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Motivating Employees through Performance Appraisals

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand why companies use performance appraisals.
  2. Describe basic characteristics of performance appraisals.
  3. List the characteristics of an effective performance appraisal.
  4. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of relative versus absolute appraisals.
  5. Learn how to conduct a performance appraisal meeting.
  6. Understand the biases inherent in performance appraisals.

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