Exam 12: Performance Appraisal

By supplementing supervisory appraisals with peer evaluations,a supervisor can make the appraisal process ________.

Which performance appraisal method compares employees against other employees in evaluating their performance?

It is suggested that supervisors include peer evaluations from team members in the performance appraisals of those whose jobs are inherently designed ________.

The simplest method of appraisal,writing a narrative describing an employee's strengths,weaknesses,past performance,potential,and suggestions for improvement,is the ________ performance appraisal method.

The three most popular sets of criteria that supervisors appraise are ________.

The tendency to rate an individual high or low on all factors due to the impression of a high or low rating on some specific factor is ________.

Supervisors use performance appraisal as a means for helping employees improve future performance.

The advantage of ________ is that it prevents a supervisor from inflating employee evaluations so that everyone looks good or equalizing the evaluations so that everyone is rated near the average.

The ________ appraisal seeks performance feedback from such sources as oneself,bosses,peers,team members,customers,and suppliers and has become very popular in contemporary organizations.

When considering a performance appraisal method,supervisors must keep in mind that the choice may be dictated,or at least limited,by ________.

If the company you work for has a published handbook that describes performance appraisal procedures,the courts in most states consider it a(n)________.

If your appraisal skills are deficient,there is evidence that you can become a more accurate rater by ________.

The ________ requires supervisors to place employees into particular classifications,such as "top one-fifth" or "second one-fifth."

Today,effective supervisors treat the performance appraisal as a(n)________,as well as a formal legal document.

It's usually a good idea to end a counseling session with the employee summarizing what has taken place and with ________.

Rating people on the degree to which they are dependable,confident,aggressive,and loyal,is evaluating ________.

When using the ________ each employee is compared against every other employee - an arduous task when assessing large numbers of employees.

The more opportunities a supervisor has to observe an employee's behavior firsthand ________.

Intrinsic feedback is provided to an employee by an outside source such as a management consultant.

The following are steps utilized in counseling employees EXCEPT ________.