Exam 4: Performance Appraisal

Some jobs include behaviors that are extremely important but very rare.For example,police officers rarely use their guns,but when they do it is important that they shoot accurately.Such important but rare behaviors pose a major problem for

The manager of Teddybear Town,Inc.,wants to provide feedback to her employees in order to give specific information about various dimensions of performance.What approach would you recommend?

Janis believes that Bill Gates,the founder of Microsoft,is a great manager and evaluates managers based on how similar they are to Gates.Thus,Janis uses Gates as a:

Your roommate argues that performance varies from week to week,and that the best performer this week will not necessarily be the same as the previous week.This implies that criteria are

Technology has most affected which type of objective performance measure?

An actual criterion is the operational definition of a theoretical criterion.

At New Millennium Enterprises,a new performance appraisal system has been implemented.This new system has raters compare each worker's performance to standards for low,average,and high performance on several dimensions.What type of scale is this?

The part of the actual criterion that reflects something other than it was designed to measure is called:

Shirley receives ratings of "outstanding" on all five performance dimensions.This is an example of

Which of the following statements about rater error training (RET)is correct?

Using performance appraisal as the basis for promotion and pay raises is an example of what purpose?

Dr.Smith gives semester grades of "A" to all 15 students in her class.This is an example of

Which of the following is a subjective measure of teaching performance?

In response to each item,the rater indicates the amount of time the rater engaged in that behavior.This describes a

The BARS and MSS were originally developed in part to eliminate rating errors.Do they?

Both the BARS and the __________ can be used to assess the same dimensions of performance for the same jobs.

___________ refers to the part of the theoretical criterion that is assessed by the actual criterion.

Performance appraisals are often used for promotion,demotion,pay raises,and terminations.These are examples of the use of performance appraisal for:

George received negative ratings on all five performance dimensions because he is really quite poor on all dimensions.This is an example of

Which of the following is NOT involved in the development of a behavior focused form?