practice is the loose coordination of the Union, states and municipalities, which is a historical feature of the country.