Dev Culture

How Developmental is Your Culture?

Adapted from Promoting a Development Culture in Your Organization

Answer the following questions according to this scale:

1	2	3	4	5
Not true of my organization		Somewhat true of my organization		Very true of my organization

1.	___	Our organization values manager who develop their employees.
2.	___	Our managers are skilled and comfortable coaching employees.
3.	___	Our employees seek feedback about their performance from their supervisors.
4.	___	Employees can gain information about opportunities in the organization.
5.	___	Our managers know how to help marginal employees.
6.	___	Employees here initiate new work procedures, activites, and responsibilities.
7.	___	Managers' and employees' responsibilities for performance and development are clearly identified and stated.
8.	___	Our managers work with employees to enrich their current jobs.
9.	___	Employees have written development plans.
10.	___	Our organization provides access to career assessment and planning tools/materials for employees.
11.	___	Our managers use performance appraisals as a development activity.
12.	___	Our new supervisors are trained in managing the performance of subordinates.
13.	___	We prefer to grow people internally rather than hire from the outside.
14.	___	Our managers help employees explore career goals.
15.	___	Employees like to work here, as demonstrated by high morale.
16.	___	Our organization provides training and development for managers and employees.
17.	___	Managers know how to reward and keep top performers motivated even when promotions aren't possible.
18.	___	Our professional/technical employees can grow without moving to managerial positions.
19.	___	We have "bench strength" -- that is, employees prepared to move into key positions in the organization.
20.	___	Our managers give employees frequent, candid feedback.
21.	___	Our productivity is high.

Record the score for each question below:

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Total Column 1 ___	Total Column 2 __	Total Column 3 __

Grand total all 3 columns: _______

Column 1: Refers to organizational systems that support growth and development for improved performance.

Column 2: Refers to managers contribution to the development of employees.

Column 3: Refers to employee needs and awareness of responsibility for their development.

If your grand total is:

82 - 105 Super!

43 - 81 You are on the way but would benefit from more development.

0 - 42 Take action immediately!

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last updated: 08/13/06