Ba-Project about WoW, guildstructure and contingencytheory.

[saian]

I’m a student at the University of Aarhus in Denmark and I’ve decided to write my BA-paper in Organization about the various ways guilds in WoW are organized, structured and what this means for their overall success.
In order to do this, I need some empirically gathered material from various players about their guild structure, their raiding status and the way they use tactics on boss encounters.
The questionnaire is anonymous and shouldn’t take more than 5-10 minutes to fill in. I hope that as many as possible will want to spend a bit of time answering the questions since my empirical studies will be better, the more replies I get
The questionnaire can be filled in either in this thread or in a PM to me on this forum. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me. It can also be sent to me by mail: baproject@post.au.dk
Any information given in this questionnaire won't be given to any third party

Thank you very much in advance for your help.


General questions:
What guild do you play in:
What is your guild’s world rank:
What was it 6 months ago:
What nationality does you guild leader have:
How many days a week does the guild raid:
How many leaders are there:
How many raiding members:
How many levels are there in the guild: (ex. trial, member, gm = 3):


On a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 is the lowest:
Ex: It is fun to play World of Warcraft: 5

The leadership listens to the members:
Ranks mean a lot to the members and leaders:
The leaders decide what to do:
Members’ ideas are often used:
The guild is fast at adapting to change:
There is a high level of hierarchy:
Members are able to influence tactics on boss fights:
There is a long way from the leaders to the members:
Leaders are being open about problems:
Members are being asked about opinions:
It’s easy to change tactics if something works better:
There is good communication between leaders and members:
If leaders set their mind on a tactic, it’s hard to change it:
Members’ suggestions are tried out if they can work:
The rank determines how serious you are being taken:
The guild tries to make up its own tactics:

Once again thanks in advance.

[Kneakten]

Ill post about my old guild I played with on my druid.

General questions:
What guild do you play in: Nidvardir
What is your guild’s world rank: No idea. Never cba.
What was it 6 months ago: A Kara guild.
What nationality does you guild leader have: English i presume.
How many days a week does the guild raid: 3
How many leaders are there: 8
How many raiding members: About 40-50.
How many levels are there in the guild: (ex. trial, member, gm = 3): 9


The leadership listens to the members: 2
Ranks mean a lot to the members and leaders: 4
The leaders decide what to do: 4
Members’ ideas are often used: 3
The guild is fast at adapting to change: 5
There is a high level of hierarchy: 4
Members are able to influence tactics on boss fights: 3
There is a long way from the leaders to the members: 4
Leaders are being open about problems: 2 (They had some problems with me telling "higher ranks" what to do on a boss fight, since I knew the fight, and I only got one officer telling me why all the others said "Keep your profile low." Lol)
Members are being asked about opinions: 3
It’s easy to change tactics if something works better: 4
There is good communication between leaders and members: 2
If leaders set their mind on a tactic, it’s hard to change it: 2
Members’ suggestions are tried out if they can work: 4
The rank determines how serious you are being taken: 4-5
The guild tries to make up its own tactics: 1

[Bloody]

General questions:

What guild do you play in: United Gaming

What is your guild’s world rank: 3300.

What was it 6 months ago: probably the same.

What nationality does your guild leader have: 2 Germans, 1 Austrian

How many days a week does the guild raid: 4 times

How many leaders are there: 3

How many raiding members: ~40

How many levels are there in the guild: (ex. trial, member, gm = 3): 5 (Trial, Twink, Member, Officer, GM)



On a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 is the lowest:
Ex: It is fun to play World of Warcraft: 5

The leadership listens to the members:3
Ranks mean a lot to the members and leaders:3
The leaders decide what to do:5
Members’ ideas are often used:4
The guild is fast at adapting to change:3
There is a high level of hierarchy:2
Members are able to influence tactics on boss fights:5
There is a long way from the leaders to the members:2
Leaders are being open about problems:5
Members are being asked about opinions:5
It’s easy to change tactics if something works better:4
There is good communication between leaders and members:4
If leaders set their mind on a tactic, it’s hard to change it:1
Members’ suggestions are tried out if they can work:5
The rank determines how serious you are being taken:1
The guild tries to make up its own tactics:2

If you want any further information, just ask me/PM me!

PS: Got it, 1k!

