PROFESSIONALISM IN PUBLIC FUNCTION: AN STUDY ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS OF PUBLIC SERVANT IN PROBATIONARY PERIOD
Probationary Period. Special performance evaluation. Professionalism in public function. Efficiency
The performance evaluation of public servants during the probation period, demanded since the Constitutional Amendment 19/1998,aims to analyze, during the period of three years, if the professional approved in public contest has the skills and competence needed to develop the public position in which had nomination, as well as allow the Public Administration to observe and recommend professional training and position adaptation policies. With this configuration, the special performance evaluation, as it is named, in its nature is an instrument of public function profissionalization which can reflect in a maximization of administrative efficiency. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the special performance evaluation submitted to the Member of the Government Agency for Law Enforcement in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (MPRN) is in consonance with the existing legal system and has effectiveness in its operation. Therefore, we conducted a case study in MPRN in which predominated three data collection techniques: a) documentary, done with the institution official documents, mainly the Resolution No. 243/2013-PGJ, which regulates the evaluation regulation; b) application of online questionnaires, developed through the survey monkey platform, submitted to the permanent civil servants that joined in 2011 and completed probation period in 2014 and who remained in the institution; c) and semi-structured interviews with representatives of the People Management Direction (DGEP) and the Probationary Period Commission. In the data analysis it was used the bibliographic and exegetical method to discuss aspects related to legality, which analyzed the objective correspondence of institutional resolution with the rules set out in the Constitution and state legislation (general rules). To the debate concerning the effectiveness, we used descriptive statistics in the presentation of quantitative data and content analysis in the interpretation of qualitative data. It was concluded that the special evaluation performance at MPRN attends the legal requirements, and on the other hand, on the effectiveness aspect, needs to to implement practices that reduce the possibility of subjective judgments by the evaluator and promote communication between Senior Management, the interns and evaluator, conciliating the administrative development with the individual, in order to maximize the organization's results for an efficient management without neglecting the personal dimension of public servant.