Performance Evaluation Exercise:

Step 1. Read the Company Situation. Each participant should then make an individual ranking of the employees, from the 4
employees who should be maintained to the remaining 4 ( to be laid off). Use the Superior Products Rating Form, recording your
answers in column 1,

Company situation: Superior Products Company

The Superior Products Company is a medium-sized manufacturing company located in the suburbs of Fresno, California

The loss of a contract bid to a Chinese competitor has forced the Superior Products management to consider next week firing fgg of
the poorest performers in the circuit board unit. This unit produced circuit boards that are sold to electronic firms. The management
wants to be sure that they have been fair in presenting an objectively based decision to the employees. The people in the unit to be
fired are listed in Table 1.

The company has evaluated these unit employees on a number of factors listed in table 1. The ratings shown are an average of
evaluation

TABLE 1 SUPERIOR PRODUCTS COMPANY SUPERVISOR EVALUATION

Employee Average
Weekly
(%)
Reiects
w
Absences
Gooperative
Attitude Loyqlty
Potential
For
0utput Promotion
A B D D D
Albert Banks 39.6 29.3 6.3 Good Fair - Fair *
Bob Brown 43.4 5.3 Poor Fair Fair

Chris Everest 35.2 0.9 0.4 Excellent Good good

Dave Frame 40.4 4.0 13.2 Excellent Excellent Fair

Pat Peters 4A.2 9.6 . 9.3 Poor Fair Fair

Ray Alfredo JY.O 3.4 6.1 Good Fair Poor

Fred Green 36.2 4.8 5,0 Good Good Fair

George Jones 45.2 7.4 3.6 Fair Fair Good

A : Higher score = more output C : Lower score = fewer absences

B : Lower score = fewer rejects D : Possible ratings : poor, fair, good, excellen

The firm cannot terminate all four workers together but has to do it one by one. ln the Rating Form below, indicate who you
will keep by putting a (K) and for the workers you are going to fire put Fl (fire first), F2 (fire second), F3 (fire third) and F4
(fire last). No need to rank the ones you are keeping.
Remember the firm is losins monev so all columns mav not be equallv important. Use carefuljudgment beforb you make a
decision.

Superior Products Rating Form

Name
1. A. Banks

2. B. Brown
3. C. Everest
4. D. Frame
5. P. Peters
6. R. Alfredo

7. F. Green
L G. Jones