%0 Journal Article
%T Conducting Midterm Performance Reviews: An Exercise for Teaching Performance Management
%A Rebecca A. Bull Schaefer
%J Management Teaching Review
%@ 2379-2981
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2379298117728023
%X Although the annual performance review has received much criticism from practitioners and researchers alike, organizations continue to use coaching and/or reviews to maximize employee effectiveness and minimize liabilities. A semester class is a great context to practice skills relating to tracking and reviewing performance. This article describes how management instructors can implement performance reviews as an experiential exercise designed to improve students¡¯ confidence related to receiving performance feedback. During a ¡°Performance Appraisal Week,¡± instructors conduct individual performance reviews designed to discuss individual students¡¯ class performance and elicit student¨Cteacher feedback. Students experience the emotions of a professional face-to-face review, practice multiple-source and multiple-measure feedback interpretation, engage in performance-related dialogue, and consider plans to meet goals. During a full-class reflection and debrief, students apply concepts and discuss elements of performance management systems, and they build their confidence in how to navigate performance-related feedback discussions
%K student performance assessment
%K human resource management
%K performance management
%K experiential exercises
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2379298117728023