Scenario 10.1
Ellen Jones is the human resource manager for Tent-Sations, a midsize company that manufactures recreational camping tents. Tent-Sations employs approximately two hundred employees. Ellen is in the process of redesigning the company's performance management system. She has been instructed by top management to develop a performance management system that encourages employees to go beyond their formal job duties. Therefore, top management would also like the performance management system to assess particular employee behaviors that specifically support organizational goals in addition to employees' everyday job tasks. Supervisors in this fast-paced organization have limited opportunity to view their subordinates' performance on a daily basis. Employees work in self-managed cross-functional work teams, with each team being responsible for the entire tent-making process. With input from supervisors, each team sets its own output goals for each month of the year and employee compensation is based on the team's goal achievement as well as on individual performance factors.
-Refer to Scenario 10.1. Considering the team-based approach used by Tent-Stations, which method for appraising performance would likely be the WORST choice?

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Simple ranking would likely be the worst choice for appraising performance in a team-based environment like Tent-Sations. This method ranks employees from best to worst, which does not align well with a team-based approach where collaboration and collective performance are emphasized. It could undermine team spirit and does not account for individual contributions within a team context or the specific behaviors and goals that the company wants to encourage.

Scenario 10.1 Ellen Jones Is the Human Resource Manager for Tent-Sations, a Tent-Sations