What is a system that measures ongoing performance and e-mails exception reports called?
Correct answer A. Ongoing performance monitoring
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Frederick Herzberg and Abraham Maslow put forward theories of what?
Correct answer A. Motivation
What are the disadvantages of the graphic rating scale?
Correct answer D. All of the above
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What are plans designed to motivate employees’ short-term performance called?
Correct answer C. Annual bonus
What is the distinctive feature of performance management?
Correct answer A. Continuous re-evaluating
How can managers support instrumentality?
Correct answer C. Easy incentive plans
What is an advantage of the critical incident method?
Correct answer D. Ongoing basis evaluation
What is the standard of output for a job called?
Correct answer D. Fair day’s work
Which type of appraisal interview is used when a person’s performance is unsatisfactory but can be improved?
Correct answer A. Unsatisfactory-correctable interview
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What is a reward given to workers whose work exceeds set standards called?
Correct answer C. Financial incentives
What is a disadvantage of the forced distribution method?
Correct answer B. Ranking is based on employer’s cutoff points
What is it called when a worker receives a premium for output above a set standard?
Correct answer A. Standard hour plan
What is the problem called when a supervisor rates all employees either high or low?
Correct answer A. Lenient/strict tendency
An employee’s belief that successful performance will lead to rewards is best explained by which concept?
Correct answer B. Instrumentality
What is an advantage of the forced distribution method?
Correct answer A. End up with predetermined rating figures
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Which motivation theory explains the downside of extrinsic rewards?
Correct answer D. Edward Deci motivation theory
Which appraisal method rates performance as good or poor on a numerical scale anchored by specific behavioural examples?
Correct answer D. Behaviourally anchored rating scale
Public recognition, such as an award presented at an organised function, is best classified as an example of what?
Correct answer B. Non-financial rewards
What is the disadvantage of the BARS appraisal system?
Correct answer D. Difficult to develop
In Vroom’s theory, motivation is the product of which factors?
Correct answer D. All of the above