Performance Evaluation Case Study: __________________________________________________________________________

Company Information:

Jims Seed and Feed Company

Jims Seed and Feed is a large regional warehouse that supplies agricultural products to retail stores. These products include pesticides that are used to treat animals and herbicides that are used to improve crops. For its warehouse operations, the company generally hires employees who have just finished high school. These employees work under the supervision of a more senior laborer, who is usually someone with about one year of experience working in the warehouse. The supervisor oversees interviewing job candidates and normally makes final hiring decisions.

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Additional Information: JOB DESCRIPTION: WAREHOUSE LABORER

-Receive and count stock items -Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms and warehouses.

-Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses. -Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas in order to ensure compliance with safety regulations. -Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities. -Keep records on the use and/or damage of stock or stock handling equipment. -Move controls to drive gasoline or electricpowered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas. -Move levers and controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams, and swivelhooks, hoists, and elevating platforms, in order to load, unload transport, and stack material. -Manually load or unload materials onto or off pallets.

Based on the company you selected in unit 1, answer the following case study question: A: What percentage of an evaluation would you recommend be based on each of the following types of performance: task, citizenship, counterproductive? Givea percentage out of 100 to each type and be sure to justify your allocation. B: Identify a mix of different measures that you might use to assess performance for this position in this organization. Think about objective vs subjective and outcome vs behavioral, as well as the types of performance included in your answer #1 above. Make recommendations for specific things you would measure and be sure to explain your reasoning for the combination of measures. For each of your measures include a discussion of the rating format that would be most appropriate