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Hrmt 422: Employee Performance Appraisals Y4s2 Question Paper

Hrmt 422: Employee Performance Appraisals Y4s2

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Attempt Question ONE (Compulsory) and any other 3
2. Time Allowed:2 Hours

QUESTION ONE (Compulsory) (25 Marks)
a) Performance appraisal is considered a procedure through which organizations seek to
understand and measure performance for each individual employee. Discuss the process
indicating why each step is essential. (12 Marks)
b) Discuss any four strategies that an organization can use in dealing with underperformers
(8 Marks)
c) In reference to an organization of your choice, outline any five purposes for which
performance appraisals is done in Organizations today. (5 Marks)

QUESTION TWO
a) Outline any five challenges that faces performance appraisals of employees in
organizations known to you (5 Marks)
b) What is assessment centres? Discuss the concept as an appraisal technique highlighting
the pros and cons it has. (5 Marks)
c) What advantages can accrue to an organization when performance appraisal is
outsourced? (5 Marks)

QUESTION THREE
a) Taking an organization of your choice, discuss how performance appraisals can be used a
motivational mechanism among the employees in the organization. (10 Marks)
b) What arguments do people put forward against performance appraisals? (5 Marks)

QUESTION FOUR
a) Compare and contrast balanced scorecard and 3600
feedback mechanisms as today’s
techniques used in performance appraisal (10 Marks)
b) Why would performance appraisal be an ongoing (continuous) process in any
organization? (5 Marks)

QUESTION FIVE
a) Outline and explain the unique features of Management by Objectives (MBO) as used in
modern done appraisals. (10 Marks)
b) With the development and use of Human Resources Information System (HRIS) in
organizations today, do you think there would be a difference on how Performance
Appraisals will be done? Explain (5 Marks)

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