Exam 8: Performance Management

When raters tend to evaluate employees more easily or more harshly than the employees deserve,the raters are displaying one or another of two possible biases: the __________ bias or the __________ bias.

A performance management system attempts to achieve the following objectives:

Many human resource specialists set performance standards arbitrarily in order that employees cannot take advantage of them to artificially improve their performance evaluations.

The key elements in a performance appraisal system include all the following except

Rater guidelines for effective performance evaluation interviews include all the following except

The management-by-objectives performance evaluation approach is based upon the premise that

Indirect observation of performance usually evaluates substitutes for actual performance;these substitutes are called

To be effective performance appraisals should

Performance measures are

The halo effect as a rater bias,is most severe when

In many cases a major problem with performance appraisal methods is

A performance appraisal,by providing feedback to the organization,is a strategic management tool.Please discuss the implications.

Behaviourally anchored rating scales and critical incident methods are both future-oriented performance evaluation approaches.

A performance appraisal is a legal document.Please comment.

Performance appraisals can be used for all the following except

One dimension of performance measures is whether they are objective or subjective.

Performance measures are the ratings used to evaluate performance in a job.

For an appraisal to create an accurate picture of an employee's job performance it should be _____________________,practical,have standards,and use reliable measures.

The performance appraisal process provides insight into the effectiveness of the _________________________ function.

Past-oriented performance appraisal approaches can include all the following except