ADMS 2600 Study Guide - Final Guide: Job Analysis, Job Performance, Central Tendency

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2600
• Professor: Gordon Qi Wang

Document Summary

The process of creating a work environment in which people can perform to the best of their abilities: performance evaluations. Evaluations are a tool that organizations can use to maintain and enhance their productivity and facilitate progress towards their strategic goals. Performance appraisal is just part of the performance management process. Aligning the goals of employees with those of the firm, providing workers with continual feedback, and providing them with encouragement and rewarding them for a job done well: process, the purposes of performance management. Good performance management systems have the capacity to influence employee behaviour and improve an organizations performance. 2 common purposes of performance programs are administrative and developmental. Administrative purposes: providing input for such hrm activities as promotions, transfers, layoffs, and pay decisions. Developmental purposes: helping managers gather information about an employee"s performance, provide employees with feedbacks, and discuss an employee"s goals and how they align with the organization"s goals.