MY HAMMER IS YOUR HAMMER

This article reviews salient features of the foregoing articles contai ned in this special issue of Human Resource Management. The 360-degree feedback movement constitutes an important new technology in the prac tice of human resource management. To be sure, these papers suggest a hodgepodge of techniques, testimonials, cautions, methodological probl ems, axes being ground, and a lack of overall cohesion. Even so, the n et result is a good snapshot of the current status and hopeful future of this new technology. The net impact of these articles is significan t, showing clearly that 360-degree feedback methodology possesses dist inct promise for improved success in both individualized and group pro grams of personal development in the bureaucratic and organizational s ettings of the future. (C) 1993 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc.