What Can Be Said About Employee Files Kept by a Manager

question 17

Multiple Choice

What can be said about employee files kept by a manager?

• A) Employee files should be periodically reviewed.
• B) Notes that have been incorporated into formal appraisals should be retained for backup.
• C) Old counseling notes can be discarded if the problems prompting the intervention have not recurred.
• D) Routinely discarding files, including personal files, is permissible at any time.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalytic

Pertaining to a theory of psychology and method of psychotherapy that aims to treat mental disorders by investigating the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind.

Personality

The characteristic set of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors.

Application

The action of putting something into operation or the act of applying it for a particular use.

Assessment

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