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Laird, Angela; Clampitt, Phillip G. – Journal of Business Communication, 1985
Interviewed 61 managers of Fortune 500 companies who reported the following problems with administering performance appraisals: (1) multiple use of the form; (2) subjectivity and inflated ratings; and (3) difficulties in defining objectives and in disseminating the evaluation to employees. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Communication Research, Evaluation Methods, Interviews
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Siu, Eric; Reiter, Harold I. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
Admissions committees and researchers around the globe have used diligence and imagination to develop and implement various screening measures with the ultimate goal of predicting future clinical and professional performance. What works for predicting future job performance in the human resources world and in most of the academic world may not,…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Student Evaluation, Grade Point Average, Medical Schools
Moye, Mike; And Others – 1980
This guide is designed to aid instructional personnel in all areas of vocational education in the articulation of secondary and postsecondary programs through verification of student competencies. It presents general information on what program articulation is and why it is important, how articulation may be achieved in the least constraining…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Job Performance
Silver, Harvey A. – 1982
This review of the performance appraisal process discusses the major assumptions on which performance appraisal is based, the general goals of performance appraisal, and the characteristics of effective performance appraisal programs. The author stresses the dependence of the process on the assumption that human behavior can be changed; he…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Wilson, Gerald L. – 1984
Results of an examination of research literature on performance-appraisal interviewing and its implications are presented in this report. The appraisal interview functions to (1) provide feedback on performance, (2) counsel and provide help, (3) discover what the employee is thinking, (4) teach the employee to solve problems, (5) help the employee…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Communication Research, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment
Burnside, Billy L. – 1982
This report examines the accuracy of subjective appraisals of several aspects of task performance, including proficiency, difficulty, frequency, and criticality. An introduction discusses current Army use of subjective appraisal, feedback methods, and problems with subjective appraisal. Data pertaining to the accuracy of various types of appraisal…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Informal Assessment
Hemmings, Richard – Information and Library Manager, 1989
Describes the design, implementation, and practice of a personnel evaluation method (performance appraisal) at the Cambridgeshire Libraries. Findings reported include staff attitudes and perceptions of the method, and the overall effectiveness of the evaluation scheme. Various theoretical models of appraisal and practical applications in…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Mikulecky, Larry; Lloyd, Paul – 1994
This handbook provides guidelines for designing evaluation materials and for conducting the evaluation of workplace training programs. It includes a variety of evaluation instruments, which are described briefly in the introduction and explained in more detail in the remainder of the handbook. These evaluation instruments are included: employee…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Check Lists, Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language)
Maddux, Robert B. – 1987
This manual, in workbook format, introduces the principles of how to conduct an effective employee performance appraisal in the higher education setting. It uses several case studies to illustrate these principles. It is designed to be used for individual study or group workshops and seminars. The topics discussed include establishing a positive…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Lonsdale, Alan J.; And Others – 1982
The development and testing of procedures and instruments for nursing performance evaluation in Western Australia are described. The approach was used to compare the nursing performance of nine recent graduates of the Western Austrialian Institute of Technology (WAIT) program and two graduates of hospital-based programs. Background information is…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Scott, Paul; And Others – 1980
A project developed and field tested a Student Assessment System (SAS) to aid in the articulation of secondary and postsecondary vocational programs in Georgia. A systematic procedure was provided for determining credit toward advanced placement for secondary vocational students entering a related postsecondary program and for advanced placement…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Articulation (Education), College Credits, Evaluation Methods
McDowell, Earl E. – 1986
An exploratory study examined how administrators (department heads/chairs) perceive faculty members, as well as themselves, in the performance appraisal interview. Subjects, 450 faculty members and 200 administrators at a midwestern university, answered an Appraisal Interview Questionnaire in which they rated administrator performance, content and…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Decision Making Skills, Department Heads, Employer Employee Relationship
Franchak, Stephen J.; Smiley, Larry L. – 1981
Designed to identify exemplary strategies and procedures for assessing employer satisfaction with former vocational education students' training and job performance, this handbook provides ideas for initiating such an assessment and for improving upon current assessment practices. It consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Measures, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Clark, Mary Jo – 1997
In an attempt to meet the need for improved skills in the local workforce, San Juan College (New Mexico) made efforts to locate a target population of students and find out how successfully the courses they took met their work needs. A computer search identified a trial population of 513 students who met a set of criteria that suggested they took…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Education Work Relationship