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CHAPTER 7 Flashcards

1
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which supervisors rate the frequency of observed behaviors

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BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION SCALES (BOS)

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: involves placement of benchmark
behaviors next to each point on a graphic rating scale

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BEHAVIORALLY ANCHORED RATING
SCALES (BARS)

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: a supervisor is given several behaviors and is forced to choose which of them is most typical of the employee

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FORCED-CHOICE RATING SCALES

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4
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A method of performance appraisal in which a supervisor reads the description of a specific
behavior and then decides whether the behavior of the employee is better than, equal to, or poorer than the behavior described.

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MIXED-STANDARD SCALE

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promotion of employees until they reach their highest level of incompetence

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  • PETER PRINCIPLE
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6
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: is an excellent time to meet with employees to discuss their strengths and weaknesses

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PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL REVIEW

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7
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feedback is obtained from multiple sources

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360-DEGREE FEEDBACK

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8
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strategy in which an employee receives feedback from sources (Ex: clients, subordinates, peers) other than just his/her
supervisor

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MULTIPLE-SOURCE FEEDBACK

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Telling employees what they are doing incorrectly in order to improve their
performance of a task.

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NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

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10
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: most common type of performance appraisal is the supervisor rating

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SUPERVISORS

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11
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The overall image that a supervisor has of an employee.

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PROTOTYPE

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: ability of supervisor to have adequate direct control over and supervision of employees under him

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SPAN OF CONTROL

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: often see the factual behavior; usually come from employees who work directly with an employee

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PEERS

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14
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important component of 360-degree feedback as subordinate can provide a very
different view about a supervisor’s behavior

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SUBORDINATES (SUBORDINATE FEEDBACK/
UPWARD FEEDBACK)

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: by filing complaints or complimenting
a manager about one of her employees

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CUSTOMERS

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: current customers who have
been enlisted by a company to periodically evaluate the service they receive

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SECRET SHOPPERS

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17
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: allowing an employee to evaluate her own behavior and performance is a technique used by only a small percentage of organizations ; most biased

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SELF-APPRAISAL

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18
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concentrates on such employee
attributes as dependability, honesty, and courtesy

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TRAIT-FOCUSED PERFORMANCE
DIMENSIONS

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concentrate on the employee’s knowledge, skills, and abilities

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COMPETENCY-FOCUSED PERFORMANCE
DIMENSIONS

20
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organized by the similarity of tasks that
are performed

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TASK-FOCUSED PERFORMANCE
DIMENSIONS

21
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: organize the appraisal on the basis of
goals to be accomplished by the employee

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GOAL-FOCUSED PERFORMANCE
DIMENSIONS

22
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a philosophy of management that rates performance on the basis of employee achievement of goals set by mutual
agreements between employee and manager

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MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES (MBO)

23
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: effort an employee makes to get along with peers, improve the organization , and perform tasks that are needed but are not necessarily an official part of the employee’s job
description

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CONTEXTUAL PERFORMANCE

24
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employees can be compared with one another instead of being rated individually on a scale

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EMPLOYEE COMPARISONS

25
Q

easiest and most common; employees are ranked in order by their judged
performance for each relevant dimension

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RANK ORDER

26
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: comparing each possible pair of employees and choosing which one of each pair is the better employee

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PAIRED COMPARISONS

27
Q

assume that employee performance is normally distributed, that is, that there are certain percentages of employees who are poor, average, and excellent

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FORCED DISTRIBUTION (RANK AND YANK)

28
Q

: makes fewer rating errors and recall more training information than do untrained raters or raters receiving information
about only job-related behaviors

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FRAME-OF-REFERENCE TRAINING

29
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all employees are reviewed at the same time rather than on the exact dates they were individually hired

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FOCAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

30
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: made when rater uses only one part of a rating scale (Ex: Rate employee a 4 or 5)

A

DISTRIBUTION ERRORS

31
Q

raters tend to rate every employee at the upper end of the scale regardless of the
actual performance of the employee

A

LENIENCY ERROR

32
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results in a supervisor rating employee in the middle of the scale

A

CENTRAL TENDENCY ERROR

33
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rates every employee at the low end of the scale

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STRICTNESS ERROR

34
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rates allows either a single attribute
or an overall impression of an individual to affect the ratings that she makes on each relevant job dimension

A

HALO ERROR

35
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opposite of halo error

A

HORN ERROR

36
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occur when a rating made on
one dimension affects the rating made on the dimension that immediately follows it on the rating scale

A

PROXIMITY ERROR

37
Q

performance rating one person
receives can be influenced by the performance of a previously evaluated person

A

CONTRAST ERROR

38
Q

recent behaviors are given more weight in the performance evaluation than behaviors that occurred during the first few months of the
evaluation period

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RECENCY EFFECT

39
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: managers or supervisors do not have the opportunity to observe a representative sample of employee behavior

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INFREQUENT OBSERVATION

40
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raters base their rating of an employee during one rating period on the ratings the rater
gave during a previous period.

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ASSIMILATION

41
Q

: to attribute others’ failure or poor performance to personal rather than situation factors

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FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR

42
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weight more than positive information

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NEGATIVE INFORMATION

43
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  • private sector; in most states allows employers freedom to fire an employee without a reason - at will
  • employees have the right to leave the company anytime
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  • EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL DOCTRINE
44
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Statements in employment applications and company manuals reaffirming an organization’s right to hire and fire at will.

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EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL STATEMENTS

45
Q

best day to fire an employee

A

TUESDAY

46
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  • when the employee is terminated for refusing to commit a crime
  • when employees are discharged despite employer’s promise of job security
  • when employer has acted with a lack of good faith and fair dealing
A
  • EXCEPTIONS TO THE DOCTRINE

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