Chapter 6 Performance Appraisal

Which of the following is NOT a reason for an organization to appraise performance?

• To provide information upon which salary and promotion can be made

• To provide an opportunity for superiors and subordinates to review work-related behavior.

• To provide the superior with the input needed to develop a plan the subordinate can follow in order to correct any deficiencies the appraisal might have

• The organization's career planning process because it has a good opportunity to review the subordinate's career plans in light of his/her exhibited strengths and weaknesses.

____is not a factor involved in performance appraisal.

• Determining pay increases

• Setting work standards

• Assessing actual performance

• providing feedback to employees

During performance appraisals, the Human Resource Department serves in a(n) _____ and a policy-making role.

• advisory

• adjunct

• controlling

• supervisory

A ____ is the performance appraisal step that usually requires one or more sessions in which performance and progress are discussed and plans are made for development.

• performance session

• feedback session

• planning session

• development session

The ____ is the simplest and most popular technique for appraising employees.

• alternation ranking method

• forced distribution method

• paired comparison method

• graphic rating scale

The ____ lists a number of traits and a range of performance for each

• forced distribution method

• alternation ranking method

• graphic rating scale

• paired comparison scale

The ___ involves evaluating employees by ranking them from best to worst, choosing highest then lowest until all are ranked.

• alternation ranking method

• graphic rating scale

• forced distribution method

• paired comparison method

The ____ is the appraising performance method that ranks employees by listing all possible pairs of employees and for each trait indicating which employee is better of the pair.

• alternation ranking method

• paired comparison method

• forced distribution method

• graphic rating scale

Performance appraisal means evaluating an employee's performance relative to:

• established goals

• fellow employees

• job description requirements

• performance standards

In the ____, predetermined percentages of ratees are placed in various performance categories

• forced distribution method

• graphic rating scale method

• alternate ranking method

• percentage rating method