A reforma institucional no âmbito da responsabilidade social interna: o caso dos Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique, E.P, (2000-2009)

Abstract

The present thesis has as its theme “Institutional Reform in the Scope of Internal Social Responsibility: the Case of Ports and Railways of Mozambique, E.P. (2000-2009) ”and has its focus on the development of organizations and in the search for greater flexibility and financial autonomy and in administration of these organizations. The development of organizations means a change in nature and reorganization, seeking to adapt the organizational charts, the mission and the institutional mandate; means make changes to the administrative link and legal status of these organizations. It also means a change in the nature of relations with the external environment and a redefinition of institutional spaces. These transformations can be observed in public or private companies, operating in different areas and located in different countries. As for the organization of work, the thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter presents the introduction, the description of the context of the emergence of institutions and the justification for the choice of the present theme, where the object of analysis of the present work. The objectives are described below, both general and specific (to demonstrate that for the good performance of institutions depends on organizational flexibility and structural in CFM and analyze the process of attributing social benefits in CFM), it also describes the problem that plagues 90% of the workers of CFM, E.P. Finally, this chapter presents the hypotheses and methodology that served as the basis for the materialization of work. The second chapter is dedicated to the elaboration and proposition of a theoretical framework, the institutionalism of rational choice and strongly based on the concepts of rationality, institution, transaction costs, imperfect information and the concept of social responsibility, developed by authors such as Williasson, North and others authors. The third chapter presents the data collected, through the case study of the present thesis. And with this data, it was possible to qualify issues such as the identification institutional trajectories, the capacity to create and occupy spaces, the insertion in innovation networks and systems, the influence of sectoral dynamics and disciplinary actions, the importance of understanding and recovering public functions, asset specificity, identification of complementary assets and skills essential information and comments. The fourth chapter presents the conclusions, recommendations and finally the bibliography.