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Unit 2 Assessment CPL (2)

Unit 2 Assessment CPL (2)

Q 1. What steps should managers take to ensure that performance discussions are effective?2. What are the benefits and potential disadvantages of more frequent performance discussions between managers and employees?3. Which purpose of performance management will be more difficult to achieve for companies like Adobe that decide to abandon ranking or rating employee performance?

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The upper echelon of Adobe is already focusing on improving its performance discussion approach. It is indeed a prudent decision not to limit the performance discussion to annual meetings only, personal discussion is very important. However, in order to make it more effective the company can think of reducing the personal discussion to once every three months so that the employee get enough time to contemplate on the advice he or she is receiving from the managers.