Part I: Introduction Managing Human Resources Today Managing Equal Opportunity and Diversity Mergers, Acquisitions, and Strategic Human Resource Management Part II: Staffing the Organization Personnel Planning and Recruiting Selecting Employees Training and Developing Employees Part III: Appraising and Compensating Employees Performance Management and Appraisal Compensating Employees Part IV: Employee and Labor Relations Ethics, Employee Rights, and Fair Treatment at Work Working with Unions and Resolving Disputes Improving Occupational Safety, Health, and Security Part V: Special Issues in Human Resource Management Managing Human Resources in Entrepreneurial Firms Managing HR Globally Measuring and Improving HR Management’s Results
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The University of West Alabama
Chapter 9
Performance Management and Appraisal
Part Three | Training and Development
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publishing as Prentice Hall
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1 Define performance management and discuss how it
differs from performance appraisal.
2 Set effective performance appraisal standards.
3 Describe the appraisal process.
4 Develop, evaluate, and administer at least four
performance appraisal tools.
5 Explain and illustrate the problems to avoid in
appraising performance.
6 Discuss the pros and cons of using different raters to
appraise a person’s performance.
7 Perform an effective appraisal interview.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
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Performance Management and Appraisal
Performance Appraisal
Setting work standards, assessing performance, and providing feedback to employees to motivate, correct, and continue their performance.
Performance Management
An integrated approach to ensuring that an employee’s performance supports and contributes to the organization’s strategic aims.
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FIGURE 9–1
Online Faculty
Evaluation Form
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Set
SMART
goals
Assign challenging/
doable goals
Assign specific goals
Guidelines for Effective
Goal Setting
Assign measurable goals
Encourage participation
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Setting SMART Goals
• S pecific, and clearly state the desired results.
• M easurable in answering “how much.”
• A ttainable, and not too tough or too easy.
• R elevant to what’s to be achieved.
• T imely in reflecting deadlines and milestones.
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Performance
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Is useful in career planning.
Plays an integral role in performance management.
Why Appraise Performance?
Is basis for pay and promotion decisions.
Helps in correcting deficiencies and reinforcing good performance.
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(Un)Realistic Appraisals
• Motivations for Soft Appraisals
The fear of having to hire and train someone new.
The unpleasant reaction of the appraisee.
An appraisal process that’s not conducive to candor.
• Hazards of Soft Appraisals
Employee loses the chance to improve before being discharged or forced to change jobs.
Lawsuits arising from dismissals involving inaccurate performance appraisals.
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• The Supervisor’s Role
Usually do the actual
appraising
Must be familiar with basic
appraisal techniques
Must understand and
avoid problems that can
cripple appraisals
Must know how to conduct
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Performance Appraisal Roles
(cont’d) • The HR Department’s Role
Serves a policy-making and advisory role.
Provides advice and assistance regarding the
appraisal tool to use.
Trains supervisors to improve their appraisal
skills.
Monitors the appraisal system effectiveness
and compliance with EEO laws.
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1
Appraising performance
Steps in Appraising Performance
Defining the job and performance criteria
Providing feedback session
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Designing the Appraisal Tool
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Paired comparison Forced distribution Critical incident
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Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS)
Narrative forms
Management by objectives (MBO)
Computerized and Web-based performance appraisal
Merged methods
Appraisal Methodologies
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FIGURE 9–2
Sample Graphic
Rating Performance
Rating Form
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Performance on Specific Job-Related Duties
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TABLE 9–1 Examples of Critical Incidents for Assistant Plant Manager
Continuing Duties Targets Critical Incidents
Schedule production
for plant 90% utilization of personnel and machinery
in plant; orders delivered
on time
Instituted new production scheduling system; decreased late orders by 10% last month; increased machine utilization in plant by 20% last month
Let inventory storage costs rise 15% last month; over-ordered parts “A” and “B” by 20%; under- ordered part “C” by 30%
Supervise machinery
maintenance No shutdowns due to faulty machinery Instituted new preventative maintenance system for plant;
prevented a machine breakdown
by discovering faulty part
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Appraisal-Coaching
Worksheet
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Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS) Developing a BARS
1 Write critical incidents
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Management by Objectives (MBO)
• A comprehensive and formal organizationwide
goal-setting and appraisal program requiring:
1 Setting of organization’s goals
2 Setting of departmental goals
3 Discussion of departmental goals
4 Defining expected results (setting individual goals)
5 Conducting periodic performance reviews
6 Providing performance feedback
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Setting unclear
objective
Conflict with subordinates over objectives
Potential Problems with MBO
Time-consuming appraisal process
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Computerized and Web-Based
Performance Appraisal Systems
• Allow managers to keep notes on subordinates.
• Notes can be merged with employee ratings.
• Software generates written text to support appraisals.
• Allows for employee self-monitoring and self-evaluation.
• Electronic Performance Monitoring (EPM) Systems
Use computer network technology to allow managers access to their employees’ computers and
telephones.
