Formal Performance Appraisal Systems

question 88

Multiple Choice

Formal performance appraisal systems:

• A)should be used as disciplinary devices rather than as constructive feedback tools aimed at helping employees improve.
• B)provide clues to the supervisor's own performance and may suggest where the supervisor must improve.
• C)rarely help supervisors identify areas in which employees need improvement.
• D)generally result in all the employees of a team receiving the same merit raises.

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