Percepções sobre competências gerenciais observadas e esperadas do gestor público por concluintes do curso de graduação em contabilidade oferecido por instituições privadas de ensino superior da região metropoli-tana de Belém

Abstract

This research had the objective of analyzing the perceptions about managerial skills Observed and Expected by the public manager by the graduates of the undergraduate course in Accounting Sciences offered by private institutions of higher education. For this, a descriptive research with a quantitative approach was carried out. The data were collected through a questionnaire applied "in loco" and analyzed through descriptive and factorial statistics. The respondents' profile is comprised of 210 (57%) women and 160 (43%) men, the majority of which are 225 (61%) over 23 and only 53 (14%) have a second degree. As for the experience, only 62 (44%) have already worked or worked in the public area, 39 (11%) in the municipal area, followed by 21 (6%) in the Union, 35 (9%) in the state and 136 (18% in other departments. Of these, only 41 (11%) held management positions and 19 (5%) remained in the position for a period of 1 to 6 years. The managerial competencies observed and expected from the most expressive public manager are "Knowing how to listen", "Ethics and transparency", "Citizenship and Democracy", "Responsibility", "Planning", "Commitment", "Strategic vision", "leadership", and "Negotiation". These results allow us to say that experienced or inexperienced graduates observe and expect a managerial profile who is capable of listening, planning and negotiating, who is committed, accountable, transparent and ethical, who has a strategic vision and who exercises leadership, democracy and citizenship in public administration. These data allow us to conclude that students observe and expect a public manager with greater mastery of managerial and attitudinal competences related to values (attitudes), knowledge (knowledges) than technical-professional (know-how).