THE HANDBOOK OF MULTISOURCE
FEEDBACK
As organizations strive to
make the best possible decisions on critical issues such as compensation, succession
planning, staffing, and outplacement, they have increasingly turned to multisource
feedback (MSF) for answers. But while use of MSF (or 360-degree) systems has proliferated
rapidly, understanding of its complexities has not-and many companies are moving forward
with MSF amid a dangerous void of systematic research and discussion on this powerful
process.
The Handbook of Multisource
Feedback provides the most comprehensive compendium available of current knowledge and
practice in MSF The volume's diverse group of contribu-tors-which includes renowned
academics, practitioners, and applied researchers-represents the acknowledged thought
leaders in the current and future practice of MSF Through their multiple perspectives,
they identify best practices in the design and implementation of MSF processes and offer
key guidelines for decision making when using MSF
The book offers solid
grounding in the nuts and bolts of MSF data collection and reporting, providing a process
model that leads the reader step-by-step through each phase of an MSF system. It details
the developmental and decision-making uses of multisource feedback, describing MSF
applications for improving executive development, organization development and change,
teams, performance management, personnel decision, and more. And it addresses the
realities of system forces that influence MSF processes, including legal, ethical, and
cross-cultural issues.
The Handbook of Multisource
Feedback will provide an ideal one-stop reference for practitioners, researchers,
consultants, and organizational clients who need to understand the challenges of using
multisource feedback.
The Editors
David W. Bracken is director
of research consulting at Mercer Delta Consulting, LLC. His twenty-two years of practice
have included multisource feedback systems, individual and organizational assessments,
performance management, and management development.
Carol W. Timmreck is an
organization development consultant at Shell Oil Company She is a cofounder of the
Multisource Feedback Forum, a consortium of organizations with active MSF processes.
Allan H. Church is a
principal consultant in management consulting services at Price-waterhouseCoopers,
specializing in multisource feedback systems and organizational surveys. He is also an
adjunct professor at Columbia University
557 pages