Spring 2020

Graded Discussion Board

Organizational Performance (hrm613)

Due date: 17th June 2020

Topic: Underlying Theories

Objective of the activity

To familiarize the students about the theories of Management which areessential to establish and originate the concept of Performance Management.

Learning outcome

After attempting this GDB, students will be able to highlight the essential theories which will be helpful to manage the Performance Management System in this current pandemic situation.

The Premise

Year 2020 comes with many challenges, employees monitoring and feedback have been easy before COVID-19. Organizations have started their operations remotely due to this current pandemic.It has become inevitable to review employee performance remotely. Some common challenges are tracking and monitoring employee performance. Therefore,in order to manage the performance and providing feedback in this current situation strategies and steps needed to be taken.

Hence, employee goals are the first step to manage the performance of the team working remotely.The next step is to focus on providing “in-the-moment” feedback to improve the behavior and to control and track the employees. The economic impacts are also significant, and many companies are trying to understand, react, and learn lessons from rapidly unfolding events.

Point of Discussion:

After reading the above-mentioned premise, you are advised to identify the underlying theories of performance management which are essential to track and measure the performance of employees working remotely in this pandemic.Discuss your answer with logical arguments.

Important Instructions:

Your discussion must be based on logical facts.
The GDB will open and close at above specified date and time. Please note that no grace day or extra time will be given for posting comments on GDB.
Use the font style “Times New Roman” and font size “12”.
Your answer should be relevant to the topic i.e. clear and concise.
Do not copy or exchange your answer with other students. Two identical / copied comments will be marked Zero (0) and may damage your grade in the course.
Books, websites and other reading material may be consulted before posting your comments; but copying or reproducing the text from books, websites and other reading materials is strictly prohibited. Such comments will be marked as Zero (0) even if you provide references.
You should post your answer on the Graded Discussion Board (GDB), not on the Moderated Discussion Board (MDB). Both will run parallel to each other during the time specified above. Therefore, due care will be needed.
Obnoxious or ignoble answer should be strictly avoided.
You cannot participate in the discussion after the due date via email.
Questions / queries related to the content of the GDB, which may be posted by the students on MDB or via e-mail, will not be replied till the due date of GDB is over.
For planning your semester activities in an organized manner, you are advised to view schedule of upcoming Assignments, Quizzes and GDBs in the overview tab of the course website on VU-LMS.

Note related to load shedding: Please be proactive

Dear Students,

As you know that semester activities have been started and load shedding problem is also prevailing in our country now a days. Keeping in view the fact, you all are advised to post your activities as early as possible without waiting for the due date. For your convenience; activity schedule has already been uploaded on VULMS for the current semester, therefore no excuse will be entertained after due date of assignments, quizzes or GDBs.

Good Luck!

Fall 2019

Graded Discussion Board

Performance Management(hrm613)

Due date: January 20th, 2019

Topic: Issues in Appeal process

Objective of the activity

To familiarize the students about the rating issues while recording the disagreements against the rating decisions.

Learning outcome

After attempting this GDB, students will be able:

To understand the rating issues and appropriate method for dealing with such issues.
To take a decision which method of addressing the disagreements will be appropriate while addressing the issues.

The Premise

Bureaucracy in the developing countries serves as an engine of economic growth and development. There is a growing inability in Pakistan to objectively evaluate the performance of the bureaucratic elites. In Pakistan, the performance evaluation system is obsolete and does not have a performance management system. It only has one performance evaluation report (PER) which was previously termed as the annual confidential report (ACR).

In the current situation, the modern state requires a civil servant whose performance is accurately measured, evaluated and subsequently rewarded (or punished). Furthermore, an appeal process and counseling session must be created to make the system of evaluation more transparent. According to the nature of the issue, most performance problems can be resolved through effective communication between supervisors and their employees. In order to challenge the remarks for removal or demotion in the service tribunal, an appeal can be made by the federal employees.

Point of Discussion:

After reading the above-mentioned case, what could be the possible reason to address the nature of the issue (judgmental and administrative issue). Also, discuss the appropriate method for dealing the mis-conduct or poor performance rating issue with one solid justification of each case.

Important Instructions:

Your discussion must be based on logical facts.
The GDB will open and close at above specified date and time. Please note that no grace day or extra time will be given for posting comments on GDB.
Use the font style “Times New Roman” and font size “12”.
Your answer should be relevant to the topic i.e. clear and concise.
Do not copy or exchange your answer with other students. Two identical / copied comments will be marked Zero (0) and may damage your grade in the course.
Books, websites and other reading material may be consulted before posting your comments; but copying or reproducing the text from books, websites and other reading materials is strictly prohibited. Such comments will be marked as Zero (0) even if you provide references.
You should post your answer on the Graded Discussion Board (GDB), not on the Moderated Discussion Board (MDB). Both will run parallel to each other during the time specified above. Therefore, due care will be needed.
Obnoxious or ignoble answer should be strictly avoided.
You cannot participate in the discussion after the due date via email.
Questions / queries related to the content of the GDB, which may be posted by the students on MDB or via e-mail, will not be replied till the due date of GDB is over.
For planning your semester activities in an organized manner, you are advised to view schedule of upcoming Assignments, Quizzes and GDBs in the overview tab of the course website on VU-LMS.

Note related to load shedding: Please be proactive

Dear Students,

As you know that semester activities have been started and load shedding problem is also prevailing in our country now a days. Keeping in view the fact, you all are advised to post your activities as early as possible without waiting for the due date. For your convenience; activity schedule has already been uploaded on VULMS for the current semester, therefore no excuse will be entertained after due date of assignments, quizzes or GDBs.

Good Luck!