This monograph links the current Officer Evaluation Report (OER) system (DA Form 67-9) to Captain attrition being experienced by the US Army at the turn of the century. The Army Research Institute (ARI) conducted a written survey on October of...
This monograph seeks to answer the primary research question of how can the Army improve its officer evaluation report in order to evaluate current doctrinal competencies, and better differentiate its top, middle, and bottom performers. The...
In the Army today it is more important than ever that Non-Commissioned Officer Evaluation Reports (NCOERs) be accurate and truthful. I believe that NCOERs are not being properly completed. Soldiers that have performed poorly are being moved up...
Prescribes the policies and tasks of the Officer Evaluation Reporting System (OERS). It includes policy statements, operating tasks, rules in support of operating tasks, and sequential steps of each operating task.
Promotes a top down emphasis on leadership communication, integrating rated officer participation in an objective setting, performance counseling, and evaluation. At the beginning of the rating period, enhancing planning and relating performance to...
During my 20 year career in the United States Army, the Non-Commissioned Officer Evaluation Report has changed little. However I feel the information reported on the Soldier has changed. I believe the NCOER, often lacks clarity and honesty.
As the nature of warfare evolves, the Army must produce leaders who comfortably interact with diverse populations and embrace complexity. This emerging truth dictates a need for change in how Army officers are trained and selected to lead at the...
This pamphlet introduces and briefly explains the new-Total Army Performance Evaluation System. It provides examples for rating officials to follow in preparing the new forms. Policy on the new Total Army Performance Evaluation System is in AR...
An ethical dilemma that has the Army at a crossroads with it's Noncommissioned Officer
Evaluation Reporting System (NCOERS) is leaders inflating their ratings in the evaluation of noncommissioned officers (NCOs). The purpose of the NCOERS is to...
The Army can declare that leader development and training are inseparable; that does not mean they are. Analysis from this study provides a review of the leadership doctrinal manuals and identifies the absence of a concise and coherent doctrine...
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The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
The NCOER system has several problems that make it an unfair tool for promotions. There are many cases where Noncommissioned Officers deserving to be promoted have not been and other cases where a substandard Noncommissioned Officer has been...
Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) in the Army deal with ethical issues each time they write or review a Non-Commissioned Officer Evaluation Report (NCOER). The NCOER outlines an NCO’s performance for a rating period. The Army regulation covers...
Efficiency report inflation has been a significant problem in the U.S. Army for more than 40 years. In 1945, 99 per cent of the officer corps was receiving one of the two top ratings on the evaluative scale. Inflation has been partially responsible...
The Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Report is quickly becoming a document that provides a false impression of the rated NCO. Supervisors are failing to set the example in terms of coaching, teaching, training and mentoring of their subordinates....
Since the 1970 establishment of centralized senior noncommissioned officers (NCOs) promotion boards, the Army has utilized the noncommissioned officers evaluation report (NCO-ER) as its key indicator of promotion potential. Although revised in...
The Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Report (NCOER) functions as a critical tool in determining the outcome of a Noncommissioned Officer's future in the Army. The Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Report plays a significant role in determining...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
The Army must develop leaders who are capable of managing uncertainty and change; leaders who can intellectually innovate. Intellectual change and innovation is the basis of appropriate and enduring physical/organizational change. How an...
The United States Army instituted the Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Report (NCOER) in October 1958 to strengthen the NCO Corps, improve NCO performance, ensure selection of the best qualified for assignment and promotions, and to facilitate...