Graciliano Ramos como gestor público: um caso pioneiro em accountability na gestão no município de Palmeira dos índios - AL entre 1928 e 1929

Abstract

This work had as main objective to analyze the performance of Graciliano Ramos, as public manager, through his management reports, when mayor of the Municipality of Palmeira dos Índios - AL. It sought to relate its actions to the current literature on Accountability, regarding the use of the concepts of transparency, impersonality, legality, morality and efficiency before even these terms were recognized as principles of public administration in the 1988 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil. To reach the proposed objective was used a qualitative deductive methodology, based on bibliographical and documentary materials such as books and articles that address the work Graciliano Ramos as public manager, and documents, such as management reports, present in the House Museum Collection Graciliano Ramos, located in the city of Palmeira dos Índios - AL. At the end of the paper, a reflection of a little-known side of a great name of Brazilian literature as public manager was presented, emphasizing its legacy to the public administration, with characteristics that coincide with those that the 1988 Constitution will later assign to the public administrator, developing the concept of Accountability even before this term is recognized by business schools.