Career Choice and Development or Organizational Surveys

Career Choice and Development

Author: Duane Brown

The fourth edition of Career Choice and Development brings together the most current ideas of the recognized authorities in the field of career development. This classic best-seller has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include the most influential theories of career choice and development, and it contains up-to-date information regarding the application of these theories to counseling practice. This edition contains a wide range of career development theories that explore how people develop certain traits, personalities, self-precepts, and how these developments influence career decision making. This information will challenge teachers, researchers, and those involved in fostering career development to reexamine their assumptions and practices.

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Organizational Surveys: Tools for Assessment and Change

Author: Allen J Kraut

With escalating demands upon research and assessment growing more varied, surveys are now used to assess and drive organizational change by examining company performance, customer and employee satisfaction, empowerment, and key aspects of corporate culture.

With Organizational Surveys, you'll learn how to:

Drive change with surveys

Use 360* feedback

Set expectations of results

Deal with ethical concerns

Facilitate feedback, action-planning, and follow-through . . . and much more!

No other book approaches this collection's range and specificity, or its emphasis on actual practice in organizations. It's your indispensible toolbox for assessment and change!

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	The Authors
	Introduction: An Overview of Organizational Surveys	1
1	Organizational Surveys: Tools for Assessment and Research	19
2	The Organizational Survey as an Intervention for Change	41
3	The Role of Surveys in Transforming Culture: Data, Knowledge, and Action	67
4	Driving Change Through Surveys: Aligning Employees, Customers, and Other Key Stakeholders	88
5	Multisource (360-Degree) Feedback: Surveys for Individual and Organizational Development	117
6	Planning and Conducting the Survey: Keeping Strategic Purpose in Mind	149
7	Setting Expectations and Reporting Results: Conversations with Top Management	177
8	Dealing with the Data: Collection, Processing, and Analysis	204
9	Applying Alternative Survey Methods	233
10	Feedback, Action Planning, and Follow-Through	255
11	Life in the Consortium: The Mayflower Group	285
12	The Multinational Opinion Survey	310
13	Linking Survey Results to Customer Satisfaction and Business Performance	330
14	Federal Government Surveys: Recent Practices and Future Directions	360
15	Ethical Concerns and Organizational Surveys	381
	Name Index	405
	Subject Index	409