Isn't this sort of thing standard now? GE had something like this -- 6 sigma, I believe. Enron used it also -- so maybe it does work.
On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 01:40:31PM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > This year they introduced a new performance evaluation system at Columbia. > In my department (and others, I assume), the managers must place 50 percent > of the staff into a lower half based on performance. Everybody above the 50 > percent mark must be assigned either to the top 15 percent or the 35 > percentile immediately beneath that. Raises will be based on where you fit > into that profile. The net result is to encourage competition among the > staff rather than a sense of collaboration and teamwork. Les Schaffer told > me that he has seen this technique used elsewhere. Does anybody know of the > management guru who cooked this up if there is one? Or of any literature > that analyzes its role in the corporation? > > -- > > www.marxmail.org -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
