Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales

Question

What do you mean by Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales?

Answer 1

This method is a combination of traditional rating scales and critical incidents methods. It consists of present critical areas of job performance or sets of behavioural statements which describes the important job performance qualities as good or bad (for e.g. the qualities like inter personal relationships, flexibility and consistency, job knowledge etc). These statements are developed from critical incidents.

These behavioural examples are then again translated into appropriate performance dimensions. Those that are selected into the dimension are retained. The final groups of behaviour incidents are then scaled numerically to a level of performance that is perceived to represent. The results of the above processes are behavioural descriptions, such as anticipate, plan, executes, solves immediate problems, carries out orders, and handles urgent situation situations.