Tom received a low score on his performance appraisal because he did not create project$-$specific data management plans as part of his job as a clinical data manager. However, Tom has not received training on creating such plans. He did not mention this fact during his appraisal, nor did his manager ask. Consequently, he will likely get a low score on this part of his appraisal again next year. This suggests Tom$$s appraisal falls short of which reason for conducting performance appraisals?

Group of answer choices

communication

decision making

motivation

ranking