Multidisciplinary aspects of the notion of efficiency: a discussion under applicability in the judiciary

Abstract

This article aimed to discuss the multidisciplinary aspects of the notion of efficiency in relation to the decision maker's actions when aiming to meet speed, transparency, planning and economy. The principle of efficiency was included in the Brazilian Constitution in art. 37 by Constitutional Amendment nº 19, of 06/04/1998, defining the way public administration operates in its spheres of power to optimize management and achieve better results. This is qualitative research, with a descriptive nature, in which the interpretation and explanation of the theme and its social relations with aspects of reality prevail. As for technical procedures, it is characterized as bibliographic and documentary, in which it made use of elaborate material (books, scientific articles) and various materials (legislation, reports, manuals and others). It was found that the notion of efficiency has always been, in general, approached as the cost-benefit relationship observing the combination between available resources and their results (products and/or services). In Brazil, the applicability of efficiency in public management has gained emphasis over the years, both due to the evolution of legislation and the improvement of the way public entities are managed. In the judiciary, speed is more associated with procedural rites (time variable); transparency, good examples are the Justice in Numbers Report and the Socio-Environmental Report; planning, the National Council of Justice is responsible for improving work, control and administrative and procedural transparency; economy, the notion of performance with quality, achieving the best possible result. The concept of eco-efficiency has gained strength in recent years due to the gap in the development and implementation of efficiency as sustainability strategies with the premise of combining economic and environmental efficiencies.