8.15 Exercises/Activities for Teachers and Students
Exercises
- Some people suggest that the performance appraisal system is one of the most important parts of an organization. Others suggest they are not useful and should be abolished. Complete some online research on benefits and disadvantages of performance appraisal systems. Argue your position. Work with a partner. Each student takes a position, completes research, and argues that position.
- One way to evaluate performance is the balanced scoreboard. Research online other ways companies evaluate performance. Share your research with a partner.
- The formal performance appraisal process is reviewed with employees. As an HR Manager, you need to decide the scheduling of each employee’s appraisal. What do you believe is a good time to review the appraisals with employees? 6 months? Once a year? Every two years? Justify you decision. Discuss with a partner.
- Who all should be involved in a performance appraisal? Why? Brainstorm in a large group.
- Review “reliability” and “validity. Why are these two measurements important to the performance appraisal system? Discuss with a partner.
- Describe how you would go about training. Supervisors in your company to complete performance appraisals. Discuss with a partner.
- 360 Feedback is a popular workplace performance evaluation system. What are the disadvantages of 360 feedback? How could you overcome these disadvantages as the HR Manager? Share with a partner.
- Your company has been using the Graphic Rating Scale as a method of performance evaluation for years. You believe there is a better method. You want to introduce a new method. Which one would you choose? Why? Discuss in small group.
- Under what circumstances in a company would a Team Performance Review be a better choice than an Individual Performance Review? Share with a partner.
- A Supervisor comes to you with a concern about an employee who is constantly late for work. The Supervisor has spoken to the employee a couple of times about lateness. It has continued. What is your advice to the Supervisor? What steps would you take, if any, as the HR Manager, to support the Supervisor? Support the employee? Share with a partner.
- What are the legal elements of a performance appraisal, if any? Share with a partner.
