The Houston Business Journals Best Place to Work list

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The Houston Business JournalsBest Place to Work
list
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The Houston Business Journals Best Places to
Work Survey

• Survey is administered by Quantum Market
  Research
• There are approximately 37 questions
• Survey is available from April 3, 2008
  April 30, 2008
• Available to all Rice employees
• Your individual responses are confidential

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Why is it important to participate in this survey?

• Helps identify our strengths and weaknesses
• Great recruiting tool
• Provides more visibility for Rice as a great
  place to learn and a great place to work

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How did we do the past 2 years?
Our goal is to increase the number of employees
who respond to the survey and to increase our
overall score.
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Categories included on the Houston Business
Journal survey
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Where does Rice shine?
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Where does Rice shine?

• I am always thinking about ways to do my job
  better. (Individual Contribution)
• I understand how my job helps the organization
  achieve success.(Alignment with Goals)
• I feel loyal to my immediate team or work group.
  (Trust with Coworkers)

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Where do we have room for improvement?
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Where do we have room for improvement?

• Considering the value I bring to the
  organization, I feel I am paid fairly.(Feeling
  Valued)
• I see professional growth and career development
  opportunities for myself in this organization.
  (Retention Risk)
• My immediate supervisor regularly gives me
  constructive feedback on my job performance.
  (Manager Effectiveness)

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How do we use the survey results?

• Serves as a data point to see if were headed in
  the right direction
• Mechanism to raise awareness to campus leadership
  of programs and initiatives that are of interest
  to employees
• Source of employee feedback on what works and
  what needs improvement

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Survey impact has been felt in the following
areas

• Opportunities for development
• Campus environment
• Town Hall Meetings
• Employee recognition performance feedback
• Whitaker Scholars program
• Rice Leaders
• Child Care Center

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How do I complete the survey?Participate in the
survey from any computer with internet access.
Look for the survey link access code in the
following places

• Rice News
• Rice Homepage
• Staff Homepage
• Faculty Homepage
• RiceFest
• Traveling Road Show
• AllDEPTS emails
• Staff postcard

Any questions? Please contact Amanda Hickman at
X4791 or at ahickman_at_rice.edu
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Come visit us at one of the following locations
during our Traveling Road Show for a chance to
win an iPod shuffle when you complete the survey!

• FEP, April 7th 1100-100 300-400
• Fondren LibraryRoom 404, April 8th 1100-100
• Brown college commons, April 9th 130-230
• Student Center, April 10th 1100-100
• Faculty Club, April 11th 1100-100
• RiceFest, April 17th 1100-300
• Brochstein Pavilion, April 25th 200-500
• Wiess college commons, April 29th 130-230

If you cant make one of these events, but wish
to participate in the raffle, please follow these
simple instructions participate in the survey
from any computer with internet capability, print
the confirmation page of your survey, write your
name and extension on it and mail to Amanda
Hickman, MS-92.
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Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace
Flexibility

• Employer Application Due April 14th
• If Rice is chosen as a finalist
• Top 20 of employers based on data collected by
  the Families and Work Institute
• Survey of 250 employees Random Sample
• Online Survey with option of paper surveys for
  some employees