Magistro darbe analizuojama Lietuvos privačių miškų kontrolės sistema. Darbo objektas – Lietuvos privačių miškų valstybinės kontrolės sistema. Darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti privačių miškų valstybinės kontrolės sistemą Lietuvoje bei ištirti miško kontrolės pareigūnų ir miško savininkų požiūrį į jos funkcionavimą. Darbo metodai: dokumentų analizė, anketinė apklausa ir loginė analizė. Darbo rezultatai: Lietuvos privatus miškų ūkis sąlyginai smulkus. Savininkams trūksta žinių ir pasiruošimo. Nors dauguma savininkų pelno nesiekia, privatūs miškai naudojami intensyviau nei valstybiniai. Valstybinę privačių miškų būklės, naudojimo, atkūrimo ir apsaugos kontrolę vykdo bei miško savininkus konsultuoja regionų aplinkos apsaugos departamentų rajoninės agentūros. Pareigūnų darbą apsunkina netobula teisinė bazė bei resursų trūkumas. Kontrolė daugiau grindžiama tiesioginiu reguliavimu, veiklą ribojant draudimais arba išduodant leidimus, o ne informacinėmis (mokymu ir konsultavimu) ar ekonominėmis (subsidijomis ir mokesčiais) priemonėmis. Nors dabartinė kontrolė respondentų vertinama gerai, dalis jų pripažįsta, kad ji perdėta, o dauguma sutinka, kad ateityje jos apimtys turėtų mažėti ir būtų taikomi mažesni reikalavimai. Respondentai nurodė, kad šiuo metu konsultacijų savininkams nepakanka, o ateityje jų turi daugėti. Išaugęs konsultacijų ir savininkų švietimo kiekis ne tik sumažintų miškuose daromų pažeidimų kiekį, bet ir kartu su ekonominėmis priemonėmis skatintų savininkus efektyviau... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Lithuanian private forests control is being analyzed in this master thesis. Object of the work – the state control system of Lithuanian private forests. Objective of the work - to analyze the state control system of Lithuanian private forests and to survey the attitude of control officers and forest owners towards its functioning. Methods: Document analysis, questionnaire, logical analysis. Results: Private forestry in Lithuania is relatively small scale. Private forest owners lack knowledge. Even if most of the owners do not seek for profit, private forests are used more intensively than state ones. The control of private forests state, utilization, regeneration and protection is carried out by the agencies of regional environment protection departments. The work of control officers is hampered by lack of recourses and imperfect legal acts. The control of private forest owners in Lithuania is mostly based on direct regulation (restrictions and permissions), but very little on extension services and economic incentives. The present control is described as good by the respondents, but some agree that it is too strict and most declare that its amounts and requirements should be reduced in the future. Respondents indicated that there is a lack of consultations at the moment and consulting amounts should grow in the future. Bigger amounts of consulting and training should not only reduce the amount of violations in private forests, but also, together with economical incentives... [to full text]

This thesis defines the time impact of precepting medical students on rural general practitioners and explains how and why they commit the time to precept. To answer this question, original research was undertaken within the context of the innovative community-based medical education program, the Parallel Rural Community Curriculum (PRCC), using the parallel consulting model. Chapters One to Three detail the context of this study, appraise the existing evidence in the literature, and establish the rigour of the study design. In line with the constructivist theoretical perspective presented by the author, a case study methodology was chosen for this study. The thesis is constructed in two parts. Results from a prospective cohort study of GPs� videotaped consulting, with and without students, are described in Chapters Four and Five. No increase in consultation time or non-consulting time was found when precepting medical students. GPs� activities changed, suggesting they adapted their behaviour when students were present. An interpretive study, using a grounded theory approach, was used to explain the �how� and �why� of the research question. Interview data from GP preceptors, practice managers and students was used to construct a transferable explanatory theory as it emerged from the data. These results are presented in Chapters Six and Seven. The majority of GPs considered precepting more time consuming than consulting alone. This finding was not consistent with the videotaped data. GPs consistently experienced time pressure in their roles due to constant intrusion of competing priorities. This increased when precepting students. Frequent descision making by GPs as a response to their drive to remain on time was found to be a significant contributing factor to the changes found in consultation activities. Although many types of professional enrichment were identified by GP preceptors as adding value to precepting, the doctor-student relationship was clearly defined as the most important motivator for precepting in this study. The case study analysis explains how and why this occurred, and documents the maturation of the doctor-student repationship over time in the year long PRCC attachments. Through a grounded theory analysis of the data, four precepting consultation models emerged: student observer, teacher-healer, doctor orchestrator and doctor advisor. In Chapter Eight, the study defines these models in the context of legitimate peripheral participation of a novice member of the rural GP community of practice. The corroborative evidence from the literature suggests that these models may be applicable to other settings, particularly other community-based medical education sites.

