The clocks just turned back for daylight savings time, and managers can look forward to the upcoming performance appraisal season. Yes, every manager’s least favorite activity: constrained budgets, ...

The days of playing fast and loose with the performance rating system used to measure Senior Executive Service members are over, according to a memo issued Nov. 1 by Office of Personnel Management ...

Performance appraisals, the evaluation of an employee’s job performance over the previous period by one’s supervisor, are a standard practice in virtually every organization. They are one of the most ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract For the health care manager, correct words are essential to describe work and can determine if performance appraisals are high quality, ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR ...