360-degree feedback

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

   From today's WALL STREET JOURNAL, 12 December 2000, pg. B1, col. 1:

_Do "360" Job Reviews_
_By Colleagues Promote_
_Honesty or Insults?_
   THIS TIME OF YEAR, managers are in the midst of annual job-performance reviews.  Many companies are sold on the latest fad: "360-degree" feedback.  It's a dubious tool.
   Under this system, employees are rated not just by their immediate boss but by peers, team members, subordinates and sometimes even customers.  The idea is to get as much frank feedback from as many perspectives as possible. (...)