What are the advantages and disadvantages of having peers and team members appraise an employee's performance?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A major strength of using peers to appraise performance is that they work closely with the evaluated employee and probably have an undistorted perspective on typical performance, especially in team assignments. The rationale for evaluations conducted by team members includes the following: 1.Team members know each other's performance better than anyone and can, therefore, evaluate performance more accurately. 2. Peer pressure is a powerful motivator for team members. 3. Members who recognize that peers within the team will be evaluating their work show increased commitment and productivity.
Problems with peer evaluations include the reluctance of some people who work closely together, especially on teams, to criticize each other. On the other hand, if an employee has been at odds with another worker he or she might really "unload on the enemy," resulting in an unfair evaluation. Another problem concerns peers who interact infrequently and lack the information needed to make an accurate assessment.
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