BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: 360 Degree Appraisal
- on the Managerial Gridâ„¢, the management style indicating a preference for focusing on the task or people side of management
Additional Resources
- Conducting a 360-degree Appraisal
- A 360-degree appraisal surveys and collects the views of all the appraised employee's colleagues, including the manager, peers, direct reports, and, on occasion, clients. Additionally, the employee will generally rate himself, so that his views of how he impacts his colleagues can be added to the mix.There is no absolute...
- Articles 2007-09-28
- Conducting a 360-degree Appraisal
- Conducting a 360-degree Appraisal360 Review SoftwareInteresting! We've been using allpointsfeedback.com for our 360's. Its tough to do without a good piece of software.RE: Conducting a 360-degree AppraisalDuring my whole career this has taken place for me only once - regrettably. Since this form of feedback is really very useful,...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
- 360 Degree Feedback: Migrating From Development Tool To Performance Appraisal
- Over the past five years, we have seen more and more interest in using 360-degree feedback as part of a performance appraisal process. Many organizations have made the change from using 360 degree feedback assessments strictly for development to using them for performance evaluations, talent reviews, and succession planning. The...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- The Great Debates About 360 Degree Feedback
- In the great 360 degree feedback debate, do members of the organization provide 360 degree feedback anonymously or face-to-face? Do 360 ratings affect performance appraisal ratings and salary increases or are they used to provide employees feedback for development? These and several other debates rage on in the performance management...
- White papers
- 10 Tips For Conducting 360 Degree Performance Reviews
- 360 feedback provides more points of reference, measures how someone does their job, and opens up a real developmental conversation between manager and subordinate. There are differences in how a 360 degree feedback survey should be used for development as opposed to appraisal. Scores are typically elevated when 360s are...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Does 360-Degree Feedback Negatively Affect Company Performance
- In the contemporary business era, the 360-degree feedback appraisal system is in vogue. 360-degree feedback is a multi-source feedback mechanism in which each employee, right from the manager, and the peers evaluate and appraise the employee. Such feedback system gives a multi-dimensional perspective on the employee performance. The paper explores...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- Extreme appraisal.
- Apr 07, 2006 (INTHEBLACK - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Multi-source or 360 degree feedback is useful in finding out what are an individual worker's strengths and weaknesses. As this management tool involves confidential written interviews with peers, co-workers and even clients, 360 degree feedback is...
- Research articles 2006-04-07
- Giving Feedback on Management Style: The three degrees of 360° feedback
- Traditionally, feedback on management style has come from the top down, either as part of a yearly performance appraisal or after a particularly disastrous event. A newer approach considered the idea that a manager ought to receive management style feedback from more than one source and from people who knew...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Get the most from 360-degree feedback: put it on the Internet - Otis Elevator Co.'s Internet-based 360-degree feedback system
- How one organization made its appraisal system worthwhile by using web-based technology. Suppose a senior corporate vice president calls you one day and asks you to create a better way to do performance appraisals - a process that accurately evaluates performances, makes individuals accountable, links performance to organizational strategy...
- Research articles 1999-05-01
- Interviewing Principles And Practices
- The focus of this presentation is upon performance interview. The various topics, which have been covered in this, include: new visions for new organizations, preparing for the performance interview, selecting an appropriate review model, conducting the performance review interview. There are various ways of evaluating this interview. Some of these...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Conducting Effective Performance Appraisals
- People frequently appraise others and their performance. When chatting over coffee, it's natural to talk about what other people have accomplished, and how effectively they've done it. But these informal conversations are generally based upon perception . They're subjective and unreliable. Performance appraisals seek to redress this imbalance by making...
- Articles 2007-10-31
- A New Game Plan for C Players
- The Idea in Brief How to sustain a 23% annual shareholder return? Push your growth rate from 4% to 10% in one year? Triple your market capitalization in three years? Clothing retailer The Limited,...
- Articles 2008-03-10
- Giving and Receiving Feedback
- Most people assume that the experience of giving or receiving feedback will be a negative and uncomfortable one. This doesn’t have to be the case, however. It is good practice to highlight positive achievements or traits in any type of feedback situation.Feedback is, in fact, a gift. When providing feedback,...
- Articles 2007-02-15
- Managing Perceptions
- Many factors influence the way in which we perceive the world and the people in it. Our different cultural backgrounds, life experiences, and personal values all affect our interactions and relationships with others, as do our personalities, our social skills, and our styles and approaches to dealing with people and...
- Articles 2007-02-15
- Retooling 360s For Better Performance
- From the executive summary: ‘The 360-degree feedback tool combines input from supervisors, peers, and direct reports to provide a broad perspective on an employee's strengths and developmental needs. It has insinuated itself into the performance appraisal processes at an increasing number of companies. But as some firms are discovering, the...
- White papers 2004-02-23
- Developing Your Employees
- There is a well-established case for developing your employees. It makes sense for the organization, it makes sense for the team, and it makes sense for the individuals concerned.From the organizational perspective, it is clearly beneficial to make the best of the talent held in your employee base; there is...
- Articles 2007-02-15
- COMPANIES EVALUATE EMPLOYEES FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES
- The article discusses that companies are turning to 360-degree appraisals which pool feedback from both internal and external, customers to receive a broader, more accurate perspective on employees. The supervisor still has the ultimate responsibility for the appraisal and ensures that the appropriate raters are selected, thereby preventing the ratee...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Developing Effective Leaders
- The article says that the New World has rendered the traditional "boss-down" appraisal extinct, and a new, and more appropriate, approach to assessing management competencies that lead to performance has emerged. That new approach is variously called "multi-rater feedback," "reverse appraisals," or, most commonly, 360-Degree Feedback. The reality today is...
- White papers 2002-04-18
