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Subordinate development: (5) Considers that employees should learn on the shop floor.
General comments: J has maintained Burke Engineering production by detailed
understanding of the current production systems, but finds it difficult to work as part of a
team. Subordinate comments: Team work is unimportant; what matters is getting the job
done.
D Lovatt
Current position: Costing/Operations Manager. Age: 55. Number of years with company:
32. Reporting structure: Production manager, Production director. Line responsibility:
None. Staff responsibility: Sales & marketing, finance. Skills level: 2. Past history: Joined
Burke from school as apprentice, left for a period to work in the navy and then rejoined the
company. In house training. Years in current position: 21. Special skills: Knowledge of
suppliers capabilities. Training over last year: Nil. Current salary:
€ 33,000. Bonus:
€
3,000. Average salary scale on grade:
€ 34,000 plus
€ 2,500 bonus. Personal
circumstances: Widowed; all children left home. No mortgage or outgoings. Chairman of
local horticultural club. Promotion prospects: Nil.
Appraisal report: all appraisals out of 10 followed by comments.
Appearance: (9) Excellent. Administration: (10) All projects completed on time. Attendance
record: (10) Never misses a days work. Budgetary performance: n/a. Technical skills (3)
Incapable of using computerised costing systems. New project performance: (4) Has
problems dealing with the unexpected. Customer contact: n/a. Supplier contact: (10)
Spends a great deal of time dealing with suppliers, though this is not effectively part of the
job description. Contact with superiors: (9) Always willing to try to achieve required
objectives. Contact with equals: (10) Always has time for other members of staff. Contact
with subordinates/shop floor: (10) Well regarded. Spends a great deal of time in various
departments of the factory. Subordinate development: n/a. General comments: D is well
liked but finds new systems and new problems difficult to cope with. Subordinate
comments: The company can give me time to learn new ideas and I will get to the required
level of performance.
D Orden
Current position: Warehouse manager. Age: 45. Number of years with company: 18.
Reporting structure: Assistant production manager, Production manager, Production
director. Line responsibility: Warehouse staff. Staff responsibility: Sales & marketing,
finance. Skills level: 2. Past history: Entered company from Armed Services as
quartermaster sergeant. Years in current position: 18. Special skills: Extensive knowledge
of alternative storage facilities in area. Training over last year: Nil. Current salary:
€29,000. Bonus: € 3,000. Average salary scale on grade: € 28,000 plus € 2,500 bonus.
Personal circumstances: Single. Lives in rented accommodation. Promotion prospects:
Poor as lacks either technical or managerial skills.
Appraisal report: all appraisals out of 10 followed by comments. Appearance: (6) Variable
with tendency to wear army uniform. Administration: (5) Has difficulty on occasions
maintaining the manual stock system. Attendance record: (10) Excellent. Spends long
hours in the warehouse and is always prepared to come in at weekends to cope with
deliveries. Budgetary performance: (4) Has difficulty in keeping to budget, partly as a result
of the continual alterations in stock levels and changes in delivery times. Technical skills
(6) Still below the demands of the task.
Unwilling to consider the introduction of a new computer stock system. New project
performance: n/a. Customer contact: (10) Always at pains to help customers with their
deliveries. Supplier contact: (10) Prepared to be available at any time to meet suppliers
delivery requirements. Contact with superiors: (7) Generally well regarded, but reacts with
hostility to discipline. Contact with equals: (5) Does not get involved in contact with other
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