Choosing a Performance Appraisal System

As an HR professional in the organization, you desire the best outcome for your organization and its employees, and are not sure if this three-level system would be best. Your challenge is to select the best course of action among the following options and recommend that action to the leadership team. You can recommend 1) they retain the current five-level performance appraisal system, 2) they adopt the three-level system with forced-distribution preferred by the leadership team (superior, contributing substantively, and needing improvement), or 3) an alternative.

Assignment Instructions
Prepare a 23-page plan that states your recommended course of action. Along with your recommendation, include the following:

An analysis of how your proposed solution contributes to organizational goals and strategies.
A description of the legal factors you considered in making your decision.
A brief explanation of the role you will take to influence the eventual outcome. Consider aspects of leadership, negotiation, and consultation.
A discussion of the two SHRM behavioral competencies you think are most directly applicable to a successful resolution of this challenge, and why.
Review the HR Challenge: Choosing a Performance Appraisal System Scoring Guide to see the criteria by which your assignment will be evaluated. Before submitting your assignment for evaluation, submit a draft to SafeAssign to check your use of source material.

Additional Requirements
Your assignment should meet the following requirements:

Length: 23 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the cover and reference pages.
References: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA formatting and style.
Cover page: The first page should be a cover sheet with your name, the course number, assignment number or title, and date. No other information is required on this page.
Reference list: The last page of the report should be the reference list.