Organizational Amnesia: a case study on memory in Brazilian Public Administration

Authors

  • Aleksandra Pereira Santos Universidade de Brasília e Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-2075.v3i1p36-56

Keywords:

organizational memory, learning organization, knowledge management, public administration and organizational amnesia

Abstract

Knowing characteristics of the public administration memory is relevant to understanding the role of the Brazilian state. This is a case study on organizational memory at the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Administration. The theoretical framework integrates Information and Management Science, since the theme holds up Knowledge Management and Learning Organization theories. Documental analysis and interviews were techniques for data collection. Features related to the perception of management about processes of information and/or knowledge retention, recovery and use were analyzed. Cultural and technical barriers were revealed. The results pointed out to the perception of organizational memory as an implicit and natural process, in permanent development. This memory is composed by multiple and unintegrated repositories, which main source is the individual. 

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Author Biography

  • Aleksandra Pereira Santos, Universidade de Brasília e Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão
    É mestre em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade de Brasília - UnB, doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social, do Trabalho e das Organizações (PG/PSTO) da mesma universidade e Especialista em Políticas Públicas e Gestão Governamental, do Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão, desde 2002. Atualmente em Estágio Sanduíche na Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra em Portugal.

Published

2012-06-28

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How to Cite

SANTOS, Aleksandra Pereira. Organizational Amnesia: a case study on memory in Brazilian Public Administration. InCID: Revista de Ciência da Informação e Documentação, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil, v. 3, n. 1, p. 36–56, 2012. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2178-2075.v3i1p36-56. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/incid/article/view/42368.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.