Performance Review Form Creation

[Edgar D' Souza]

On 9/1/06, Harris, Michael <Michael.Harris at innocon.com> wrote:
> Back on July 11, I asked for ideas for creating personnel evaluation forms using Word's Form Tool.  Not one person replied, so I will try to make the request more general in nature.
>
> Does anyone use performance appraisal forms that are completed online?  If so, how were they created?  What is a relatively simple, cost-effective way to do it?

Hi Michael,
We don't use them ourselves - yet! - but if I were tasked to create a
form for recording data (in general, not specifically perf appraisals)
I would rather:
- set up a web-server (intranet-only, not visible on the Internet
unless the company had offices at multiple locations)
- use a scripting language like PHP or ASP to gather details submitted
in the form and store them in a database
- perhaps, add more functionality, like routing a filled form to a
supervisor or higher, for approval/review, or maybe use the collected
data to provide management reports (how many people are happy... how
many feel they have been under-rewarded for the efforts they have put
in.. etc.)

Now that's because I've been a programmer for several years, and I
understand that not everyone likes the coding approach to solving
problems.

Do you have any constraint or compulsion to use Word for your forms?

Regards,
Ed.