How to... Play the Rating Game
Published on: 14/05/2019
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Dr. Gerry McMahon MD, Productive Personnel Ltd
Dr. Gerry McMahon MD, Productive Personnel Ltd
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Gerry McMahon is an acknowledged national expert in People Management.  He has over 35 years’ experience - as a workplace investigator (on bullying/harassment/ disciplinary/dismissal/grievance issues), trainer, negotiator, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator and team builder - across a wide range of employment sectors. He is the M.D. of the H.R. training and advisory company Productive Personnel Ltd. 

Gerry has also had an extensive range of books and articles published and been a columnist with the Industrial Relations News, Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, and Irish Independent and expert commentator on H.R./Employee Relations for R.T.E. and TV3/Virgin. He has also served on numerous Legal Island and C.I.P.D. judging panels and is a Council member of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations.

Contact: Tel. 087-2471415; E-Mail: ppl1gerry@gmail.com

In this month's ‘How to…’ Dr Gerry McMahon considers using ratings as part of Performance Management Systems – is their use rising or declining? Dr Gerry references several research reports and their findings and summarises the advantages and disadvantages of using ratings. He also discusses how we can use the rating system to motivate people rather than and use reflective evidence in order to rate employees fairly.

Rating Scales: Rising or Declining? ⚓︎

Rating scales are an integral feature of most performance management systems. For example, research findings from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development tell us that the majority of Irish-based organisations with a performance management system used ratings in 2018. Likewise, Wills Towers Watson’s survey

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 14/05/2019
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