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Achieving Year-Round Performance Management and Appraisal

Course ID: ILRHR512
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.

Certificate Information

This course can be applied toward the following certificates:
 

• Human Resources Practices
• Human Resources Practices

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

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe objective setting and performance planning as parts of the performance management process
• Describe documentation and feedback as parts of the performance management process
• Describe appraisal delivery as part of the performance management process
• Describe employee development as part of the performance management process

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.

Enrollment

Price: $599.00
To register, click 'Add to Cart' at right, or contact an Enrollment Counselor at info@ecornell.com or 1-866-326-7635 (+1-607-330-3200 from outside the United States).

Certificate programs are eligible for eCornell Payment Plans. Discounts are available for military personnel, veterans, and Cornell University Alumni. eCornell programs are not eligible for financial aid or federal Pell Grants. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information. March 31, 2010
April 28, 2010
May 26, 2010

Click 'Add to Cart' to see available dates beyond May 26, 2010.

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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.

Technical Requirements

With all eCornell courses, access is easy. Participants only need a computer and an Internet connection. To view specific technology requirements, visit our Technology Requirements page.

 
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