Teaching Business Students to Write Performance Appraisals

Abstract

Since many business students will conduct performance appraisals in future employment, instruction on performance appraisals is appropriate for the business communication course. This article contains a discussion of a unit on perfor mance appraisals, including writing comments to support ratings, drawing conclusions concerning performance, and making recommendations to improve performance. An exam ple of an assignment that requires students to complete an appraisal form is provided. Last, suggested teaching tech niques are given for the appraisal unit.

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