motivational analysis of organizations

THE INSTRUMENT
Validity
The Managers for the 21st Century Inventory is designed to be used as a discussionprovoking
training tool rather than as a rigorous data-gathering instrument. Applied in
this manner, the inventory has demonstrated a high level of face validity when used with
audiences ranging from executive managers to nonmanagement personnel.
Administration
The following suggestions will help facilitators administer the Managers for the
21st Century Inventory:
1. Before respondents begin completing the inventory, discuss the shortcomings of
traditional new-manager training models. Answer questions pertaining to these
bodies of information.
2. Distribute copies of the Managers for the 21st Century Inventory and read the
instructions aloud as the respondents follow. Answer any questions.
3. Urge respondents to avoid overanalyzing their choices. After reading each of the
statements on the inventory, respondents should check only those statements that
accurately reflect their own beliefs. Respondents should complete both parts of
the inventory.
Scoring and Interpretation
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1. Ask respondents to wait to score their inventories until all respondents have
finished both Part One and Part Two. This creates less confusion and repetition
as inventories are being processed.
2. To score Part One of the inventory, add up the number of items checked and
multiply the result by five.
3. Each respondent then should find the corresponding Part One bracket within
which his or her score lies and read the brief, interpretive statement there.
4. Next, respondents should read the longer Part One discussion section, to gain a
better understanding of the study that underlies the items to which they just
responded. (This material contains Kotter’s model.) The administrator may lead
a discussion of the material as deemed appropriate and desirable.
5. To interpret Part Two of the inventory, respondents first compare their
percentage estimates (which should add up to no more than 100 percent) with the
results produced by the Luthans et al. research study and then read the
background material for Part Two. This offers them a way of assessing the
pattern produced by their estimates. Again, the administrator may lead a
discussion of this material as deemed appropriate and desirable.
The Pfeiffer Library Volume 19, 2nd Edition. Copyright © 1998 Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer