Management Question

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Examination No. 1

PA 522 Performance Appraisal

Spring 2026 Examination 1

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1. Performance appraisal and Review is the systematic assessment of how well employees are meeting set standards, and their contributions to the organization. The U.S. court systems are overwhelmed with cases of employees seeking redress in performance appraisals that went wrong. a) Firstly, what is the importance of performance appraisal to an organization? b) Secondly, list and discuss the different types of appraisers, and the court issues related to the choice of appraisers. c) Thirdly, discuss the different types of appraisal methods, and their advantages and disadvantages.

1. Performance management is a critical human resource management function of evaluation and feedback which allow management to help employees to improve in their areas of poor performance after appraisal is completed, so that employees performance would significantly improve during the next round of performance review. The emphasis is focused on managing improvement rather than punishment. But it is clear that, there is more involved than simply evaluation and feedback. According to Robert Cardy, in order to manage performance, some key steps are involved, Job Analysis being the first, a) what is it?; how important is it in the determination of performance? The next step is Diagnoses, which involves establishment of Criteria and Observation; b) discuss the role of diagnosis and use of observation in deciding performance, and when operational issues of observation to determine causes of performance are involved. Endeavor to be comprehensive in your answer.

1. Address the following: a) the different components of performance management

systems?; b) distinguish between performance management and performance

appraisal; c) explain the differences between administrative and developmental

uses of performance appraisal.

1. a) Why is Evaluation important to an employee? b) What is the implication of Yardstick to Observation? c) Explain the relationship between Performance Characteristics and Evaluation, and d) state the significance of what constitute Performance, Training, Job aids, and Common Standards to evaluation?

1. b) What is the importance of feedback both Objective and Subjective in performance management? Also discuss the significance of Focus, Timeliness, and Frequency?

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1. Course Materials and Readings:

Major Source: Cardy, Robert L., (2011). Performance Management-Concepts, Skills, and Exercises, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.

Ashford, S.J., and Cummings, L.L., (1983). “Feedback as an Individual Resource: Personal Strategies of Creating Information.” Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 32: 370-398.

Baumann, H.J., (2001), An Investigation of Factors Relating to Managerial Performance Improvement in Response to 360-Degrees, Feedback Dissertation, UOT, Knoxville.

Brache, Alan P., Managing Human Capabilities, Journal of Organizational Excellence, 22 (2003), 61.

Ditelberg, Joshua L., A Practical Guide to Workforce Reduction, SHRM, Legal Report, March/April, 2002.

Funder, D.C. (1987), “Errors and Mistakes: Evaluating the Accuracy of Social Judgment.” Psychological Bulletin 101: 75-90.