JessTheDog
17th Jul 2004, 14:19
I was browsing through QRs (no, I'm not an administrator and no, I wasn't on the toilet;) ) and I was amused to read the regulations regarding conduct assessments. I was used to "Exemplary" from filling in ACRs as I've never had a bad (or even less-than-good) subordinate in my reporting chain. However, the fines, warnings and periods of detention that merited "very good", "good" or "fair" were still considerable!
It is good practice not to cause anyone possible employment prospects when leaving the service and the RN, as always, provide excellent common-sense and humane guidance: "less deserving ratings should suffer only by the brevity of their report", or something along those lines, is on the RN discharge report form.
However, our conduct assessments appear more suited to an age of mass service, perhaps with less-than-motivated personnel, and perhaps when there was a greater expectation to award punishments. If the majority of personnel are "exemplary", then is this doing a disservice to the most deserving? Or does it provide well-deserved praise for the hardworking majority of personnel?
Interestingly, "exemplary" is not always praiseworthy!
ex·em·pla·ry ( P ) Pronunciation Key (g-zmpl-r)
adj.
Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior.
Serving as a model.
Serving as an illustration; typical.
Serving as a warning; admonitory.
It is good practice not to cause anyone possible employment prospects when leaving the service and the RN, as always, provide excellent common-sense and humane guidance: "less deserving ratings should suffer only by the brevity of their report", or something along those lines, is on the RN discharge report form.
However, our conduct assessments appear more suited to an age of mass service, perhaps with less-than-motivated personnel, and perhaps when there was a greater expectation to award punishments. If the majority of personnel are "exemplary", then is this doing a disservice to the most deserving? Or does it provide well-deserved praise for the hardworking majority of personnel?
Interestingly, "exemplary" is not always praiseworthy!
ex·em·pla·ry ( P ) Pronunciation Key (g-zmpl-r)
adj.
Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior.
Serving as a model.
Serving as an illustration; typical.
Serving as a warning; admonitory.