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A 5 page paper discussing performance appraisal as an integral part of human history. There are examples of social and personal approval from every period of recorded history, emanating from many diverse cultures. The pattern can be seen even in the animal world, giving credence to the position that conducting and acting on the results of performance appraisal constitute quite normal, intrinsic activities. The paper discusses Native American social structure, shamanism, Japanese samurai and English apprenticeship. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KShrApprAncHist.rtf
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Geographic specials, the old "Wild Kingdom" television program and a host of Serengeti documentaries illustrate the rewards that the best performers in the animal world enjoy. The most accomplished
hunters eat first; they eat the most. They determine which members of the group they share with, and they determine which are to be wholly left out. The
totally inept eventually die. The same fate could be seen as falling to early human hunters without the addition of human compassion.
The best, most accomplished at performing activities conducive to the survival of the group were afforded great esteem by other members of the group, and they carried greater responsibility than
less productive individuals. Performance appraisal was far more informal than today, but it has been very real from the earliest days of human organization into groups. Perform to Survive
When hormones run high in mating season there is likely to be intense, direct competition between young but mature males. Each one
seeks to vanquish the other and then to win the attention of the female over which the males are fighting. The drive is to mate and so to ensure
survival of the species, but the females of many species look with disdain on the losers of battle between the males. These females have conducted a performance appraisal of
their own, and a lonely existence can be the fate of the weaker males of some species such as the lion. Similar tests
and results occurred in human groups as well (Unnithan, 1994). Leadership of a tribe or clan might be linked in some groups to this kind of physical prowess, or
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