Problem
I. Chapter 8 addresses new employee orientation. After reading about new employee orientation best practices, reflect on your own new employee orientation experiences and discuss the degree of effectiveness (or lack thereof). If you have not attended a new employee orientation before, you are permitted to reflect upon an orientation experience with a college or university. If you have not experienced any type of orientation program with an employer or college before, you are welcome to write about any other type of orientation in which you have participated.
II. Chapter 8 covers the topic of managing organizational change. Preferably, within the context of a workplace setting, use Lewin's change management framework to describe a change that you have seen either managed properly or mismanaged. Using the model as your frame, explain either the main points for change management success or where the breakdown occurred. Offer rationale either way.
III. Chapter 9 covers performance appraisal tools and appraiser bias. (i) Of the performance appraisal tools identified in the book, which do you think is best suited for your current position? Which would be worst suited? Explain your rationale for each. (ii) Thinking of yourself serving in the role of appraiser, which two types of of rater error are you most likely to commit? Explain your rationale.
IV. Does your organization (past or present) practice performance appraisal AND performance management, or just performance appraisal? If both, how so? If not, what roadblocks are present? Maintain confidentiality as warranted.