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Which of the following is a developmental purpose of obtaining performance appraisal information? Feedback
True or False: Performance appraisals are an informal system for measuring and evaluating employees. False
True or False: Performance evaluation serves evaluation and development purposes, but it can also have a direct impact on strategic goals as well. True
True or False: Standards for performance appraisals are set after all the employee appraisals are done. False
Which of the following terms refers to the person doing the appraising when discussing performance appraisal systems? Superior
When do 360-degree evaluations take place? When the rater is a colleague
How do performance appraisals help in performance measurement? Performance appraisals: Establish the relative value of an individual's contribution to the company
Performance appraisals have a positive impact on all of the following ... Outlining what performance is expected Encouraging supervisors to be aware of what their employees are doing Improving productivity of the organization
Which of the following comes after the performance appraisal? Using the information from the evaluation for future planning
What is the foundation of the performance appraisal (PA)? Job analysis
How does performance appraisal (PA) help in the selection process? It helps ensure the company job description is accurate
Performance appraisals can be used to determine which of the following types of compensation? Pay levels Pay increments Contingent rewards
Which of the following is an advantage to using an employee's supervisor as the rater for the performance appraisal? They are the most familiar with the subordinate’s work
When would peer appraisals be appropriate to use? When the culture is highly participatory
Which of the following appraisal methods is the most objective? Computer monitoring
Which of the following is the simplest method of performance appraisal? Straight ranking
Which method allows two or more incumbents' performances to be ranked together? Forced distribution
An advantage to this type of performance evaluation method is that each incumbent gets compared to every other incumbent, one by one. Which type of performance evaluation method is it? Paired comparison
True or False: The first step in alternative ranking is when a superior lists the subordinates in order, from best to worst, usually on the basis of overall performance. False
Why are conventional rating forms used extensively? They allow comparisons across employees and departments
When does a contrast effect occur in performance appraisals? When one subordinate's performance is unjustly affected by an earlier evaluation of another employee
Which of the following statements is true? Halo effect occurs when a supervisor allows one positive characteristic of an employee to overshadow all others
When is the error of leniency most likely to happen? When there are no sanctions against high ratings
What is a way to minimize the errors caused by primacy or recency effects? Documenting ongoing critical events
What is the implicit assumption the rater makes when they make the "similarity error" in performance evaluations? That the rater is a "model" employee
True or False: Performance appraisals are often not problematic because supervisors and incumbents often view the process similarly. False
What does it mean to account for performance in a self-serving manner? Seeing the causes of good performance as attributed to one's own ability
How can organizations help improve performance evaluations and help it so that employees don't block ways to improve their performance if they are assessed negativly? Have two appraisal interviews, one for evaluation and one for development
True or False: The more objective the performance appraisal (PA) approach, the more vulnerable it is to legal challenges. False
True or False: Well thought-out plans for performance appraisal will guarantee their consistent application of them in the organization. False
True or False: Revising current appraisal methods and including more effective strategies help set a better basis upon which to make compensation and training decisions. True
What is the formal structural system of measuring, evaluating, and influencing an employee's job-related attributes, behaviors, and outcomes? Performance appraisal
Which of the following is an evaluation decision made using performance appraisal information? Salary increases or decreases
How do performance appraisals help the company be legally compliant? Helps establish the validity of employment decisions.
Which of the following influence the performance appraisal process? Compensation Job analysis Selection and placement Training and development
Which of the following is how performance appraisals influence training and development? Helps understand the reason behind undesirable performance
There are many ways to gather data on an individual. In choosing the performace appraisal method, when should the relevance of each source be considered? Before
Why can appraisals by supervisors be effective? They are most familiar with the job of the subordinate
Which of the following methods of performance appraisals use qualitative instead of quantitative data? Narrative essay
True or False: Ranking approaches used as the performance appraisal method may be used efficiently by the subordinates as well as supervisors for ranking themselves. True
Which of the following forms of performance evaluation is the most widely used? Conventional rating
Which of the following is the definition of what a central tendency bias error is when evaluating the performance of employees? When managers rate the majority of incumbents in the middle of the pack
Which of the following effects occurs when past performance appraisal ratings, whether good or bad, are allowed to unjustly influence current/correct ratings? Spillover effect
An effective performance appraisal system generally serves which purposes? To inform incumbents where they stand; To future develop and guide individuals to perform better
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