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Knowledge of the organization’s mission and strategic goals
Knowledge of the job in question |
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| Knowledge of Mission and Strategic Goals |
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Strategic planning
Purpose or reason for the organization’s existence
Where the organization is going
Organizational goals
Strategies for attaining goals |
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Cascade effect throughout organization
Organization ---Unit---Employee |
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Job analysis of key components
Activities
Tasks
Products
Services
Processes |
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| Knowledge of the Job (Continued) |
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KSAs required to do the job
Knowledge
Skills
Abilities |
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Job duties
KSAs
Working conditions |
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Occupational Informational Network (O*Net)
http://online.onetcenter.org/ |
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Use a variety of tools
Interviews
Observation
Questionnaires (available on the Internet) |
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All incumbents should
Review information
Provide feedback
Rate tasks and KSAs in terms of
Frequency
Criticality |
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Rating of frequency and criticality of tasks and KSAs is susceptible to:
Self-serving bias
Social projection bias
False consensus bias
These biases exaggerate the importance of certain tasks & KSAs |
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Web-based training: Structure
Takes only about 15 minutes
Establishes common point of reference via largely 5 steps
In the 5 steps, participants basically practice their rating skills
As a result, reduces exaggeration of the importance of certain task and KSAs |
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| Rater Training (Continued) |
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Web-based training: 5 steps
1. Defines the rating dimensions
2. Defines the scale anchors
3. Describes behaviors indicative of each rating dimension
4. Allows raters to practice their rating skills, and
5. Provides feedback on the practice |
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| Performance Planning:Results |
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Key accountabilities
Specific objectives
Performance standards |
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Broad areas of a job for which
the employee is responsible
for producing results |
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Statements of outcomes
Important
Measurable |
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“Yardstick” to evaluate how well employees have achieved each objective
Information on acceptable and unacceptable performance, such as
Quality
Quantity
Cost
Time |
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| Performance Planning:Behaviors |
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| Performance Planning:Competencies |
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Measurable clusters of KSAs
Critical in determining how results will be achieved |
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| Performance Planning:Development Plan |
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Areas for improvement
Goals to be achieved in each area of improvement |
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| Performance Execution:Employee’s Responsibilities |
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Commitment to goal achievement
Ongoing requests for feedback and coaching
Communication with supervisor
Collecting and sharing performance data
Preparing for performance reviews |
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| Performance Execution:Manager’s Responsibilities |
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Observation and documentation
Updates
Feedback
Resources
Reinforcement |
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Manager assessment
Self-assessment
Other sources (e.g., peers, customers) |
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| Multiple Assessments Are Necessary To… |
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Increase employee ownership
Increase commitment
Provide information
Ensure mutual understanding |
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| Performance ReviewOverview of Appraisal Meeting |
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Past
Behaviors and results
Present
Compensation to be received
Future
New goals and development plans |
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| Six Steps for Conducting Productive Performance Reviews |
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Identify what the employee has done well and poorly
Solicit feedback
Discuss the implications of changing behaviors |
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| Six Steps for Conducting Productive Performance Reviews |
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Explain how skills used in past achievements can help overcome any performance problems
Agree on an action plan
Set a follow-up meeting and agree on behaviors, actions, and attitudes to be evaluated |
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| Performance Renewal and Recontracting |
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Identical to performance planning EXCEPT:
Uses insights and information from previous phases
Restarts the performance management cycle |
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| Performance Management ProcessSummary: Key Points |
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Ongoing process
Each component is important
If one is implemented poorly, the whole system suffers
Links between components must be clear |
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