Module 2 – Case
SOCIAL MEDIA AND HR; BEHAVIORAL ANCHORED RATING SCALES; SIMULATION TRAINING
Case Assignment
After reading the required materials on social media found on the Background page for this module and your own library research, prepare a 4- to 5-page paper addressing the following:
Discuss the influence social media has (or could have) on HRM success.
What are the challenges of HRM professionals using social media to learn about current and potential employees?
The Wright article talks about how Facebook recruits. Bring in three other real-life, private sector employers (by name from your readings/research) and discuss their approaches to social media in the HRM context.
Use at least 5 sources from the Trident library.
“Typically, supervisors rate several performance dimensions using BARS and score an employee’s overall job performance by taking the average value across all the dimensions” and “because the critical incidents convey the precise kinds of behaviors that are effective and ineffective, feedback from BARS can help an employee develop and improve over time” (Colquitt, Lepine, and Wesson, 2011, p. 53). A manager can use the MBO and BARS approaches (they complement one another) for optimal performance appraisal results. Also, managers can use the overall scores to compare employees. The following is an example of a BARS appraisal from a student who is rating a teacher. The student has the option of rating the teacher on a scale from 1 to 3 with 1 being the lowest score and 3 being the highest. Also, there is a correlation between the behavioral anchor short description and the rating score. In the example, the student gives the teacher a 3 and adds notes on the left-hand side for why the teacher earned that score. Ultimately, the assessor or human resource professional is responsible for rating an individual.
Source: Colquitt, J.A., Lepine, J.A., & Wesson, M.J. (2011). Organizational behavior (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. (Note: This textbook is not available from the Trident Online Library).
Behavioral Anchored Rating Scales (BARS) Example
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Area 1: Teaching skills |
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Specific Notes |
Rating |
Meaning |
Behavioral Anchors |
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Reviewed grades w/me on 9/12/2011. |
3 |
Above Average |
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2 |
Average |
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1 |
Below Average |
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To receive full credit for this assignment, you will need to:
- Create a similar BARS instrument (based on your current position) with at least five different areas of assessment. Meet with a colleague or supervisor to have him or her evaluate your behaviors. Discuss the results with your assessor to figure out where you scored highest and where you scored lowest.
- Write a paper discussing the following issues:
- Your results
- The process you went through
- How your instrument can be adjusted for optimal results
- What the strengths and weaknesses of BARS are
- How the feedback from the BARS can help an individual improve over time
- How BARS compares to other performance appraisal processes
- Other recommendations you may have
This pragmatic approach will help you get into the routine of continuously being evaluated. You will submit both the BARS instrument that you created and the paper.
Bring in at least 2 library sources to help strengthen your discussion.
Your paper should be at least 2-3 pages, (not including the cover sheet and reference list). Deal with these issues in an integrated fashion, not as a series of individual questions.
Please upload your paper by the module due date.
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