COCOPS Executive Survey on Public Sector Reform in Europe – Views and Experiences from Senior Executives - Reduced Version

• Main Author: Hammerschmid, Gerhard
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4232/1.12475; https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA6599?lang=en; https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA6599?lang=de

The COCOPS Executive Survey on Public Sector Reform in Europe is a survey of public sector senior executives in twenty European countries. The survey provides quantitative data regarding public administration reforms and their impacts in Europe by exploring the perceptions, experiences and opinions of the actors strongly involved in the conception and implementation of reforms. General Information. Management and work practice of the organisation. Public sector reform and the fiscal crisis. Attitudes, preferences, and personal information. Topics: 1. General information: type of organisation; policy area the organisation works in; number of employees; kind of position in the organisation (hierarchical level); self-assessment of role as public sector executive. 2. Management and work practice of the organisation: work autonomy: degree of autonomy with regard to selected work tasks (e.g. budget allocations, promoting staff, etc.); used instruments (e.g. quality management system, etc.; goal clarity (goals clearly stated, goals communicated to staff, high number of goals, easy to observe and measure activities, mainly measure inputs and processes, mainly measure outputs and outcomes, rewarded for achieving goals, clear sanctions for not achieving goals, politicians use indicators for monitoring performance); use of performance indicators; frequency of interaction with various actors or bodies (responsible Minister, other politicians, administrative superiors and higher administrative levels, direct staff, subordinate agencies and bodies, etc.); assessment of collaboration in own policy fields between: national government bodies within the same policy area and from different policy areas, national and local / regional government bodies, national and supra-national bodies / international organisations, government bodies and private and voluntary sector stakeholders); view on selected statements regarding politicians and public administration (politicians respect technical expertise of senior executives, politicians ...