How is evaluating the performance of the scientists (has an academic degree i.e. Master, Ph.D. ) in your countries? Is it permissible to assess by someone less than a certificate (degree)?
You are asking if in this country, someone without a PhD would be allowed to evaluate the work performance of someone with a PhD. The answer is no. Such an assessor would have no insight into the nature of research.
The ability to research and teach are two different but mutually reinforcing skills of the PhD. Some PhD posts require 100 % researching time, some 100% teaching time. Some require 50:50 time. Others are flexible. Any evaluation of the researcher-lecturer must take cognisance of the explicit (or implicit) contract terms.
The performance of a PhD as a researcher is crudely measured by numbers such as the number of book chapters and papers written, the number of patents registered, the number of presentations at conferences, the number of research group members, and (yes!) even the amount of research funds garnered.
The performance of a PhD as a researcher-lecturer is crudely measured by the number of PhD's successfully supervised, Also by the number of Master's students successfully supervised.
The performance of the PhD as a pure lecturer can be measured crudely as the number of final year students passed. Furthermore, student feedback forms can (very cautiously) be used. More usefully, international accreditation visits and industry advisory board visits can be used to tick off that the lecturing standards maintained are international and relevant.
I have bolded the word crudely, because there are so many confounding factors, such as student intake, security and continuity of funding and resources, and student consumerism that a detached and accurate evaluation of the performance of a PhD is difficult.
Admin. staff and HR people love numbers, so you have to put the above into your CV when applying for PhD jobs elsewhere.
Dear Laith some countries uses API ( Academic Performacne indicator) which include all the schoolaristic activities but still validation of API model is to be done carefully. I agree with Prof Ian all scholarly work must be accounted.
@ Ian Kennedy, I fear to say the performance evaluation is hierarchically poised, That is a senior in level is responsible and authorised to appraise the junior. It does not matter if the appraiser is less qualified than the assessed.
In our university in South Africa a non-PhD Teaching and Learning expert would certainly be able to / expected to evaluate the teaching competence of even an A rated scientist. Teaching is of course a field in itself and a scientist may not know what the principles of good teaching are.
"The NRF rating system is a key driver in the NRF’s aim to build a globally competitive science system in South Africa. It is a valuable tool for benchmarking the quality of our researchers against the best in the world. NRF ratings are allocated based on a researcher’s recent research outputs and impact as perceived by international peer reviewers. The rating system encourages researchers to publish high quality outputs in high impact journals/outlets. Rated researchers as supervisors will impart cutting-edge skills to the next generation of researchers.
The rating of individuals is based primarily on the quality and impact of their research outputs over the past eight years, taking into consideration the evaluation made by local and international peers."
Our students are evaluating our performance in our department. There is no shame to let other people to evaluate your performance. However, to evaluate a specialised manuscript, or thesis that is something different that need specialised people to do that. If all that done in a healthy enlivenment the outcome will be good but if this take place in unhealthy ones all that will become a wasting time.
My answer was not in context with metrics or system. Rather,in administrative system - and it was in context with India, and person. And remains a fact - in reality. [is hierarchically poised - The Head being functional on the basis of seniority.]
Should that happen or not, is a different question.
Further, of course as you endorsed.."I mean, Assess career overall performance and the ability to teach." i stand by the accuracy of my reply as above, in routine annual reviews. In interviews however when the experts are invited - I agree such a situation may not arise.
It inadvertently that happens, then it gets less overall significance in overall results.
The performance should be measured in terms of impact generated through the Ph.D. work, how much impact factor journals are published, how much citations and h-index get created. There is M.Phil exit for some candidates who could not finish the Ph.D. work in some countries.
Performance Evaluation of scientists assists us in computing the research performance, comparison between peers, Discovering new scientific breakthroughs, identifying excellence in research, citation ranking, finding the influence of research, measuring productivity, making policy decisions, securing funds for research, and spotting trends.
It helps in computing the research performance, comparison with peers, forecasting the growth, identifying the excellence in research, citation ranking, finding the influence of research, measuring the productivity, making policy decisions, securing funds for research, and spotting trends.