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Introduction to the project

Korean government has recently been experiencing rapid changes in and out of the country. Just as other OECD countries are preparing for the future by adopting extensive changes in public administration, Korea is endlessly seeking new and better means of administration for sustainable economic developments and competitiveness. Public officials (servants) are leading figures of public administration in terms of resolving problems within and without the country and move on to the future. Thus, they are also the targets of reforms. We propose that perceptions of public officials to be the basis of search for a better public administration system.

The Knowledge Center for Public Administration and Policy annually takes surveys on central / local public officials perceptions on government organizations, policy implementation, and other social problems. The survey is mostly about officials’ perceptions on public positions, current public official system, qualifications of officials and the role of government plus policy structures. The multi-level survey asks public officials about their ideas as parts of both the public official system and citizens. The survey has several main purposes as follows:

First, the survey will help to analyze officials’ perceptions on public positions, current public official system, qualifications of officials and the role of government plus policy structures, all of which helps to gather ideas for a public administration reforms. The Center aims at collecting basic data for extensive researches in this area.

Second, the survey will contribute to personnel reforms in the public officials system to adapt to rapid environmental changes in and out of the country. It is necessary to improve services for citizens as well as pursue better efficiency, effectiveness and productivity of the public administration. On the other hand, it is important as well to pursue economic growth and global competitiveness. The collected data will serve as guidance for public official system reforms.

Third, the survey will provide clear perceptions of central / local government officials as they are fully aware of their own works in the government. Their thorough experiences in different areas of the government will be valuable resources for future researches in public administration and public policy.