Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

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LCDR “I feel a junior officer is very formable in his early years and
should be guided only by iiis seniors, not his juniors.”
LCDR “The evaluation would seem to put too much emphasis on molding
the junior officer to suit the needs of subordinates, when in
fact the molding should come from the top -- providing of course
that the superior is capable himself and takes advantage of
opportunities to observe the junior cf f icer.”
LCDR “One would tend to cater to the wishes and xhims of subordinates
if only to protect his ego when he receives their ‘biased’
evaluations.”
LCDR “Feedback should be welcome in any form. Lt enables one to see if
points of emphasis are coming across. It should be entirely
optional on the part of the enlisted men and should not go throug!k
any chain of command, i.e., leading PO’s or Chiefs.”
LCDR “The Lypical junior officer is too sensitive to the opinions of
his subordinates. I+ trying to please a11 of them, having no
way to differentiate between serious comment and sarcastic,
he could ruin himself, in !lis oh-a image. He could lose whatever
self-confidence he ilad built up.”
LCDR “ I iee? the success of such fecdbisk would depend upon whether
the recipient could take criticism, and if he could, effect
changes where necessary, There is .i Jonger of an impersonal
system such as that described bxoning d routine, meaningless
exercise if the recipient canntit communicate its worth by
viewing the feedback seriously and making changes where nec2-sary.”
LT “Problem in m.iintaining anon>-mity Tomes ~JF when the officer has
very few subordinates. ?lay IlPc’Ci t c> propose a system in wliirh
evaluations are only made wfnn the officer has, for example, five
or more subordin:ttes;” Xote: Some form of this comment was often
made and it is probably true that maintaining true anonymity in
a small unit would be difficult, it not impossibJ.e.
CDK “The evaluation strould not be forced upon the subordinates. It
should be optionaL whether or not you evaluate your senior.”
LT “Since seniors 113762 a hard lime evalualing juniors and our fitness
reports are a highly controversial topic. don’t you t Aink nn
uneducated individual ..:ould have even a more d?fficult time
efficiently evaluating seniors?
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