Open AccessValidity And Cost/Benefit Analysis Of A Rating System Used For Promotion
Author(s) -
Steven D. Norton,
Joseph L. Balloun,
Edward Dunne,
H. Edward Thornton
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2157-8834
pISSN - 0892-7626
DOI - 10.19030/jabr.v8i1.6189
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , rating system , terminology , process (computing) , computer science , rating scale , value (mathematics) , management science , psychology , economics , political science , environmental economics , machine learning , politics , law , developmental psychology , linguistics , philosophy , operating system
This paper begins with a discussion of the issues involved in the validity of a rating system and its value to the organization, using the terminology introduced by Landy and Farr (1980). We then describe a large project in which a rating system was developed and used as part of the promotion process for a complex, high technology organization with several thousand employees. After describing evidence for the validity of the rating system, we provide a cost benefits analysis. WE conclude with a description of the decline of the rating system.