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360 Degree Feedback : The Powerful New Model for Employee Assessment & Performance Improvement

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This book describes the application and growth, in U.S. corporations, of multi-source employee assessment. This is a review of the strengths and weaknesses of the ¡°360¢ª Feedback¡± program created by the authors, Mark R. Edwards and Ann J. Ewen. Their book gives you enough information to evaluate multi-source employee assessments. However, if you are reading it because you expect to be able to implement a 360¢ª feedback process without hiring the authors, you will be disappointed. It seems to be written from the consultant's perspective, which is selling consulting services. This limitation should not discourage you from reading this book, if you have a genuine interest in implementing multi-source employee assessment or if it is something your company may need. While the book is not for the causal reader, it is important for anyone in a Fortune 1000 company who functions as a change agent. We at getAbstract.com recommend this book to any manager who might be interested in implementing such an employee review process.

The book promotes itself to be a practical, how-to resource, but that isn't the case at all. It gives virtually no guidance about how to implement a 360 degree feedback program on the ground. In truth, it seems a fairly transparent attempt by the author to promote his own feedback system, which is what all too many of these books by consultants do. A huge disappointment.

We found that this book gave our organization all the basics so we could start creating our 360 tool. It covered all the areas we needed to address in an easy to understand way.

I've always found it difficult to have to deliver bad news or to criticize someone who works for me. My real goal is to help them improve their skills and their overall career, rather than to put them down. From my own corporate experience as an employee, I did not necessarily have good role models for performing the tasks myself and delivering information to the employees that truly helped them excel in their careers. This book, however, provided me with the information that I needed to mold employees on my team in a different way--a better way. I also did some research to find additional information and tools available on the 360 degree performance appraisal concept. This is one of the tools that I found: [...]

This book provides the practical advice for building 360 systems. It is less academic and more informative than the other books available on the subject.

This book provides the practical advice for building 360 systems. It is less academic and more informative than the other books available on the subject.

Best book available on 360 systems and process.

this book suitbale for academic, students, uupervisor and worke

Best book available on 360 systems and process.

I wish we could all love ourselves as much as Mark R. Edwards and Ann J. Ewen.