Functioning of e-administration exemplified by the Silesian Province – research results

The article presents functioning of e-administration in the Silesian Province. Respondents from different towns in the Silesian Province evaluated the following issues: benefits of using an e-office, the medium used for communication with an e-office, the level of customer satisfaction with e-administration functioning. The research results were analysed by exploratory factor analysis. The main advantages of using e-administration which were quoted by the surveyed include: the promptness of settling matters and the lack of queues. Three hidden factors related to the benefits of using an e-office were defined by means of exploratory factor analysis: accessibility, communication and costs, as well as safety. On the basis of the conducted investigations it can be stated that in the process of introducing e-administration it is necessary to be exercise caution and constantly control the level of these services quality. Quality of services in administration In subject literature the notion of a service is most frequently understood as all the symptoms of human economic activity, which are non-material and at the same time are characterised by interactiv