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This gives the employees a chance to compare their impression of their performance with that of the employer's evaluation.
Self-appraisal approach
is important to an employee's personal and professional advancement
Self-Appraisal
Examples of dimensions of personality are integrity, honesty, punctuality, and dependability.
Trait Approach
bases the appraisal on work achievements judged against goals set mutually by the supervisor and subordinate
Results Approach
Evaluator provides a brief essay detailing his or her assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, andpotentials of the employee
Essay Appraisal
Employees are ranked and compared to one another interms of their work performance.
Ranking Method
The superior describes incidents, giving details on both positive and negative behaviors of the employee.
Critical incident appraisal
The employees are allowed to set their own realistic performance goals. This eliminates the feeling of employees being judged unfairly by using high standards.
Management by objectives (MBO)
This assessment makes use of a graphic rating scaletomeasure an employee's quality of work (unsatisfactory, average, above average, outstanding).
Graphic Rating Scale
Graphic rating scale levels
(unsatisfactory, average, above average, outstanding)
ADVANTAGES
Can be easily provide feedback on the positive abilities of the employee
Essay Appraisal
ADVANTAGES
Provides specific examples
Critical Incident Appraisal
ADVANTAGES
Can create a high performance work culture
Ranking
ADVANTAGES
Open communication
Management by "objectives"
ADVANTAGES
Employee may have more “buy-in”
Management by "objectives"
ADVANTAGES
Inexpensive to develop
Graphic rating scale
ADVANTAGES
Easily understood by employees and managers
Graphic rating scale
DISADVANTAGES
Subjectivity
Essay Appraisal
DISADVANTAGES
Writing ability of reviewer impacts validity
Essay Appraisal
DISADVANTAGES
Possible bias
Ranking
