The Origin Of Performance Appraisal

The concepts used in performance evaluation are as old as the world. *** It is said that:? Where there's a man there is a judge?. In the sixteenth century, before the founding of the Society of Jesus, St. Ignatius of Loyola introduced a formal procedure to try members of his Church. Used a combined system of reports and notes on the activities and mainly the potential of each of his Jesuits. The system consisted of self ratings made by members of the order, each supervisor reports about the activities of their subordinates and special reports made by any Jesuit who prove to have information about their own performance or that of their peers, which a superior may not have access to a different medium. ***

Some more history: The emperors of China Wei Dynasty (221-265 AD) had an "imperial valuer? , Which had the task of assessing the performance and behavior of members of the court. In 1850, the offices of the U.S. government already had their valuation tab. In 1880, the U.S. military, create your own system. In 1918, General Motors, is the first company to design a system-oriented evaluation, but its executives *** In short, men have always been judged by their superiors, in the case of this trial to be explicit, notes in the form of qualification or information. conrcc@gmail.com's website: http://www.galeon.com/ricardocandela/