Performance Evaluation within Organized Athletics

Performance Evaluation within Organized Athletics

Performance evaluations in the corporate culture are common practice to assess the growth of the employees and develop specific plan of actions for the success of the company.

There are many types of philosophies and approaches to evaluating employees from self-evaluations, 360 degree feedback, and to formalized surveys. In order for performance evaluations to be effective and create the positive change that they are intended, there must be a process that is relevant and have an unbiased outcome (O'Boyle, 2014). As sporting organizations have become more structured, the importance of evaluating its managers, coaches and players is a vital component to create a culture of winning. Therefore, by adopting the process that has effectively worked in the business environment, evaluating the organization’s leaders creates a healthy competitive culture (O'Boyle, 2014). In turn, this internal competitiveness cultivates the best out of each employee. As in traditional business, the implementation of a structurally sound performance evaluation process within a school’s athletic, intramural and physical education program, will benefit each individual involved and the institution as a whole.

The Evaluation Process

Schools that have an effective evaluation process function with fluidity in all areas within their system (Jensen, 2003). The purpose to conduct evaluations within a school system is to create bench marks to identify growth opportunities, evaluate teachers, coaches, students, and administration, recognize facility functions, and certify that each participant is working towards the vision and mission of the school (Jensen, 2003). Each evaluation should be carried out with a p...

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