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Performance Appraisal - Motivation
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This 3 page paper responds to two issues: Senior managers consistently give lower job performances to foreign managers than to American managers; and explain process motivation theories. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Performance Appraisal as a Natural Function
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A 5 page paper discussing performance appraisal as an integral part of human history. There are examples of social and personal approval from every period of recorded history, emanating from many diverse cultures. The pattern can be seen even in the animal world, giving credence to the position that conducting and acting on the results of performance appraisal constitute quite normal, intrinsic activities. The paper discusses Native American social structure, shamanism, Japanese samurai and English apprenticeship. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Performance Appraisal Methods
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This 7 page paper discusses five journal articles about performance appraisal methods. The methods included are the 360-feedback, forced ranking, balanced scorecard and management by objectives. The writer offers comments about the value of the articles. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Performance Appraisal of Nursing Staff
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A 12 page paper discussing enhancing objectivity in performance appraisals of nurses. The performance review process is recognized to be necessary, but it seems that relatively few individuals or organizations are satisfied that employee appraisal is complete, objective, ethical and positively contributes to better financial management within the organization. Many organizations continually seek to improve the process by which they evaluate their employees’ performance. Particularly in nursing where ongoing shortage of nurses continues, healthcare organizations want to ensure that their nurses view their current positions as beneficial to both the nurse and the organization. Greater objectivity and definite career development goals can assist nurses and their employers in achieving this goal. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Performance Appraisal Systems
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13 pages in length. Performance appraisals represent the lifeblood of a given company's ability to maintain an awareness of employee production. While these assessments are critical to overall output, they have been criticized as overlooking the primary point of such evaluation: the person. Current trends in Human Resources performance appraisal systems not only seek to establish the production level of the employee, but they also work toward a more humanistic approach so as to look beyond numbers and incorporate a sense of the individual, as well, striving to eliminate systems based upon such rigid aspects as absolute judgment and comparative judgment. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Performance Appraisals In The Public Sector
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8 pages in length. Performance appraisals in the public sector allow for a hands-on approach to assessing how a given department operates according to its mission and vision, while at the same time providing a springboard for performance improvement through the beneficial means of teamwork and intrinsic motivation. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS, MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
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This 5-page paper examines the link between performance appraisals and performance management, while giving steps toward improvement in a corporate setting. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Performance Appraisals: A Tool for Optimizing Workplace Performance
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A 12 page overview of the importance of the performance review process in enhancing job performance and relationships between managers and subordinates. Emphasizes the importance of communication in the performance appraisal process, both in the formation of specific performance criteria and in the evaluation process itself. Identifies training as one of the most critical foundations of performance goals and illustrates its need in the ever-evolving workplace. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Performance Appraisals: Needs Assessment
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5 pages in length. Today's business environment is comprised of myriad elements that did not exist in the commerce community fifty years ago. As a means by which to address this ever-growing setting, while at the same time maintain a stronghold upon competitive factors, a company's workforce must be exemplary in both attitude and production. Performance appraisals represent a comprehensive way in which supervisors can establish a hands-on approach to maintaining efficacy throughout the working environment. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Performance Assessment within the National Health Service (NHS)
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This 10 page paper looks at the way in which performance assessment takes place in a National Health Service. After defining what is meant by performance assessment and considering its' goals and manifestations within the NHS performance assessment is then considered from three different perspectives; the legal perspective, the professional perspective and the ethical perspective. The paper focuses on organisational rather than personal performance assessment. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
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