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001 2014005294
003 DLC
005 20141007082909.0
008 140307s2014 cau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014005294
020 $a9781626561199 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHF5549.5.A83$bL48 2014
082 00 $a658.3/140723$223
084 $aBUS030000$aBUS103000$aBUS041000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLevenson, Alec Robert,$d1966-
245 10 $aEmployee surveys that work :$bimproving design, use, and organizational impact /$cAlec Levenson.
250 $aFirst Edition.
264 1 $aSan Francisco :$bBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.,$c[2014]
300 $axvii, 138 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index.
520 $a" Employee Surveys That Work offers groundbreaking ways to make employee surveys more useful, accurate, and effective. It is meant as a reference to enable better design and use of results, countering a number of unhelpful but common practices that have arisen as company-wide annual employee surveys have become commonplace. Designed to stand on its own as a guide to conducting company-wide annual employee surveys, it reviews the basics of employee surveys (with references provided for readers who want more details on specific points about basic survey design and implementation) and presents new insights regarding the challenges and benefits of annual company-wide employee surveys"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Alec Levenson's immensely practical guide shows every organization that uses employee surveys or is considering using them how to make them more effective, valuable, and reliable--and how to make better use of them"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Preface -- Chapter 1: Be clear about the purpose of the survey -- Chapter 2: Good survey practices -- Chapter 3: Match the measurement to the processes, roles and teams -- Chapter 4: Composite indexes and the pitfalls of simplicity (with a specific application to measuring employee engagement) -- Chapter 5: What to Focus on? Survey measurements as a means to an end vs. an end into and of themselves -- Chapter 6: The Survey as Confessional: confidentiality, anonymity, and the power of matching survey responses to other organizational data -- Chapter 7: Doing the analysis: Make the best use of internal and external expertise -- Chapter 8: Compared to What? Benchmarking internally vs. externally -- Chapter 9: Reporting and taking action.
650 0 $aEmployee attitude surveys.
650 0 $aSurveys$xMethodology.
650 0 $aOrganizational change.
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management.$2bisacsh