Short, practical book on the performance management process (despite the title emphasizing appraisals).

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Product Description

This book is a positive and practical guide that can help breathe new life and purpose into the employee evaluation process. The easy-to-follow instructions and abundant, real life examples will help teach the secrets of performance appraisals and how to effectively motivate employees to greater levels of performance.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #342555 in Books
• Published on: 1998-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 127 pages

Book Info
Presents easy to follow instructions & abundant, real-life examples & situations that will help you create a more positive & productive work environment, use appraisals to motivate employees to greater levels of performance, & empower employees to take charge of needed improvements. Paper. DLC: Employees, Rating of.

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Customer Reviews

too basic
I feel that if you have never performed a face to face interview with subordinates that this may be helpful. It would be good for the fast food industry for someone who just went from head cashier to day supervisor. Karen had many good ideas but including what to say, what the subordinate might say was a little too simplistic. I would like to have her use her expertise in a more professional book.

A Good Read!
If you were designing the curriculum for a class called Introduction to Performance Evaluation, this book would be your text. If, on the other hand, you're in the market for some original ideas and groundbreaking employee-evaluation strategies, this may not be the book for you. Karen McKirchy uses simple language in her guided tour of performance-appraisal basics. If you're an experienced supervisor, you may find the whole thing just a tad too simplistic. But for less seasoned managers, this book is a treasure trove of tips that will make evaluating the performance of your direct reports much more productive, easier and less painfull. We [...] recommend this book to supervisors wishing to improve their ability to motivate and evaluate employees through performance appraisals, particularly supervisors with less than five years experience.

Powerful Performance Appraisals
Excellent samples of how to use phrases correctly when laying out work expectations and performance improvement. Some very helpful checklist have been included for the reader as well as simple action plan formats. Most important is the book is written in a user friendly manner and does not get bogged down in excess verbage.