Best practice Cases of the 4th Quality Conference for Public Administration in the EU

Bezirkshauptmannschaft (district administration) Wels-Land; Total Quality Management

Country: 

Austria

Organisation:

Bezirkshauptmannschaft Wels-Land

www homepage:

www.bh-wels-land.gv.at

Contact person:

Dr. Josef Gruber

Address:

A - 4600 Wels, Herrengasse 8

E-mail:

josef.gruber@ooe.gv.at; or bh-wl.post@ooe.gv.at

Phone:

(43) 07242-618-300, 302

Fax:

(43) 07242-618-399

Level:

Regional

Sector:

General administration

Short description of the case:

Total Quality Management in accordance with the EFQM-Model at a district authority (including especially contact quality also in connection with penalties for infringements of rules, revokes of licenses etc.)

Main feature of the case:

- Developing and managing processes

- The satisfaction of customers and citizens

Key words:

a) focus: - optimizing processes and results - improving competences and changing attitudes of employees - fulfilment of customers' expectations - realizing an overall concept of quality b) tools - benchmarking with other district authorities - process optimizing workshops - in-house training of executives and employees (within an overall personnel developement concept) - establishing of a customer service point - complaints management - quality circles - customers fora - "quality-dialog" (including customers satisfaction survey) - quality standards - stimulating proposals - agreements concerning objectives

Further information:

Long case description (PDF-form)
Case presentation (PDF-form)