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  • 1.  Culture and Climate

    Posted 09-22-1999 01:48
    Several of my students have been inquiring into the most "popular"
    instruments for diagnosing/measuring/quantifying aspects of
    organisational culture, organisational climate, and organisational
    values. I'd like to get a feel for the degree of consensus that members
    of this listserv have on the off-the-shelf instruments that purport to
    measure such variables.

    Although many such instruments have been developed, has there emerged an
    acknowledgement amongst practitioners and academics that instrument "A"
    is (at present) the most appropriate measure of culture and/or climate?
    I have noticed several posts from practitioners requesting the name of a
    suitable "culture" or "climate" instrument, but have not been able to
    discern a common response as yet. Can we begin to determine what are the
    most common instruments in use, their strengths and weaknesses, and
    whether studies have been published examining the relative contribution
    such instruments make to diagnosing organisational culture and climate?

    Regards,

    Allan Tudehope