Uma aplicação do método multicritério PROMETHEE II para avaliação do desempenho de municípios do Vale do Paraíba em Alagoas

Abstract

Aware of the numerous challenges that the public manager faces in the complexdecision-making process, when aiming at a performance of greater assertiveness,responsibility and efficiency, it is increasingly necessary to use significant tools formunicipal performance evaluations, such as the case of multi-criteria decision supporttechniques. In this sense, the present work sought through the PROMETHEE II multi-criteria methodology to elaborate a ranking with the performance of municipalmanagement of 12 municipalities in the Vale do Paraíba in the state of Alagoas against7 indicators. As for the methodology, this research is classified, in terms of its approach,as quantitative with exploratory objectives and of an applied nature. The database usedcorresponds to the year 2018, and was made available on the website of the Court ofAuditors of the State of Alagoas (TCE/AL). In the results, firstly, it was possible toidentify which municipalities presented the best and worst performance, withQuebrangulo and Tanque D’Arca being respectively the municipalities with the best andworst results. Such an analysis enables the public manager to take actions to improvepublic policies and manage resources that favor the population. The method providedthe elaboration of the ranking with the performance of the management of eachmunicipality and with the results obtained in PROMETHEE II it was possible tocompare, evaluate, the performance and obviously know the position in which eachmunicipality occupies within the metropolitan region of Vale do Paraíba. The evaluationis useful to highlight which municipalities have excelled in their management and tofoster possible improvements both in their public policies and in the allocation of theirresources.