The Harmlessness of Segregation of Functions in Public Organizations

Abstract

The acquisition of goods and services in the Public Administration, at the federal, state and municipal levels, is characterized
as having relevant strategic value, since the public procurement process mobilizes and influences the entire organization
and the socioeconomic cycle. To this end, this study, characterized as qualitative and quantitative, aimed to empirically
analyze cases inherent to three public organizations, on the subject in question. In order to use the survey (of an exploratory
nature), as a data collection tool on the Federal Government’s Transparency Portal, combined with the research of documents
in federal public administration systems, it was possible to perceive the significant discrepancy between the concept
of segregation of functions in public agencies advocated in the legislation and specialized doctrine and the actual situation
identified in these agencies. Thus, the results obtained were shown to be of great value, in order to offer a methodological,
experimental and dialectical contribution provided by the study.