Appraising Management By Objective (MBO) And Behaviorally Anchor Rating Scale During COVID-19’s Telecommuting Drive

Abstract

Measurement of performance and achievement of an employee isa necessary part in human resource management to properly evaluate the work that an employee has done in the company. However, with the outbreak of COVID-19, the traditional evaluation cannot be done by supervisors in real time and space in the common office space shared between them and the employee. Instead, the pandemic has created measures such as telecommuting regulations that force many employees all around the world to do their assigned task within their own respective residence to reduce the risk of further infection. It is therefore prudent to explore ways to continue employee valuation in this new situation. This paper thus seeks to re-explore two popular methods: Management Based Objective (MBO) and Behaviorally Anchor Rating scale (BARS), to find out their viability during this pandemic period and post-COVID 19 period by their description, specific method, and previous studies relating to them.