Staff Reporting and Staff Development.

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- Author's Preface -- 1. Objectives of Staff Assessment -- Mutual Responsibilities of Management and Staff -- Deciding on the Sort of Staff Required by an Organization -- Different Requirements of different Organizations -- Difficulty of Changing Traditions within an Organization -- 2. Methods of Staff Assessment -- Aspects of a Staff Assessment Scheme -- Is any Formal System Necessary? -- Desirable Features of any Staff Assessment Scheme -- Frequency of Review -- Different Methods of Staff Assessment -- 3. Confidential Reports -- Pros and Cons of a Confidential Report System -- Responsibility for Reports -- Three Kinds of Difficulty -- Successive Forecasts by People of Progressively Senior Rank -- 4. Promotion Boards -- Pros and Cons -- Possible Alternatives to Current Practice -- 5. Open Reporting -- Pros and Cons of Open Reporting -- Experience in the U.S. Civil Service -- Compromise Procedure in the U.K. -- 6. Design of the Report Form -- Contents of the Report Form -- Pen Picture or Ratings -- Layout of Form -- Length and Complexity -- Summarizing the Information on the Form. -- 7. Training in Reporting -- Formal Training Conferences -- Effect of a Conference -- Informal Meetings within Departments -- 8. Standards of Reporting -- Extent of Agreement Between Different Reporting Officers -- Checks on the Standard of Reference -- Consequences of Statistical Analysis -- 9. Acting on Staff Reports -- Efforts by Reporting Officers to Achieve Desired Effects -- The Forced Choice Technique -- Example of a Report Form of the Forced-Choice Type -- Consideration of Activities Outside Office Hours -- 10. Staff Appraisal Interviews -- Pros and Cons -- Three Interview Techniques -- Effectiveness of the Appraisal Interview.

11. Description of a Staff Development Scheme -- 12. Summary of Conclusions -- Appendices -- A Atomic Energy Authority Report form . -- B Report form used by Unilever for Managers and Specialists. -- C Civil Service Model Report form for Clerical Assistants. -- D Civil Service Model Report form for Clerical Officers and above. -- E C.S.C. Research Unit report form for Executive Officers. -- F Report form used by London Transport Executive. -- G Pen picture of a young Executive Officer (Mr. X). -- H Report form used in the British C.S.C. -- I Summary of Ratings on Mr. X. -- J Eastern Electricity Board Staff Report, Part B. -- K Eastern Electricity Board Staff Report, Part C. -- Index.

This book, first published in 1961, considers the schemes based on various combinations of written reports and interviews in staff appraisal and development. It also discusses the mutual responsibilities of staff and management, and the objectives of staff assessment.

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