Studien behandlar revisorers syn på K-regelverken och vilka motiv som ligger till grund för deras rekommendationer till mindre företag i valet mellan K2 och K3. Studiens syfte är att komplettera den tidigare kunskapen på området för att skapa förutsättningar för att företagen skall bli mer självständiga i valet av redovisningsregelverk. Studien strävar även efter att få en inblick i huruvida revisorernas oberoende går att ifrågasätta i den här typen av rådgivning. För att skapa mig en uppfattning har jag använt mig utav en kvalitativ metod i form utav semistrukturerade intervjuer med fyra stycken revisorer. Det empiriska materialet har sedan analyserats och slutsatser dragits att K3 kan ha fördelar på bolagets ekonomiska ställning, bland annat på grund av den handlingsfrihet som regelverket ger. K3 kan också vara fördelaktigt när företagets intressenter skall tillgodoses med information samt för att underlätta framtida expansioner. När revisorerna rekommenderar K2 tenderar regelverkets förenklingar vara ett viktigt motiv vilket kan ses som en intention för rådgivarna att hjälpa klienterna till att göra rationella kostnadsbesparingar i form av minskad administration i redovisningen. Åtgärder för att upprätthålla revisorernas oberoende var bland annat interna kvalitetssäkringar, "second opinions" från andra byråer, använda sunt förnuft, använda en teknik med att lägga fram rekommendationernas fördelar och nackdelar snarare än att fatta beslut åt klienten, utbildningar och seminarier i ämnet, rådfråga jurister, eftersträva en kultur med " högt i tak" samt att dela upp revision och rådgivning i två grupper inom teamen. / The study discusses accountants' view of the K frameworks and what motives that lies behind their recommendations to smaller businesses choosing between K2 and K3. The purpose of the study is to supplement the previous knowledge within the area to create opportunities for the businesses to become more independent when choosing accounting framework. The study also aims to look at if the accountants' independence can be questioned for this type of consulting. I've used semi structured interviews, a qualitative method, with four accountants to define an opinion. The empirical material has then been analyzed and conclusions been made that K3 can propose advantages for the business economic status, among other things because of the trading freedom the framework provides. K3 can also be favorable when the business' stakeholders are informed as well as making future expansions easier. When the accountants recommends K2, the simplifications of the framework seems to be an important motive, which can be assumed to be a way for the accountants to help their clients making rational savings as a result of less administration within the accounting. Measures to maintain the accountants' independence were, among other things, internal quality measures, second opinions from other agencies, using common sense, using a technique where the recommendations' pros and cons are proposed rather than making a decision on the behalf of the client, education and seminars within the subject, asking solicitors for advice, aiming for a culture where everyone feel free to express their opinions, as well as splitting auditing and consulting within the teams.

