Análise do Índice de Governança Geral (IGG) da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT) como instrumento orientador da governança da Universidade Estadual do Tocantins (Unitins)

Abstract

The Integrated Index of Governance and Public Management (iGG), defined and used by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), serves as an indicator to measure the efficiency of governance and management in federal public agencies and other entities under the jurisdiction of the TCU. This study analyzed the process of implementing public governance at the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT), based on its guiding documents and individual self-assessment reports for iGG 2017, 2018, and 2021, which supported the development of a guiding instrument for the governance policy of the State University of Tocantins (Unitins). Throughout the research, the actions used by UFT were analyzed, discussed, and demonstrated based on results that showed the level of evolution of its processes for implementing and maintaining public governance. This applied study used both quantitative and qualitative methods, and through documentary research, it was possible to obtain data and information that provided the conditions for understanding the process of constructing UFT's public governance. To establish indicators that represented both the strength and weakness parameters, related to UFT's internal factors, and the opportunity and threat parameters, related to external factors, opted for the elaboration of an adapted SWOT matrix for evaluating public governance. During this study, it was observed that actions need to be taken to address weaknesses related to the leadership mechanism, as this is a priority mechanism for public governance and has several indicators in the "unexpressive" classification range, which gives it the weakness parameter. With regard to the control mechanism, its prominence was noticeable, especially in iGG 2021, as this mechanism had the most indicators classified as "optimized" giving it the strength parameter. Overall, a positive growth in UFT's public governance practices was observed, as evidenced by the reduction of indicators in the "unexpressive" and "initial" stages and the growth of indicators in the "intermediate" and "optimizes" stages. Finally, the entire analysis served as a basis for the development of an instrument that can guide Unitins towards implementing actions aimed at public governance to increase efficiency and transparency in the management of public resources, greater control and reduction of operational risks, and better service delivery to society.