Monthly Archives: October 2009
NBRI Names Melissa Barba Vice President of Research Consulting and Administration
For Immediate Release – Addison, Texas, Sep. 30, 2009 – The National Business Research Institute, a world leader in survey research, today announced the promotion of Melissa Barba to Vice President of Research Consulting and Administration.
Ms. Barba joined NBRI in 2006, as a Project Manager, and quickly rose to supervisory and management positions. In October 2008, she accepted a promotion to Director of Research Consulting. She honed her already impressive speaking and writing skills during this period.
“Her eagerness to help others and work as a team player earned her respect from her supervisors and peers alike,” said … Continue Reading…
360 Degree Feedback
Known as multi-source feedback, multi-rater feedback, multi-source assessment, and the full-circle appraisal, 360 degree feedback has taken hold across America in organizations large and small. In fact, research indicates that over 90% of Fortune 1000 companies use some type of multi-source feedback.
During World War II, the military used feedback from multiple sources to evaluate performance; businesses then began gathering feedback from multiple sources. Although gathering feedback from multiple sources gained momentum throughout the 1990s, collecting and compiling feedback was time consuming and cumbersome using a paper system. In this millennium, gathering feedback from multiple sources using web-based questionnaires has … Continue Reading…

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