Overview
MPA Program Spring 2026
Examination 3 has been scheduled to hold from 6:00-10:30 PM, Monday, May 4, 2026.
PA 522-Performance Appraisal
Write answer below each question Must Bold question
Instruction(s): Answer all Questions. Post in Canvas as instructed above.
1) Analyze the application of the following in performance management:
a) Delivering Feedback 350 words
b) Receiving Feedback 350 words
c) Feedback from Multiple Sources 350 words
2) Narrate on how to deal with the following factors during feedback to improve performance.
a) Categories of Factors: 1) Performance = Ability * Motivation; 350 words
b) System Factors: Performance = Ability * Motivation * System 400
c) Motivation: Goal Setting and the Role of Models (partly drawn from Peter Drucker's Management-by-Objective (MBO). 400
Let me know if you need any assistance
.Major Source: Cardy, Robert L., (2011). Performance Management-Concepts, Skills, and Exercises, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
Ashford, S.J., and Cummings, L.L., (1983). "Feedback as an Individual Resource: Personal Strategies of Creating Information." Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 32: 370-398.
Baumann, H.J., (2001), “An Investigation of Factors Relating to Managerial Performance Improvement in Response to 360-Degrees,” Feedback Dissertation, UOT, Knoxville.
Brache, Alan P., “Managing Human Capabilities, ”Journal of Organizational Excellence, 22 (2003), 61.
Ditelberg, Joshua L., “A Practical Guide to Workforce Reduction, ” SHRM, Legal Report, March/April, 2002.
Funder, D.C. (1987), "Errors and Mistakes: Evaluating the Accuracy of Social Judgment." Psychological Bulletin 101: 75-90.