Antonio, Ava Gayle A.

December 10, 2009

Grumo, Maria Victoria P.

CASE# 1
Performance Appraisal: The Case of the Second Evaluation

The problem of this case is bias towards the workers. There is also a problem regarding
racial discrimination. Another problem was Marcus Singh was transferred to a department whre
he is no knowledge of (from Industrial Development to Office of Research and Evaluation). For
us Garth Fryer was to be blame because as what we have read Mr. Garth Fryer was not fair
with the second evaluation due to the fact that he only met Marcus Singh. Instead, Fryer gave
Jason Taft a high standing peer-evaluation since he already worked for him ten months.

If I am in the same situation as Marcus Singh I would react the same way because I
have not yet showed Mr. Fryer what my capabilities and competencies are since I was just
transferred recently to his department.

Since Marcus Singh is new to the department he should be given enough time to adjust
and adapt to the new surrounding and procedures. It is also Rock Falls first time to have a self-
and peer- evaluation hence they should have oriented the unit heads to critically assess the
performance of their subordinates.

We find the assessing words they used unsuitable in evaluating the competency of their
subordinates. They should have used the words – Excellent, Very Satisfactory, Satisfactory, and
Needs Improvement as their evaluating words rather than the five words they used
(Outstanding, Good, Satisfactory, Fair, and Unsatisfactory).

We will give Marcus Singh a loyalty certificate as a token of gratitude for his allegiance to
Rock Falls together with a corresponding benefit (e.g. health insurance, 14th month pay, housing
assistance etc.)