Bakgrund: Managementkonsultbranschen har de senaste 40 åren växt kraftigt och managementkonsultens roll i organisationer tar allt större plats. Det har genererat mycket forskning kring inköp av managementkonsulter, men forskning kring utvärderingens plats i organisationers konsultanvändning är fortfarande bristande. Utvärderingar av komplexa tjänster har tidigare setts som formella processer, men det finns indikationer på att den informella utvärderingen tar mer plats i organisationer än någonsin. Idag är marknader och industrier kompetensbaserade, varpå det bör finnas intresse inom organisationer att ständigt sträva mot förbättrad prestation. Organisationer bör fokusera på kontinuerligt lärande i organisationens alla delar, vilket kanske kan stimuleras av konsultanvändning, genom utvärdering. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att bidra med kunskap om hur organisationer utvärderar managementkonsultens arbete och på vilket sätt utvärderingen bidrar till det organisatoriska lärandet. Metod: Studien baseras på tre fallföretag som använder managementkonsulter i sin dagliga verksamhet. Studien är av kvalitativ karaktär, där data är samlad genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med inköpare och projektledare. Slutsats: Studien påvisar tre typer av utvärdering som inkluderas i organisationers konsultanvändning, den informella utvärderingen, den individuella utvärderingen samt den projektbaserade utvärderingen. Studien är bland de första av sitt slag som konstaterar den informella utvärderingens förekomst i organisationer. Vidare kan det konstateras att utvärderingen direkt kan gynna organisationers lärande, främst då information kodas och sprids i interna nätverk genom individuell utvärdering. Det kan även konstateras att lean har en negativ inverkan på lärandet genom utvärdering, då organisationer som är lean ofta väljer att inte spara utvärderingsrelaterad information. / Background: The use of Management Consultants has increased during the past 40 years and is now more common in organisations. This has resulted in much research regarding the purchasing processes of Management Consultants, but less regarding how organsiations evaluate these services. Evaluation of complex services has previously been categorised as a formal process, but today, there are indications that informal evaluations are more and more common. Moreover, industries today are highly influenced by the possession of knowledge, why organisations should find interest in continuously improved performance. Organisations should therefore focus on general continuous learning, which could be stimulated by evaluations through the use of Management Consultants. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to contribute with knowledge regarding how organisations evaluate the work of management consultants and how the evaluation can contribute to organisational learning. Methodology: This study concerns three cases, three organisations that include management consultants in their daily operations. This is a qualitative study, where data was collected through semi-structured interviews with both procurement managers and project managers. Conclusions: This study argues for three evaluation strategies, included in organisational use of Management Consultants, the informal evaluation, the individual evaluation and the project-based evaluation. The study is among the first to state the presence of informal evaluations in organisations. Moreover, the study argues that evaluations can favour organisational learning, principally when information from individual evaluations are crystalised and spread through organisation’s internal networks. It can be further noted that lean production can influence learning through evaluations on a negative note, since organisations who use lean often choose not to save information related to evaluations.

Title: Beach time and knowledge management – a comparative case study on the impact of beach time on IT-consulting firms’ knowledge management Background: The consulting industry has a cyclic nature, where the consultant enters and exit projects. The time between projects is called downtime (or beach time) and contractors show three approaches to this downtime: minimizing, embracing and scheduling. Consultants sell their knowledge and is in constant need of developing it. Downtime enables time for competence development. Downtime is however a rather unresearched subject and therefore there is a knowledge gap on its effect on knowledge management. Aim: The aim is to increase the understanding beach time’s impact on knowledge management. Methodology: This study is qualitative and has been conducted through a comparative case study, where interviews have been used as a method for data collection. In total, three firms within the IT-consulting industry participated in the study, resulting in seven respondents. Conclusion: The study shows that there is an additional approach to downtime and that swedish IT-consulting firms have a combination of the four identified approaches. The firms of the study have different combinations of approaches to downtime but they have in common that they all try to minimize downtime. Firms working closely with softwares show more of a scheduling approach. Firms that do not have full occupancy on their consultants can have a continuous competence development during work hours and need less planning. The study also shows that downtime is a problem for the consulting firms since the length of the downtime affects the consultant’s motivation. / Titel: Ställtid och kunskapshantering – en komparativ fallstudie om ställtidens påverkan på IT-konsultföretags kunskapshantering Inledning: Konsultbranschen har en cyklisk karaktär där konsulten går in och ut ur uppdrag. Tiden mellan uppdrag benämner vi ställtid och fristående konsulter har tre förhållningssätt till denna ställtid: minimerande, inplanerande och anammande. Konsulter säljer sin kunskap och behöver ständigt arbeta med dess förnyelse. Ställtid frigör tid för kompetensutveckling. Ställtid är dock ett ämne som väldigt få har forskat om, och därför saknas kunskap om dess påverkan på kunskapshantering. Syfte: Syftet är att öka förståelsen om ställtidens betydelse för kunskapshantering. Metod: Studien är kvalitativ och har genomförts genom en komparativ flerfallsstudie, där intervjuer har varit den datainsamlingsmetod som har använts. Totalt tre företag inom IT-konsultbranschen har deltagit i studien, vilket resulterar i att studien har sju respondenter. Slutsats: Studien visar att det finns ytterligare ett förhållningssätt till ställtid och att de studerade företagen har en kombination av de fyra identifierade förhållningssätten. Företagen i studien har olika kombinationer av förhållningssätt men gemensamt är att de alla försöker undvika ställtid. Företag som arbetar med en specifik programvara visar på ett mer inplanerande förhållningssätt. Företag som inte har full beläggning på sina konsulter kan ha en kontinuerlig kompetensutveckling under arbetstid och behöver mindre planering. Studien visar även att ställtiden är ett problem för konsultföretagen då ställtidens längd påverkar konsulternas motivation.

