appraisal

... That is, first the word "merit rating," which is also the original word for personnel evaluation, was used, and the evaluation was made based on a certain evaluation scale. Then the word "evaluation," which can be considered a quantitative evaluation, was used, and then "appraisal," which means evaluating in light of certain standards, and more recently the word "performance review" has been used. This personnel evaluation called "performance review" was developed by General Electric (GE), and is a method of planning work, setting goals, and reviewing the progress of those goals, incorporating "management by objectives" into personnel evaluation. ...

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…　すなわち，最初はmerit ratingという人事考課の原語でもある言葉が使われ，一定の判定尺度に照らして判定した。ついで量的判定ともいえるevaluationという言葉が使われ，さらに，一定の基準に照らしたうえで評価する意味からappraisal(評定)が用いられ，最近ではperformance review(遂行度審査)という言葉が使われている。この遂行度審査という人事考課は，ゼネラル･エレクトリック(GE)社の開発によるものであり，仕事を計画し，目標を定め，その遂行状況を審査するやり方で，人事考課に〈目標による管理〉を組みこんだものである。…

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