Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

Note: Lt is interesting to note that many who had held command
commented that this ieedback would have been especially useful to them.
7. Do you feel that such feedback might have been of help to
you at any time in your career? If yes, when?
Yes 87.9% :;0 12.1%
::ote: The “when” in t.!:is case was generally as a LT and below,
but many responded that it would help at any time.
8. Do you feel that enlisted raters would conscientiously attempt
an accurate evaluation oi their superior officer?
Yes 74.2% SO 7.22 Don’t know 17.6%
9. If such an evaluation system were adopted by the military
services, do you feel that the raters should be restricted to:
;:o restrictions (all levels of subordinates) 58.3%
Petty ‘Officers only 34.6%
0)ther 7.1%
So t e : l-Ill2 “Other” iz this case generally was accompar.ied by comments
suggesting a graded firading system; that is, officers and CPO’s grade Ci) &
SO while Clli.ets and First Class rate their Department Head, or some similar
groupings. ‘i’here is certainly some merit to this idea, if only to reduce
the amount oi paperwork.
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The results of this survey appeared Lo indicate two points conclusively:
We quote Lt. Bloom~:r, “(1) There is a general concern for improving
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officer/enlisted 1 ines of ~rJmaun:cat lea. (2) The ovcrwllelmin~ majsrity of
respondents indicated a high degree of respect for the judgement of the
enlis:ed man of today.” The resider should keep firmly in minci, however,
that 1.t. Bloomer’s survey had as n z&Jor premise that the subordinates
evaluations would be for tile use of only their senior.
A L about the same time, Lt. Clooaier was conducting his survey, Githens
surveyed 68 USS officers ;lt tile Savy Postgraduate Scl~ool. Two of his
quest ions involved the issue cf raLinps by subordinates. The questions
� nd the responses obtained are presented in Table Il. -ihe reader should
notice thaL in the instructions to Githen’s survey, unlike those to Lt.
Bloomer’s survey, the use of Ltw data from subordinates ratings were not
explicitly restricted LO USC only by the senior.
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