Redes de poder: a governança na câmara municipal de vereadores de Sant’Ana do Livramento/RS a partir da análise de redes sociais

Abstract

PSC Study 13 - Public Sector Committee / IFAC - International Federation of Accountants focuses on forms of Corporate Governance in the public sector, especially with regard to the responsibility of the governing group and the public sector controlled entity. The PSC / IFAC aims to contribute to good governance and accountability in the public sector around the world. This study outlines common principles and recommendations on governance of public sector entities, with the aim of providing guidance to assist the governing group in developing or reviewing governance practices as a way to enable leaders to operate more effectively, effective, efficient and transparent. In this context, the general objective is to analyze how the Governance in Public Management is configured in the City Council of Sant'Ana do Livramento / RS with the help of Social Network Analysis. The Social Network Analysis method was adopted, which collected 03 (three) networks, for information exchange, friendship and trust, which was applied to 108 public servants of the Legislative House, regardless of the position or function performed Gephi 0.9.1 software was used to construct and analyze the network from node (degree, eigenvector, proximity and intermediation), and network (density and modularity) metrics. A concordance-scale questionnaire based on PSC / IFAC Study 13 was also applied to verify the opinion of the most prominent councilors and nodes identified in the mapped networks on the adoption of the recommendations and governance principles proposed by Study 13 management of the Legislative House. The results are divided into three different stages, where the first analyzed the opinion of the 17 municipal councilors regarding the practice of governance through the management of the legislature, through the application of the governance questionnaire, which was found in all recommendations. Although the councilors agree that these principles are implemented, however, by comparing the results of the questionnaire with the documentary analysis and the direct observation made, it was realized that the Legislative House Management needs to adapt to several criteria proposed by the recommendations in order to achieve the fullness of good governance practices. In the second stage, we analyzed the interpersonal social networks, where we mapped a network of information exchange consisting of 143 nodes and 1235 edges, a friendship network of 138 nodes and 786 edges and a trust network of 135 nodes and In 422 edges, the most prominent nodes of each mapped network were identified, identifying aspects peculiar to each structure. Finally, in the third stage of the analysis, it was verified the opinion of the most prominent nodes of each network about the practice of governance by the Legislative House management, applying the same questionnaire of the first stage, where it was found that the most important nodes. prominent members of the Legislative House agree with city councilors on the governance practiced.