Achieving Year-Round Performance Management and Appraisal

Appraise employee performance through constant feedback, effective communication, and goal-oriented leadership. Learn how to establish goals, identify development opportunities, and pinpoint areas for improvement.

Description

In this course, you will learn the discipline of managing employee performance on a daily basis, as well as how to effectively appraise and assess performance by properly reviewing past goals, establishing future goals, identifying development opportunities, and pinpointing areas for improvement.

This course features an interactive case study that lets you practice the skills you need to support the managers of your organization as they set performance objectives and plan and conduct appraisals for their employees.

Who Should Take This Course?

HR managers responsible for implementing or maintaining performance management and/or appraisal systems within their organizations. Non-HR business professionals desiring a fast-track introduction to the business human resources function. Line managers wishing to improve their knowledge and skills in managing subordinates.

Course Format

eCornell takes a problem-based approach to learning, and builds each course around realistic case studies and scenarios. All courses are self-paced, and are facilitated by an eCornell instructor, who leads the online discussions and is available to answer specific questions about the course content. This course contains the following modules:

• Performance Planning, Documentation, and Feedback
• The properties of performance objectives
• Developing performance objectives
• Implementing the objective-setting process
• Methods for providing feedback
• Appraisal Delivery and Employee Development
• Preparing and delivering written appraisal forms
• Planning and conducting an effective performance appraisal meeting
• The functions and characteristics of development plans
• The role of compensation decisions in the employee development process
• The role of promotion decisions and succession planning in the employee development process
• Barriers and resistance to the employee development process
• Strategies for securing employee buy-in in the employee development process

Benefits to the Learner

HR managers responsible for implementing or maintaining performance management and/or appraisal systems within their organizations. Non-HR business professionals desiring a fast-track introduction to the business human resources function. Line managers wishing to improve their knowledge and skills in managing subordinates.

Authoring Faculty

Cathy Lee Gibson, Cornell/ILR Extension Faculty, Associate Director, Human Resource series

Ronald M. Katz, Adjunct Faculty

Sponsoring School

Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Total Learning Time

Approximately 5-6 hours over a period of two weeks.

Certificate Information

This course can be applied toward the following certificates:

• HR: Performance Management
• Human Resources Studies

Prerequisites

Achieving Year-Round Performance Management and Appraisal (ILRHR512): This course is part of a series of eCornell courses devoted to performance management and appraisal. If you are unfamiliar with this topic or uncertain of your ability to accomplish this courses' objectives, you may want to complete Assessing, Designing, and Implementing Performance Management Systems (ILRHR511) prior to enrolling in ILRHR512.

ACE CREDIT Recommendation

This course contributes to an eCornell Certificate Program that has been recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT). Please refer to the Certificate information page for additional details.

HRCI Recertification

This course been approved for six (6) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute. Please contact the Human Resource Certificate Institute (HRCI) for further information about certification or recertification.