Enlisted performance evaluation in the United States Navy
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Hunt, Alan G.
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Hartley, Robert S.
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1966-04
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George Washington University
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Abstract
Through the years some form of evaluation system has been used to
evaluate the abilities and the performance of enlisted personnel in the United
States Navy. This system has progressed from word -of-mouth reputation
between commanding officers to our present well-defined method of semiannual
performance evaluations of all enlisted personnel. A formal system
of evaluation appears to have begun in the Navy in approximately 1917.
Instructions for evaluating personnel and the recording of these evaluations
were issued in the form of circular letters issued by the old Bureau of
Navigation. From 1920 until the present, instructions have been published in a personnel manual. Chapter II, III, and IV of this paper will trace the
development of the evaluation system through the years 1921 to 1966.
There can be no doubt that in an organization as large as the United
States Navy an appraisal system of some kind is mandatory. The Navy is
a continuously changing organization, personnel are on the move, going to
schools, being promoted, sent on special assignments, and leaving the
service for civilian life. To select the best personnel for Navy life and for
all of its many programs requires a vast amount of effort. Without an
evaluation system the task would not be possible.
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