Planejamento estratégico e o problema da seca: um estudo de caso no Departamento Nacional de Obras Contra as Secas

Abstract

The problem of drought in the brazilian northeastern semi-arid region is a complex public problem because it is not only associated with water scarcity, but with other problems such as hunger, social inequality and territorial concentration. This complexity demands that public institutions responsible for minimizing these effects, such as the Departamento Nacional de Obras contra as Secas (DNOCS), adopt strategic planning aimed at facilitating the implementation of public policies, amid the political, economic and social instabilities that the public sector faces is constantly submitted. The present work seeks to analyze the current strategic planning cycle in the DNOCS when implementing public policies to face the problem of drought in the northeastern semi-arid region. The research is a case study according to Yin (2001) and has an exploratory qualitative character, with the use of documentary, bibliographic and obtained through semi-structured interviews with the managers of strategic planning in DNOCS data, analyzed by discourse analysis by Orlandi (2010). The analysis showed that the management of strategic planning brings an important alignment of public policies as guides for the action of the autarchy, but its management does not allow the implementation of public policies, due to the excessive focus on documenting results due to economic resources and the centralization of its preparation at the top administrative level. Based on the analysis of the managers' speeches, it was identified that these problems are related to the lack of deeper specialization in the area of public policies and the vertical departmentalization, which can be overcome by promoting continuous training in this area and periodic meetings and hearings with employees and representatives of the beneficiaries of these policies.