Business Question
Aligning Performance Appraisals and Compensation Plans 
 
During the past few weeks, we have learned that there are various methods of conducting employee performance appraisals (e.g., trait, behavioral, ranking, MBO, etc.). In week 3, you wrote a job description for your first assignment.  For this assignment, you will have to conduct additional research on a performance appraisal method you select in order to do the following: 
 
Part 1 
 
Select a performance appraisal method and explain it in detail, including the pros and cons. 
 
Answer the following two questions after you have completed Part 2, but your answers are to be included as Part 1:  
Discuss how your performance appraisal instrument will withstand legal challenges. 
 
Discuss how you will use your performance appraisal instrument to effectively impactemployee compensation. 
Part 1 should be approximately 5-7 pages of text (not including cover page and reference list) and include ample scholarly and professional sources to support your key ideas  
 
Part 2 
Using the job description you developed in week 3, you are to develop a performance appraisal instrument.  The performance appraisal instrument must have the following: 
 
The actual instrument itself.
Instructions to the supervisor on how to use the performance appraisal instrument.
 
A discussion of some of the policies regarding the performance appraisal, including the administration of the performance appraisal, training, the use of performance improvement plans, etc.