Flexible administration: an introduction to the managerial philosophies

• Autor(a) principal: Medici, André Cezar
• Data de Publicação: 1993
• Outros Autores: Silva, Pedro Luiz Barros
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/8653
• topic: Management theory; management; forms of management; flexible administration.; Teoría de la gestión; gestión; formas de gestión; administración flexible.; Teoria da administração; gestão; formas de gestão; administração flexível.

The article intends to present a contribution to the historical and conceptual discussion on managerial paradigms in the XX century and their applicability to forms of management of the public sector. In the first part, a brief historicaI report on managerial philosophies in the XX century is presented, with emphasis on Taylorism, Fordism and the flexible administration. The second part discusses theoreticaI concatenation of the flexible administration. In the third part are mentioned some principles governing this most recent managerial philosophy, being finally introduced a few links, for properapplicability of said philosophy to the public sector.