[Windcape]

What guild do you play in: Pretty Maids, Ravencrest Horde
What is your guild’s world rank: 582
What was it 6 months ago: Unknown
What nationality does you guild leader have: Danish
How many days a week does the guild raid: 4
How many leaders are there: 6
How many raiding members: ~50
How many levels are there in the guild: (ex. trial, member, gm = 3): 4

The leadership listens to the members: 5
Ranks mean a lot to the members and leaders: 2
The leaders decide what to do: 5
Members’ ideas are often used: 4
The guild is fast at adapting to change: 4
There is a high level of hierarchy: 3
Members are able to influence tactics on boss fights: 4
There is a long way from the leaders to the members: 3
Leaders are being open about problems: 5
Members are being asked about opinions: 1
It’s easy to change tactics if something works better: 1
There is good communication between leaders and members: 3
If leaders set their mind on a tactic, it’s hard to change it: 3
Members’ suggestions are tried out if they can work: 2
The rank determines how serious you are being taken: 5
The guild tries to make up its own tactics: 3

[Nessaj]

Sticky!

[Kazie]

Hey Saian..

What guild do you play in: Sunfire (Guild Master)
What is your guild’s world rank: I have no idea as our guild is not driven by raid progress at all.
What was it 6 months ago: No idea.
What nationality does you guild leader have: Danish all the way
How many days a week does the guild raid: It varies alot since we're a casual raiding guild. 1-3 days a week.
How many leaders are there: 6 for the time beeing.
How many raiding members: We do not devide our members into raiding and socials.
How many levels are there in the guild: (ex. trial, member, gm = 3): Trial, Alt, Member, Leder Alt., Legionnaire, Commander and Guild Master


On a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 is the lowest:
Ex: It is fun to play World of Warcraft: 5

The leadership listens to the members: 5
Ranks mean a lot to the members and leaders: 3
The leaders decide what to do: 5
Members’ ideas are often used: 4
The guild is fast at adapting to change: 4
There is a high level of hierarchy: 2
Members are able to influence tactics on boss fights: 5
There is a long way from the leaders to the members: 0!!
Leaders are being open about problems: 5
Members are being asked about opinions: 4
It’s easy to change tactics if something works better: 5
There is good communication between leaders and members: 5
If leaders set their mind on a tactic, it’s hard to change it: 2
Members’ suggestions are tried out if they can work: 5
The rank determines how serious you are being taken: 3
The guild tries to make up its own tactics: 3

I hope it's helpful mate
otherwise give me a PM and i'll help ya as much as i can.

Good luck with your BA!

[matti0006]

General questions:
What guild do you play in: Wombles of the World
What is your guild’s world rank: 23562
What was it 6 months ago: the same as it is now, friendly guild, everyone is welcome, no real hardcore raiding.
What nationality does you guild leader have: Brittish (English)
How many days a week does the guild raid: 2-3
How many leaders are there: 1
How many raiding members: 40
How many levels are there in the guild: (ex. trial, member, gm = 3): Guild master, Guild leader, Raid officer, This is my Main, Alt of....., Limbo give Info = 6


The leadership listens to the members: 5
Ranks mean a lot to the members and leaders: 1
The leaders decide what to do: 2
Members’ ideas are often used: 4
The guild is fast at adapting to change: 1
There is a high level of hierarchy: 1
Members are able to influence tactics on boss fights: 5
There is a long way from the leaders to the members: 1
Leaders are being open about problems: 4
Members are being asked about opinions: 4
It’s easy to change tactics if something works better: 4
There is good communication between leaders and members: 5
If leaders set their mind on a tactic, it’s hard to change it: 2
Members’ suggestions are tried out if they can work: 4
The rank determines how serious you are being taken: 1
The guild tries to make up its own tactics: 3

Cheers, hope it helps

[Girion]

General questions:
What guild do you play in: Outcast
What is your guild’s world rank: 1137
What was it 6 months ago: no clue
What nationality does you guild leader have: Swedish
How many days a week does the guild raid: 4
How many leaders are there: 3
How many raiding members: 35
How many levels are there in the guild: (ex. trial, member, gm = 3): 5


On a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 is the lowest:
Ex: It is fun to play World of Warcraft: 5

The leadership listens to the members: 2
Ranks mean a lot to the members and leaders:1
The leaders decide what to do: 5
Members’ ideas are often used: 2
The guild is fast at adapting to change: 2
There is a high level of hierarchy: 2
Members are able to influence tactics on boss fights: 3
There is a long way from the leaders to the members: 4
Leaders are being open about problems: 2
Members are being asked about opinions: 2
It’s easy to change tactics if something works better: 2
There is good communication between leaders and members: 2
If leaders set their mind on a tactic, it’s hard to change it: 5
Members’ suggestions are tried out if they can work: 2
The rank determines how serious you are being taken: 1
The guild tries to make up its own tactics: 3

[Buzzkill]

Haha who's gonna be the first nihi gimp filling it out?!

[Nugma]

Originally Posted by Buzzkill

Haha who's gonna be the first nihi member filling it out?!

If you do it, i will give you cookies!