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Performance evaluation at DHR : building a foundation or crumbling ruins? / Herbert Sherman & Theodore Vallas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: [London] : SAGE, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781506326313 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.3125 23
Online resources: After beginning work with DHR Construction as a subcontractor, James Kennison is asked to join the firm as a site foreman. This decision was taken by the company's partners, who thought that Kennison was an ideal fit for the job. However, this theory did not play out well in practice, and Kennison's poor results prompted the partners to conduct an evaluative appraisal interview with Kennison to find out what was going wrong. Readers must assess the evaluation model used and suggest improvements and alternatives.
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Originally Published in: Lussier, R. N., & Hendon, J. R. (2012). Performance Evaluation at DHR: Building a Foundation or Crumbling Ruins? In Human resource management: Functions, applications, skill development (pp. 321-322). Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781412992428.

After beginning work with DHR Construction as a subcontractor, James Kennison is asked to join the firm as a site foreman. This decision was taken by the company's partners, who thought that Kennison was an ideal fit for the job. However, this theory did not play out well in practice, and Kennison's poor results prompted the partners to conduct an evaluative appraisal interview with Kennison to find out what was going wrong. Readers must assess the evaluation model used and suggest improvements and alternatives.

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