Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

Results of a Sur.ey by W. Ii. Githens of 68 USX ’
Officer/Students at the i
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
As part of an overall evaluation, what do you think about being
rated by your subordinates? ::
An excellent idea 3
A good idea 13
A fair idea 17
A poor idea 34
Assuming that peer, subordinate, self, and the
by superior” were in cperation, what should be
to the total evaluation? Assign a weight from
system. The sum of L&W weights must add up to
Rating by peers 13.g7*
Rating by subordinates X.00*
Rating b> superiors ?2.23*
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Rating by self 5.79”
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* ?ieans computed over sample of 68 offic,er/students.
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present “rating
their contributions
0 to 100 each
100 units.
The results of Git!len’s survey seem to show that officers are less
sanguinc.nbout subordinate r.rtings than did the reisults of Lt. Bloomer’s
study. We feel that this difference in results stems from the psychoiogical
sets given by the questions and instructions fo the surveys. Lt.
Bloomer’s survey addressed using subordinate ratings as a feedback vehicle
for the cognizant senior, while *:i::hen’s survey asked the respondents
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about using data from subordinate ratings :~hen evbluating officers. These
results lead to the rather obvious cone-usion that / the use to which subordinate
evaluations are put will influence the reception they receive
from those who are evaluated. Thus, it is necessary to understand the 4
fears and concerns that officers have concerningasubordinate ratings.
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In his survey. Lt. BloLjmer asked those who were opposed to the
type of subordinate rating system he proposed to comment on ;heCr reservat
ions. Table 111 contains a representative set of, t1.c ccmments that
were obtained.
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