Peer Evaluation Instructions

MGMT 3310                          Spring 2008

(Acknowledgment given to Dr. Richard Drapeau, Lamar University-Beaumont)

Peer evaluation will consist of three components:  (1) descriptive comments, (2) distribution of 100 peer evaluation points, and (3) ordinal rating.

            Descriptive Comments:

            For each member, including yourself, describe the qualities that you will use to direct your numeric rating.  You may want to use this section to help you select one member over another member in “Distribution of 100 Peer Evaluation Points" when both members received the same "Ordinal Rating."

            Distribution of 100 Peer Evaluation Points:

            You have 100 points to allocate among all the members of your team.  You may allocate them in any way subject to the constraint that the sum of the points allocated must sum to 100.  The form on page 4 may be helpful in completing this phase of the evaluation.

            Ordinal Rating:

            In this section each member in the group will be rated using an ordinal scale (0-10).  You may only assign "Most Valuable Member" to one team member.  Further, you MUST designate one member as “MVM.”  All other ratings may be used for more than one person.  The following descriptions will provide a uniform interpretation to each ordinal number:

          10 "Most valuable member"         One who made the most contribution to the group.

            9 "Outstanding member"           One who consistently made more than the average number of contributions to the group.

            8 "Average member"                 One who consistently did his/her "share" of the work.

            7 "Less than average"                One who was inconsistent in his/her effort.  However, when he/she did contribute, the contribution was constructive and beneficial to the group.

            6 "Contrary member"                 One who consistently insisted his/her ideas be accepted by the group when, in fact, his/her ideas were contrary to the majority opinion.

            0-5 "Unacceptable member"       One whose attendance at group meetings was infrequent, whose contributions were rare, and whose attitude was detrimental to the group.  The number rating can range from zero to five, depending upon the magnitude of unacceptable behavior.

           


Example of Peer Evaluations: 

(MUST be typed.  Keep Distribution of 100 Points & Ordinal Rating on same page.)

Peer Evaluation for {team name} (by your name)

MGMT 3310           Spring 2008

Descriptive Comments

            Bruce: descriptive paragraph, single-spaced (you first)

                        double-space between Bruce and Alice

            Alice: descriptive paragraph, single-spaced

                        double-space between Alice and Carol

            Carol: descriptive paragraph, single-spaced

                        double-space

            David: descriptive paragraph, single-spaced

                        double-space

            Ellen:  descriptive paragraph, single-spaced

Distribution of 100 Peer Points:  (See page 3)

            Bruce  22          Alice   24          Carol   8           David   20         Ellen  26           SUM  100  .       

            (you first)

Ordinal Rating:  (See page 1)

            Bruce     8        Alice    9           Carol    3          David     8         Ellen     9    .

            (you first)


PEER EVALUATION WORK FORM

(Acknowledgment given to Dr. Margaret Langford, St. Mary’s University)

For each person in each category assign a number between one and ten where one is the worst level and ten is the best level. Please note that this worksheet is optional, and may be used to help allocate the 100 points.

                                                                                    Bruce   Alice    Carol    David   Ellen

                                                                                    (Your

                                                                                    Name)

1.         Availability to meet with group                            10      _____  _____  _____  _____

2.         Worked on project outside of group                    7      _____  _____  _____  _____

3.         Ability to work well with group                              8      _____  _____  _____  _____

4.         Communicated with with group                           8      _____  _____  _____  _____

5.         Active in group project                                         9      _____  _____  _____  _____

6.         Reliable and responsible to do

            his/her work                                                          8      _____  _____  _____  _____

7.         Creative ideas on designing and

            building project                                                      7      _____  _____  _____  _____

8.         Ability to understand concepts                             10      _____  _____  _____  _____

9.         Good organizational skills

            (Time management, etc., dealing

            with group and project as a whole)                       8      _____  _____  _____  _____

10.        Contributed constructive criticism                       9      _____  _____  _____  _____  SUM

            TOTAL                                                                  84         90         30         75         95         374  .

            PERCENTAGE OF 100                                        22         24         8          20         26         100%  

To calculate percentage:

            Divide total points for each individual by sum of points assigned.

            Example:           84 / 374 = 22%