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¶ … Workplace survey: Workplace Change
How long have you worked here?
What is your official position?
How would you rate the difficulty of the adjustment process from your old to your new work environment on a scale of 1-10?
Have you experienced a change in your position while working here (reassignment, promotion, demotion, or other)?
How would you rate the difficulty of the adjustment process from your old to your new work position from a scale of 1-10?
Some people classify workplace culture according to these characterizations: an 'academy' culture, which is stable and hierarchical, a 'baseball team' culture, which is fast-paced, with a great deal of job mobility, a 'club' culture, where employees are judged by how well they fit into a group, or a 'fortress culture' where employees with specialized skills work in a highly pressured and often suspicious environment (McNamara, 1997). Would any of these characterize your experience of this workplace culture? Is it a mixture of the two? Please elaborate if desired on the back of the sheet.
Has the workplace culture changed since you have worked here?
How would you describe your attitude to your patients, in general on a daily basis? (Positive, Neutral, Negative).
Has this changed since you began working here?
How would you describe the organization's attitude to your patients, in general?
How would you describe your attitude to your coworkers, in general?
Has this changed?
On a scale of 1-10, how much do you look forward to coming to work?
On a scale of 1-10, how much do you look forward to leaving work?
Has this rating changed since you began working here?
Is there anything else you would like to add? Feel free to elaborate on the back of the sheet.
Works Cited
McNamara, Carter. (1997). "Organizational Culture." Management Help.
Retrieved 15 Feb 2008 at http://www.managementhelp.org/org_thry/culture/culture.htm
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