SHARED SERVICE CENTERS: A CASE STUDY ON THE IMPLANTATION OF A SERVICE CENTER IN A PUBLIC ENTERPRISE

Keywords: Functional Centers, Shared Service Centers, Management of Personnel, Public Management

Abstract

An experience in public management by the Brazilian General Post Office is described. The São Paulo Financial Operations Center (CEOFI-SP) is based on the concept of Shared Service Centers, with several assets on the implantation of new management techniques such as optimization of processes, uniformity of procedures, resources, efficiency in services, rationalization of public resources and financial control. Current exploratory research adopted a strategy of a single case study coupled to a research-action. The case is highly important since it deals with a government-run enterprise, very different from that of Petrobras, Banco do Brasil and other mixed joint stock corporations. Quantitative and qualitative results are provided, ranging from the earnings of 487 employees who stopped doing transactional financial activities to dedicate themselves to Post Office related areas, with an enrichment of their attributions, to improvement in attendance timetable, decrease of defaults, improvement in sales quality and availability of credit by faster registration. Results show the validity of the experience due to more efficient use and combination of available resources and knowledge.

Author Biographies

João Pinheiro de Barros Neto, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP); UNINOVE
Doutor em Ciências Sociais, Professor Assistente Doutor da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) na Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Atuária - Departamento de Administração. Atua também na EaD da Universidade de Santo Amaro (SP) e UNINOVE.
João Carlos da Silva
Administrador de Empresas pela Universidade Braz Cubas e Pós-Graduado em Gestão Empresarial pela Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado - FECAP (SP).
Published
2015-08-07
Section
Artigos Originais