UNIT – I Lesson 1 HRM – AN OVERVIEW Lesson Outline Nature of ...

i. The employee is hard working
ii. The employee gives clear instructions to his subordinates.
Both these statements are positive but the rater is asked to rate only one which is
more descriptive of his subordinate’s behaviour. This is done to avoid subjectivity in
rating. Out of the above two statements, only one statement is to be considered for final
ranking. The final rating is done on the basis of all sets of statements. This method is
more objective but it involves lot of problems is constructing such sets of statements.
Check – List Method
Under this method HR department prepares series of questions. Each question has
alternative answers ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. The rater concerned has to tick appropriate answers
relevant to the appraises.
Some of the same questions are:
Is he / she interested in the job Yes/No
Is he / she regular on the job Yes / No
Does he / she show uniform behaviour to all Yes /No
Is he / she willing to help other employers Yes / No
Does he / she maintain discipline Yes / No
Fifty to hundred questions including many bearing efficiency and concentration
may be asked. Different questions may have different weightage of scores. After filling
the questionnaire by the rater who observes the employees will be sent to HR department,
which will compute total score and evaluate.