By Robert Bacal - Find out whether BARS - Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales - is actually better than other systems of employee rating. ^new (Added: 10-Oct-2006 Hits: 458 )

By Robert Bacal - Rating systems have the appearance of objectivity, but that's deceptive. Find out about employee ratings and objectivity in our short FAQ ^new (Added: 10-Oct-2006 Hits: 400 )

By Robert Bacal - Employee ratings are almost useless in helping to improve individual employee performance. The reasons are outlined here. ^new (Added: 10-Oct-2006 Hits: 440 )

By Robert Bacal - Employee ratings tend to be very subjective, but not all rating systems are alike. Some are more likely to yield more objective ratings than others. It's explained here. ^new (Added: 10-Oct-2006 Hits: 340 )

By Robert Bacal - BARS stands for Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale, and was developed by Smith and Kendall to provide a better method of rating employees. Here's some basic information. ^new (Added: 10-Oct-2006 Hits: 329 )

By Robert Bacal - Rater bias is an important factor in the use of employee ratings. Here's what the term means. ^new (Added: 9-Jul-2007 Hits: 212 )

By Robert Bacal - Central tendency bias is a common bias that tends to contaminate ratings of employees' effectiveness. ^new (Added: 9-Jul-2007 Hits: 226 )