WORKPLACE CULTURE AND PRODUCTIVITYBy Alan Augustson       Survey and Questionnaire DesignHarris School of Public Policy StudiesThe University of ChicagoABSTRACT This survey offers a means of defining workplace culture and measuring its relationship to productivity. It is intended to be used together with internal organizational measurements of productivity, in order to facilitate change among organizations interested in improvement.CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTIONII. DEFINING WORKPLACE CULTURE, AND IDENTIFYING ITS ELEMENTSIII. INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY              A. DESIGN AND TESTING              B. APPLICATIONS              C. ADMINISTRATION OF THE SURVEYIV. THE SURVEYI. INTRODUCTION It should seem rather natural that human capital, and its development, are areas of particular interest to me. After all, I have labored in about two dozen workplaces in my lifetime, nearly all of them hopelessly dysfunctional. One cannot study the world`s best business practices, all the while subjecting himself to the world`s worst, without developing a fascination with workplace culture and its relationship to productivity.With both public and private entities feeling the effects of adverse economic conditions that are likely...