Imagine that you have an employee that rates themself very highly on their self-appraisal, but you know that their actual performance is very poor, and a have evaluated them accordingly in your managerial evaluation. How do you either bridge the gap or communicate the bad news?
Discussion Topic: Distortion in Performance AppraisalsDistortion in Performance Appraisals
Explain why performance appraisals may be distorted. Read the following article: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/281919Links to an external site.
In your opinion, which of the stated unconscious biases in the article is the worst? Why?
Relative Standards
“It’s a dog eat dog world out there” according to Jackson, president of Onleo as he defended their use of relative standards to evaluate employees. “If Onleo falls below 10% market share, we’re finished. Why shouldn’t our employees who are in the bottom 10% lose their jobs?” Evaluate Jackson’s point of view and explain the advantages and disadvantages of using relative standards and firing the lowest ranked performers. How do you feel about the practice?