2 mark
1. How are periodic reviews important in performance management?
2. Write a short note on "Management by Objectives."
3. How is communication important in performance appraisal?
4. What are performance biases?
5. Why is training an important implication of performance management?
6. How do personality traits sometimes cause biases in performance appraisal?
7. What is performance-based incentive?
8. What is performance coaching?
9. Write a short note on high-performance culture.
10. What is transparency in performance appraisal?
11. Define performance (your own words).
12. Write two benefits of performance management.
13. What do you understand by performance appraisal?
14. Write the types of pay for performance for employees.
15. Define potential appraisal.
16. State two KPIs of an HR professional.
17. What do you mean by "Do only what you get paid for" syndrome?
18. What do you understand by Assessment Centres?
19. How does job description contribute to performance management?
20. State two HR interventions to improve the performance of employees.
6 mark
1. Performance appraisal fails due to personal biases sometimes. How to overcome this?
2. Mention and brief the methods of performance appraisal.
3. Explain briefly the performance management process.
4. Every organization and its employees need to perform. Do you agree? Justify with your point of
view.
5. What is the need for performance counseling and coaching in the organization?
6. As an HR manager, what should be your strategies to improve the performance of the
employees?
7. State the concept of performance counseling and coaching & explain its importance.
8. What are the innovative performance measures?
9. Discuss the role of internal and external equity in performance appraisal.
10. Discuss different types of pay on performance plans.
11. How to obtain and analyze important performance information?
12. Differentiate performance appraisal from potential appraisal.
13. Differentiate team-based performance plans from individual performance plans.
14. How does the legal framework affect the performance problems?
15. Differentiate systematic and personal obstacles in performance appraisal.
16. Discuss “I do only what you get paid for.” How is it relevant in today’s world?
17. Explain principles for defining performance measures.
18. Describe the guiding principles of performance management.
19. Is performance management essential for the organization? Retrospective pros & cons in
nature? Explain.
20. Distinguish between scorecard & how is it useful for the organization.
21. What are the performance measurement criteria? Explain its importance.
22. MBO is a systematic technique for performance appraisal. Justify it.
16 mark
1. Elucidate the performance management system. What are the principles and applications of
performance management?
2. Explain the concept of linking reward to performance. What are the strategies for managing
performance?
3. What do you mean by KPA? Do you think this is an advancement over traditional performance
appraisal methods? How do you justify this?
4. Discuss the performance management system and key strategies adopted by a service sector
firm.
5. Define and explain:
(a) BARS
(b) EFQM
6. Define the reward management process. Explain its objectives and different components.
Suggest an ideal reward management model for an organization.
7. What are the different types of pay-for-performance plans along with their advantages and
disadvantages in each case?
8. What is the 360-degree performance appraisal method, and why is it called 360-degree? Explain
the concept. Is 360-degree appraisal a preferred method compared to others? Share your views.
