You Are the Director of HR for a Medium-Sized Regional

question 89

Multiple Choice

You are the director of HR for a medium-sized regional utility company.Your CEO attended a speech by Jack Welch,and now she wants to implement his "differentiation" performance appraisal system in the company.This system is similar to ranking and forced distribution.You have some concerns about the appropriateness this system because

• A) this system works best in unionized workplaces and your company is nonunion.
• B) this system can be applied to managerial jobs, but not to non-managerial jobs.
• C) the performance measures in this system tend to be both contaminated and deficient.
• D) forced distribution systems have been subjects of discrimination lawsuits.

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