The more we assess ourselves, the more we learn about ourself and the things which we are doing. The more we ask questions, the more doubts arise and ultimately there will be no doubt left which is knowning things in great details and God lies in great details.
The companies should make a process to assess employes every quaterly atleast upto reporting manager level which will not only help the employee to know where he is standing but also help the manager assess himself. But this assessment shouldn't be linked with appraisal but an added advantage to it as well as to manager during year end appraisal.It is the quaterly results that make the company position up/down for next quarter in the same way the assessment can be used which will benefit employee as well as organization by creating more managers.
People come to live in present moment during their appraisal or assessment and it is during the living moments we get great ideas. This idea has to be implemented in small organization first and then transformed to bigger organizations.
I am not sure whether to agree with you. Having lived through a continuous assessment call centre and now doing my Masters where assessment and assignments of both students and lecturers are "the law", I seriously doubt if this one-fits-all is the cure. It reminds me of the endless talent shows with judges, the college and school reforms of formerly humanistic teaching, where competition and time pressures dominate, ERP and lean economy, stingy school lunches that don't feed empty stomachs. Some people get motivated by this penetration with judgment and statistics, others find it a nuisance, time, consuming, de-motivation and preventing real engagement with the other, and serious involvement. There are different personality types and not everyone need continuous pressure. I do not feel more "in the presence" when I am in assignment/assessment situations, I learn best when I do something with a positive emotion because it makes sense and has purpose, or because I love doing it, or I like the people I work with. I feel controlled when I have to adapt too much, in inflexible organizations. Cannot see much innovation going on under those circumstances.
Chris
(Sorry for any spelling mistakes, I am not an English native speaker)
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@lvydvd: If you assess yourself befor joining call centre and at the time of leaving, i bet you have definetely improved your english, speaking with unknown people on phone, trying to understand problem each and everyday.
I believe in Selfassessment not in managers assessment because what manager says is not guaranteed that it will be 100% true, you just need to take good points from what has been given to you and leave the rest.
Those who think assessment as nuisance, time consuming, de-motivation they will not become good managers for sure, because they cannot take or accept the feedback given by others or take it in a positive way. Just taking the feedback or assessment doesnt make you a Great manager, it is after getting feedback what steps you take matters most because this will help you grow personally and professionally. That is the reason, there are assessment and exams in schools, colleges, B-Schools, etc., almost every educational organization, company for job postings, etc., are having assessments.
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