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Survey Services - Detailed Descriptions

EMPLOYEE OPINION SURVEY
This survey polls employees about their personal
work attitudes, their opinions about the workplace and their preferences on matters the organization may be considering for change. The NACPA consultant develops, conducts and analyzes the survey and, where appropriate, compares the employees’ responses with national survey data on similar issues. The client organization may propose questions to include in the survey. Surveys can be tailored to your organization and specific human resource issues such as job satisfaction, compensation (both pay and benefits), performance appraisal and supervision.

RETIREMENT SURVEY
The retirement survey elicits views from diocesan priests or religious congregation members on current and future retirement housing, finances, ministry options, spiritual development and knowledge of the aging process. The survey process encourages individuals to think through their attitudes toward retirement and indicate their preferred future. A NACPA consultant conducts and analyzes the survey. Survey results become a basis for retirement programming and planning.

PARISH SALARY SURVEY
This survey will assist dioceses by collecting and tabulating wage and salary data from the parishes of the Diocese. This service can also include a summary of comparable market data to assist the Diocese in providing pay range guidance to parishes. The survey report displays the resulting data in a number of informative formats by region and parish size.

SALARY AND BENEFITS SURVEY
National organizations use this survey to gather pay and benefits data on their constituent organizations. In the survey process, NACPA develops the data collection instrument, distributes the questionnaires, reviews and compiles questionnaires returned by survey participants, develops tables displaying the data in a number of informative breakouts and produces the survey report booklet. Such surveys have been produced for Catholic Charities, USA and the National Association for Treasurers of Religious Institutes.

APPRAISAL OF SERVICES SURVEY
This survey will assist dioceses, national organizations, religious congregations, parishes and other church-related organizations to assess the services they are providing to their constituents. Identifying services needed and their strengths and weaknesses enables organizations to most effectively utilize, prepare and focus their staff resources. The NACPA consultant develops, conducts and analyzes the survey. Input from the organization helps structure the survey questionnaire. This survey has provided helpful input to dioceses during Pastoral Services Audits, Priests’ Personnel Audits and Parish Administrative Audits.

OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL OR OPINION SURVEYS
Specific surveys can be developed to address a variety of organizational needs. As examples of the many possible uses of surveys, NACPA has conducted surveys on diocesan deaconate and lay ministry programs.

Union Relationship Services

UNION MANAGEMENT CONSULTATION SERVICES
NACPA provides to church administrators in Dioceses, Catholic School Systems, Catholic Charities Agencies, Catholic Hospital Systems, Religious Institutes and other church related organizations a wide range of services as they interact with employee union officials at any of the following possible stages:

· Pre-organizing, pre-contract · Impasse (mediation services)
· Preparation for negotiation · Contract administration
· Contract negotiation · Arbitration of contract disputes

This service assists church administrators to balance the church's teaching on the employee's right to join unions and associations with the organization's need to preserve its management rights and maintain the ability to pursue its overall mission.



To arrange for these services contact the NACPA office at 513-421-3134 or email at nacpa@nacpa.org.


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