A influência do Information Management Capability na transparência da gestão pública

Abstract

Information has always been essential to human beings over the decades, but it gains great prominence in contemporary times, especially with the phenomenon of globalization. In this sense, the vitality of Information Science (IC) emerges as a domain that deals with informational issues concerning accessibility, dissemination and usability. This understanding of IC is essential for better redirection by the constructs that are dedicated to seeking relationships with it, as is the case of Information Management and Information Management Capability. Given this, this research has the general objective of studying how Information Management Capability can influence Transparency in Public Management, assisting in the applicability of the Access to Information Law. This research is also expected to identify the reasons that lead Municipal Public Management to not promote transparency in its entirety and Information Management Capability as a promoter of this process. As for methodological aspects, it is understood as descriptive and exploratory research. Regarding the approach, this research is qualitative. The object of analysis is municipal public management, which is responsible for managing transparency portals. Therefore, the 3 municipalities best evaluated by the General Comptroller of the Union, in 2021, with the best indexes on the Alagoas transparency scale were analyzed, namely: Campo Alegre, Maceió and Delmiro Gouveia, in which the variables that led them to be considered the most transparent, as well as analyzing the research applied by CGU to municipalities in Alagoas with its results. Also, the questionnaire sent to the Manager responsible for the Transparency Portal of the municipality of Maceió was evaluated, which aimed to analyze the Information Management Capacity (IMC) within public organizations, in addition to evaluating the IMC and how security is processed and data efficiency within transparency portals. Therefore, it was possible to perceive the direct relationship between the constructs of Mithas (2011) and Carmichael (2011) and how Information Management Capability (IMC) assists in public transparency, as it acts directly within municipal management, using a combination of available resources and organizational capabilities to respond to necessary changes in the environment, as is the case with the information contained in the Transparency Portals.