Performance Appraisal Paper

Assignment #4 is intended to help you begin to understand how performance can
effectively be appraised. Imagine that you sit down for your performance review and
your manager tells you that, “You have a poor attitude so I can’t give you much of a
raise this year.” How helpful is this? Do you know what to change so that you can be
evaluated higher the next time?
Make certain that you understand the material in Chapter 10, especially section 10-5
about different scales on an appraisal.
For this assignment, you will be developing a graphic rating scale appraisal for
appraising performance.
I want you to identify five performance dimensions and create a scale that you might
use specifically when evaluating peers with whom you work on a team
project. Here is an example of a performance dimension: “Helps the team work
smoothly by meeting deadlines.” Each of your five scales should have five evaluation
choices, ranging from desired behavior to undesirable behavior. However, you must
choose your OWN adjectives (with explanations of each adjective) and you can vary
what you use for each dimension or you can use the same ones. A purpose of a welldesigned performance appraisal form is to create reliability in evaluations. No matter
who is evaluating an employee on a dimension, an “outstanding” or a “poor” rating
should always mean the same thing. (Both figures 10-8 and 10-9 in your textbook will
be a good resource for you.) Please do NOT use the same adjectives found in figure
10-8 or 10-9. You must come up with your own adjectives and definitions.
Do not underestimate how long this will take – it is harder to do than it appears.
In addition to creating this scale, please discuss in your own words (in at least 2
paragraphs) the advantages and disadvantages of using this type of appraisal (beyond
what is found in the textbook). This section should have a word count of no less than
250 words. Any less than 250 words will result in no points awarded for this section of
the assignment.
This is not a “cut and paste” assignment. This assignment needs to be totally your own
work and in your own words. A similarity index of 25% or greater from the plagiarism
software  online will result in a zero on this assignment. Plagiarism may
result in academic dishonesty actions.
For the assignment:
• Include a title page that lists your name/date/course name/course
section/assignment number.
• Do NOT have any headings on the rest of your pages since all the information
needed is on the title page.
• This assignment must be typed
• Papers are to be submitted Online (as a WORD document) by the
due date and time. Late assignments will not be accepted.
• You will be graded on content and creativity, but significant points will be
deducted for spelling and grammatical errors. Please be sure to proof read your
assignments before submitting.
• The plagiarism software online should show that information was
not “copied and pasted” from any sources. A similarity index of 25% or greater
from the plagiarism software online will result in a zero on this
assignment. Plagiarism may result in academic dishonesty actions.