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Conducting Effective and Comfortable Appraisal Meetings
Appraisals are a way of life for organizations such as theUniversity of South Dakota. They can be very beneficial becausethey tie individual job performance to USD’s overall goals. Theyalso provide USD with useful data by identifying talentedemployees who are important to the University’s future as well asidentifying developmental needs where productivity can beimproved. In addition, performance appraisals convey the messagethat employees are accountable for their performance. And finally,they provide a vehicle for rewarding good performance with pay.Yet despite these benefits, if you’re like many managers, you maynot eagerly anticipate giving your employees appraisal interviews.In fact, you may be tempted to delay the interview or even avoid italtogether. Here are just a few of the reasons why:
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Appraisals involve confrontation because it requires facingconflict and dealing with disagreement.
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Appraisals require an investment in time to plan and conductthem.
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Appraisals often lack a systematic format which ensures thatall pertinent issues are covered so that conclusions can beaccurately drawn.
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Appraisals are often viewed as futile because it’s your wordagainst your employees’.In the first Performance Management training module, you learnedhow to plan for strong performance by developing performancegoals with your employees. During the second module, youlearned how to provide ongoing informal feedback about theperformance goals throughout the performance cycle. And in thethird training session, you learned how to rate employees fairlybased on how well they performed each goal. In this final trainingsession, you will learn how to conduct the appraisal meeting withyour employees and discuss your ratings with them. You will gainthe practical skills you need to make the appraisal meeting easierand more comfortable all the way around.
TRAINING GOALS
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