What is the scope, purpose and limitations of an attitude survey?

Employees attitude and morale survey... in an consultancy as well as in an mnc

What is the scope, purpose and limitations of an attitude survey?
Attitude surveys are a very old term for this tool to measure employee attitudes toward work, bosses, leaders etc. Traditionally these surveys covered management quality, the effectiveness of compensation and benefits programs, organizational communications issues, safety and health concerns, etc.





Right now most companies use surveys to measure levels of employee engagement and trust.





Before introducing the survey, you should make sure that executives make a real commitment to it and are open to paying attention to problem areas. If you are going to do a survey, you must commit that you will listen to what employees have to say, address their concerns openly and honestly and make changes based on the survey results. If you don't have this commitment the effort will fail. The worst thing you can do is conduct a survey in an environment where upward feedback is not welcome in the first place. Employees are smart enough to see through a false commitment, and you may only succeed in creating an employee relations disaster.