Part Two Organiza admire work for by Far es terms of deve evaluating its employees. The company takes a lot of heat for getting rid of the botto 0%of its employees ev- ery year but that's o end point of a process of constant apprasaLThe fired ones dre noi prised when the ax comes down....Dar Mudd is e president and CEO of Fannie Mae as presider nd CEO of GE Capital Japan from 1999 to mid-2005,he saw thrs dynamic from the inside. GE like anywhere else,has a e bit of politics, a little bit of personal stuff and all that he says. compared wi he other organizations know it's minimized. It's upfront You know what you have to do to succeed Mos companies, frankly, don ave the stomach to give frequent rigorous eva ations and to fire those who need to be fired ally, is important for organizations to ir managers to properly a eople. W e GE clearly a eres t s suggestio rece survey of 96 human resource professionals suggests that many companies do ot. Sixty-one percent of the respondents concluded that manage were o conduct perfor properly mance evaluations Consistent with expectancy t managers should make extrinsic rewards contingent on performance. I however, it is important to consider IWO ssues. First, managers need to ensure that performan e directed to achieve end-results. For example. too many organizations evaluate and reward employees for individual accomplishments or results when succ is ore a func of teamwork and collaboration. SN Consider w Cisco Systems e leading maker of computer networking cquipment. on the evaluation and reward of teamwork d Cisco Systems issesses the y of employees and prospective hires to collaborate across departments and functions Ht is good for business, Dane Adams, vice helping us to grow." resources, w has been worldwide sales, dramatically improving prod uctivity and costs partly uy and combining overlapping business groups, has made "teamwork and co Dora on factor in its formula for computin raragement bonuses 20% annually of managers teamwork emorts can mpact their 2003, Ms Adams says the by uch as Second, the promise of increased rewards will not prompt highe enort a perfor ce unless su rewards are clearly tied to perfor Ice a ey are large gh to gain employees' interesis or attention, Moreover, equity theory tells us at motivation is influenced by employee pe c fairness of reward allocations. Motivation is decreased w e Ploy ees believe rewards are inequitably allocated. Rewards also need to be integrated appropriately into the appraisal system erlor ce IS easured a he indiv eve I, individual achievements n to be rewarded. On e other d, when perfor ce IS of group effort, rewards should be allocated to e group Feedback also should be linked with performance. Feedback provides th e infor. d direction needed to keep employees focused on relevant tasks, activities, and goals. Managers should strive to provide specific. timely, and accurate feedback o employees. Finally, we end this chapter by an organiza Lire (rec discussion in Chapter 3) significantly influences e motivation and behavior. A positive self-enhancing culture i more likely to ngender higher motivation and CO ure dominated by suspic faultfinding