Question

Gillian works at a publishing firm where employees are compared directly with one another and ordered from best to worst during performance appraisals. This is an example of _____ as an appraisal method.

Answer 1

Answer: Ranking appraisal method

Explanation:

The firm where Gillian work appraises employees using the ranking appraisal method.

Ranking appraisal method: This is a traditional appraisal method in which employees are compared with each other for the purpose of determining their worth. It is the oldest and simplest form of appraisal.

Employees are ranked based on their performance, that is, from the highest to the lowest performing employee or from the lowest to the highest performing employee. The ranking in the form of first position to the last position. Every employee strives to come first and be ahead of each other.

This type of appraisal encourages employees to compete healthily with each other so as to have a better ranking score. Employees become more productive and it increases the business output.

However, it is difficult to appraise employees using the ranking method when there are a large number of employees involved with different behavioural traits.