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How to Tell If Your Organization Is Experiencing Growing Pains
Organizational Growing Pains Questionnaire
Circle the number that best reflects your answer to each question
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Queston:
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To a very
great extent |
To a
great extent |
To some
extent |
To a
slight extent |
To a very
slight extent |
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1. People feel that there are not enough hours in the day. |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| 2. People spend too much time "putting out fires." |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| 3. Many people are not aware of what others are doing. |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| 4. People lack understanding of where the firm is heading. |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| 5. There are too few good managers. |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| 6. People feel that "I have to do it myself if I want it done right." |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| 7. Most people feel our meetings are a waste of time. |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| 8. Things just don't get done because there is little follow-up of plans. |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| 9. Some people feel insecure about their place in the firm. |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| 10. The firm has continued to grow in sales but not in profits. |
5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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| Scoring: Add the number of responses in each column. |
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Total Score: Total your results and interpret using the following range of scores. ________
10 - 19: Everything okay. 20 - 29: Organization has reached new stage in development. Corrective action needed. 30 - 39: Organization needs to take immediate corrective action. 40 - 50: A potentially dangerous situation. Organization on verge of collapse.
Questionnaire modified from original work done by: Yvonne Randle and Eric G. Flamholtz. 1990. Recognizing Growing Pains and Assessing the Need for Change. Ch. 3 in Growing Pains: How to Make the Transition from an Entrepreneurship to a Professional Managed Firm. Jossey-Bass, pp. 62-70.
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