Mr. Shroff is a talented and experienced human resources manager with over 15 years of experience, of which the last 5 have been at Britestar Company.

He is respected due to his appropriate and fair performance appraisal techniques. His preferred techniques are the checklist method, 360 feedback and rating scales In recent months, due to Mr. Shroff's good rapport and close relations with his subordinates Kumar and Gupta, he has developed a new tendency to appraise the performance of those employees with leniency. As a result of these unfair and inappropriate appraisals, many of the employees have shown reduced productivity. Other employees have become irresponsible towards their tasks along with indifferent behavior, showing no interest to put in their best efforts to realize the goals and mission of the company. Some employees are planning to resign as no proper feedbacks are provided when required and no better prospects for promotions are expected to see the light of the day.Of the 3 preferred techniques which Mr. Shroff uses, only 360 feedback and rating scales are discussed in our text. These are examples of which type of evaluation method? 

comparative evaluation method 

non-comparative evaluation method

 performance appraisal system method 

contrast evaluation method