The Last Step in Performance Appraisal Is to

question 142

Multiple Choice

The last step in performance appraisal is to

• A) talk to the employee being appraised.
• B) evaluate the employee's performance.
• C) take any corrective action that the appraisal indicates is necessary.
• D) use the results to make decisions about compensation, promotions, and additional training.

Identify knowledge characteristics associated with work design and differentiate them from other design characteristics.

Recognize the impact of work design on job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions.

Understand the historical and theoretical contributions to job and work design theories by key figures in the field.

Understand the principle of utility maximization for consumers.

---

Definitions:

Apple Juice

A fruit drink made by pressing apples and extracting the fluid, commonly consumed as a beverage.

Transitivity

A principle that if one option is preferred over a second, and the second is preferred over a third, then the first option is preferred over the third.

Consumer Preferences

The subjective tastes, as expressed by the utility function, that guide consumer choices in the marketplace.

Nonsatiation

The economic assumption that consumers always prefer more of a good to less, holding everything else constant.