
122 ◾ Organizational Assessment and Improvement in the Public Sector
frustrated, making it that much more difficult for leaders and employees to
justify participation in the future. This is where the remaining two stages of
organizational assessment take place.
Stage 3: Improvement Planning and Prioritization
This stage in the assessment process looks at how the information learned
during the assessment can be put to work to initiate changes. It encom-
passes several critical components:
◾ Prioritizing opportunities for improvement
◾ Identifying projects
◾ Action planning
◾ Implementing the improvement priorities
Taken together, these actio ...