How Can Teams Be Useful in the Appraisal Process

question 116

Multiple Choice

How can teams be useful in the appraisal process?

• A) Team members tend to be more objective in their ratings than are supervisors.
• B) Team members may have more opportunities to view an employee's performance than does a supervisor.
• C) Team ratings are useful for development information because the anonymity of the evaluation makes the raters "brutally honest."
• D) Teams are better able to allocate rewards based on merit than are supervisors.

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