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Assignment:
1) Define performance management (PM).
2) What is the importance of making PM a continuous process?
3) What is the importance of aligning PM with strategic goals?
4) What is the difference between a PM system and a performance appraisal (PA)?
5) Bullet point and very briefly describe 5 advantages associated with the implementation of a PM system.
6) Bullet point and briefly describe 5 disadvantages associated with a poorly implemented PM system.
7) What is a reward system?
8) How does a PM system help with onboarding new employees?
9) How does a PM system help with developing employees?
10) Bullet point and very briefly describe 7 characteristics of an ideal PM system
11) Explain how a PM system helps with workforce planning.
12) Simply list (and do not describe or discuss) the 6 stages of the PM process.
13) Bullet point and briefly explain the two important prerequisites in a PM system.
14) What are KSA's in a job analysis?
15) Bullet point and briefly describe 3 different ways that a job analysis can be conducted..
16) Bullet point and briefly describe 2 biases that can impact the accuracy of information provided by employees when reporting on their KSAs for a job.
17) What is Performance Planning in the PM process?
18) Bullet point and briefly describe the difference between results and behaviors
19) What is a development plan?
20) What is Performance Execution in the PM process?
21) Bullet point and briefly describe 5 factors that must be present in the performance execution stage of the PM process
22) Bullet point and briefly describe 5 areas of responsibility that the supervisor has in the performance execution stage.
23) Briefly describe what the Performance Assessment stage is about in the PM process.
24) Briefly describe what the Performance Review stage is about in the PM process.
25) Briefly describe what the Performance Renewal stage is about in the PM process.
26) What is strategic planning?
27) In a very organized way, please describe the process for linking employee performance with an organization's strategic plan (note: Figure 1 in Chapter 3 provides a good visual flowchart of the process)
28) Briefly describe what an environmental analysis is in coming up with a strategic plan.
29) Please explain what is meant by "Performance = Declarative Knowledge x Procedural Knowledge x Motivation"
30) Please explain what deliberate practice is, as opposed to regular practice
31) Bullet point the 5 steps of deliberate practice
32) Explain what task performance is
33) Explain what contextual performance is
34) What does the behavior approach to measuring performance emphasize?
35) Bullet point the 3 circumstances under which the behavior approach to measuring performance is most appropriate
36) Explain what the results approach to measuring performance is about
37) Under what circumstances is the results approach most appropriate?
38) Explain what the trait approach to measuring performance is about
39) If a results approach is adopted to measure results, what 3 important questions must be asked?
40) Once a job's accountabilities have been identified, what questions should be asked to determine their relative importance?
41) After determining a job's accountabilities, specific objectives need to be determined and clearly spelled out. Bullet point (but don't discuss) 5 characteristics of objectives.
42) What are performance standards and how are they determined?
43) Bullet point (and don't discuss) 3 characteristics of a useful performance standard
44) Briefly explain what the behavior approach to measuring performance is about
45) Bullet point and briefly explain 5 components of a performance appraisal form
46) Bullet point and briefly discuss all 6 items that go into a good communication plan when implementing a PM system.
47) What is the importance of having an appeals process included in a PM system.