Not All of an Employee's Job Duties Are Equally Important

question 69

Multiple Choice

Not all of an employee's job duties are equally important.Performance appraisal systems can best take this into account by

• A) using results-oriented performance measures for the most important duties and behavior-based or trait-based measures for the lesser-important duties.
• B) measuring performance only for the most important duties.
• C) using a critical incident method to measure employee performance.
• D) weighting the more important duties more highly than the less important duties.

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