Management Accounting in public sector: the case of Minas Gerais State

Authors

  • Thiago Bernardo Borges Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - MG
  • Márcia Athayde Matias

Keywords:

Public Accounting, Performance Indicator’s, New Public Management.

Abstract

The Nationals States lived a crisis in the seventy years. This crisis fomented a debate about the administration bureaucratic model and it motivated the managers to find alternative options more efficient in provision of public service. This proposal of the new public management spread around the world disseminating the focus in results and in management based in indicators. Assume that gerencial public accounting have an important contribution to management to results in public sector. This study identified that in government of Minas Gerais State, where the management culture is in process of institutionalization, the public accounting correspond as a base to the development of performance institutional indicators´, however it require innovations to adjust to managers demands.

Published

2011-11-30

How to Cite

BORGES, T. B.; MATIAS, M. A. Management Accounting in public sector: the case of Minas Gerais State. Contabilidade Vista & Revista, [S. l.], v. 22, n. 3, p. 73–98, 2011. Disponível em: https://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/contabilidadevistaerevista/article/view/1432. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.