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Forum for Executive Public Management

Explore the competencies of top municipal executives through expert analysis from 1995 and 2004. Assess current attainment levels, activities emphasized, and challenges faced. Gain valuable insights into policy innovation, administrative functions, and organizational coordination.

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Forum for Executive Public Management

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  1. Forum for Executive Public Management Workshop presentation by Jim Svara February 24, 2004 Copenhagen

  2. Competencies of top executives • Assessment of your current level of attainment • Knowledge • Experience • Rating scale • 100 = very satisfactory level • 50 = satisfactory • 0 = Insufficient • Average rating: 65.5

  3. What activities are emphasized most? • Responses converted to 100-point scale: • 0=very little importance • 25=Little importance • 50=some importance • 75=great importance • 100=extremely great importance

  4. What top executives do: categories of activities • Policy innovation • Vision, promoting projects, attracting resources, being informed about citizen views • Advice to politicians • Technical advice, political advice, shaping norms and decision-making process • Administrative functions • Task supervision, new methods, finance and budget, compliance with regulations • Organizational coordination • Conflict resolution, stimulating cooperation, informed about staff views

  5. Municipal executives – 1995 & 2004

  6. Variations in top executives:Moderate activity cluster = 17% (29)Adviser-Innovator cluster = 46% (79)High activity cluster = 37% (63)

  7. Professional advice and executive management • What is the extent of professional advice and executive management [ledelsesopgaver]? • More professional advice • Even balance • More executive management

  8. Political advice • What is the extent of political tactical advice to political leadership: • On own initiative • In response to requests?

  9. Challenges • Not covered in E-survey: the tasks that are challenging in a positive, stimulating way • Challenges that impact your ability to perform your job as senior executive: problems, obstacles, and factors that force difficult trade-offs • 0 = not at all • 50 = to some extent • 100 = to a very great extent

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