Feedback loop

(noun)

Feedback is a process in which information about the past or the present influences the same phenomenon in the present or future. As part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop, the event is said to "feed back" into itself. The feedback loop is the complete causal path that leads from the initial detection of the gap to the subsequent modification of the gap.

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Examples of Feedback loop in the following topics:

  • Closing the Feedback Loop

    • If done early, this feedback loop ensures that a correct decision is ultimately made.
    • As part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop, the event is said to "feed back" into itself.
    • Feedback loop: The complete causal path that leads from the initial detection of the gap to the subsequent modification of the gap.
    • Monitoring of solutions early on will help you close the feedback loop by altering your decisions, if you notice a deviation of results from your expectations.
    • Explain the role of the feedback loop in decision making and the different types of feedback associated with it

  • Managing Up and Employee Feedback

    • Through encouraging employees across the organization to manage up, organizations capture the benefit of having an open feedback loop between work groups and their managers, where both parties can potentially improve their performance.
    • It can also be useful to provide feedback which can actively be applied to achieving these objectives.
    • Sharing Feedback – Aside from assessment metrics and objectives, good feedback also tends to include qualitative thinking.
    • More often comments and discussions are necessary for feedback to be useful.
    • Identify the value of empowering employees to provide feedback to managers

  • Innovation

    • The Kline Chain-linked model of innovation places emphasis on potential market needs as drivers of the innovation process, and describes the complex and often iterative feedback loops between marketing, design, manufacturing, and research and development (R&D).

  • Giving and receiving feedback

    • So, why are so many of us afraid of the word feedback?
    • Seventh, own the feedback by using "I statements" that clarify your feelings related to the person you are giving feedback to.
    • As a result, feedback is often delayed.
    • While giving feedback is extremely important, receiving feedback and changing one's characteristics to reflect that feedback is just as important.
    • If an individual is not ready to constructively receive feedback, then the feedback he does receive will not be effective.

  • Does leasing always close the manufacturing loop?

    • Both of these practices can break the closed-loop cycle needed for leasing to provide its benefits.

  • Building a closed-loop eco-industrial park

    • Establishing material, water and energy flows that can be used as raw materials to build sustainable or semi-sustainable closed-loop systems (material flows can include heat, steam, fly ash, sulphur, sludge, gypsum, steam, paper and plastic packaging, metal scrap, wood pallets, machine oil, and so on).

  • Performing the appraisal

    • Inviting feedback and listening to reactions and concerns from the employee during the appraisal process becomes very important to establishing trust with the employee (United States Department of the Interior, 2004).
    • If the appraiser provides any negative feedback or improvement points, suggestions should be made to help resolve the problem to develop the person's performance.
    • Often being seen as a strictly hierarchical feedback tool, performance appraisals can be less "scary" if employees have the opportunity to appraise their managers as well as their peers.
    • For a discussion of why many people think of feedback as criticism visit: http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles/growth/feedback.html
    • For a discussion of differing views on feedback and specific examples on how to give feedback visit: http://home.att.net/~nickols/feedback.htm

  • Goal-Setting Theory

    • The enhancement of performance through goals requires feedback.
    • Goal setting and feedback go hand in hand.
    • Without feedback, goal setting is unlikely to work.
    • Providing feedback on short-term objectives helps to sustain motivation and commitment to a goal.
    • Proper feedback is also very essential, and the following hints may help for providing a good feedback:

  • Reuse, remanufacturing and recycling: an overview

    • Similarly, the wider the base of each closed-loop practice, the more time, effort and expense is involved in collecting and reprocessing reclaimed material:

  • It doesn't add up, it multiples

    • On the contrary, sustainable, closed-loop production practices reduce costs, conserve raw materials, help eliminate toxins and hazardous materials (and their expense), and reduce negative impacts on the environment.