Appraising the performance of employees receives a great deal of attention from I-O psychologists.
Performance evaluations tend to be a process that neither employees nor managers enjoy.
Although I-O psychologists don't necessarily make the process fun, they design systems to make the process as fair and efficient as possible. This module is designed to discuss why performance needs to be evaluated and how it is done. Materials include overheads for a 15-minute lecture and an exercise for students that should take approximately 15 minutes. BARS are just one type of performance appraisal instrument. Models of supervisory job performance ratings.