A implantação da gestão integrada de riscos em uma instituição pública de ensino: uma análise no Instituto Federal de Educação do Norte de Minas Gerais (IFNMG)

Abstract

This study deals with the implementation of integrated risk management in a public educational institution, through an analysis at the Instituto Federal de Educação do Norte de Minas Gerais (IFNMG). To this end, an exploratory and qualitative field study was carried out, in which the main unit of analysis was the IFNMG and, in a secondary way, other institutes with the same specificities. It was considered the determination contained in IN 01/2016 CGU/MPOG, which defines that all the organs and entities of the federal Executive Branch must carry out risk management, and the Brazilian Federal Court of Auditors audit, carried out in 2018, which indicated that the public educational institutions are at a level of risk exposure between intermediate and very high. The general objective of this work is to identify and analyze the barriers and benefits that a public institution of higher education finds when implementing integrated risk management. This study was based on the theory of agency, on governance and risk management from the perspective of public service. In relation to the methodology used, field studies were used, through semi-structured interviews with senior management employees, and documentary research, based on the analysis of the Management Report for Exercise 2019 (from IFNMG and other FIs) , as well as other institutional documents related to the IFNMG. The collected data were treated through content analysis. In this way, it can be identified that the main barriers or points to be overcome by public institutions of higher education, specifically the Federal Institutes of Education, involve prioritization and knowledge by senior management, carrying out training and actions to disseminate the culture of risks among servers, the institution of computerized systems, the need for joint actions that enable the decentralized and multicampi management of the IFs to institutionally develop an integrated, systematic and continuous risk management process. The study also showed the existence of benefits, demonstrating that, even if risk management is not properly implemented, some sectors and FIs are already obtaining benefits that reflect in safer decisions, reduction of risk exposure, enhancement of the achievement of objectives and standardization of activities. Thus, it is possible to form the diagnosis that higher education institutions, despite the many limitations, are advancing in the process of implementing integrated risk management. And with that, it can be concluded that integrated risk management is a promising instrument and that, if well implemented, it will contribute to public higher education institutions in achieving their objectives and mission, adding value to institutions and to the service provided to society. As a limitation, as it is a work focused on Federal Institutes of Education in Brazil, the conclusions must be observed taking into account the peculiarities of these institutions. It is suggested, for future work, the evaluation of the results of integrated risk management in public institutions of higher education; and the investigation of solutions to leverage the integrated risk management process in public institutions of higher education.