Version: 2.3.0 | Published: 13 Jan 2025 | Updated: 22 days ago
Management and Expectations Survey - UK
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
Office for National Statistics, released 01 November 2024, ONS SRS Metadata
Catalogue, dataset, Management and Expectations Survey - UK,
https://doi.org/10.57906/r0kk-pb22
DOI Name:
Documentation
Description:
Original purpose for creating the dataset
The Management and Expectations Survey aims to collect information about the management practices of businesses in the UK and their expectations for the future, as previous research found a positive relationship between management practices and business performance, including productivity and profitability.
What the data describes
The data captures the answers of businesses across a range of management practices. It is a long-form dataset, where each row represents a business uniquely identified as a distinct Reporting Unit (RU) in the ONS systems. In addition to characteristics of the businesses such as region, employment size, SIC 2007 code, birth date, age and foreign ownership, the dataset contains the Management and Expectations Survey questions. From the answers on management practices, scores for each question have been computed, which combined following the scoring guidance form the management practices section scores. In turn, the four section scores combined form the overall management score.
Significant changes between waves
ONS conducted the Management Practices Survey (MPS) as a pilot survey in 2016. The survey collected data on management practices of businesses in the manufacturing sector in Great Britain. In 2017, ONS conducted the first wave of the Management and Expectations Survey (MES), which included businesses from across a wider range of industries in Great Britain. It also included a broader set of metrics on management practices and asked about businesses’ expectations for the near future for the first time. At the end of 2020, ONS conducted the second wave of the MES. In addition to the usual management practices and expectations questions for both 2019 and 2020, it also asked about specific adaptations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beginning 2023, coverage includes Northern Ireland to become UK-wide. The non-core sections of the questionnaire were updated, including new questions on Artificial Intelligence & Technology and Learning & Training.
Sampling
MPS: The MPS was a pilot survey, sent to about 1,000 firms in the British manufacturing sector. It received about 700 useable responses and has 2015 as the reference year.
MES 2017
The survey sampled 25,000 businesses registered in Great Britain, garnering around 8,000 responses. The survey reference year is 2016.
MES 2020
The survey sampled 50,000 businesses registered in Great Britain, from which over 12,000 responded. The survey reference years are 2019 and 2020.
MES 2023
The survey sampled 53,433 businesses registered in the UK, from which over 14,000 responded. The survey reference year is 2023.
Data Collection
The data for the latest wave was collected between November 2023 and March 2024.
Expectations variables
The variables measuring firms' expectations about the future in 2019 and 2020 are now available in the dataset.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
United Kingdom
Geographical Levels:
region
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2016
Latest Data:
08 March 2024
Frequency:
IRREGULAR
Distribution Release Date:
01 November 2024
Provenance
Source:
Survey
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
Standard access conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Condition of Use:
Standard conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics
Access
Access Service:
- Safe Rooms, SafePods
- Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
- Assured Organisational Connectivity – remote access
Jurisdictions:
- GB-EAW
- GB-SCT
Data Controller:
Office for National Statistics
Access Level:
Access Level 3
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
STATA
Origin
Name:
ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue