Human Resource Management Notes

Human Resource
Management
TWELFTH EDITION
GARY DESSLER
BIJU VARKKEY
Part 3 | Training and Development
Chapter 9
Performance Management and Appraisal

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Authorized adaptation from the United States edition of Human
Resource Management, 12/e
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Evaluate and improve the appraisal form in Figure 9–1.

2. Describe the appraisal process.
3. Develop, evaluate, and administer at least four
performance appraisal tools.
4. Explain and illustrate the problems to avoid in
appraising performance.
5. List and discuss the pros and cons of six appraisal
methods.
6. Perform an effective appraisal interview.
7. Discuss the pros and cons of using different raters to
appraise a person’s performance.
9–2
Basic Concepts in Performance
Management and Appraisal
Comparing
Performance Appraisal
and
Performance Management
Performance Appraisal: Performance Management:

Setting work standards, assessing An integrated approach to
performance, and providing ensuring that an employee’s
feedback to employees to performance supports and
motivate, correct, and continue contributes to the organization’s
their performance. strategic aims.
9–3
Contd…..
• Performance appraisal means evaluating an
employee’s current and past performance
relative to his/her performance standards
• Performance appraisal involves
 Setting work standards
 Assessing the employee’s actual work performance
relative to those standards
 Providing feedback

9–4
• Is a continuous process of identifying ,
measuring, and developing the performance of
individuals and teams and aligning their
performance with the organization goals
 Focus on continuous daily or weekly interaction
 Goal directed
 Modifying how the employee and team get their work
done

9–5
FIGURE 9–1
Classroom
Teaching
Appraisal by
Students

9–6
FIGURE 9-1 (Continued)

9–7
Why Performance Management?
Total Quality
The
Performance
Appraisal Issues
Management
Approach
Strategic Focus

9–8
The Building Blocks of an Effective Performance Management Process
Direction sharing Role clarification Goal setting and planning
Goal alignment Developmental goal setting
Ongoing performance monitoring
Ongoing feedback Coaching and support
Performance assessment (appraisal)
Rewards, recognition, and compensation
Workflow, process control, and return on investment management

9–9
Defining the Employee’s Goals
and Work Standards
Guidelines for
Effective Goal Setting
Assign
Assign Assign
Challenging Encourage
Specific Measurable
but Doable Participation
Goals Goals
Goals

9–10
Setting Goals
• SMART Goals:
 Specific, and clearly state the desired results.
 Measurable in answering “how much.”
 Attainable, and not too tough or too easy.
 Relevant to what’s to be achieved.
 Timely in reflecting deadlines and milestones.

9–11
Performance Appraisal Roles
• Supervisors
 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 appraisals fairly.
9–12
Performance Appraisal Roles (continued)
• The HR Department
 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 relevant laws and guidelines.

9–13
An Introduction to Appraising Performance
Why Appraise Performance?
1 Is basis for pay and promotion decisions.
2 Plays an integral role in performance management.
Helps in correcting deficiencies and reinforcing good

3
performance.
4 Is useful in career planning.

9–14
(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
forced to change jobs.
 Lawsuits arising from actions involving inaccurate
performance appraisals.

9–15
An Introduction to Appraising Performance
Steps in Appraising Performance
1 Defining the job
2 Appraising performance
3 Providing feedback

9–16
Designing the Appraisal Tool
• What to Measure?
 Work output (quality and quantity)
 Personal competencies
 Goal (objective) achievement
• How to Measure?
 Generic dimensions
 Actual job duties
 Behavioral competencies

9–17
FIGURE 9–3
Sample
Performance
Rating Form
Source: Elaine Pulakos,

(SHRM Foundation, 2004)
p. 16–17.
Reprinted by permission of
Society for Human
Resource
Management via Copyright
Clearance Center.
9–18
FIGURE 9–3
Sample
Performance
Rating Form
(continued)
Source: Elaine Pulakos,

(SHRM Foundation, 2004)
p. 16–17.

9–19
FIGURE 9–4 One Item from an Appraisal Form Assessing Employee Performance
on Specific Job-Related Duties

9–20
Performance Appraisal Methods
Appraisal Methodologies
1 Graphic Rating Scale Method 6 Narrative Forms
Behaviorally Anchored Rating

2 Alternation Ranking Method 7
Scales (BARS)
Management by Objectives
3 Paired Comparison Method 8
(MBO)
Computerized and Web-Based
4 Forced Distribution Method 9
Performance Appraisal
5 Critical Incident Method 10 Merged Methods
11 Annual Confidential Report (ACR)

9–21
Techniques of performance appraisal
• Rating scale
• Job dimensions (Quantity , communications and teamwork) and a
range of performance values (from unsatisfactory to outstanding)
• Design a rating scale for a chef/ driver/ manager
• Critical incident Method
 Keeps a log of positive and negative examples of
subordinates’ work related behaviour
 Behavioural Anchored Rating Scale

9–22
FIGURE 9–6 Ranking Employees by the Paired Comparison Method
Note: + means “better than.” – means “worse than.” For each chart, add
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9–23
TABLE 9–1 Examples of Critical Incidents for Assistant Plant Manager
Continuing Duties Targets Critical Incidents
Schedule production 90% utilization of Instituted new production

for plant personnel and scheduling system; decreased late
machinery in plant; orders by 10% last month; increased
orders delivered on machine utilization in plant by 20%
time last month
Supervise Minimize inventory Let inventory storage costs rise 15%

procurement of raw costs while keeping last month; overordered parts “A”
materials and adequate supplies on and “B” by 20%; underordered part
inventory control hand “C” by 30%
Supervise machinery No shutdowns due to Instituted new preventative

maintenance faulty machinery maintenance system for plant;
prevented a machine breakdown by
discovering faulty part

9–24
FIGURE 9–7
Appraisal-
Coaching
Worksheet
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with permission of the publisher Business
and Legal Reports, Inc. 141 Mill Rock Road
East, Old Saybrook, CT © 2004.

9–25
Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS)
Developing a BARS Advantages of BARS
1. Generate critical  A more accurate
incidents gauge
2. Develop performance  Clearer standards
dimensions  Feedback
3. Reallocate incidents
 Independent
4. Scale the incidents dimensions
5. Develop a final  Consistency
instrument

9–26
FIGURE 9–8
Example of a
Behaviorally
Anchored Rating
Scale for the
Dimension
Salesmanship
Skills

9–27
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.

9–28
Using MBO
Setting unclear Time-consuming

objectives appraisal process
Problems with
MBO
Conflict with
subordinates over
objectives
9–29
Appraising Performance:
Problems and Solutions
Potential Rating
Scale Appraisal
Problems
Unclear Halo Central Leniency or

Bias
Standards Effect Tendency Strictness

9–30
TABLE 9–2 A Graphic Rating Scale with Unclear Standards
Excellent Good Fair Poor
Quality of work
Quantity of work
Creativity
Integrity
Note: For example, what exactly is meant by “good,” “quantity of work,” and so forth?

9–31
Appraising Performance:
Problems and Solutions (continued)
How to Avoid
Appraisal Problems
Control
Know Use the Train Keep
Outside
Problems Right Tool Supervisors a Diary
Influences

9–32
TABLE 9–3 Important Advantages and Disadvantages of Appraisal Tools
Tool Advantages Disadvantages

Graphic rating Simple to use; provides a Standards may be unclear; halo
scale quantitative rating for each effect, central tendency, leniency,
employee. bias can also be problems.
BARS Provides behavioral “anchors.” Difficult to develop.

BARS is very accurate.
Alternation ranking Simple to use (but not as simple as Can cause disagreements among
graphic rating scales). Avoids central employees and may be unfair if all
tendency and other problems of employees are, in fact, excellent.
rating scales.
Forced distribution End up with a predetermined number Employees’ appraisal results depend
method or % of people in each group. on your choice of cutoff points.
Critical incident Helps specify what is “right” and Difficult to rate or rank employees
method “wrong” about the employee’s relative to one another.
performance; forces supervisor to
evaluate subordinates on an ongoing
basis.
MBO Tied to jointly agreed-upon Time-consuming.

performance objectives.
9–33
Who Should Do the Appraising?
Immediate
Self-Rating
Supervisor
Peers
Potential Subordinates
Appraisers
Rating 360-Degree
Committee Feedback

9–34
The Appraisal Interview
Satisfactory—Promotable
Satisfactory—Not Promotable
Types of Appraisal
Interviews
Unsatisfactory—Correctable
Unsatisfactory—Uncorrectable

9–35
The Appraisal Interview (continued)
Guidelines for
Conducting an Interview
Talk in terms Encourage

Don’t get Don’t tiptoe
of objective the person to
personal. around.
work data. talk.

9–36
How to Handle a Defensive Subordinate
1 Recognize that defensive behavior is normal.
2 Never attack a person’s defenses.
3 Postpone action.
4 Recognize your own limitations.

9–37
How to Criticize a Subordinate
1
Do it in a manner that lets the person maintain
his or her dignity and sense of worth.
2 Criticize in private, and do it constructively.

Give daily feedback so that the review has no
3
surprises.
4 Never say the person is “always” wrong.
5 Criticism should be objective and free of biases.

9–38
FIGURE 9–13
Checklist
During the
Appraisal
Interview

9–39
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.

9–40
Creating the Total Performance
Management Process
• “What is our strategy and what are our goals?”
• “What does this mean for the goals we set for
our employees, and for how we train, appraise,
promote, and reward them?”

9–41
PMS in India
Performance evaluation has reached high maturity levels in Indian
organizations.
Successful practices like goal setting, balanced scorecard,

development orientation etc., are being introduced and it mostly
covers managerial employees and employees who are not part of
any union.
ACR system of government is being changed to PMS.

Online appraisal systems are also used.
Initiatives like training, appraisals, multiple levels appraisers,

reviews, etc. are undertaken to improve the quality of PMS.

9–42
KEY TERMS
performance appraisal management by objectives (MBO)

performance management electronic performance monitoring
graphic rating scale (EPM)
alternation ranking method unclear standards
paired comparison method halo effect
forced distribution method central tendency
critical incident method strictness/leniency
behaviorally anchored rating bias
scale (BARS) appraisal interview

9–43

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Human Resource

Part 3 | Training and Development

Performance Management and Appraisal

1. Evaluate and improve the appraisal form in Figure 9–1.

Performance Appraisal: Performance Management:

Copyright © 2011 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd

Copyright © 2011 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd

Copyright © 2011 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd

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Direction sharing Role clarification Goal setting and planning

Goal alignment Developmental goal setting

Ongoing performance monitoring

Ongoing feedback Coaching and support

Performance assessment (appraisal)

Rewards, recognition, and compensation

Workflow, process control, and return on investment management

Copyright © 2011 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd

 Timely in reflecting deadlines and milestones.

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Copyright © 2011 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd

Why Appraise Performance?

1 Is basis for pay and promotion decisions.

2 Plays an integral role in performance management.

Helps in correcting deficiencies and reinforcing good

4 Is useful in career planning.

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• Hazards of Soft Appraisals

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Steps in Appraising Performance

1 Defining the job

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Source: Elaine Pulakos,

Source: Elaine Pulakos,

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1 Graphic Rating Scale Method 6 Narrative Forms

Behaviorally Anchored Rating

5 Critical Incident Method 10 Merged Methods

11 Annual Confidential Report (ACR)

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Continuing Duties Targets Critical Incidents

Schedule production 90% utilization of Instituted new production

Supervise Minimize inventory Let inventory storage costs rise 15%

Supervise machinery No shutdowns due to Instituted new preventative

Copyright © 2011 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd

Source: Reprinted from www.HR.BLR.com

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6. Providing performance feedback.

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Setting unclear Time-consuming