Department - _____________________________

This instrument will help you to look at some of the values and beliefs of your organisations. Given
below are statements that indicate some organizational values.

Read each statement and indicate how much the spirit contained in the statement is valued in your
organization. Please be frank.

Use the following key for your responses:

Write 4 if it is highly valued;

Write 3 if it is given a fairly high value;
Write 2 if it given a rather low value;
Write 1 if it is given a very low value.

1. ______ Free interaction amongst employees, each respecting other’s feelings, competence and sense
of judgment.

2. ______ Facing and not shying away from problems.

3. ______ Offering moral support and help to employees and colleagues in crises.
4. ______ Congruity between feelings and expressed behavior(minimum gap between what people say
and do).
5. ______ Preventive actions on most matters.
6. ______ Employees taking independent action relating to their jobs.
7. ______ Team work and team spirit.
8. ______Employees trying out innovative ways of solving problems.
9. ______ Genuine sharing of information, feelings, and thoughts in meetings.
10. ______ Going deeper rather than doing surface-level analysis of interpersonal problems.
11. ______ Interpersonal contact and support amongst employees.
12. ______ Tactfulness, smartness and even a little manipulation to get things done.
13. ______ Seniors encouraging their subordinates to think about their development and take action in
that direction.
14. ______ Close supervision of employees, and directing their action.
15. ______ Accepting and appreciating help offered by others.
16. ______ Encouraging employees to take a fresh look at how things are done.
17. ______ Free discussion and communication between seniors and subordinates.
18. ______ Facing challenges inherent in the work situation.
19. ______ Confiding in seniors without fear that they will misuse the trust.
20. ______ Owning up mistakes made.
 21. ______ Considering both positive and negative aspects before taking action.
22. ______ Obeying and checking with seniors rather than acting on your own.
23. ______ Performing immediate tasks rather than being concerned about large organizational goals.
24. ______ Making genuine attempts to change behavior on the basis of feedback received.

Use the following keys for the remainder of your responses:

Write 4 if it is a very widely shared belief.

Write 3 if it is fairly widely shared;
Write 2 if only some persons in the organization share this belief;
Write 1 if only a few or none have this belief.

25. ______ Effective managers put a lid on their feelings.

26. ______ Pass the buck tactfully when there is a problem.
27. ______ Trust begets trust.
28. ______ Telling a polite lie is preferable to telling the unpleasant truth.
29. ______ Prevention is better than cure.
30. ______ Freedom to employees breeds indiscipline.
31. ______ Usually, emphasis on team work dilutes individual accountability.
32. ______ Thinking out and doing new things tones up organizational vitality.
33. ______ Free and frank communication between various levels helps in solving problems.
34. ______ Surfacing problems is not enough; we should find the solutions.
35. ______ When the chips are down you have to fend for yourself (people cannot rely on others in times
of crisis).
36. ______ People generally are what they appear to be.
37. ______ A stitch in time saves nine.
38. ______ A good way to motivate employees is to give them autonomy to plan their work.
39. ______ Employees involvement in developing organizational mission and goals contributes to
productivity.
40. ______ In today’s competitive situation, consolidation and stability are more important than
experimentation.