Hi all,
My company asked me to develop some questionnaires,
one is an employee feedback about the company. What we need is the feedback of the employees about company product, services and technologies NOT about HR practices and policies. I searched through google to find some samples. But I could find only employee feedback samples about the company HR practices.
Similarly I need customer feedback form about the company.
The outcome of the survey should be the answers for the below, both in the case of employee feedback and customer feedback,
What shall the company stop doing?
What the shall the company start doing?
What shall the company continue doing?
I am not able to start with this. if anybody can help me in this regards, it would be a great pleasure.
Thanks and Regards,
Shaan.
From India, Bengaluru
My company asked me to develop some questionnaires,
one is an employee feedback about the company. What we need is the feedback of the employees about company product, services and technologies NOT about HR practices and policies. I searched through google to find some samples. But I could find only employee feedback samples about the company HR practices.
Similarly I need customer feedback form about the company.
The outcome of the survey should be the answers for the below, both in the case of employee feedback and customer feedback,
What shall the company stop doing?
What the shall the company start doing?
What shall the company continue doing?
I am not able to start with this. if anybody can help me in this regards, it would be a great pleasure.
Thanks and Regards,
Shaan.
From India, Bengaluru
Dear Shaan,
You have asked about the feedback from the employees about the company's product. But then what is the product? Secondly, are the employees also users of the product? If not, then how does their feedback matter?
As far as customer's feedback is concerned, again it depends on the end-user. Are you directly selling to the end-user or through a wholesaler, retailer, distributor, stockist etc? Secondly, how come your company is surviving without taking feedback from the customer?
Lastly, as far as the three questions that you have asked, these pertain to the "Business Strategy". Why customers will tell you what your company should do and what you should not do? You have been using laptops, computers, mobile phones etc. At home, you have been using TV sets, refrigerators, dining tables etc. Has any company approached you any time as to what they should be doing and what they should not be doing? To get replies to these questions, you need to study the market environment, industrial environment, your business rivals etc.
I think what you need to do is "Strategic Analysis of the Enterprise". In this analysis, you get a structured questionnaire. Through this structured questionnaire, the company identifies the risks associated with your industry in general and your company in particular. The outcome of this risk assessment will give you replies on what your company should be doing and what should not be doing. I provide training and consulting on this subject. Click on the hyperlink to know more about my services.
My last observation is that people spend years together in their respective industries but are unable to identify risks or execute develop proper business strategies. The downfall of Kodak, Nokia etc is a case in point.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
+91-9900155394
From India, Bangalore
7884You have asked about the feedback from the employees about the company's product. But then what is the product? Secondly, are the employees also users of the product? If not, then how does their feedback matter?
As far as customer's feedback is concerned, again it depends on the end-user. Are you directly selling to the end-user or through a wholesaler, retailer, distributor, stockist etc? Secondly, how come your company is surviving without taking feedback from the customer?
Lastly, as far as the three questions that you have asked, these pertain to the "Business Strategy". Why customers will tell you what your company should do and what you should not do? You have been using laptops, computers, mobile phones etc. At home, you have been using TV sets, refrigerators, dining tables etc. Has any company approached you any time as to what they should be doing and what they should not be doing? To get replies to these questions, you need to study the market environment, industrial environment, your business rivals etc.
I think what you need to do is "Strategic Analysis of the Enterprise". In this analysis, you get a structured questionnaire. Through this structured questionnaire, the company identifies the risks associated with your industry in general and your company in particular. The outcome of this risk assessment will give you replies on what your company should be doing and what should not be doing. I provide training and consulting on this subject. Click on the hyperlink to know more about my services.
My last observation is that people spend years together in their respective industries but are unable to identify risks or execute develop proper business strategies. The downfall of Kodak, Nokia etc is a case in point.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
+91-9900155394
From India, Bangalore
Thanks for your feedback Dinesh,
Our core business is Sanitary hardware and it is a small company of having 100-150 employees. Company is planning for a large expansion in the coming future. I recently joined the company as HR manager. So even I am not aware of the customers and the whole products. Employees are not the users of the products. Still what I feel is they may have some suggestions about the business and changes needed in the product.
One more important doubt I have is, being the HR of the company how can I handle these? Am I supposed to do the customer related tasks?
Regards,
Shahar
From India, Bengaluru
Our core business is Sanitary hardware and it is a small company of having 100-150 employees. Company is planning for a large expansion in the coming future. I recently joined the company as HR manager. So even I am not aware of the customers and the whole products. Employees are not the users of the products. Still what I feel is they may have some suggestions about the business and changes needed in the product.
One more important doubt I have is, being the HR of the company how can I handle these? Am I supposed to do the customer related tasks?
Regards,
Shahar
From India, Bengaluru
Dear Shaan,
As far as employees are concerned, you might encourage them to give suggestions on product improvement or process improvement. Tell the Production Department to conduct the "Value Engineering" or form a committee to do value engineering.
As far as introduction of new product line is concerned, that is the job of marketing department. You have written that "Still what I feel is they may have some suggestions about the business and changes needed in the product." In that case conduct brainstorming session. In this session, invite employees from various departments like production, marketing, purchase, R and D etc and find out whether any better idea emerges. Nevertheless, what will emerge is to improve the existing product or at best introduction of some new product line. But then what would be your product line in 2021 or 2022? Who will think on that? To decide about the future course, you must have a session on business strategy.
Coming to your last question, whether you should involve in this since you are from HR. Yes, this doubt will come to any HR. However, if you involve, you will understand the customers' needs and it will help you in your recruitment, employee training etc. Otherwise, this job is supposed to be done by the marketing department. Within marketing department, there is a section reserved for "Market Research". Your management has given you this task because it appears that you do not have dedicated persons to do market research. You may involve your employees in improving the product line or product itself. But what if there is mismatch between what market requires and what employee propose? Please be prepared for this risk also.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
As far as employees are concerned, you might encourage them to give suggestions on product improvement or process improvement. Tell the Production Department to conduct the "Value Engineering" or form a committee to do value engineering.
As far as introduction of new product line is concerned, that is the job of marketing department. You have written that "Still what I feel is they may have some suggestions about the business and changes needed in the product." In that case conduct brainstorming session. In this session, invite employees from various departments like production, marketing, purchase, R and D etc and find out whether any better idea emerges. Nevertheless, what will emerge is to improve the existing product or at best introduction of some new product line. But then what would be your product line in 2021 or 2022? Who will think on that? To decide about the future course, you must have a session on business strategy.
Coming to your last question, whether you should involve in this since you are from HR. Yes, this doubt will come to any HR. However, if you involve, you will understand the customers' needs and it will help you in your recruitment, employee training etc. Otherwise, this job is supposed to be done by the marketing department. Within marketing department, there is a section reserved for "Market Research". Your management has given you this task because it appears that you do not have dedicated persons to do market research. You may involve your employees in improving the product line or product itself. But what if there is mismatch between what market requires and what employee propose? Please be prepared for this risk also.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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