Compensation Glossary

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Critical Incident

A method of performance documentation in which the rater keeps a written record of on-the-job incidents and or behaviors, which may be examples of effective or ineffective behavior. The record is subsequently used as a source document to rate the employee. The purpose being to avoid subjective judgments, which feature in most ranking and rating methods.

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