Estrutura organizacional do Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Ceará à luz da teoria das cinco configurações de Mintzberg

Abstract

With the management approach inpublic administration since the 1990s, the management of public agencies has assumed a more managerial role, which demands a greater discussion about the existing management models. Mintzberg’s organizational configurations framework, theoretical basis ofthis work, proposes five basic typologies in which the organizational structures can be classified. Therefore, the general objective of this research was to analyze the effectiveness of the predominant organizational configuration identified in the TCE-CEto fulfill its institutional mission. The following specific objectives were proposed: (i) to verify the main coordination mechanism, the key part of the organizational structure and the type of decentralization prevailing in TCECE; (ii) identify the predominant organizational configuration in the TCE; and (iii) to point out the potentialities and limitations provided by the organizational configuration of TCE- CE. For that, a case study was conducted collecting data through documentary research and interviews. As a result, was identified a predominant organizational configuration in the TCE-CE equivalent to the Simple Structure of Mintzberg, carrying, however, a strong characteristic of the Divisionalized Form (standardization of outputs) and Adhocracy (mutual adjustment), as well as a relative parameter of the Machine Bureaucracies (Standardization of work processes) and Professional (training), facts that constitute the TCE-CE as a hybrid model. This result, added to the finding of organizational aspectsof TCE inconsistent with the Simple Structure, as well as with a greater number of limitations pointed out by the interviewees, suggests that the current predominant organizational configuration may not be favoring the fulfillment of its institutional mission. Finally, was observed that the predominant organizational configuration of the TCE-CE is significantly variable, once the basic pillars of analysis are directly affected by the way the President of the Court manages and leads, which can change in a given period of time, depending on the length of time a Counselor remains in office.