The Results of Using the Experiential Activity of Group Performance Evaluation in a Business Policy Setting

Abstract

During the 1989 ABSEL Conference, the strategy of using Group Performance Evaluation as an experiential activity was presented. Following the presentation, the recommendation was made to test the idea of Group Performance Evaluation in the capstone Business Policy course. This seemed to be an interesting and useful recommendation. The central question asks if using this technique would produce better results for the student teams and higher leve]s of motivation, commitment, performance and satisfaction for individual team members. This paper will review the technique of Group Performance Evaluation and then report the empirical testing and results that help answer these questions.