December 9, 1999

Dear G100 and G300 students,

 This semester you have been working in teams. Please take
a moment to evaluate your team.  Give each member,
including yourself, a 1,2,or 3, where the numbers mean: 

 1= This person clearly contributed  less than
other group members, or otherwise made life more
difficult for the rest. 

  3 = This person clearly contributed  more than
other group members, or otherwise stood out from
the rest of you. 

 2 = anything else. 

 Be accurate, including about yourself-- no
false modesty, please, but also remember that I
will be skeptical if you rate yourself highly
and everybody else says you didn't show up for
meetings. Part of business professionalism is
being accurate about yourself-- stating your
strengths correctly, and also admitting to your 
weaknesses. 

 Please also feel free to make explanatory
comments. 

I will take this into  account as one element of
the professionalism part of your grade. 

    Your responses will be confidential. In
fact, you should reply to this message privately
and individually. If I get more than one
response from somebody, I will ignore all   but
the latest response,  in order to break up
"cartel" behavior.   I will not say anything to
your fellow team members unless somebody is
rated especially well or badly,  and then I will
say, if asked,  that one reason the person's
Professionalism score is high or low is feedback
from other teams members, but without saying who
said what. If your team is down to just two members, 
I won't even say that.

      
     Eric Rasmusen
Professor of Business Economics and Public  Policy and Sanjay Subhedar Faculty 
Fellow,
  Kelley  School of Business, Indiana University,
 1309 East 10th Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1701.
 Email:    Erasmuse@Indiana.edu. 
Phone: (812)855-9219.  Direct: 812-855-3356.  Fax: (812)855-3354. 
Web: Http://Php.indiana.edu/~erasmuse.