do you think it necessary to evaluate staff performance regularly?
(why?/why not?)
你觉得有必要定期进行员工绩效评价吗？（为什么？）
suggested answers:
-----no, i don't think so. performance appraisals frequently focus on individual achievement and produce a self-focus rather than a team-focus and discourage teamwork.
-----no. performance appraisals are sometimes too subjective or inconsistentg or autocratic, thus creating a distance between managers and employees rather than creating a team environment.
-----that depends. appraisals are useful only at the extremes----highly effective or highly ineffective employees --- and are not necessary and useful for the majority of employees in the middle.
-----yes. effective staff appraisals provide not only the input that can be used as a basis for hrm activities, such as compensation decisions, promotion, transfer, and layoff decisions, etc. but also the feedback essential for discussing strength and weakness as well as improving performance.