Highly skilled workers, who made up about 15% of the working classes. Often bosses and factory foremen, also members of highly skilled trades that hadn't been mechanized. Committed to the family, economic improvement, good morals, etc.
Definition of appraisal for English Language Learners. : 1  the act of judging the value, condition, or importance of something : the act of appraising something. : 2  something that states an opinion about the value, condition, or importance of something.
A performance appraisal is the process by which a manager evaluates an. employee's work performance by measurement and comparison with previ-. ously established standards. This evaluation is communicated to the. employee, and she then has the opportunity to contribute her own assess-. ment of her work performance.