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360 Performance Appraisal

By Robert Kent - The basic concept in 360 Performance Appraisal of soliciting performance feedback not only from our supervisor but also from our customers, employees, peers and all whom we interrelate with in the course of doing our job, makes obvious sense. We all should do this as a matter of course to ensure that we're living up to the expectations others have of us (the psychological contract) and to see that we are playing the right role in the minds of our associates. ^{Most Read} (Added: 25-Oct-2000 Hits: 8476 )

360 Feedback Plus And Minus

By Unknown - There is no shortage of experts in books or at HR conferences singing the praises of 360 degree feedback. But, as many HR managers have discovered, how you do it is more important than doing it. Implementing this technique without a clear plan and active monitoring can make it a negative for your organization. ^{Most Read} (Added: 22-Apr-2001 Hits: 6486 )

360 Degree Feedback: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Defines and Examines Multirater Feedback

By Susan Heathfield - A three part article offering an overview of what 360 degree feedback is, its benefits (the good), and potential problems (the bad and the ugly). ^{Most Read} (Added: 27-Jul-2004 Hits: 4428 )

Influencing Your Boss - Getting Heard Helpcard

By Robert Bacal - Part of the satistaction of any job is seeing your ideas, suggestions and plans successfully implemented. YOU can do things to increase the chances your boss will listen to you, through more effective communication. This help card is designed to help you use communication techniques that will make it more likely that you will be able to influence your boss, while at the same time, showing you worth and skill. Card is in adobe acrobat format (acrobat reader required). ^{Most Read} (Added: 6-Sep-2001 Hits: 4152 )

Performance Management - Why Doesn't It Work

By Robert Bacal - Printable version of our short, 58 page monograph explaining why most performance management and appraisal schemes fail and cost more than they are worth. ^{Most Read} (Added: 6-Oct-2001 Hits: 4215 )

Getting Along With Almost Anyone Helpcard

By Robert Bacal - Communication expert/consultant tells you how you can improve your relationships at home and at work by making small, practical changes in how you speak to people. ^{Most Read} (Added: 14-Nov-2001 Hits: 4297 )

Best Practices: Performance Appraisal

By na - Performance appraisal has finally caught up with 21 st -century management practices. In the old model, performance appraisal tended to be one-way, adversarial, oriented toward the past and universally despised by all. In the new model, performance appraisal... ^{Most Read} (Added: 12-Sep-2005 Hits: 5113 )

Example of Employee Rewards and Recognition Policy

By University of Virginia - The University's Rewards and Recognition Policy is designed to encourage employees to make a performance difference either individually or through teams. The policy recognizes achievements or accomplishments that contribute to the overall objectives of the University. The policy also provides both monetary and non-monetary awards ^{Most Read} (Added: 25-Mar-2002 Hits: 6841 )

Performance Appraisal Forms and Resources

By Berkeley - The sample performance appraisal forms may be downloaded and printed for your own use ^{Most Read} (Added: 15-Jan-2002 Hits: 16647 )

Formal Performance Appraisal Evaluation Form, HRM-7-97

By Ohio State University - Once a regular performance appraisal has been established, the employee becomes comfortable with the process, and a formal written process may be added. Also, this formal written procedure may be used effectively with new employees. The following three pages present a sample performance appraisal form. If some sections do not apply to the situation, they can be modified or deleted altogether. ^{Most Read} (Added: 5-Dec-2002 Hits: 18651 )

Hartwick College | Exempt Employee Performance Appraisal Form

By Hartwick College - Sample appraisal form used in an educational setting. Includes sections for Projects, Goals and Key Activities. ^{Most Read} (Added: 5-Aug-2004 Hits: 4525 )

Performance Appraisals Forms for Professional and Scientific Staff

By na - Access appraisal froms in Word and pdf format including instructions. Includes forms for self-evaluation, evaluation of supervisor and three formats for employee evaluation and appraisal. ^{Most Read} (Added: 13-Jul-2007 Hits: 5605 )

