MEASURING  BY  LIMITED  IMPRESSIONS

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SUMMARY  OF  INDIVIDUAL  ESTIMATES

NAME

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LOCATION

DATE

POSITION

WAGE

QUALITIES

1

Attendance

Industry

Intelligence

Speed

Initiative

Tact

Executive  Ab.

Orderliness

Personal  Habits

Reliability

1

Total

The  next  question  to  be  considered  is  this:  Who  shall
make  these  estimates  ?  In  the  first  place,  they  should  never
be  made  by  equals,  because,  no  matter  how  honest  an
individual  may  be,  it  is  practically  impossible  for  him  to
express  a  fair  opinion  of  a  fellow  worker  who  is  a  possible
rival.  The  estimates  of  each  employee  should  be  made  by
at  least  two  superiors.  The  employee’s  immediate  superior ­
  should  always  pass  judgment  because  his  interests
are  directly  concerned  and  because  he  should  have  the
most  thorough  knowledge  of  the  workers  under  him.
However,  his  opinions  should  be  checked  against  those  of
some  other  superior  who  has  at  least  an  acquaintance  with
the  employees  being  considered.  In  practice,  there  are
usually  several  overseers  or  superintendents  who  are  more
or  less  directly  concerned  with  the  same  group  of  workers.
The  very  consciousness  that  one  opinion  is  subject  to
check  against  another  serves  to  create  greater  care  on  the