Performance Management 1. Distinguish between performance management and perform

Performance Management
1. Distinguish between performance management and performance appraisal.
2. Discuss job criteria and the pitfalls managers must avoid when using job criteria.
3. Thoroughly discuss the legal considerations associated with appraisal systems.
4. Thoroughly discuss the importance of training supervisors to administer appraisal systems.
5. Briefly discuss the 4 methods used to appraise performance.
Variable Pay
1. Discuss the underlying rationale for justifying variable pay.
2. Discuss when a manager should use individual incentives and when a manager should use team or group incentives. Be sure to include examples for each.
Employee Benefits
1. Among the benefits listed in your notes, identify which ones are required by law and which ones are voluntary on the part of the employer.
2. Discuss family-related benefits and particularly the provisions of FMLA.
3. Distinguish between contributory plans and non-contributory plans, and distinguish between defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans.
4. Discuss metrics in the context of employee benefits including the rationale for tracking them.
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