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salary €25000, Bonus €2000.
Average salary scale on grade: €24000 plus €2500 bonus. Personal circumstances:
Married with small house in the centre of town.
O works in the new design department. This department had been recently moved into
attractive accommodation linked to the toolroom area. Though the area was open plan,
only 8 people worked in the department which occupied a fairly large area, split up by
screens and computer terminals. O took part in most of the quality control sessions that
took place in the production department and generally proved to be a good contributor.
Promotion prospects: Poor until O can deal with the range of details that are required of a
manager in that position.
Appraisal report: all ratings out of 10 with additional comments.
Appearance: (9) Excellent. Administration: (8) All projects completed on time. Attendance
record: (4) Poor as often late, and 28 days sickness. Budgetary performance: (8) Good.
New product performance: (9) All three projects completed on time. Technical skills: (7)
Well qualified for current tasks. Customer contact: (5) Suffers from lack of attendance, but
otherwise good. Contact with suppliers: n/a. Company contact with superiors: (7) Well
regarded. Contact with equals: (5) Considered difficult to get on with. Contact with
subordinates/shop floor: (8) Well regarded.
Subordinate development: n/a. General comments (Line manager): Osman suffers from
his poor attendance record, though otherwise his performance is more than adequate. The
steadily worsening attendance record poses problems for the department in meeting the
new working schedules. General comments (subordinate): I have found it difficult to adjust
to the working environment at Burke Engineering but will attempt to improve my
performance over the next year.
F Dennis.
Age 42. Current position: Finance manager. Number of years with company: 1. Past
history: Entered local aerospace company as bookkeeper, appointed deputy finance
manager five years ago. Unit closed down last year. Reporting structure: Finance director.
Line responsibility: Accounts clerks (6). Staff responsibility: Marketing and sales,
production. Years in current position: 1. Special skills: The understanding of the financing
of capital intensive long term development projects. Training over last year: Induction and
10 days on international documentation. Current salary: €30000, Bonus €4500. Average
salary scale on grade: €27000 plus €3000 bonus. Personal circumstance: F is married
and had a large house in the suburbs without a mortgage. Has three grown up children, is
a local JP and a committee member of many local interest groups. F is one of the most
active members of the Finance Department and takes part in all meetings. Promotion
prospects: Limited until F manages to get on top of the work.
Appraisal report: all scores out of 10 with additional comments. Appearance: (9) Excellent.
Administration: (6) Project completion poor. Attendance record: timing (9) Excellent, with
two days off in year. Budgetary (performance: (7) Adequate, though expenses remain
high. Technical skills (6) Some problems with handling complex international transactions.
Customer contact: (5) Finds it difficult to explain the need for certain procedures to
international customers. Supplier contact: n/a. Company contact with superiors: (7) Well
regarded. Contact with equals: (5) Difficult to get on with and touchy. Contact with
subordinates/ shop floor: (4) Very high junior staff turnover. Subordinate development: (4)
Unable to establish clear training guidelines and development for subordinates. General
comments (Line manager): The main problem would appear to be very high junior staff
turnover in the department which is leading to problems with project completion. He
appears to be unable to effectively motivate junior staff and is lagging behind in the
attempts to manage the new problems that the department is facing. General comments
(subordinate): I do not feel that I am getting to grips with the job and this is of considerable
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