Sophia Is a Valued Employee in Your Department

question 51

Essay

Sophia is a valued employee in your department. She is positive and dependable but lacks ambition and has stagnated in her position this year. She also is consistently late on deadlines, although the work she turns in is usually flawless. Choose one of the performance evaluation methods discussed in the chapter and use it to evaluate the three most popular sets of criteria for Sophia. Explain why your evaluation method is strong or weak and how it could be improved.

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Definitions:

Family Therapists

Professionals who provide psychotherapy focused on familial relationships and dynamics, aiming to improve communication and resolve conflicts within families.

Biomedical Approach

An approach to health and illness focusing on biological factors, including genetics, physiology, and pathology, often emphasizing medication and surgery as treatments.

Managed Care

Health care system in which all necessary services for an individual patient are supposed to be coordinated by a primary care provider; the goals are to coordinate services for an existing medical problem and to prevent future medical problems.

Affordable Care Act

A comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010, aiming to make health insurance more affordable and accessible for Americans.