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The Importance of Appraising Employee Performance in Downsized Organisation

The experts call it"ghost work"：it’s what’s left for the survivors to do when layoffs have cut an organisation’s staff to a bare-bones minimum．Work that still has to get done is reassigned to people who may not have the skills-and certainly don’t have the time- to do it．The strain of"ghost work，"the specter of more downsizing and restructuring， the disappointing news that raises and bonuses have been reduced or eliminated this year- they all can combine to make performance-appraisal season particularly stressful for employees and managers alike．
But even though managers may be tempted to avoid performance appraisals，it’s no time to back away．Done right，performance appraisals can give employees a better understanding of the new and different demands of their jobs in the context of the company’s changing needs．Don’t duck the tough issues，say the experts，but don
A. The managers left have to deal with nettlesome staff．
B. All of the staff left have to deal with unfamiliar work．
C. The staff left have to get the work done in limited time．
D. Performance-appraisal give presure to both the managers and the staff left．

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The experts call it"ghost work"：it’s what’s left for the survivors to do when layoffs have cut an organisation’s staff to a bare-bones minimum．Work that still has to get done is reassigned to people who may not have the skills-and certainly don’t have the time- to do it．The strain of"ghost work，"the specter of more downsizing and restructuring， the disappointing news that raises and bonuses have been reduced or eliminated this year- they all can combine to make performance-appraisal season particularly stressful for employees and managers alike．
But even though managers may be tempted to avoid performance appraisals，it’s no time to back away．Done right，performance appraisals can give employees a better understanding of the new and different demands of their jobs in the context of the company’s changing needs．Don’t duck the tough issues，say the experts，but don
A. it enables the employees to know better of their jobs．
B. it enables the employees to understand the new demands of their jobs．
C. it helps the employees know pay raises in the future work．
D. it helps the employees stay competitive in tough times．

[单项选择] Evaluating employee performance is a key of management skills. The challenge is to give the employees an accurate picture of chief accomplishments, and of the areas in which they need to prove. Both are important: accomplishments because they give the employee a sense of pride in the work and basis on which to build future achievements, and areas for improvement, because they give the employee some goals to reach for. Often, employees fear that the evaluation will be a negative experience. This fear alone can endanger defensiveness and tension which result in self-fulfilling prophecy. The supervisor must take pains to alleviate (减轻) the employee’’s fear and make the evaluation a participatory event. An employee who contributes ideas to his or her evaluation will be much more likely to agree with the outcome and be willing to follow the recommendations. The employees must always bear in mind that the sole legitimate domain of an employee appraisal system is to improve empl
A. the employee has to defend himself
B. the employee is tense, and the employer does not alleviate this
C. the employee has done a bad job
D. the employer is going to give the employee some goals that cannot be reached

[单项选择] Evaluating employee performance is a key area of management skills. The challenge is to give the employees an accurate picture of their accomplishments, and of the areas in which they need to improve. Both are important, accomplishments because they give the employee a sense of pride in the work and a basis on which to build future achievements, and areas for improvement, because they give the employee some goal to reach for. Often, employees fear that the evaluation will be a negative experience, This fear alone can result in defensiveness and tension, Tile manager must take pains to lessen the employees fear and make the evaluation a participatory(参与的)event. An employee who contributes ideas to his or her evaluation will be much more likely to agree with the outcome and be willing to follow the suggestions. The employee evaluation system is to improve employee performance. While area8 needing improvement must be reviewed, this should always be done in the spirit of discove
A. are often those who have newly obtained the job
B. often feel fearful and anxious
C. often have the feeling of being looked down upon
D. are often proud and confident

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