George Supervises the Work of 15 Subordinates

question 70

Multiple Choice

George supervises the work of 15 subordinates.These individuals are in a state-subsidized work program for the chronically-unemployed that is intended to help them learn good work habits and job skills that will allow them to move into jobs in the local economy.George is required to appraise his subordinates' performance each month.George

• A) should focus on positive feedback because these employees may have a low sense of self-efficacy and will be discouraged by negative feedback.
• B) must keep in mind that his performance appraisal may negatively affect the employee's ability to continue in this work program and the employee's ability to actually earn a living in the future.
• C) must emphasize the performance shortfalls of the employees so that they understand the competitive, win/lose environment they will be in when they get jobs in the local economy.
• D) owes each of these employees a true picture of his/her performance, no matter how difficult the conversation may be or how difficult the employee is.

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