Lussier, Human Resources Management 3e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8: Performance Management and Appraisal
1. What factors do you believe lead to a successful performance appraisal? In your own experience, can
you describe a positive performance appraisal process you went through? How about a negative
performance appraisal?
3. The 360-degree evaluation gives us the best overall analysis of any employee in the firm, because it
looks at an employee’s performance in the eyes of all others who are affected by that individual.
However, 360-degree evaluations are both time-consuming and expensive to administer. Do you believe
the time and cost of this method outweigh the potential benefit or does the value provided by
additional layers of feedback outweigh the time and cost?