Satisfaction Surveys for the
Effectiveness of the
Organization
By
Alia Zafar
Head HR Relationship Management& OD (North)
HBL
Why Use Satisfaction Surveys For Better
Communication & Feedback System
Global Reality
Satisfied, motivated employees facilitate higher
customer satisfaction and positively influence
organizational performance.
When Do We Use Satisfaction Surveys
Decreased productivity due to specific reasons:
Limited budget
High turnover
Low communication
Change in the status quo:
Re-organization
Change in policies
Period of rapid growth
Excessive rumors
Highly competitive industry
Contemplated changes in pay and benefits
When Do We Conduct Satisfaction Surveys
Why Conduct Satisfaction Surveys?
Understand the drivers within your organization and
resultantly:
Identify cost-saving opportunities
Improve productivity
Predict and explain turnover
Identify areas of ethics, honesty and value
concerns
Strengthen management skills and training
Evaluate customer-service problem areas and
issues
Why Conduct Satisfaction Surveys?
Help in Identifying training needs
Identify communication bottlenecks and problem
areas
Benchmark your organization's perceived progress
relative to competitors in the industry
Gauge employees' understanding of and
agreement with corporate rules, policies and
mission
Impact of Surveys
Satisfaction Surveys Initiation Process
Each employee satisfaction survey program is executed a
little differently depending on individual company needs and
resources.
Complete programs often start with separate employee and/or
management focus groups, which have the dual purpose of:
Gaining employee involvement
support for the employee satisfaction program while
gathering critical input to be used in designing the actual
employee satisfaction survey.
Selling the Survey to Management
The task then becomes convincing critical decision makers
of the need for such a survey. If the survey is unbudgeted,
the task may seem formidable - but it is not.
Design of Survey
HBL Satisfaction Surveys
Pilot project and its utilization for refinement of 1st
Satisfaction survey
Setting priority
Feedback from all the sources specified in the
design of the survey
Feedback from relationship leaders
Selecting the Methodology for HBL
Conducted In-house after successful pilot project
Random computerized selection of target population
Population representative of overall population ratios
Design of the Questionnaire
A six factor Questionnaire with twenty six questions
was developed
Likert scale used for measuring the level of
satisfaction
Management concerns taken into account to set
priorities
Identification of priority areas by employees taken in
to account in the design of the survey
Design of the Questionnaire
(Contd)
Close ended questions used
One segment of open ended comments added which was
tabulated and analyzed separately
Dissemination methodology devised
Marketing the Survey
Determined the target audience
Created awareness of the survey through use of
internal communication channels
Communicated the benefits through fliers
designed to create awareness
Made employees aware of the process
Interpreting & Acting on Results
Developed Action Plans To Improve Employee Satisfaction
Provided the line management a specific analysis of each
group
Provided guidance on how to read results and use the
information in decision making
Modified areas of concern highlighted by employees
Created a bench mark of .5% raise in the satisfaction score for
the next year
Made the process one of empowerment and assigned
responsibility for implementation of Action Areas to cross
functional groups
QUESTIONS?