How is Performance Evaluated at Your Organization? This assignment will give you the opportunity to find out more about performance appraisal in the "real world." You will be required to interview an employee from an organization that you are interested in (e.g., a human resources director or a manager that conducts performance appraisals or any employee who has ever received performance appraisals), and ask this individual questions that will help you to understand more about how his or her organization evaluates its employees. Step 1: Interview When you meet with an individual from this organization, ask several questions that will help you learn more about performance appraisal at that organization. Following are a few sample questions to get you started. 1. What is your job title? 2. How often do you conduct performance reviews (or how often is your performance being reviewed in your company)? In your opinion, is this often enough? Too often? About right? 3. Does your company use a standard form to evaluate employees' job performance? What dimensions of job performance are employees usually being evaluated on? What type of rating scale is used? What do you like about the performance appraisal procedure in your company? What do you dislike? Do you see a need for improvement in the performance evaluation procedures or forms used at this organization? 4. Step 2: Summarize your Findings Write a 2-page report detailing the information you gathered from your interview. Include the background information of the interviewee, such as his or her job title, and the name of the organization. Then, describe: The performance appraisal procedures followed in the organization or job you focused on. (e.g., How often is performance appraised? Is there a standard performance appraisal form used to evaluate performance? How long is it, and what dimensions are included on it? What type of rating scale is used?) (b) Advantages and disadvantages of the performance appraisal process used at the organization that you can see or that the individual you interviewed pointed out. (c) Any additional comments and a brief summary of what you feel you learned from doing this exercise