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Appendix E Section B Response Distribution Graphs

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Statement 1 Well paid, highly motivated personnel are vital to goal achievement.
Statement 2 A mission statement is a guideline that can be altered as necessary to meet short-term economic or political considerations.
Statement 3 Perceived quality is usually more important than the cost of a product or service when setting goals.
Statement 4 Poorly paid or motivated employees defeat goal achievement in spite of careful planning and management.
Statement 5 Public sector management must work within a framework of bureaucratic regulation that tends to minimize innovative goal setting.
Statement 6 A mission statement is a formal statement that is inflexible in spite of short-term economic and political change.
Statement 7 Private sector management is generally more innovative and cost-effective than their public sector peers.
Statement 8 Cost is usually more important that quality of a product or service when setting goals.
Statement 9 The private sectors primary goal is the maximization of short-term profit.
Statement 10 Public sector managers are generally more innovative and cost-effective than their private sector peers.
Statement 11 The soft-cost of tax-exempt financing tends to negate all but the largest public debt offerings.
Statement 12 Government employees are generally less motivated than private sector employees.
Statement 13 The continual turnover of elected officials generally makes effective long-range strategic planning difficult within the public sector.
Statement 14 Public bidding and disclosure regulations generally prevent public sector managers from maximizing cost-benefit potential of purchased goods and services.
Statement 15 Tax-exempt financing provides the public sector with a significant advantage over the private sector in similar transactions.
Statement 16 Private sector employees are generally less motivated than government employees.
Statement 17 The pressure to satisfy stockholders generally forces private sector managers to emphasize short-term profit goals over quality attainment.
Statement 18 Private sector managers are generally well compensated for goal achievement, while public sector managers receive no additional compensation for similar results.
Statement 19 Successful goal setting generally implies making a "least-risk" decision, regardless of riskier options that might produce enhanced results.
Statement 20 Careful planning and effective management can attain goals in spite of personnel pay and motivation.
Statement 21 The aggressive "for profit" attitude within the private sector often creates problems for public-sector clients.