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From: alesha@auto-trol.com (Alec Sharp)
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Subject: Elimination of performance ratings.
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Date: 18 Jun 91 13:36:46 GMT
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I recently posted the following, but wasn't clear about what I am
asking, as I learned from e-mail I received.

> We are a high-tech (CAD/CAM) company that is interested in looking at
> alternatives to reviews/appraisals.

> I'm trying to find out about companies of several hundred or more
> people that have gone away from appraisal systems, following the
> advice of Deming.

> If you don't use appraisals/reviews, how do you give feedback on
> performance, help people improve, give out pay raises?

Yes, we still want to do reviews/appraisals so we can help employees
develop and improve their skills.  What we want to eliminate is the
1,2,3,4,5 ratings, where people feel upset if they don't get an above
average rating.  So the real question is, if you don't use a rating 
scheme that puts people in boxes, how do you give feedback on 
performance, help people improve, give out pay raises?

Alec

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