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Title: An organizational survey of the Los Alamos Site

Abstract

An Organizational Survey (OS) was administered at the Los Alamos Site that queried employees on the subjects of organizational culture, various aspects of communications, employee commitment, work group cohesion, coordination of work, environmental, safety, and health concern, hazardous nature of work, safety and overall job satisfaction. The purpose of the OS is to measure in a quantitative and objective way the notion of ``culture;`` that is, the values, attitudes, and beliefs of the individuals working within the organization. In addition, through the OS, a broad sample of individuals can be reached that would probably not be interviewed or observed during the course of a typical assessment. The OS also provides a descriptive profile of the organization at one point in time that can then be compared to a profile taken at a different point in time to assess changes in the culture of the organization. While comparisons among groups are made, it is not the purpose of this report to make evaluative statements of which profile may be positive or negative. However, using the data presented in this report in conjunction with other evaluative activities, may provide useful insight into the organization. The OS administration at the Los Alamos Sitemore » was the ninth to occur at a Department of Energy (DOE) facility. All data from the OS is presented in group summaries, by organization, department or directorate within organization, supervisory level both overall and within organization, and staff classification within organization. Statistically significant differences between groups are identified and discussed. 9 refs., 94 figs., 11 tabs.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10111076
Report Number(s):
BNL-46856; CONF-9108150-3
ON: DE92005024
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Conference: 9. international conference on positron annihilation,Szombathely (Hungary),26-31 Aug 1991; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; LOS ALAMOS; PERSONNEL; SURVEYS; SOCIOLOGY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; HUMAN FACTORS; DATA ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; DATA COMPILATION; WORKING CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL DATA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; 990100

Citation Formats

Shurberg, D. A., and Haber, S. B. An organizational survey of the Los Alamos Site. United States: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.2172/10111076.
Shurberg, D. A., & Haber, S. B. An organizational survey of the Los Alamos Site. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10111076
Shurberg, D. A., and Haber, S. B. 1991. "An organizational survey of the Los Alamos Site". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10111076. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10111076.
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abstractNote = {An Organizational Survey (OS) was administered at the Los Alamos Site that queried employees on the subjects of organizational culture, various aspects of communications, employee commitment, work group cohesion, coordination of work, environmental, safety, and health concern, hazardous nature of work, safety and overall job satisfaction. The purpose of the OS is to measure in a quantitative and objective way the notion of ``culture;`` that is, the values, attitudes, and beliefs of the individuals working within the organization. In addition, through the OS, a broad sample of individuals can be reached that would probably not be interviewed or observed during the course of a typical assessment. The OS also provides a descriptive profile of the organization at one point in time that can then be compared to a profile taken at a different point in time to assess changes in the culture of the organization. While comparisons among groups are made, it is not the purpose of this report to make evaluative statements of which profile may be positive or negative. However, using the data presented in this report in conjunction with other evaluative activities, may provide useful insight into the organization. The OS administration at the Los Alamos Site was the ninth to occur at a Department of Energy (DOE) facility. All data from the OS is presented in group summaries, by organization, department or directorate within organization, supervisory level both overall and within organization, and staff classification within organization. Statistically significant differences between groups are identified and discussed. 9 refs., 94 figs., 11 tabs.},
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year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
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