Planning and Development Task 2: XWT1: Training Plan Western Governors University

Performance Management Plan

A1. Importance of Employee Expectations

It is important for managers to set employee performance expectations because it gets both the manager and the employee on the same page, encourages open communication and feedback, establishes a starting point to measure future progress and lays the groundwork in the event that the employee fails to meet their performance goals. It is important that the manager schedule an employee expectations meeting so the employee understands how their job relates to organizational goals, allows them to ask questions and to receive absolute clarity on what is expected from them.

A2. Process of Setting Employee Expectations

At the...