U.S. Coast Guard Officer Performance Management System: An Analysis of Current Commitment Levels and Potential Effectiveness Indicators.

Abstract

The United States Coast Guard has implemented a performance appraisal system intended to enable personnel boards within the service to fairly select Coast Guard Officers (for promotion, schooling, and assignment), while also providing for the professional development and counseling of officers. This system, the Officer Performance Management System (OPMS), is based largely on the principles of management by objectives (MBO) and incorporates the use of behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) in the process of performance evaluation. In an effort to assess the current attitudes of Coast Guard officers concerning the Officer Performance Management System (OPMS), the author has administered a survey to a random sample of five hundred active duty Coast Guard Officers. This sample was drawn from paygrades 0-1 through 0-6 and is further stratified by career field and geographic area of assignment. The survey attempts to measure reactions, attitudes, and specific areas of knowledge relevant to the OPMS. The survey responses depict only limited acceptance of the OPMS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA128605

Entities

People

  • Partick James Popieski

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Coast Guard
  • Corporations
  • Data Analysis
  • Demography
  • Employment
  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Geographic Regions
  • Human Resources
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Personnel Management
  • Professional Development
  • Psychology
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States

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