Organizational Culture Survey Opportunity
It is my belief, along with that of our Board of Directors and executive leadership team, that there is a direct connection between the quality of Heartland staff and the results our organization can achieve as partners with schools and families. Together we are committed to building a work environment in which employees can thrive and do their best work.
Reflecting on the past several years of change and transition within the Agency, feedback received from internal conversations with staff and past survey data, we believe we can gain from updated information to assist us in building the type of work environment we all desire. For this reason, we will be providing an opportunity based on a random cross section of Heartland staff members to participate in a selected survey model to help us take specific steps to positively impact our work culture.
The Denison Organizational Culture Survey is a 60-question survey that measures aspects of an organization’s culture in each of four areas: Mission, Adaptability, Involvement and Consistency. Individual surveys are collectively tabulated into a graphic profile that will compare our organization’s culture to a database of over 770 other organizations. This will provide us with a measure of our Agency’s progress toward achieving a high-performance culture.
The purpose of this survey is to obtain your opinions about the way our organization operates. The survey measures opinions and perceptions, which means there are no “right” or “wrong” responses. The information will be used to assist us in planning for our future; specifically, in the way we carry out our mission and build relationships not only among ourselves, but also with our customers and suppliers.
If your name is identified in the random selection process, you will receive an e-mail invitation on or near May 17. Your survey invitation will contain a link that you may click or copy and paste into your Internet browser. This link will take you to a survey website that has been designed specifically for Heartland AEA. When filling out the survey, respond in terms that describe our agency as it is today. It’s important that you respond openly to the survey for accurate results. Your responses are completely confidential and will only be presented as part of the overall agency profile. Your responses go directly to the Denison Group, not to anyone at Heartland. We will have a short turnaround time on this survey, as the desire is to get the responses/data prior to staff leaving for summer break.
The results of the survey will be communicated in the fall after staff return for the 2012-2013 school year. At that point, we will then work together to develop a specific and targeted action plan to address key issues.
If you have any questions about the Denison Organizational Culture Survey, feel free to contact Jim Verlengia, Regional Director, at jverlengia@aea11.k12.ia.us, Laura Gillon, Executive Director of Human Resources, at lgillon@aea11.k12.ia.us or visit the Denison Culture website at http://www.denisonconsulting.com.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
About the Denison Organizational Culture Survey
The content of the Denison Organizational Culture Survey was developed by Daniel Denison Ph.D. and William Neale based on 15 years of research and practice in organizational settings. The survey recognizes that cultural traits, managerial behaviors and even organizational strategies can all be linked to a core set of beliefs and assumptions about the organization and its environment. These core beliefs and assumptions lie at the heart of an organization's culture. In the Denison Organizational Culture Model, these core beliefs and assumptions are summarized in terms of four main cultural "traits" (Mission, Adaptability, Involvement and Consistency) that have an impact on bottom-line organizational performance measures such as profitability, growth, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, quality, and return on equity (ROE).
No comments:
Post a Comment