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Delmar Engineering uses appraisal mainly to identify each employee's strengths, career aspirations and training needs, with no link to pay decisions. Which purpose of appraisal does this represent?

This represents the developmental purpose of appraisal. The process is used to identify strengths, career goals and training needs so employees can grow, rather than to judge performance for pay or discipline. Evaluative and reward-based appraisals instead measure results to inform remuneration or promotion decisions.

  1. AEvaluative purpose
  2. BDevelopmental purposeCorrect
  3. CDisciplinary purpose
  4. DRemuneration purpose

Explanation

Focusing on strengths, aspirations and training needs without pay consequences is the developmental purpose. An evaluative or remuneration purpose would judge performance to set rewards, and a disciplinary purpose addresses misconduct or underperformance.

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