Holly Is a Project Manager in a Software Development Firm

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Multiple Choice

Holly is a project manager in a software development firm.She has been asked to conduct the annual performance appraisal for her team.She lists the names of her team members on the left side of a sheet of paper.She then compares the first employee with every other employee on the list on the quality of work criterion and places a check mark on the one who produced the best quality of work in each of the paired comparisons.In this way she compares each employee to every other employee in the list.Which of the following performance appraisal method has Holly implemented?

• A) The critical-incident comparison method
• B) The alternation ranking approach
• C) The paired comparison ranking method
• D) The management by objectives (MBO) approach
• E) The paired graphic rating scale method

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