Rater Training Program 2
Rater Training Program 2
Rater Training Program 2
Employees are constantly seeking feedback from their employers on how they perform
on the job. A component of the performance appraisal process will be training raters to increase
the accuracy of providing accurate feedback to our employees. Therefore, this company will
utilize the following training programs on how this company aims to train its raters to decrease
skills, and finally, increase rater confidence. Specifically, the rater training programs that will be
adopted in this system are Rater Error Training (RET),Frame-of-Reference Training (FOR),
In implementing this rater training program, managers will learn specific skills to make
increases and providing genuine and empathic feedback to the employees here at carepoint. A
technique that will be practiced to prevent error in performance evaluations is to train the raters.
These RET programs involve instructions on the different types of errors that are possible to
occur within this organization. Sensitivity training to the different types of errors/biases that may
occur can in itself help reduce the possibility that raters will commit these errors. Constant
training will be given to help evaluators recognize and avoid the most common errors in
performance evaluations. This program will allow the trainees to view examples of common
errors and to review suggestions on how to avoid making errors. The trainees will view videos
that are designed to show them various errors that they will fill out on the appraisal form. A
comparison will be made between the ratings provided by the trainees and the correct ratings.
FOR training will be implemented as it helps to improve appraisal accuracy. FOR
training aims at establishing common reference among assessors as to what constitutes effective
appraisal by establishing the rating standards and showing behavioural examples on various
rating dimensions. Raters will use the performance appraisal forms to rate employees from the
examples and justify why they gave the employee that rating. Afterwards the correct results will
be given for all raters to go over. FOR training improves accuracy and reduces halo effects as
compared to training on rating errors. This will be a major key in this company by having this
When conducting performance appraisals it will be necessary to ensure that the raters are
accurately observing work behaviors and maintaining specific memories of employees’ work
behaviors, in order to ensure that this happens, raters will observe specific facts and behaviors
that affect work performance as well as the end result and with this data, it will be the basis for a
performance appraisal.