Professional Documents
Culture Documents
and Appraisal
SESSIONS 7 AND 8
1
The Components of an Effective
Performance Management Process
Direction sharing
Role clarification
Goal alignment
Ongoing feedback
9–3
Graphic
Rating Scale
with Space
for
Comments
9–4
Performance Appraisal Methods (cont’d)
9–5
Alternation Ranking Scale
9–6
Ranking Employees by the
Paired Comparison Method
Note: + means “better than.” − means “worse than.” For each chart, add up
the number of +’s in each column to get the highest-ranked employee.
9–7
Performance Appraisal Methods (cont’d)
9–9
Performance Appraisal Methods (cont’d)
Behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
– An appraisal method that uses quantified scale with specific
narrative examples of good and poor performance.
Developing a BARS:
– Generate critical incidents
– Develop performance dimensions
– Reallocate incidents
– Scale the incidents
– Develop a final instrument
9–10
Examples of Critical Incidents for
an Assistant Plant Manager
9–11
Example of a
Behaviorally
Anchored Rating
Scale for the
Dimension
Salesmanship Skill
9–12
Management by Objectives (MBO)
9–13
MBO
9–14
Defining Goals and Work Efforts
Guidelines for effective goals
– Assign specific goals
– Encourage participation
9–15
Performance
Performance
Management
ManagementOutline
Outline
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9–16
Performance
Performance
Management
Management
Outline
Outline
(cont’d)
(cont’d)
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9–17
Performance
Performance
Management
Management
Outline
Outline
(cont’d)
(cont’d)
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9–18
Advantages and Disadvantages of Appraisal Tools
9–19
360 degree method
9–20
Employee Score Card
Balanced Scorecard management system- tremendous versatility.
The balanced scorecard allows to select criteria in each of the four key
perspectives – Financial, Customer, Internal Process, and Learning
and Growth – to develop a realistic view of employee contribution.
By applying the balanced scorecard to employee evaluations, one can
objectively analyze whether each employee is making consistent
progress toward becoming an essential part of the company.
9–21
Employee Scorecard
Financial:
Good steward of financial resources:
– Percentage of projects completed within budget or number of
months department operated within budget
9–22
Customer
9–23
Internal Processes
9–24
Learning and Growth:
9–25
Potential Rating Scale Appraisal Problems
Unclear standards
– An appraisal that is too open to interpretation.
Halo effect
– Occurs when a supervisor’s rating of a subordinate on
one trait biases the rating of that person on other
traits.
Central tendency
– A tendency to rate all employees the same way, such
as rating them all average.
9–26
Potential Rating Scale Appraisal Problems
(cont’d)
Strictness/leniency
– The problem that occurs when a supervisor has a
tendency to rate all subordinates either high or low.
Bias
– The tendency to allow individual differences such as
age, race, and gender to affect the appraisal ratings
employees receive.
9–27
A Graphic Rating Scale with Unclear Standards
9–28
How to Avoid Appraisal Problems
Learn and understand the potential problems, and the solutions
for each.
Use the right appraisal tool. Each tool has its own pros and
cons.
9–29
The Appraisal Interview
– Provide feedback
9–30
Checklist
During the
Appraisal
Interview
9–31
The Appraisal Interview (cont’d)
9–32
The Appraisal Interview (cont’d)
How to criticize a subordinate
– Do it in a manner that lets the person maintain his or her dignity
and sense of worth.
9–33
The Appraisal Interview (cont’d)
9–34
Potential appraisal
9–35
PURPOSE OF POTENTIAL APPRAISAL
9–36