As we grew, we decided to implement twice-yearly formal appraisals.

Informal meetings and more formal appraisals provide a very practical and direct way of monitoring and encouraging the progress of individual employees.

The estimate was the first formal appraisal of the terrorism threat by American intelligence agencies since the invasion of Iraq began in March 2003.

"It was not a formal appraisal by any means," Mr. Graham said in a telephone interview.

Do not hand over the job of introducing formal appraisal to the personnel or organizational experts.

The observer insisted on anonymity until a formal appraisal of vote results on Monday.

The government has not performed a formal appraisal of the island yet.

One way of assessing a director's progress and recognising their achievements is to carry out a formal appraisal of their performance.

The board might be more accepting of an asking price based on a formal appraisal of the apartment.

Dealers' formal appraisals, made for estates or gifts, are given after inspection and are done for a fee; the organization stands behind such an opinion.