Bakgrund Under 2010 avskaffade den svenska regeringen revisionsplikten för små aktiebolag. Motiven bakom beslutet var att små aktiebolag som valde att inte köpa in revisionstjänster skulle bli mer konkurrenskraftiga och minska sina administrativa kostnader, vilket skulle skapa förutsättningar för ökad tillväxt och lönsamhet. Tidigare forskning argumenterar för att revisionstjänster är en viktig resurs för små aktiebolags utveckling mot ökad tillväxt och lönsamhet. Redovisningskonsulttjänster likt revisionstjänster involverar kvalitetssäkring och rådgivning, vilket tyder på att även dessa tjänster kan bidra till små aktiebolags utveckling mot ökad tillväxt och lönsamhet. Syfte Syftet med den här studien är att förklara om revisions- och redovisningskonsulttjänster har ett positivt samband med tillväxt och lönsamhet. Metod Denna uppsats utgår från en kvantitativ forskningsmetod och en deduktiv ansats. Studiens hypoteser grundas i resursberoendeteorin, intressentteorin och agentteorin. En tvärsnittsdesign används då studien undersöker olika fall vid en viss tidpunkt. Studiens empiriska material hämtas från årsredovisningar genom databasen Business Retriever och genom en enkätundersökning. Slutsats Studien indikerar att det inte finns något positivt samband mellan revisions- och redovisningskonsulttjänster och tillväxt samt lönsamhet hos små aktiebolag. Därmed förkastas studiens hypoteser. Däremot indikerar studien att det finns ett negativt signifikant samband mellan lönsamhet och redovisningskonsulttjänster. Vidare indikerar studien att det skuldsättningsgraden, nettoomsättningen och ålder påverkar tillväxten och lönsamheten i små aktiebolag. / Introduction In 2010 the Swedish government abolished auditing obligations for small companies. The motivation behind the decision were that companies that chose not to purchase audit Services would reduce their administrative costs and thus become more competitive and they could reduce their administrative costs, which would create the conditions for increased growth and profitability. However, previous research argues that audit services are an important resource for the development of small companies towards increased growth and profitability. Accounting services from consultants as well as audit services involve quality assurance and advisory services, which indicates that these services contribute to the development of small companies towards increased growth and profitability. Purpose The purpose of this study is to explain whether audit and accounting consulting services have a positive relation with growth and profitability among small companies. Method This is a quantitative study based on a deductive approach. The hypotheses of the study relies essentially on resource dependence theory, interest theory and agent theory. A cross-sectional design is used since the study investigates different cases at a certain time point. The empirical data of the study is collected from annual reports from the Retriever Business database and a survey. Conclusion This study indicates that audit and accounting consulating services have no positive correlation with growth and profitability among small companies. As a result, we must reject the hypotheses. The study indicates a significant negative correlation between accounting consulting services and profitability. Furthermore, the study also indicates that the leverage, net sales and year have an impact on the growth and profitability in small companies.

