A importância do controle patrimonial para a preservação de bens públicos: o caso da Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

Abstract

The Public Administration has developed several tools to better meet the collective interests ensuring better efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of its services. One of these tools is the patrimonial control of public assets aiming at their preservation, to ensure better service to the citizen and better valorization of public resources. Thus, the adoption of asset control tools, for example, inventory control, information systems, updated records, and systematized and decentralized activities from the receipt of the asset to its low has a high degree of importance. Given this, the article seeks to understand the importance of effective asset control based on good public management practices for the proper preservation of public goods at the State University of Maranhão - UEMA. The main objective was to evaluate the level of importance that is given to the control of patrimony and the preservation of public goods. Through semi-structured interviews with managers and questionnaires applied servers of the Department of patrimony at UEMA. Thus, in addition to showing the importance given to the control of assets and the preservation of public goods, we also sought to identify the currentdifficulties of the sector and present improvements aiming at a better development in the service and activities performed by the sector.