360 degree evaluation

[ABC]

We have stated these 360 degree evaluations. Have to say I am not a great fan of them. Do the senior management really take any of the feedback on board !

[Starbucks Junkie]

Originally Posted by ABC

We have stated these 360 degree evaluations. Have to say I am not a great fan of them. Do the senior management really take any of the feedback on board !

When I was at Procter & Gamble they managed an excellent 360 degree feedback process at junior management level upwards.

Two weeks prior to the feedback the appraise would select a number of people from within and outside his department, people that he/she interacted with daily, on the day of the feedback the manager would take the appraisers into a room and go through strengths and opportunites against set criteria for the person to be appraised, this person then cam into the room and the feedback was given by the manager, with the people who had provided the feedback eloborating further.

It produced excellent results and was a good personal development tool.

It needs a strong manager/Moderator to control it, and word the critera correctly otherwise it could turn into a witch hunt.

A 360 tool SHOULD NEVER BE USED A PRELUDE TO PAY INCREASES OR PROMOTIONS.

It should only be used as a personal development tool.

[seema]

360 degree evaluation means evaluation all around and then interpreting the results, such type of evaluation produce results and can create pressure upon the top management..

[Bob R]

If the program is new at your company, it's best to be cautious.
I've had direct experience in an environment with 360 evaluations. They are both a pain in the neck and an incredible practice.
The problem is that they take awhile to become part of the culture. The company needs to spend several YEARS with a clear commitment to the process before all managers can be expected to understand the full spirit of it.
Until that time, some managers may get it, and others never will. Those that don't get it eventually wash out of the company, but not before they make a case against themselves by creating undue upheaval in the careers of subordinate. Eventually there is justice; you just don't want to be an unwitting part of the ugly process of getting there.

So if you're less than certain about how superiors in the organization will accept criticism, be cautious.
Find a way to give honest feedback that presents some kind of improvement opportunity that is so innocuous that they can't help but accept it. And let someone else make the mistake of being a bit too enthusiastic about this program.

I'm not suggesting being cynical about it; just politically savvy.

[KEOGH]

somehow i am sick about this 360 degree evaluation. it actually waste my time alot if it is a small company. however this is my personal opinion