Let's talk about the Praxis of Strategy on the Public Management: A Systematic Review of Journey from the Latest 20 Years

This paper fits into a larger discussion on strategy and public management, seeking to provide a reflection on the lessons learned from the experiences of researchers working in the field as well as on their respective... [ view full abstract ]

This paper fits into a larger discussion on strategy and public management, seeking to provide a reflection on the lessons learned from the experiences of researchers working in the field as well as on their respective suggestions for further research. In this paper, itself exploratory in nature, the qualitative components of a literature review are addressed – based on a structured, non-intentional approach, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative factors - with the goal of a deeper understanding on the strategy and public management. In terms of research methodology, articles selected through the skimming technique are used as the data source, drawing from databases recognized on part of the corresponding scientific community; content analysis was employed to interpret and categorize the studies in question. By way of an inductive process, the data were organized in order to identify emerging research topics, which were later discussed through textual accounts. Resulting from this, the lessons learned on the identified research topics and a proposal for additional studies, based on the suggestions of the authors, were compiled. The relevance of this study could be backed by its identification of existing knowledge gaps that deserve the attention of academics carrying out research on topics related to strategy and public management. Articles surveyed support the conclusion that this movement was strong in the 1990s, according to the demanding for a strategic State. In this sense, the highest number of publications was in the latest decade (from 2004). However, we could not recognize if, despite the slight increase of publications in the period, this represents a change in discourse towards passing this mere response to the reforms of the 2000s to a more reflexive analysis around the discussion about strategy in this field. Noteworthy is an important research gap for maturing of the debate on the limits and possibilities of interdisciplinary proposal discussed here briefly.