On 22 Jan 98 at 11:00, JAMES_H_CARRINGTON@HP-Chelmsf wrote:
> When you consultants on this list try to sell your services to a
> prospective client, what do you use as evidence of your alleged
> prowess on the issue at hand?
> Do you use references from satisfied clients? Is this not a
> performance review of sorts?
No, it's not, it's a reference check. I think one of the reasons there
appears to be so much disagreement on this is the rather broad definitions
being used. If one believes a reference is a performance review, then
there is no basis for discussion.
Similarly, with those that do not know the difference between a ranking
system, a rating system, and an MBO system.
It makes no sense to talk about the goods and evils of performance
appraisal without specifying the detail.
> I admit that there are plenty of organizations out there that are rife
> with nepotism, favoritism, racism, and sexism. Even I used to work for
> a fascist, but my whole point of this diatribe is to tell the skeptics
> that a performance review system can work and that there are places
> where it does, indeed, it _must_ work.
Obviously, it's in the WAY it's done...and what it is done FOR. You can't
determine if the system works unless you first decide the criterion to
evaluate whether it does work.
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