Patent ID: 8326681

Claim:
A method, performed by executing computer-executable instructions using a computer, for determining a performance effectiveness rating, the method comprising: a) subjectively evaluating a plurality of subjects in an organization, the plurality of subjects being direct reports to a rater in the organization, wherein none of the plurality of subjects are peers or supervisors of the rater who is subjectively evaluating the subjects; b) objectively assigning rating data to each of the plurality of subjects in a manner that transforms the subjective evaluation of the subjects into an objective measurement of the subjects, the objective measurement being based on a structured data set that includes a plurality of performance categories, each performance category including a plurality of factors, each factor including a plurality of elements, each element defining a specific work related task associated with the factor, the specific work related task being defined based on objectives of the organization, the rating data includes a value assigned to each relevant element in each factor in each performance category for each of the plurality of subjects, the value being within a range of values defined for the specific work related task associated with the element, the value being based on criteria specified for the specific work related task and being a number; and c) generating a performance effectiveness rating based on the rating data assigned to the structured data set, the performance effectiveness rating measures a subject's capability to perform an associated job assignment, wherein the performance effectiveness rating includes an individual factor scoring value and an individual factor rating value for each of at least a portion of the subjects, the individual factor scoring value being determined by summing each value for each relevant element in each factor for one of the plurality of categories for one of the subjects, the individual factor rating value being determined by dividing the individual factor scoring value of the one subject by a number of relevant factors for the one subject, wherein the relevant element refers to an element in which the job assignment for the one subject includes performing the specific work related task associated with the element and wherein the relevant factor refers to a factor having at least one relevant element associated with the one subject wherein generating a performance effectiveness rating further comprises: for each factor, adding the individual factor score for each of the subjects on a team to determine a total team factor score; for each factor, dividing the total team factor score by the total number of subjects on the team to produce an average team factor score; and for each category, multiplying the average total team factor score by a category weight value to determine a team category score.