Officer Effectiveness Report--Is it Legal

摘要

This research paper focuses on the issue of legality vis-a-vis the Air Force Officer Effectiveness Report. It recognizes the increasing involvement of the courts in corporate performance appraisal systems, and discusses general guidelines the courts have issued that assist companies to make their systems more legally defensible. The author, using primarily AFR 36-10, analyzes the extent the Air Force complies with these court-issued guidelines. In areas found to be deficient or illegal the author provides suggestions that would make the OER more defensible in the courts if it were ever challenged. While making the OER more legal, these suggestions would have the immediate benefit of making the OER a more effective management tool.