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Fallacy 1: Supervisors are omniscient, they see and know all.
Truth: Supervisors do not see everything, miss some things, & often take vacations.

Fallacy 2: A well-trained supervisor can overcome rater bias.
Truth: Most of us are human.

Fallacy 3: Appraisal instruments contain all the important dimensions of performance.
Truth: It is not possible to account for all performance dimensions for all positions, and types of employees on any appraisal instrument.

Fallacy 4: Appraising performance is enough.
Truth: Bad behavior undermines good performance.

Fallacy 5: Performance Appraisal is a reliable basis for making administrative decisions.
Truth: There at least 15 flaws attributed to Performance Appraisals, any, or all of them undermine the administrative decisions based upon their use.

Fallacies 6-15: There are at least 15 fallacies of appraisals.

The only way to overcome these fallacies is to avoid traditional performance mangement systems. Ask us how!