It didn’t work 40 years ago, and won’t work now.
College professors are supposed to be at LEAST “Moderately” intelligent! LOL.
The good ol’ Bell Curve. Something that describes genetic distribution has been foolishly compared to human behavior. This is a result of the idiotic idea that intelligence and behavior are genetically transmitted. As a result companies that are stupid enough to employ psychologists come up with stupid bell curve based rating systems.
You can have a crew smart guys and you can have a crew of dolts. The idea that the chief dolt deserves a bonus and the guy who is not quite as smart as the others, though he is still a brain, deserves to be fired is itself stupid beyond belief. Anyone who uses such a system is a bad manager. This is obvious because the companies that use this system struggle and fail.
If anyone thinks that there is any validity to the bell curve ratings system remember that it is used by the Federal Govt. It is laziness personified.