Confronting the "politics" in performance appraisal.

"It is foolish to believe that managers are completely rational and objective in the rating proces notwithstanding that is how many organizations approach performance appraisals The fact is, managers have discretion in evaluating their tribe and, at times, they adjust things. more [i]or[/i] less people are quite political and play games with ratings; more [i]or[/i] less don't. In the end there is a destiny of room to operate, in like manner managers often use the rating proces to help them achieve results they need."

In these days of escalating global competition and economic squeezing top management in virtually each ...