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Which of the following is a comparative approach to ranking that consists of a manager looking at a list of employees, deciding who the best employee is, and crossing that person's name off the list?
Validity refers to the consistency of a performance measure
Which of the following is true about the quality approach to performance measurement?
Whittaker Publishing Corp. is a publishing company that wants to hire more technical experts to handle the software requirements in the publishing process. However, the test given to the programmers assesses not only their technical knowledge, but also their communication skills, language abilities, and understanding of client services. The test conducted by Whittaker Publishing Corp. is _____
_____ rating error occurs when a rater gives an employee high ratings on all aspects of performance because of his or her overall positive impression of the employee
Which of the following is a means of measuring and feeding back productivity information to personnel with the main goal of motivating employees to higher levels of productivity?
A performance management system designed with a strong quality orientation can be expected to:
Which of the following statistical process quality control techniques helps identify the redundancies in procedures that increase manufacturing or service time?
_____ are the most frequently used source of performance information
_____ refers to practices participated in by employees from all levels of the company that focus on continuous improvement of business processes
A software company assesses its developers more on their client support skills rather than their development skills. Which of the following terms would best describe the software company's performance management process?
_____ attempts to emphasize the multidimensional nature of performance and thoroughly familiarize the raters with the actual content of various performance dimensions
Which of the following approaches would be worst suited to provide managers with the specific guidance required to correct an employee's performance deficiencies?
As the CEO of Blue Corp., George makes it a point to meet new hires at all levels of his organization. He explains the goals of the company and emphasizes on the importance of an individual employee's role in the larger picture. This initiative of George focuses on the _____ of performance management
Which of the following approaches to measuring performance uses some overall assessment of an individual's performance or worth and seeks to develop some ranking of the individuals within a work group?
Output is a factor to be considered in analyzing poor performance
A situation in which evaluators purposefully distort a rating to achieve personal or company goals is referred to as _____
Prometheus Corp. is a large-scale manufacturer of consumer electronic gadgets. As part of its performance management system, Prometheus measures the amount each employee contributes to the profits of the company, and they are either held accountable or rewarded based on their contributions. With regard to performance measurement, under which of the following terms would contribution to profits be categorized?
Once the expected performance has been defined and employees' performances have been measured, it is necessary to feed that performance information back to the employees so they can correct any deficiencies
A competent employee receives lower-than-deserved ratings because of a few outstanding colleagues who set very-high performance standards. This is an example of a _____ rater error