PSY 7631 - Performance Appraisal and Management

• Describe rater training approaches and how they can be used to reduce rating errors.
• Describe the differences between performance appraisal and performance management.
• Describe the different rating formats that are available for performance measurement.
• Describe the issues that should be considered regarding the performance feedback process.
• Distinguish among behaviors rating scales (BARS, MSS, and BOS).
• Explain the potential effects of culture on performance evaluation processes and ratings.
• Identify the different rating sources that can be included in the performance evaluation process.
• Identify the structural characteristics of performance ratings scales.
• Identify the uses for performance (criterion) data.
• Understand how the law and legal considerations are related to performance evaluation.
• Understand how the social context of the work environment can affect performance ratings.
• Understand the common rating errors that occur in performance evaluation.
• Understand the influences on perceptions of fairness in performance measurement.