Government schools and their structuring role in the formation of public employees in times of New Public Management: reports of experiences in the Brazilian Northeast

Abstract

The paper investigates the relationship between the constructs government schools and New Public Management and articulates in order to understand the role of government schools in the training of civil servants in the context of Brazil's new public management. Methodologically, was executed a qualitative  research, using  the narrative interview as data collection technique, next to a public servant responsible for implementing and managing a school of government (Alfa); one public manager that participated in several trainings promoted by the Alfa; and a manager of a public agency who works as facilitator and student of Alfa. The technical of analysis of data based on content thematic analysis, through which the following issues were identified: i) history; ii) roles; iii) strategies and actions; iv) difficulties. All related to the Alfa's history and articulated with the revised literature. We conclude that, amid successes and difficulties, Alfa is a typical example of the role of government schools as structural elements of Brazilian NPM, to the extent that they act in the strategic formation of the servers that are, ultimately, those who make possible the implementation of public management models.