culture assessment
Kim S Cameron is the creator of the widely-used Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI), the Management Skills Assessment Instrument (MSAI), and other listed below, which are based on the Competing Values Framework.
Visit www.ocai-official.com for more information and to take a sample OCAI survey.
If you would like to have your organization take the culture assessment instrument, please email Kim’s team at team@kimscameron.com. We can distribute the instrument on-line, tabulate scores, and produce feedback reports for a fee.
Kim has produced widely used research instruments and assessments, including:
OCAI (Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument) based on the Competing Values Framework
MSAI (Managerial Skills Assessment Instrument) based on the Competing Values Framework
MASI-e (Managerial Skills Assessment Instrument for Executives) based on the Competing Values Framework
Leadership Competencies Assessment (In-class) based on the Competing Values Framework (with Robert Quinn)
Performance Outcomes Assessment (In-class) based on the Competing Values Framework (with Robert Quinn)
Personal Orientation Assessment (In-class) based on the Competing Values Framework (with Robert Quinn)
Change Strategies Assessment (In-class) based on the Competing Values Framework (with Robert Quinn)
Leadership Competencies Survey
Survey of Organizational Abundance
Assessment of Positive Practices in Organizations
Copyright Notice: Kim’s instruments and publications are fully copyrighted. His instruments must only be used with permission and a licensing agreement in place. Please contact Kim’s team for licensing.
Managerial Skills Assessment Instrument (MSAI)
The purpose of this assessment is to help you identify key areas of your managerial competency. What are your managerial strengths, and in what areas will you want to improve? The assessment produces a map of your managerial competencies based on factors that have been found to predict managerial success. That is, whereas no person possesses proficiency in all possible competency areas, the competencies included in this instrument are all associated with high managerial and organizational performance. Your profile helps identify your own areas of strength and capability. It also provides a profile of the kinds of competencies that you will need if you are to accomplish your highest aspirations in the future. The instrument helps you compare your current competencies, in other words, with those required for you to be a spectacular success as a manager.
Because it is based on the Competing Values Framework, the Managerial Competencies Assessment helps to create a common language among employees and gives them an easy way to be clear about desired results. This provides a way to discuss the organizational culture, capabilities, performance outcomes, personal orientation issues, and change processes that can all be used to bring about the desired results.
The best way to obtain useful data is to complete this instrument yourself and then have a set of associates—superiors, peers, and subordinates—also complete the instrument rating you as the focal person. This provides “360 degree feedback” and allows you to compare your own perceptions with those of others.