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar os efeitos do trabalho na vida de consultores e auditores de empresas multinacionais prestadoras de serviços de consultoria e auditoria. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa de caráter exploratóriodescritivo, que contou com a participação de 12 consultores/auditores que trabalham ou trabalharam em uma ou mais das quatro grandes empresas multinacionais de auditoria e consultoria independente, mais conhecidas como BIG FOUR (grandes quatro). A coleta de dados deu-se por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, que foram analisadas à luz do referencial teórico principalmente dos seguintes autores: Bauman. Sennett, Lazzarato e Negri com relação ao trabalho imaterial e transformações do mundo do trabalho. Harvey, Pelbart, Bauman com relação aos tempos, medos e fragilidades das relações humanas. Dejours, Guattari e Rolnik, Pelbart e Bauman com relação aos modos de subjetivação. Como resultado deste estudo tem-se que: há uma indissociação entre a vida pessoal e a vida profissional do funcionário, e que esta tem precedência sobre a outra. E assim sua vida tanto profissional, quanto pessoal é determinada pelo trabalho. Quem dita quando e onde o funcionário deve estar é a empresa, tirando do sujeito a liberdade de ir e vir. Outro efeito constantemente lamentado pelos entrevistados é a ausência do convívio familiar, que foi quase sempre a resposta para o que trás sofrimento no trabalho. O capital demanda que a organização seja mais importante do que a instituição família, e a principal conseqüência deste efeito é que o sujeito aliena-se por pressão do trabalho, do convívio e da formação dos filhos, fragilizando os laços familiares. Outro efeito experimentado pelos auditores/consultores é o sentimento de estar sempre “devedor” decorrente da demanda por aprimoramento continuado. Palavras-chave: trabalho imaterial, subjetividade, consultoria, auditor / This study aims to analyze the effects of work in the life of auditors and consultants who work in auditing and consulting service provider multinational companies. This exploratory-descriptive qualitative analysis counted on the participation of 12 auditors/consultants who work or had worked in one or more of the four biggest multinational auditing and consulting independent companies, as well known as BIG FOUR. To fulfill such objective, information had been collected through semistructured interviews. Data analysis was achieved based on the pertinent theoretic referential, mainly of the following authors: Bauman. Sennett, Lazzarato and Negri as regards immaterial work and transformations of the world of the work. Harvey, Pelbart, Bauman as regards fears and fragilities of the human being relations. Dejours, Guattari and Rolnik, Pelbart and Bauman as regards subjectivity. The results of this research indicate that: it is not possible detach personal from professional life, and the professional life takes precedence over personal life. Because of that, worker’s professional and personal lives are determined by the job’s necessity. The company usually establishes when and where the worker shall be, taking away his freedom and his ability to decide where he wants to go. Another consequence of the job description is the absence of the family contact, which was the most frequent answer to the question about distress at work. The wealth demands that the job becomes more important then the family institution and the main consequence of that is that the individual becomes alienated from the family’s social contact and from the children development, weakening the family’s bond. Another consequence experienced by workers is the feeling that the individual is always “in debt”, which is a result of the continuous demand for perfection.

The general aim of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between organisational culture and organisational commitment in a consulting firm in South Africa. A quantitative, cross-sectional survey design was used on a non-probability sample (n=68) from an identified consulting firm in South Africa, utilising the Organisational Culture Questionnaire (Harrison & Stokes, 1992) and Organisational Commitment Scale (Meyer & Allen, 1997). The results were analysed using Pearson’s correlation analysis and indicated that there is no relationship between organisational culture and organisational commitment in the consulting firm / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar os efeitos do trabalho na vida de consultores e auditores de empresas multinacionais prestadoras de serviços de consultoria e auditoria. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa de caráter exploratóriodescritivo, que contou com a participação de 12 consultores/auditores que trabalham ou trabalharam em uma ou mais das quatro grandes empresas multinacionais de auditoria e consultoria independente, mais conhecidas como BIG FOUR (grandes quatro). A coleta de dados deu-se por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, que foram analisadas à luz do referencial teórico principalmente dos seguintes autores: Bauman. Sennett, Lazzarato e Negri com relação ao trabalho imaterial e transformações do mundo do trabalho. Harvey, Pelbart, Bauman com relação aos tempos, medos e fragilidades das relações humanas. Dejours, Guattari e Rolnik, Pelbart e Bauman com relação aos modos de subjetivação. Como resultado deste estudo tem-se que: há uma indissociação entre a vida pessoal e a vida profissional do funcionário, e que esta tem precedência sobre a outra. E assim sua vida tanto profissional, quanto pessoal é determinada pelo trabalho. Quem dita quando e onde o funcionário deve estar é a empresa, tirando do sujeito a liberdade de ir e vir. Outro efeito constantemente lamentado pelos entrevistados é a ausência do convívio familiar, que foi quase sempre