Performance-based Appraisal: An Employee View

Overview/Description
 Recently, 100 people polled at random were asked, "If you had a choice, would you rather be a driver or passenger?" The overwhelming response was, "driver." All of us like to feel we are in control of our lives. Naturally, this extends to our life on the job, too. You might want to think of this course, which focuses on the performance-based appraisal process, as a driver's manual. It will help you understand what the performance-based appraisal process is and how it can help you sit in the driver's seat when it comes to your career and advancement. This course will give you helpful hints and important suggestions for managing the information that goes into your annual performance appraisal, and how you can use the appraisal process throughout the year to set goals and measure your progress toward achieving them. Once you have mastered the strategies and techniques offered through the performance-based appraisal process, you'll be ready to put your career into hyper-drive.

Target Audience
 CEOs, COOs, human resources staff, managers, supervisors, team leaders, and employees

Expected Duration
3.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:

The Performance Employee

  • recognize the importance of the performance-based appraisal process for performance improvement.
  • identify the people with whom an employee can form partnerships focused on improving performance.
  • choose the attributes of effective communication.
  • sequence the activities necessary to initiate continual planning.

    • Setting Goals: A Strong Beginning

  • recognize the value of performance goals in the workplace.
  • identify important attributes of a performance goal.
  • sequence the steps that result in setting effective performance goals.
  • identify activities that will support progress toward achieving performance goals.

    • Making Progress: How Do You Know?

  • recognize the benefit of ongoing self-evaluation as part of the performance-based appraisal process.
  • identify the attributes of self-evaluation.
  • identify successful strategies for self-evaluation.
  • identify effective uses of self-evaluation data.

    • Telling It Like It Is: The Appraisal

  • recognize the value of the performance-based appraisal process during the annual performance review.
  • identify examples of appropriate materials to be introduced into the annual review.
  • identify activities that lead to a collaborative performance review.
  • select strategies for using the formal appraisal process to set new performance goals.

    • Course Number: MGMT0144