Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Hundreds of Employee Survey Questionnaire Items in New e-Guidebook from Performance Programs

OLD SAYBROOK, CT, August 15, 2006 -- The second editions of
the “Employee Survey Question Guidebook” and its companion
volume, “Employee Surveys: Practical and Proven Methods,
Samples, Examples” have been published by Performance
Programs, Inc. Used together, these books provide
everything an organization needs to create, administer, and
interpret an employee survey. For the first time, both
volumes are available as e-books as well as hardcopy book
format.

“These books are a unique resource in the human resources
field, as far as we know,” says author Paul M. Connolly,
Ph.D., president of Performance Programs, Inc. “We know of
no other resource where employers can obtain such a robust
set of field-tested questionnaire items, along with
complete instructions for their selection and use.”

The Guidebook is based on Connolly’s 20-plus years of
experience in organizational assessment. “All of the
questionnaire items have been field-tested in real
organizations,” he says. “Typically, organizations use
employee surveys to determine employee job satisfaction,
engagement, commitment, morale, and motivation. The
Guidebook supports all of those goals.” He adds that norms
are available from his firm for 85 items, including
industry norms for employee surveys in 11 industries.

The “Employee Survey Question Guidebook” is organized into
18 dimensions that reflect key aspects of organizational
effectiveness, such as organization culture and climate,
organization structure, co-workers and teams, commitment,
performance management, and more. The eighteen dimensions
have 82 themes. For instance, themes such as ethical
conduct, workplace diversity, fairness, innovation and
creativity, and many more, are located within organization
culture and climate. The Guidebook also features an
easy-to-use index to symptoms of organizational dysfunction
and references appropriate diagnostic questions.

“Employee Surveys: Practical and Proven Methods, Samples,
Examples”
is a how-to resource that aims to increase the
survey project manager’s effectiveness and sense of
confidence. From initial concept to final reports, the book
includes myriad real-world situations that employers may
not expect or know how to handle. Topics include planning a survey,
forming a survey project team, identifying respondents,
designing reports, use of norms, questionnaire creation,
data gathering and processing, awareness campaigns,
administration, feedback, and action plans. At each step,
the human side of survey work is addressed.

Read Reviews of the First Editions

Prices and availability: Employee Survey Question Guidebook

Prices and availability:
Employee Surveys: Practical and Proven Methods, Samples,
Examples


Also available from the author:
“Employee Opinion Questionnaires: 20 Ready-to-Use Surveys
that Work”
. Book and CD combination contains 20 ready-to-use
sample employee questionnaires on focused topics such as
communications, management, diversity, co-workers,
morale, and much more. Material on CD is ready for
word processing.

Paul M Connolly, Ph.D. has provided organizational
measurement services since 1981, including employee
surveys, 360 feedback, personality assessment, expatriate
assessment, customer surveys, and work-life balance
assessments. Connolly is the founder of Performance Programs,
an organizational measurement firm in Old
Saybrook, CT. Founded in 1987, Performance Programs
has served thousands of organizations of all types,
sizes, and locations worldwide.

Performance Programs can be reached at 1-800-565-4223.


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