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performance management

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continuous process of identifying, measuring, and developing the performance of individuals and teams and aligning performance with the strategic goals of the organization

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4 parts of performance management system

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  1. objective goal setting
  2. continuous coaching
  3. performance appraisal
  4. development planning
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2 key points of perf management system:

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  1. linked to company goals

2. implemented on a continuous cycle rather than once a year

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performance appraisal

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systematic review and evaluation of a job performance & provision of performance feedback

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3 most significant purposes of performance management:

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  1. used to make personnel decisions & raises
  2. developmental purposes
  3. documentation
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developmental purposes

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employees are informed of their strengths and weaknesses

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documentation in performance management

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documentation of employee’s work over time to use in case the employee is fired so they don’t get sued lol

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multisource feedback

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involves multiple raters at various levels of the organization who evaluate and provide feedback to a target employee

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another name for multisource feedback

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360-degree feedback

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3 assumptions of the 360 feedback system

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  1. when multiple raters used, participants are happy that they’re involved in the process
  2. multiple raters from different levels gets to equal out rating biases
  3. multiple perspectives=more accurate view of performance
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upward appraisal ratings

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ratings provided by individuals who status is below the ratee

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360 pro:

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beneficial in assessing both competencies and effectiveness

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360 health study summary:

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high percentage of surgeons reported that feedback was accurate, and that they changed their practices as a result of the feedback. Over 75% of participants found the process valuable

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360 education study summary

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principals experienced cognitive dissonance (they were uncomfortable) when teachers gave the low performance management ratings

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telework

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employees working from home/remote location

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telecommuting study summary:

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telecommuting had a positive impact on performance; task performance and contextual performance was improved.

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what kind of relationships does telework thrive under?

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a good employee-supervisor relationship and can assume more autonomy

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graphic rating scale

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oldest formats; numerical/verbal anchors like 1-10, below/exceeds expectations; very easy and simple

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Behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)

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similar to graphic, but provides behavioral descriptions

i.e. “usually follows most important procedures” and “never deviates from the procedures outlines”

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con of BARS

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painstaking development

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critical incidents:

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behavioral examples used in BARS development

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checklists

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rater is asked to read large # of behavioral statements and check off each behavior the employee exhibits

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weighted checklist

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series of items that have previously been weighted by importance

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forced-choice checklist

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asked to choose 2 items out of 4 that best describe the employee–meant to detract purposive bias

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which is used more: forced or weighted checklists?

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weighted

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con of forced checklist

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raters feel like they’ve lost power in rating

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CARS computerized adaptive rating scale

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adaptation of forced checklist that tries to give more discrimination between answers/ giver raters feeling of power

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employee comparison procedure

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evaluation of rates in comparison to other employees

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rank-ordering

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Employee comparison method: rank employees from best to worst

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paired comparison

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Employee comparison method: comparison of each employee to every other employee

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pro of rank-ordering

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clear ‘winner’; gives easy method for promotions

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cons of rank-ordering

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can be very complex; very cumbersome with large # of employees

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forced distribution

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Employee comparison method: raters are instructed to force a designated proportion of ratees into each of five out f 7 categories; similar to grading on a curve

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con of forced distribution

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not popular among employees bc lots of “very close” people are not recognized for their work

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halo

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raters using a global evaluation of the ratee OR unwilling to discriminate between independent dimensions of a ratees performance

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true halo

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halo that results from accurate intercorrelations rather than from rating error (meaning they get marked high for everything bc they’re genuinely good at all the areas)

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distributional errors

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mismatch between actual rating and expected ratings–much farther toward one end of the distributions

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leniency

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when the mean of rating is higher than the midpoint of the scale

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central tendency

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tendency to use only the midpoint of the sale riating one’s employees

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example of a central tendency

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a professor who gives most students a C and does not evaluate their actual performance

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Severity

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tend to use only the lower end of the rating scale

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whats the least frequent: leinceny, central tendency, or severity ?

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severity

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what’s a con of severity

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raters lose the respect of subordinates

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range restrictgions

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orgs only use a small part of the scale, not the whole scale

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first impressions error/ primacy effect

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pay attention to initial experiences w employee

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recency error

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raters heavily weight their most recent interactions with or observations of the ratee

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Rater Error Training (RET)

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type of training originally developed to reduce rater errors by focusing on describing errors like halo and showing raters how to avoid mistakes

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Frame of Reference (FOR)

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training designed to enhance raters observational and categorization skills so that all the raters share a common view and understanding of performance levels to improve rater accuracy

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Pros of FOR

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improves appraisal accuracy, and recognized as the most effective approach for improving rater accuracy

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Behavioral observation training BOT

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focuses on teaching raters how to watch for certain errors and avoid behavioral observation errors

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feedback environment

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the contextual aspects of the day to day supervisor subordinate and coworker-coworker feedback process

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feedback orientation

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is the individual difference side; individuals overall receptivity to feedback

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