Abstract/Résumé/Resumen
The work aims to present archival theory and practice as fundamental procedures to achieve quality Public Management. It lists the methodology for organizing and managing files through the development of work steps, such as: data collection, analysis of collected data, planning, implementation and monitoring. It presents the three basic phases of document management: production, use and destination. In addition, it addresses the archival procedures that carry out the execution of administrative activities: archival plan, standardization, use of destination instruments, use of the filing system, preservation, conservation and restoration policy, and policy of access to documents and usage policy of the documents. As methodological procedures, it presents descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, characterized by means of bibliographic study. It wasconcluded that Archival Science is a science that supports public administration through the organization, administration and management of archives, and that its theory and practice are fundamental to achieve quality Public Management.
