SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER SCHOOL 360-DEGREE ASSESSMENT TOOL: EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM FOR SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS

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dc.contributor.advisorButtrey, Samuel E.
dc.contributor.advisorHatch, William D., II
dc.contributor.authorShafer, Jacob W.
dc.contributor.departmentOperations Research (OR)
dc.contributor.secondreaderGibbons, Deborah E.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-03T16:03:31Z
dc.date.available2023-05-03T16:03:31Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.description.abstractThe Surface Warfare Officer School Command’s (SWOSCOM) current 360-degree feedback assessment was constructed using a civilian commercial off-the-shelf product and has not undergone a rigorous review since its creation in 2008. Some of the current assessment’s focus areas are not germane to the Surface Warfare Community and have been found to be limited in fully measuring a Naval Surface Warfare Officer’s (SWO) leadership through this and previous studies. This thesis examines potential modifications to significantly improve the assessment to better measure and support the SWO community. The research identified the relevance of existing questions to provide feedback on skills and behaviors that affect leadership performance. Using data collected from SWOSCOM consisting of 100 individual redacted feedback reports, an analysis of variance to determine distinctiveness in perspectives of self, bosses, peers, and subordinates regarding early-career SWOs was conducted. Machine learning techniques were applied to identify skills that might be more effective at providing valuable feedback to young officers. This research provides SWOSCOM with specific areas to target and revise in the current assessment by removing or modifying questions that contribute relatively little to the overall assessment and replacing them with questions that are more tailored to the skills and abilities necessary for a SWO and the community to develop a competitive advantage.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.en_US
dc.description.serviceLieutenant, United States Navyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSurface Warfare Officer Schoolen_US
dc.identifier.curriculumcode360, Operations Analysis
dc.identifier.thesisid38747
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/72053
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.author360-degree feedbacken_US
dc.subject.authorNavyen_US
dc.subject.authorSurface Warfare Officer Schoolen_US
dc.subject.authorSWOen_US
dc.subject.authorSWOSCOMen_US
dc.subject.authorclustering analysisen_US
dc.subject.authorregression analysisen_US
dc.titleSURFACE WARFARE OFFICER SCHOOL 360-DEGREE ASSESSMENT TOOL: EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM FOR SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineOperations Researchen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Operations Researchen_US
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