Managers can monitor the employees’ rate, accuracy, and time spent working online.
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Online Performance
Appraisal Tool
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Dealing with Performance Appraisal
Problems
Unclear
standards
Leniency or strictness
Halo effect
Potential Rating Scale Appraisal Problems
Central
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Guidelines for Effective Appraisals
Know the
problems
Get agreement on
a plan
Use the right tool
How to Avoid Appraisal Problems
Keep a diary
Be fair
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Graphic rating scale Simple to use; provides a quantitative
rating for each employee
Standards may be unclear; halo effect, central tendency, leniency, bias can also be problems
BARS Provides behavioral “anchors.” BARS
is very accurate Difficult to develop.
Alternation ranking Simple to use (but not as simple as
graphic rating scales) Avoids central tendency and other problems of rating scales.
Can cause disagreements among employees and may be unfair if all employees are, in fact, excellent
Helps specify what is “right” and
“wrong” about the employee’s performance; forces supervisor to evaluate subordinates on an ongoing basis
Difficult to rate or rank employees relative to one another.
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Choosing the Right Appraisal Tool
Criteria for Choosing an
Appraisal Tool
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• Base the performance review on duties and standards from a job analysis.
• Try to base the performance review on observable job behaviors or objective
performance data.
• Make it clear ahead of time what your performance expectations are.
• Use a standardized performance review procedure for all employees.
• Make sure whoever conducts the reviews has frequent opportunities to observe
the employee’s job performance.
• Either use multiple raters or have the rater’s supervisor evaluate the appraisal
results.
• Include an appeals mechanism.
• Document the appraisal review process and results.
• Discuss the appraisal results with the employee.
• Let the employees know ahead of time how you’re going to conduct the review and
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FIGURE 9–11 Guidelines for a Legally Defensible Appraisal
1 Preferably, conduct a job analysis to establish performance criteria and standards.
2 Communicate performance standards to employees and to those rating them, in writing.
3 When using graphic rating scales, avoid undefined abstract trait names (such as “loyalty” or
“honesty”).
4 Use subjective narratives as only one component of the appraisal.
5 Train supervisors to use the rating instrument properly.
6 Allow appraisers substantial daily contact with the employees they’re evaluating.
7 Using a single overall rating of performance is usually not acceptable to the courts.
8 When possible, have more than one appraiser, and conduct all such appraisals
independently.
9 One appraiser should never have absolute authority to determine a personnel action.
10 Give employees the opportunity to review and make comments, and have a formal appeals process.
11 Document everything: Without exception, courts condemn informal performance evaluation practices that eschew documentation.
12 Where appropriate, provide corrective guidance to assist poor performers in improving.
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Self-rating
Subordinates
360-degree feedback
Potential Appraisers
Immediate
supervisor
Peers
Rating committee
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The Appraisal Interview
Satisfactory—Promotable Satisfactory—Not Promotable Unsatisfactory—Correctable Unsatisfactory—Uncorrectable
Types of Appraisal
Interviews
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Appraisal Interview Guidelines
Talk in terms of
objective work
data
Get agreement
Don’t get personal
Encourage the person to talk
Guidelines for Conducting
an Interview
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Checklist During
Appraisal Interview
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Handling Defensive Responses
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Recognize your own limitations.
Never attack a person’s defenses.
How to Handle a Defensive Subordinate
Recognize that defensive behavior is normal.
Postpone action.
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How to Criticize a Subordinate
Criticize in private, and do it constructively
Do it in a manner that lets the person maintain his or her dignity and sense of worth.
Give daily feedback so that the review has no surprises
Never say the person is “always” wrong.
Criticism should be objective and free of biases.
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Formal Written Warnings
• Purposes of a Written Warning
To shake your employee out of bad habits.
To help you defend your rating, both to your own boss and (if needed) to the courts.
• A Written Warning Should:
Identify standards by which employee is judged.
Make clear that employee was aware of the standard.
Specify deficiencies relative to the standard.
Indicate employee’s prior opportunity for correction.
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and developing the performance of individuals and
teams and aligning their performance with the
organization’s goals.
Performance Appraisal
strategic goals
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Basic Building Blocks of Performance Management
Ongoing performance monitoring
Rewards, recognition, and compensation
Coaching and development support Ongoing
feedback
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Total Quality Management
Resolution of Appraisal Issues
Strategic Goal Alignment
The Performance
Management
Approach
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Using Information Technology to
Support Performance Management
• Assign financial and nonfinancial goals to each team’s
activities along the strategy map chain of activities
leading up to the company’s overall strategic goals.
• Inform all employees of their goals.
• Use IT-supported tools like scorecard software and
digital dashboards to continuously monitor and assess each team’s and employee’s performance.
• Take corrective action at once.
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K E Y T E R M S
performance appraisal graphic rating scale alternation ranking method paired comparison method forced distribution method critical incident method behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS) electronic performance monitoring (EPM) unclear standards
halo effect central tendency strictness/leniency bias
appraisal interview performance management
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