Please take time to fill out the following brief survey on your current practice with respect to workplace education evaluation and on using a range of metrics to manage your organization. The survey will help you reflect on your current practice. Our scoring system will guide you as to where you might need further development.

Your Workplace Education Evaluation System

1. At what level do you currently evaluate your workplace education? a) The relationship between workplace education courses and organizational performance b) The relationship between workplace education courses and performance on the job c) Learning that takes place during workplace education d) Participation and satisfaction with workplace education e) None of the above 2. How long have you been evaluating your workplace education? a) More than 5 years b) 3 years to 5 years c) Less than 3 years but more than 1 year d) 1 year or less e) Have not started evaluating 3. Which best describes whom you work with on your evaluations? a) I do it myself b) I work with other people in the human resource function c) I work with the end users of the evaluation d) I work with various stakeholders within the organization e) Have not started evaluating 4. Who primarily uses these evaluations? a) They are for my own information b) They get used within the human resource function c) They get used within the business units d) They get used at various levels in the organization e) Have not started evaluating 5. Which best describes how your workplace education evaluations affect your management? a) We use it to plan future workplace education b) We use it to select workplace education that will have an effect on performance c) It demonstrates how workplace education affects other metrics in the organization d) They do not affect it at all   Your Use of Metrics in Managing Your Organization   6. What types of measures are primarily used in managing your organization? a) We primarily use financial metrics b) We use some other metrics other than financial metrics c) We use a range of metrics d) We use a range of metrics and these are rationally organized (e.g. in a scorecard) e) None of the above 7. What is the best description of the process for using metrics? a) We have a thorough system for identifying metrics in the planning stage and then deploying these metrics through the organization b) We have a good system for identifying metrics but we do not do a good job of deploying these c) We primarily use metrics to adjust our plans to what we have experienced d) We do not use metrics to manage 8. How many people are involved in managing with metrics? a) A few senior people b) All managers c) Managers and key staff d) All employees e) No one 9. How many people are involved in defining metrics? a) Only senior people b) All managers c) Managers and key staff d) There is a full system of consultation with all staff having some input e) No one 10. Are relationships between metrics explored? a) Metrics are considered on their own account b) Some relationships are considered between the various classes of metrics c) We have a full system for exploring the implications of metrics for various parts of the organization d) No metrics are considered