This paper describes the Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS), conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010 and 2015. The 2010 survey was the first-ever large scale survey of management practices in the United States. Enhancements for the 2015 survey include questions on two topics related to management: data and decision making (DDD) and uncertainty. This paper provides an overview of the existing literature on the role of management and organizational practices in firm performance, focusing on earlier efforts to measure these practices using survey data. The paper then describes the content and methodology of the MOPS.
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