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E-raamat: Designing and Using Organizational Surveys [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

  • Formaat: 200 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 26-Oct-1998
  • Kirjastus: Gower Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN-13: 9781315258119
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  • Formaat: 200 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 26-Oct-1998
  • Kirjastus: Gower Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN-13: 9781315258119
Organizational surveys are widely recognized as a powerful tool for measuring and improving employee commitment. If poorly designed and administered, however, they can create disappointment and cynicism. There are many excellent books on sampling methodology and statistical analysis, but little has been written so far for those responsible for designing and implementing surveys in organizations. Now Allan H Church and Janine Waclawski have drawn on their extensive experience in this field to develop a seven-step model covering the entire process, from initiation to final evaluation. They explain in detail how to devise and administer different types of organizational surveys, leading the reader systematically through the various stages involved. Their text is supported throughout by examples, specimen documentation, work sheets and case studies from a variety of organizational settings. They pay particular attention to the political and human sensitivities concerned and show how to surmount the many potential barriers to a successful outcome. Designing and Using Organizational Surveys is a highly practical guide to one of the most effective methods available for organizational diagnosis and change.
List of figures
vii(2)
List of tables
ix(2)
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1(18)
What is a survey? 3(3)
A brief history of surveys 6(2)
Contemporary growth and usage of surveys 8(1)
Surveys in contemporary organizational life 8(4)
The seven steps to effective organizational surveys 12(7)
Step 1 Pooling resources
19(18)
Setting clear strategic objectives
22(5)
Obtaining commitment
27(2)
Overcoming resistance and apathy
29(2)
Deciding what information to collect
31(2)
Checklist for Step 1
33(4)
Step 2 Developing a world-class survey
37(28)
Using a survey design team
38(2)
Gathering preliminary information
40(1)
Identifying key issues
41(1)
Discussing your findings
42(1)
Drafting the initial survey document
43(18)
Pre-test the survey
61(2)
Checklist for Step 2
63(2)
Step 3 Communicating objectives
65(18)
The CPR model of organizational communication
67(3)
First contact with employees
70(2)
Communicating the survey itself
72(5)
Guidelines for communicating to employees
77(1)
Recognizing informal systems
78(2)
Checklist for Step 3
80(3)
Step 4 Administering the survey
83(18)
Timing of administration
84(1)
Working with the project plan
85(2)
Sample versus census
87(2)
Methods of administration and data collection
89(8)
Response rates
97(2)
Learning while doing
99(1)
Checklist for Step 4
99(2)
Step 5 Interpreting results
101(38)
The role of statistics
102(2)
The importance of timing
104(3)
Data entry
107(4)
Data preparation
111(2)
Duplicate responses from same individual
113(4)
Item-level analysis
117(5)
Conceptual-level analysis
122(6)
Comparative analysis
128(5)
Content analysis of write-in comments
133(4)
Checklist for Step 5
137(2)
Step 6 Delivering the findings
139(20)
Understanding the roll-out process
140(3)
Preparing the survey report
143(12)
Balancing expectations and reality
155(1)
Checklist for Step 6
156(3)
Step 7 Learning into action
159(20)
Barriers to the transfer of ownership
161(3)
A commitment to action
164(2)
Cascading results and action planning
166(1)
The action planning process
167(4)
Linking survey results to other measures of performance
171(4)
Building systems for evaluating success
175(1)
Checklist for Step 7
176(3)
References 179(4)
Subject index 183(4)
Index of authors cited 187
Allan H Church holds both a masters degree and a doctorate in organizational psychology from Columbia University. Before becoming a full-time consultant, he worked for IBM on communications measurement and corporate personnel issues. Dr Church co-teaches a course at Columbia University Teachers College on the application of data-based methods for organizational change. He has published more than 70 articles in academic and practitioner journals and is the editor of both The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist and the Organization Development Journal. Janine Waclawski received her BA in psychology from the State University of New York, and her MPhil and PhD from Columbia University. She has worked for IBM, for the City of New York, has published numerous articles on data-based methods for organizational change and is involved in a number of teaching programmes. Dr Waclawski is active in several professional organizations and serves on the editorial board of the Organization Development Practitioner, the Organization Development Journal and the International Journal of Organizational Analysis. Both authors are principal consultants with W Warner Burke Associates, a New York-based consultancy specializing in the design and implementation of large-scale organizational surveys.