Question

Select any job, assistantship, internship (paid or un-paid), or volunteer position. You can use the same one you used for the interview assignment if you choose. Briefly list the primary responsibilities of someone in this position. Then, develop a performance evaluation for employees who hold this position. The purpose of your performance evaluation is to provide feedback to the employee as well as to provide a means of comparison of employees for consideration for raises and promotions. You can use any focus and rating method. Develop a list of items to be included in this evaluation. Take into account potential errors that occur during performance evaluations and make your items as objective as possible to try to minimize these errors. Identify the focus of dimensions, rating method, the individual(s) who will be completing the performance evaluation (ie. direct supervisor, manager, peers), and frequency of this evaluation (ie. quarterly, semi-annually, annually). Minimum 10 items.

Answer 1

The Performance Management System should include the following:

1. Goal of the Performance Evaluation: Goal Should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Reliable & Timely
2. What skills need to be learned: Soft skills or on the job training
3. How you are going to do this: List any skill, training, course and assignment
4. When are you going to do this: Course date/period or assignment date/period
5. Estimated completion date
6. Actual Completed date
7. Planned vs actual target achieved
8. Direct impact of the training/course in the day to day job
9. Rate your improvement post training
10. Any changes you want to propose in the system for next PMS cycle