a resposta para o que trás sofrimento no trabalho. O capital demanda que a organização seja mais importante do que a instituição família, e a principal conseqüência deste efeito é que o sujeito aliena-se por pressão do trabalho, do convívio e da formação dos filhos, fragilizando os laços familiares. Outro efeito experimentado pelos auditores/consultores é o sentimento de estar sempre “devedor” decorrente da demanda por aprimoramento continuado. Palavras-chave: trabalho imaterial, subjetividade, consultoria, auditor / This study aims to analyze the effects of work in the life of auditors and consultants who work in auditing and consulting service provider multinational companies. This exploratory-descriptive qualitative analysis counted on the participation of 12 auditors/consultants who work or had worked in one or more of the four biggest multinational auditing and consulting independent companies, as well known as BIG FOUR. To fulfill such objective, information had been collected through semistructured interviews. Data analysis was achieved based on the pertinent theoretic referential, mainly of the following authors: Bauman. Sennett, Lazzarato and Negri as regards immaterial work and transformations of the world of the work. Harvey, Pelbart, Bauman as regards fears and fragilities of the human being relations. Dejours, Guattari and Rolnik, Pelbart and Bauman as regards subjectivity. The results of this research indicate that: it is not possible detach personal from professional life, and the professional life takes precedence over personal life. Because of that, worker’s professional and personal lives are determined by the job’s necessity. The company usually establishes when and where the worker shall be, taking away his freedom and his ability to decide where he wants to go. Another consequence of the job description is the absence of the family contact, which was the most frequent answer to the question about distress at work. The wealth demands that the job becomes more important then the family institution and the main consequence of that is that the individual becomes alienated from the family’s social contact and from the children development, weakening the family’s bond. Another consequence experienced by workers is the feeling that the individual is always “in debt”, which is a result of the continuous demand for perfection.

A Amazônia Legal, conhecida por sua dimensão territorial e pela magnitude e diversidade de seus recursos naturais, destaca-se como uma região estratégica para o Brasil, mas sua integração ao desenvolvimento socioeconômico nacional foi e continua sendo problemática e conflituosa. Na atualidade, ao menos no plano do discurso oficial, há a busca por modelos alternativos para o desenvolvimento da região, que sejam capazes de aliar a preservação dos recursos naturais com a geração de benefícios econômicos e sociais. O turismo, mais especificamente o ecoturismo, aparece nas políticas públicas dirigidas à região como parte importante desses modelos. Desta forma, consideramos relevante analisar as ações recentes do Estado voltadas à promoção do uso turístico de parcelas do território amazônico, tendo como principal objeto de análise o Programa de Desenvolvimento do Ecoturismo na Amazônia Legal (Proecotur), gerenciado pelo Ministério do Meio Ambiente, de 1996 a 2010. Partimos do pressuposto de que o Estado é, em última instância, quem legitima as formas de uso do território, sendo sua ação e inação contundentes no processo de produção do espaço. Ao analisar, entretanto, as particularidades da produção de políticas públicas de turismo, no âmbito do Proecotur, constatamos a presença de empresas de consultoria assumindo funções tipicamente estatais, sob os paradigmas da descentralização e do enxugamento do Estado, no período áureo das políticas neoliberais. A terceirização de competências públicas nos remeteu a incluir, em nosso estudo, a análise das instituições responsáveis pela gestão pública do turismo nos estados da Amazônia Legal, como também do processo de elaboração de políticas de turismo delegado às empresas de consultoria, fato que denominamos de produção terceirizada de políticas públicas. / Legal Amazon Region, known for its territorial dimension and the magnitude and diversity of its natural resources, stands out as a strategic region for Brazil. However, its integration into the national socioeconomic development still remains problematic and conflictive. Today, at least in which concerns to the official discourse, alternative models created to promote the region development have been improved, able to combine the preservation of natural resources to the generation of economic and social benefits. Tourism, specifically ecotourism, is mentioned in public policies as an important part of these models. Thus, we consider relevant to analyze recent government actions concerning to the promotion of tourism in certain portions of Amazon terrirory, taking, as our main case study, the Program for the Development of Ecotourism in Amazon (Proecotur), managed by the Ministry of Environment between 1996 and 2010. We assume that State is, ultimately, who legitimizes forms of land use, and its action and inaction compelling space production process. When considering, however, the specifications of public policy in the development of tourism within Proecotur, we could notice the presence of consulting firms assuming exclusive State functions, under the paradigm of decentralization and downsizing of the State, in a golden period of neoliberalism. The outsourcing of public powers leaded us to include in our study the analysis of public institutions responsible for the management of tourism in the Amazonian states, as well as the process of developing tourism policies delegated to consulting firms, what we call \"outsourced production of public policy\".