The Denison Organizational Culture Survey (DOCS) has increasingly become the cultural and organizational effectiveness assessment tool of choice. It has been used by more than 5,000 companies worldwide since first becoming available over 20 years ago.
Using the Denison Organizational Culture Survey, organizations are able to benchmark their organizational culture scores against a global database and develop action plans to improve their current practices. Clients who utilize the survey represent a diverse range of organizations including HP, NASA, jetBlue Airways, ABC Disney, Northrop Grumman, THAAD, RJ Reynolds, Pulte Homes and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).
The Survey
The DOCS is designed to assess an organization’s strengths and weaknesses as they apply to organizational performance. The survey has 60 items that measure specific aspects of an organization's culture in each of the four traits and twelve management practices outlined in the Denison Model.
We work closely with your team to customize the scale and scope of your survey implementation. In particular, we help you identify the core organizational areas that will be assessed by the survey, and discuss any additional areas you might wish to explore through additional survey items including scaled items, open-ended questions and Content Modules.
The Results
Denison uses normative scoring to present survey results. We compare your organization’s raw survey data to our global database of over 1,000 organizations (from multiple industries, regions and sectors) and tabulate a graphical profile that conveys the results in the form of percentile scores. This method enables you to benchmark your culture scores against other higher and lower-performing organizations worldwide. Thus, the Denison Organizational Culture Survey provides a measure of your organization’s progress toward achieving a high-performance culture and optimum results.
Click here to view a sample report.By implementing the Denison Organizational Culture Survey, organizations are able to:
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses that are impacting their performance
- Identify areas of focus for improvement
- Align their culture change and leadership development initiatives when leveraging both surveys
- Create action plans, often utilizing the Denison Solutions