Using the Harvard Business Review Case Study, Is It Fair to Let Them Go$?$ Using Performance Appraisal Data to decide on Staff Cuts develop a personal assessment of the situation including:

$1)$ Is there a need to reduce the number of employees, explain the unique circumstances or major issues of the current situation

$2)$ Is cutting staff the only option?

$3)$ What is the 'purpose' of a performance appraisal? Define the process used at Mopsy Superstore. Is there any changes you would consider in they performance process?

$4)$ How would you deal with bias in a performance appraisal? $($do a bit of outside research on this topic $-$ is it prominent?$)$

$5)$ What are Rodney Wing's options in the case study? What might you do if you were in his position?