Goals of the activity: This exercise is designed to get students to experience a brief performance appraisal process from managers and subordinates' perspectives. Specifically, students can discuss the benefits and costs of the whole rating system and various rating errors (e.g., leniency bias, central tendency bias) from the activity. Descriptions of how to conduct the mini-lesson activity: 1. Appoint a 'manager' 'subordinates' during the exercise. 2. Instruction The role of subordinates is to perform the task. The group manager appraises the performance and has the power to evaluate the performance based on individual performance. Each subordinate of your groups will individually create an advertisement idea of launching a company's new product. Then, the manager will rate each subordinate's performance based on their evaluation and judgment. 3. The manager will be responsible for their evaluation criteria and reward your subordinates based on their performance, considering quantity and quality. 4. After the exercise was completed, the managers made their ratings and comments. When done with ratings, let subordinates know their scores. 5. Then answer the following questions; How did you (manager) feel when you rated your subordinates' performance? How did you (subordinates) feel when your performance was being rated? How satisfied are you with your results?
Goals of the activity:
This exercise is designed to get students to experience a brief performance appraisal process from managers and subordinates' perspectives. Specifically, students can discuss the benefits and costs of the whole rating system and various rating errors (e.g., leniency bias, central tendency bias) from the activity.
Descriptions of how to conduct the mini-lesson activity:
1. Appoint a 'manager' 'subordinates' during the exercise.
2. Instruction
The role of subordinates is to perform the task. The group manager appraises the performance and has the power to evaluate the performance based on individual performance.
Each subordinate of your groups will individually create an advertisement idea of launching a
company's new product. Then, the manager will rate each subordinate's performance based on
their evaluation and judgment.
3. The manager will be responsible for their evaluation criteria and reward your subordinates based on their performance, considering quantity and quality.
4. After the exercise was completed, the managers made their ratings and comments. When done with ratings, let subordinates know their scores.
5. Then answer the following questions;
How did you (manager) feel when you rated your subordinates' performance? How did you (subordinates) feel when your performance was being rated?
How satisfied are you with your results?
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