Assignment Description
Answer to the following scenario with your thoughts, ideas, and comments.You should Be substantive and clear, and use research to reinforce your ideas.
A structured performance management strategy is necessary at SaharaOasis. As part of this strategy, a new performance appraisal tool needs to be developed for warehouse associates, as well as the management staff. Your recommendation should be presented to the vice president (VP) of human resources in a PowerPoint presentation for her review.
Using Bloomberg Businessweek B-School Connection resources, research performance management and create a slide presentation that addresses the following:
a. Review the different performance appraisal tools, and make a recommendation for a tool to be used with warehouse associates and a tool to be used with management personnel.
b.Why did you choose the tools that you did? What impact will they have on the organization’s HR information systems (Internet, telecommunications and networks,
software, hardware, data, simulations, e-learning)?
c. How would the tools be introduced in the work environment?
d. What role will these tools play in performance management? What kinds of descriptive and inferential statistics might now be used in the performance management system?
e. What role do they play in avoiding litigation?
f. How would you assess the effectiveness of the tools?
Provide a reference list at the end of your presentation of at least 5 Bloomberg Businessweek B-School Connection articles, and include in-text citations for the articles in APA format.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
Reading Assignment
Mathis, Jackson, and Valentine.
Objectives
a. Discuss various performance appraisal systems, the legal and ethical issues associated with performance and rewards, and the critical training needs for managers
and employees for performance improvement.
b. Examine, assess, and evaluate strategies and methods for determining employee training, development and performance needs.