The Attitude Survey as an Approach to Human Resource Strategic Planning

This article discusses the place of the survey as one approach to human resource strategic planning. Viewed as a simple, efficient and effective approach to be used in the overall strategic planning process, the survey may produce desirable results that would be acceptable to all involved. It also provides opportunities to many individuals in the organisation to become directly or indirectly involved in the planning process, a phenomenon that is increasing in importance to management and non‐management people.