360 Degree Feedback

Employee Appraisals are a very important part of any organisation to better reflect on its performance and effectiveness within any given environment. Assessments are normally conducted by line mangers, supervisors and team leaders at some places of work, however it's has come to light that these kind of appraisals are not very effective and efficient due to the simple fact that they are bias oriented or conducted in a very flaccid manner. Bringing into light the 360 Degree Feedback as the best way of conducting appraisals unlike the traditional ways of assessment.

360 Degree Feedback appraisal is an all round assessment and the most likely to given unbiased and accurate data to best explain the performance of each individual assessed. 360 degree (or 360⁰) feedback, and sometimes simply called 360 feedback, is a performance appraisal system that gathers feedback on an individual from a number of sources, typically including colleagues, direct reports and customers. Its supporters claim that this gives managers and individuals better information about skills and performance, as well as working relationships, compared with more traditional appraisal arrangements based on line managers’ assessment.

With 360 degree feedback, typically eight to 10 people complete questionnaires describing the individual performance. Often individuals fill out a questionnaire for themselves too, assessing their own performance.

The rationale is that, in more complex organisations, managers may not always fully understand the contribution of the people they manage – as they may be part of many different teams and engage in autonomous or semi-autonomous relationships with customers or colleagues.  There is therefore a strong argument for obtaining wide-ranging information to form an accurate picture of performance. Unless social networks have managed to get all these employees access to one another then the problem of biased data might continue to be a stumbling block. Therefore a thoroughly drafted, schemed report and or a questionnaire must be structured with policy mandated information to yield the best results that not increase performance but motivates those being assessed.

360 Degree Feedback does not only increase performance within a work environment but morale and integration because the employees are involved or rather have a say in the reviews of their superiors that are part of the greater picture. Engaging employees in these vital decision making and life changing models elevates the organisation to a democratic and healthy work relationship that is guaranteed to satisfy all the stakeholders.

At Humba HR Consultants we guarantee to draft a bespoke report, questionnaire and we guarantee to research intensively so that your 360 Degree Feedback appraisal works only for this particular organisation and its employees. Employees are very important assets of any given organisation and with that in mind we should reward them with the best incentives, respect and remuneration.