【正文】 B符合這一特點，為 什么要進行評估，因為“如果決策層是公司唯一逃避評估的成員的話，其他的員工會視之為 不公平。第八題，前面說對董事局的表現(xiàn)進行評估是很重要的。PART threeEvaluating the performance of the boardFew employees escape the annual or twiceyearly performance review. (0) .....G......The answer is not a great number. And the smaller the pany, the fewer checks there are on how well thedirectors are doing. Some of the largest panies formally assess the performance of their board, but very few new or growing panies have managed to get round to establishing any such procedure.Many business experts believe, however, that it is important for all panies to review theperformance of the board. (8) .............Another reason is that the board itself needs information on how well it is doing, just as much as other employees do. For the chief executive, appraisal of some sort is absolutely essential for his or her own sake and for the good of the pany. Indeed, many of those who have reached this level remark on how lonely the job of chief executive is and how few opportunities they get to discuss issues relating to it.There is some evidence to show that once smaller panies put a board appraisal process in place, they find this process relatively easy to operate. (9) .............Their counterparts in larger organisations, however, are often afraid that appraisals could be a challenge to their status.So, how should panies assess their board? (10) .............At a very basic level,this could simply mean getting all the directors to write down what they have achieved and how they can improve on it. At the other end of the scale is the full ‘360degree’ appraisal. Here, each director is appraised in a systematic manner by a bination of the chairman and fellow directors. In the largest panies there are many methods for assessing the board. A number of such panies have selfassessment schemes. The chairman may meet each board memberindividually to ask how things are going, in a fairly informal way. The whole board might also meet to talk about its progress in open session. (11).............These might ask for people’s opinions on the board’s main tasks or on how well the mittees are working.Research indicates there has been some improvement in the way the appraisal of board members is conducted. (12) .............The chairman will have been involved directly or indirectly in the appraisal of all members of the board. Whose job is it, then, to appraise the chairman?A It is often the case that the directors of such panies are even happy to receive criticism, as this can prevent them from making basic mistakes.B The rest of the workforce sees it as unfair if the directors are the only members of the pany to escape appraisal.C These are encouraging as they put a limit on the power of the chairman to assess fellow directors.D Alternatively, questionnaires might be distributed to directors, forming the basis for future discussion.E One issue remains, however, when all the others have been dealt with.F It is generally agreed that it is the chairman’s responsibility to ensure the regular appraisal of each me