1. When did your organisation last produce a strategic plan?

Within the last 12 months

12 – 24 months

More than 2 years ago

Don't know

2. Who was involved in establishing the last strategic plan for your organisation?

Owners/Board together with Management [and possibly facilitated by a third party]

Management with some Owner/Board participation [and possibly facilitated by a third party]

Management [and possibly facilitated by a third party]

An independent third party produced the plan with some consultation with management and/or owner/Board.

A plan was fabricated using a generic template or by adapting another organisation's roadmap. There was limited tailoring to my organisation.

3. When did you last hear someone in your organisation refer to the strategic plan?

Within the last 6 months?

Within the past year

More than a year ago?

Can't remember

4. Can you describe at least one of your organisation's strategic goals to which you contribute in your daily work?

Yes

6. Imagine you asked 5 employees at random to quote the vision statement to you. How many do you think would do so successfully?

Almost all

About half

Maybe 1

None

7. All organisations need a clearly defined core business or purpose. Imagine you asked 5 employees who worked in different departments; "what is your organisation's core business?" How many answers would be fundamentally the same?

4 or 5

None

8. Do you have a current role description i.e. reviewed and/or updated within the last 18 months?

Yes

9. What percentage of the employees in your organisation would have current role descriptions i.e. reviewed and/or updated within the last 18 months?

Close to 100%

About 75%

Less than 50%

Almost none

10. How current and up-to-date is your organisation's organisational structure?

Close to 100% of the positions are correct.

About 75% of positions are correct

Less than 50% are correct

We don't have a current organisational chart.

11. Has your organisation developed a future workforce plan to achieve the strategic direction of your organisation e.g. new or changing departments, upgraded or new positions

Yes - based on a clear three to five year strategic direction.

Some transitional structures are planned to accommodate new initiatives such as changing technology, new products and markets, outsourcing etc.

Some isolated workforce planning is done based on known departures e.g. retirements.

My organisation has no future workforce planning.

12. Does your organisation set and communicate quantitative performance measures to its employees?

Yes - all employees have these measures

Yes - All senior managers and other key staff have performance measures set

Most of the senior managers have some performance measures set

No / Not that I know of

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