Comprehension check.

1) Read the text again more carefully. Make a plan of the text and write down key words to each item.

2) Complete the sentences with the appropriate ending, a, b, or c.

1. Trait appraisals cannot be reliable performance measures because …

a. they are evaluated by the supervisor only.

b. they assess an employee’s personal qualities.

c. many traits are sometimes misinterpreted.

2. To develop behaviour-based appraisals, it is necessary …

4. to carry out job analysis first.

5. to measure how the employee performs job tasks.

6. to describe the items in terms of either activities or results.

3. Subjective performance measures facilitate …

a. the adoption of individual methods of correcting inadequate performance.

b. the implementation of supervisor’s decisions on the employee’s work.

c. gathering information on the interactions between co-workers.

4. The supervisor’s misjudgement of an employee’s performance can result from …

a. his/her inclination to overestimate everyone.

b. his/her desire to be objective.

c. his/her tendency to evaluate each job task.

3) Translate the last two paragraphs of the text into your native language (in writing).

Discussion

Work in small groups.

Using the plan and the key words, which you have written down in ‘Comprehension check’, discuss what you have learned about subjective performance measures.

Reading and discussion

Read text 20 and then, working in small groups, answer the questions:

1) As human resource manager, what employee characteristics would you use in the selection of team members?

2) How might performance appraisal be done? Can team members be involved in the review of other members?

3) Identify training needs at Turner. Do you believe a company can spend too much money on training employees? Why?

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