Form 1 Workplace Organizational Performance Survey

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Workplace + Organizational Performance Survey
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Introduction
This survey is designed to help understand how well your current workplace (i.e., the spaces you use both individually and
collectively) support the organizational performance of your department and NIH, and enable you and your colleagues to
perform to your maximum capabilities. Please rate each question with a ranking from 1-5 (1 being minimal support and 5
being highest support). There are also a few questions that ask for your perception on a number of workplace setting
issues. Please fill in those blanks with a response that you feel adequately describes your opinion. The survey is structured
around the 5 organizational resources: organizational (NIH) strategy, organizational structure, work processes,
people, and rewards. These resources comprise every enterprise and ultimately contribute to operational and
organizational success.
Explanation of survey terminology

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Things to Consider When Completing This Survey / Instructions
Your thoughtfulness in completing this survey will provide a benchmark to understand how well you believe the
design of your current workplace supports your work. There are no right or wrong answers.
• For each question, answer to the best of your ability.
• Your responses are completely anonymous and secure; however, for context purposes, please let us
know what Institutes and Centers (ICs) / office, department, and location / building you reside in at
the end of the survey.
• The survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.
• At any point, you may exit the survey and return at a later time. Your answers will be saved.

Questions about this survey can be sent to Marjorie Marcus at marjorie.marcus@nih.gov.

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Section 1: Strategy & Mission
Rate how well you believe your current workplace supports and/or reflects the various components
of the organizational strategy of your IC and the goals and values of NIH.
Please rate each question with a ranking from 1-5 (1 being minimal support and 5 being highest support).

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Mission of your IC

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Vision of your IC

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Goals of your IC

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How well do you believe your current workplace environment reflects the values of NIH?

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What about your current workplace environment best reflects the values of NIH?

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What about your current workplace environment least reflects the values of NIH?

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Section 2: Organizational Structure
Rate how well you believe your current workplace supports the management styles and
organizational structure of your IC.

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How well does your current workplace environment reflect the management style of your IC?

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How well does your current workplace environment reflect the organizational structure of your
IC?

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How well does your current workplace environment enable communication of information?

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How well does your current workplace environment enable communication of ideas?

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How well does your current workplace environment contribute to the decision-making processes
of your IC?

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Section 3: Work Processes
Rate how well you believe your current workplace supports the various components of the work
processes you are engaged with.
Please rate each question with a ranking from 1-5 (1 being minimal support and 5 being highest support).

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How well does available technology (e.g., video conferencing, Wi-Fi, etc.) support your:
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Focus work (i.e., work requiring focus and concentration)?

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Collaborative work (i.e., work with other colleagues, either scheduled or serendipitous)?

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How well does your current workplace environment support your ability to do focus work?

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The space, either inside or outside your office location, that I do my best focus work is…
(Drop down menu: a room where I can close a door, any space that is quiet,
at Starbucks, at home, I am able to do focus work anywhere).

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How well does your current workplace environment support your ability to meet with colleagues?

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The space that I do my best collaborative work is…

Drop down menu

Drop down menu

(Drop down menu: a formal enclosed conference room; informally, at a colleague’s workspace;
in both an enclosed conference room and in an informal open meeting space, depending on the type
of meeting; online or by video conference; outside of the office in a more social setting).
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How well does your current workplace support and allow for social interaction between you and your
colleagues?

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The space that is most conducive for social interaction is…

Drop down menu

(Drop down menu: cafeteria, corridors, fitness center, outside of the office, other NIH amenity
spaces ).
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How well does your current workplace support and allow for productive learning opportunities?

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The space that is most conducive for learning opportunities is…
(Drop down menu: training rooms, online at my computer, conference rooms, library, at a
colleague’s work area).

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How well does your current workplace support your individual workstyle?

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Drop down menu

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Section 4: Employees
Rate how well you believe your current workplace supports the various needs and interests of
current and future employees.
Please rate each question with a ranking from 1-5 (1 being minimal support and 5 being highest support).

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• How well does your current workplace environment serve to attract talent to your IC?
• How well does your current workplace environment serve to retain talent in your IC?
• How well do you believe your current workplace environment reflects the needs of the generational
demographics of employees in your IC?

Section 5: Rewards
Rate how well you believe your current workplace supports the various needs of employees.

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How well does your current workplace design reflect the values associated with why you have
chosen to work here?

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What space within your current workplace environment best reflects the values of the IC?

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My current workplace environment enables me to produce my best work.

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My current workplace environment makes me feel valued by the IC.

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Section 6: Keep, Toss, Create Exercise
What spaces within your existing NIH workplace work well, and should be KEPT, or replicated, in
some form (e.g., amenity spaces, meeting spaces, individual workspaces, fitness center, etc.)?

What spaces within your existing NIH workplace are not working effectively and should be
TOSSED, or not replicated, in some form (e.g., amenity spaces, meeting spaces, individual
workspaces, fitness center, etc.)?

What spaces within your existing NIH workplace do not currently exist but should be CREATED to
support the work you do, and the work of the IC?

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Section 7: Work Modes
On a typical day, I spend the
following amount of time at my
primary workspace
25%

50%

75%

My primary workspace is (e.g., an office, an open
workspace, etc.)

100%

When I am not in my primary workspace during work hours, I am… (provide % of time at each
space)
25%

50%

75%

100%

25%

50%

75%

100%

25%

50%

75%

100%

25%

50%

75%

100%

25%

50%

75%

100%

in a conference room.

at a colleague’s workspace.

on outside business travel.

at another NIH work site.
at home.

Individual Completing This Survey
For context purposes, please let us know what Institutes and Centers (ICs) / office, department, and location / building you reside in.

IC / Office

Location / Building

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Department

Date

Current workplace type (office, open workstation)