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Definition of 360-degree feedback How can 360-degree feedback help individual development?
A Personal Story
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went to a store to buy some computer equipment. I really enjoyed the time at the store. When I got home, my wife asked: Did you find what you need? Oh, I forgot.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Organizations often forget their major objectives when they implement 360-degree surveys
They plan to use 360-degree feedback programs to develop peoples leadership skills Then they focus on how to implement such programs smoothly and successfully
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When they finish the process, they often have forgotten their original goals
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A manager or supervisor is rated on a range of leadership competencies by people with whom he or she has a work or business relationship
It is a common belief that such programs are effective when used for developmental purposes but not for administrative (e.g. promotion) purposes
So, this presentation will mainly discuss how to use 360-degree feedback effectively to develop people
Planning buy-in evaluation instrument design or selection report generation feedback delivery setting development plan follow-up
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Basic Assumption
Based on Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger, 1957), a significant gap between self-ratings and ratings from others can cause psychological dissonance. When this happens, people are motivated to reduce this gap and feel assonant again. According to Control Theory (Carter & Schneier, 1981,1982), when people detect discrepancies between their goals and their behavior, they are likely to take actions to reduce the discrepancies.
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Basic Assumption
Therefore, it is widely believed that 360-degree feedback can result in energy and impetus for change (e.g., Lewin, 1958; London, 1997). However, some challenges have been raised to this assumption
Many people are already well aware of their weaknesses and strengths because of rich feedback in daily life Kaplan (1993) observed that too often managers are given feedback, dutifully resolve to do better, and nothing changes.
Observations
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A meta analysis by Kluger and DeNisi (1989) suggests that simply providing people feedback itself doesnt result in positive change.
Lower their objectives and/or reject the feedback that can be motivated to
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Goodstone and Diamante (1998) questioned the assumption that to know oneself is to change oneself.
Feedback is more effective when it focuses on behaviors, tasks, and situations However, the target areas of 360degree often are interpersonal styles or other trait-related competencies (see what feedback reports often present).
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What Do We Think?
There is a plenty of room between feedback and actual individual development /change
Feedback: How was a person perceived by various raters? Judgment: what does the feedback mean to the person? Intention: What does the person plan to do? Action: What does the person really do? Results: What does the person finally achieve?
Therefore, a lot of effort is needed to ensure that feedback can result in positive
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Conceptual model can affect peoples practice It describe its main objective, the individual development activities, as follow-up. Based on this model, organizations may fail to
Keep their focus on their original goal Recognize the difficulty of individual development Allocate sufficient resources Create learning conditions Provide important support and facilitation
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The primary goal can be emphasized or highlighted Organizational continuing support to individual development is addressed
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A diligent and long-term process People need to overcome resistance to stretch beyond their comfort zones
Personal goals and organizational objectives can be aligned Organizations can facilitate and support individual learning Organization can improve and even transform its culture during this process
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make it clear that actual individual development /change is the major goal Better model the individual learning process instead of simply using followup
e.g., train people how to give constructive feedback in real work situations
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Ensure to keep focus on the major goal individual development Set realistic expectations Allocate sufficient resources Provide supportive conditions Create a learning culture
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Motivation
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Weaknesses when they really create problems Leverage strengths and compensate for weaknesses
Learn
You have a total of 16 pieces Some pieces (e.g., 1 queen, 2 bishops, 2 rooks) are more powerful than other (e.g., 8 pawns) You cannot change each pieces power. However, you can learn how to manipulate those individual pieces more effectively to achieve a better overall result.
This is often ignored because it cannot be directly reflected in a 360-degree feedback report
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Strategic Technical
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Ensure the main objective, individual development, always a focus Both organizations and individuals are responsible for making actual learning happen
They work as a joint force Aligning personal development goals and organizational goals and objectives
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Organizations can provide sufficient resources and create supportive conditions and culture to facilitate individual learning
Ideally, organizations can finally create a feedback culture which is characterized as: People often receive constructive feedback from various sources on a regular basis People also often actively seek feedback for improvement
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When a feedback culture is created, it can help apply feedback theories more correctly
Research indicates:
on tasks and behaviors instead of trait-type competencies Given in a timely manner Target leadership competencies Take a long time to provide feedback
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In a feedback culture,
Given in a timely manner more likely to focus on behavior instead of trait because of vivid memory
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Summary
Need to better model the whole process of 360-degree feedback programs with a focus on individual development
Conceptual model directs peoples practice You are going to launch a space shuttle instead of satellite
Satellite: not much follow-up is needed after it is launched Space shuttle, the real mission just starts after it is launched
Thank You!
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