CITY MANAGER: A PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN BRAZILIAN CITIES

Abstract

This study aims to propose a implementation of the City Manager in Brazilian cities, targeting at the professionalization of municipal management and consequently the reduction in corruption rates. For this, as a research methodology, articles and international legislations, related to the City Manager, were analyzed. Among these, a universe of 35 articles were selected, with no publication date limit, which met the criteria selected. In the same way, searches were made on manuals, legislations and organizational charts related to the position of City Manager. The legislations found and the ICMA outline the City Manager as the city's main administrator. Of the thirty-five articles, sixteen mentions that the City Manager brought benefits in the fight against corruption and / or increased efficiency in management, in counterpoint none of the selected articles mentions another form of government, without the use of City Manager, able to bring results better or equivalent in these matters. It was evidenced that the City Manager presented successful results in several prefectures in the United States and in other countries, with this comes the study bringing as a proposal of a federal law with the general guidelines of implementation, powers and duties of the City Manager in Brazilian municipalities.