Dr Barry Hutchinson is a Senior
Lecturer in the Department of In-
Service Education of the University of
Ulster at Jordanstown. Staff
appraisal in schools and universities,
he argues, has been introduced
amidst feelings of apprehension and
resentment. In his paper, he reports
upon a study of the appraisal scheme
introduced at his university. It
examines the tensions which may be
created between the desire of
'management' to ensure the
achievement of the policies and Plans
of the organisation and the wishes of
individual staff to pursue their career
development as they deem
appropriate, and he considers how
far and in what ways such tensions
might be resolved.
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