1. A method reliant upon responses to a hierarchical-based metric for quantifying both degrees of satisfaction and values for attributes relating to an organization, wherein said method comprises: a) providing a data-gathering interface, and receiving a plurality of completed hierarchical-based metrics from at least one participant through the data-gathering interface; b) providing a data-gathering interface, receiving a plurality of completed hierarchical-based metrics from at least one participant through the data-gathering interface, storing the completed plurality of hierarchical-based metrics onto a computer-based medium, compiling the completed plurality of hierarchical-based metrics, and publishing the compiled plurality of hierarchical-based metrics; or c) providing a data-gathering interface, receiving a plurality of completed hierarchical-based metrics from at least one participant through the data-gathering interface, storing the completed plurality of hierarchical-based metrics onto a computer-based medium, compiling the completed plurality of hierarchical-based metrics, publishing the compiled plurality of hierarchical-based metrics, and retrieving the stored hierarchical-based metric results for comparison with hierarchical-based metrics previously received and stored; wherein each hierarchical-based metric comprises an attribute related to an organization, means for each participant to indicate satisfaction with said attribute, and means for each participant to assess value of importance with said attribute.