Workplace Survey Progress: From Data to Action Plans to Workplace Improvements
The second Yale Workplace Survey is being conducted between November 17 and November 30, 2008 for all non-faculty staff. First offered in 2004-2005, the survey provides information on important issues in the workforce and helps identify areas most in need of improvement for the University and individual departments. Action plans are the next step.
As a result of the 2005 survey, many staff participated on teams that made improvements to the way their departments function. Some of the University accomplishments are:
- A redesigned performance management system called FOCUS
- Enhanced skill training for managers
- Improved communications across the University, between departments, and within departments
- More constructive union/management working relationships
Together, Yale staff have indeed made progress, but they can do even more. Staff feedback on the 2008 survey will help President Levin and the Officers better understand how Yale is doing and what the University needs to focus on for 2009 and beyond.
The survey is available online www.2008workplacesurvey.com and is strictly anonymous. The data will be collected and analyzed by the same outside consulting firm used in 2005, Towers-Perrin-ISR, who will provide finished reports to the University. University-wide data will be reported via various publications and public presentations.
Departmental data will be presented to the leadership team of each department, who will in turn, communicate the results to their staff.
