POSITION PAPER ON PERSONNEL EVALUATION.

This article presents a position paper on personnel evaluation. Because formalized, systematic evaluation is everywhere a part of college and university life, the Association of Departments and Administrators in Speech Communication feels it may be useful to identify measures of productivity suitable for speech communication faculty members and administrators. A systematic, periodic evaluation should be used in determining salary increases, tenure, promotion and termination. Such evaluation should serve primarily to improve the quality of an individual's teaching, research and service. The system of evaluation should be clearly stated to a prospective faculty member at the time of hiring, and reviewed periodically.