PSY 440 Lecture 16: PSY440 Class 16
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And also a description of the behaviors that correspond. Beneficial when the primary purpose is to provide feedback to employees. Rater types in short answers to a small number of questions. Can be combined with a brief numerical scale if the organization is interested in using the form to distribute rewards as well. These forms are not intended to make comparisons across employees. The quality of the appraisal will depend on the observations and essay writing skills of the rater. Rater ranks employees from strongest to weakest in terms of performance. Becomes more difficult as the number of employees that needs to be rated increases. The method assumes that the difference between the employees ranked 1 and 2 is equal to the difference between the employees rated 5 and 6. It forces raters to identify top and bottom performers. Raters must differentiate so that only a specific percentage of employees can be placed in each category.
