Tiffany: Performance Measure

During class we discussed measuring performance in the workplace. Questions that were asked were "What is performance measure?" and "How do we measure it?". Performance can be measured in a variety of ways including evaluations, tests, and outcome. Based on the results of your performance, many organizations will place you into a specific job. Good performance evaluations can result in promotion. Bad evaluations can result in firing or negative job evaluations. We also watched a short clip of the movie The Devil Wears Prada. The clip showed a woman who was trying very hard to impress her boss, but it seemed like her boss didn't like her and made her job very hard. Another character in the movie looked at the situation from a different perspective and felt like she should be privileged to work for such a great company no matter how hard it seemed. He pointed out that there were hundreds of young women who wished they had her position. She seemed to be quite shocked at his response and started to look at her position from a different perspective.