Performance Appraisal Cartoons 2

By na - A series of cartoons about performance appraisals ^{Most Read} (Added: 28-Jun-2006 Hits: 6397 )

CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES IN PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

By Stanley Malos - In this chapter, I offer a foundation for helping to recognize aspects of performance appraisals that are likely to wind up in litigation, and for modifying those that have caused problems for employers in a variety of legal disputes. I begin with an overview of performance appraisals as they relate to the nature of the employment relationship. ^{Most Read} (Added: 3-Dec-2002 Hits: 5574 )

A New Approach To MBO - Updating A Time Honored Technique

By Heinz Weihrich - An advanced paper focused on the idea that we can update and improve the management by objectives system. Thought provoking. The author extends the MBO model to create SAMBO. ^{Most Read} (Added: 28-Jul-2004 Hits: 4810 )

Ten Stupid Things HR Departments Due To Screw Up Performance Appraisal

By Robert Bacal - By Robert Bacal, explains how human resource departments do dumb things to ensure performance appraisal fails. ^{Most Read} (Added: 14-Dec-2000 Hits: 5473 )

A Different Tactic - The Boss Evaluates You, You Evaluate The Boss

By Robert Bacal - Bi-directional performance management recognizes that for performance to improve, both manager and employee must receive feedback on how well they are fulfilling their obligations to the organization and to each other ^{Most Read} (Added: 14-Nov-2000 Hits: 5649 )

Controlling Anger Before Anger Controls You

By APA - Anger is a completely normal, usually healthy, human emotion. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive, it can lead to problems%u2014problems at work, in your personal relationships, and in the overall quality of your life. And it can make you feel as though you're at the mercy of an unpredictable and powerful emotion. This brochure is meant to help you understand and control anger. ^{Most Read} (Added: 14-Feb-2001 Hits: 5258 )

Anger: What Is It? and Why -- plus Self Test

By Constance McKenzie - Anger is one of the most misunderstood and overused of human emotions. First, anger is a reaction to an inner emotion and not a planned action. Second, anger is easier to show: everyone gets angry. Third, the feelings underlying the anger reaction make us feel vulnerable and weak; anger makes us feel, at least momentarily, strong and in control. ^{Most Read} (Added: 25-Feb-2001 Hits: 6398 )

Alarming "You"s or Disarming "I"s:Power Struggles vs. Powerful Strategies

By Mark Gorkin - A challenging aspect of the anger skills component of my "Practicing Safe Stress" program is helping participants realize that "Assertion" is one of "The Four Faces of Anger," a model based on whether anger expression is "Constructive" or "Destructive" and "Purposeful" or "Spontaneous ^{Most Read} (Added: 25-Feb-2001 Hits: 4182 )

Anger Management

By Robert Westermeyer - Anger, in and of itself, is not dysfunctional. Anger is an emotion, which, like anxiety, affects many systems (emotional, cognitive and physiological). It is typically activated when a person believes he or she has been deliberately provoked. In terms of survival, anger can be looked at as a necessary driving force when "fight" as opposed to "flight" is required. ^{Most Read} (Added: 31-Jul-2001 Hits: 6614 )

Conflict And Cooperation At Work

By Robert Bacal - In this article, we are going to look at some important elements of conflict, how it escalates over time, and suggest a few general strategies for dealing with it. ^{Most Read} (Added: 17-Oct-2000 Hits: 4511 )

A Culture of Commitment - Leadership

By Herb Kelleher - HAT'S the secret to building a great organization? How do you sustain consistent growth, profits, and service in an industry that can literally change overnight? And how do you build a culture of commitment and performance when the notion of loyalty -- on the part of customers, employees, and employers -- seems like a quaint anachronism? I can answer basically in two words: be yourself. ^{Most Read} (Added: 20-Apr-2001 Hits: 4626 )

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