Dear Bree White

Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) regarding engagement surveys with the Department of Internal Affairs (the Department).

The Department will now process your request for information and will seek to communicate its decision to your request within 20 working days.

If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us at [email address]

Kind regards,

Daniel Anderson | Advisor Governance | Strategy & Governance
The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua   
Direct Dial: +64 4 494 5769 | Extn: 5769 |
147 Lambton Quay | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Bree White [mailto:[FOI #4110 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 5 June 2016 5:16 p.m.
To: OIA
Subject: Official Information Act request - Staff engagement

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

The State Services commission says that there are "a number of studies finding a relationship between staff engagement and organisation performance". While many Government agencies used to publish results of staff engagement surveys as part of annual reports, it is increasingly difficult to find this data.

In the public interest in understanding how well agencies are performing, I am writing to alll agencies requesting information on staff engagement:

1) Have you ever conducted staff engagment surveys?
2) What staff engagment survey do you use or have you used: Kenexa, Gallup, Winsborough, other, internally-developed?
3) How frequently have you been conducting staff engagment surveys up to the last one you did?
4) If you haven't done one in 2016, are you intending to conduct a staff engagement survey in 2016, or whenever the next regularly scheduled survey is?
5) If the answer to questions 4) or 1) is "no", why not? Please provide the memorandum, meeting minutes and/or decision documenting the reason for not conducting staff satisfaction surveys, discontinuing the survey, or changing the frequency you conduct surveys.
6) Please provide the questions and complete results (e.g. agency level, directorate level, team level) of your staff engagement survey from 2008 to 2016.

As agencies provided similar data to the State Services Commission in 2015, I expect that these will not be onerous questions and hope for a quick reply.

Thank you!

Bree White

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Good afternoon

 

The attached letter notes an extension of the timeframe for response to
the OIA request regarding engagement surveys with the Department of
Internal Affairs.

 

Kind regards

Dear Bree White,

 

Please find attached the Department of Internal Affairs’ formal response
to your request for official information received by the Department on 5
June 2016.

 

Kind Regards

 

[1][email address]

The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua

147 Lambton Quay | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
| [2]www.dia.govt.nz
  

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