chapter 9 Flashcards
What should the officer have each fire fighter do in preparation for a mid year review
Write a self evaluation
What is usually the minimum amount of advance notice given to an employee who will not receive a satisfactory annual evaluation
10 weeks
What is the key to positive discipline
Convincing the parties that they want to do better
During which step is the annual evaluation is the subordinate allowed to review and comment on the officer’s evaluation
Second
What level of negative discipline is an oral admonishment
First
What is the key factor in insuring success for fire companies
Teamwork
What is normally involved in the third step of progressive negative discipline
Issue the fire fighter a written reprimand
What is useful in keeping fire fighters aware of how they are doing
Frequent feedback
What evaluation error tends to reduce conflict
Leniency
What allows a fire officer to identify any underperforming fire fighter early in the annual evaluation period
Informal reviews
How often does the fire officer need to conduct an evaluation of each probationary fire fighter in a structured probationary program
Monthly
Who issues the final decision about suspension of a fire fighter
Fire chief
Within what amount of time after training must learned skills be used to prevent deterioration of the skills
90 days
What starts the formal “ paper trail” of a progressive disciplinary process
Written reprimand
How long is common practice to maintain written record of a verbal reprimand
366 days
What is in place to deal with issues such as substance abuse, emotional or mental health issues, or other difficulties that affect job performance
EAP
Which form resembles an accounting balance sheet that is used to keep track of the fire fighters activity
T-acccount
How many work related goals should the fire officer require all fire fighters identify when they have completed probation
Three
Which evaluation error occurs when the evaluator’s perspective skews the evaluation
Personal bias
Usually what is the lowest level officer that issues a suspension notice
Battalion chief
Which disciplinary action is equivalent to paying a cash fine
Loss of leave
What is the starting point for positive discipline
Establish expectations
What is at the lowest level of the progressive discipline process
Formal written reprimand
What is the first step in the annual evaluation process
Supervisor fills out a standardized evaluation form
Up to what amount of time can the payment period take when the fire fighter is required to pay restitution
One year
When is the fire fighter given a chance to formally respond to the charges when a suspension will be issued
Pre disciplinary conference
What is the goal of the EAP
Get the employee back to full productive duty
How often do most career fire departments require a supervisor to conduct an employee evaluation for each assigned employee
Annually
With which evaluation error is the fire fighter evaluated on the basis of the fire officer’s personal ideals instead of the classified job standards
Frame of reference
Up to what amount of time do suspensions usually run
30 days
What is the ultimate goal of progressive negative discipline
Performance improvement
Who is responsible for setting the stage for positive discipline
Fire officer
Which of the following can be kept only in the personnel file at fire headquarters
Transfer requests
How often is best for the fire officer to conduct informal reviews
Bimonthly
Approximately what amount of time before the official annual evaluation is due should the fire fighter conduct a self evaluation
6 weeks
What often specifies all the required knowledge skills and abilities that a fire fighter is expected to master within a specified amount of time
Classified job description
Lauderhill hearing
process resulted from 1985 US Supreme court decision in Cleveland Board of Education V Lauderhill
Evaluation is a largely subjective process
that is vulnerable to unintentional biases and errors
Recency
an evaluation error in which the fire fighter is evaluated only on incidents that occurred in the last few weeks.
