1.In your experience what are the barriers which prevent oneself from being an
effective communicator? What were the challenges you faced? Suggest some ways to
handle such challenges.

2.Suppose that you are the HR manager at a firm where hiring-freeze has been declared due
to the ongoing pandemic. The plan is to downsize through attrition. What steps would you take to ensure that you reap the advantages of this strategy while minimizing the disadvantages?

3. Rahul and Priyanka are partners in a content writing company named as ‘Writing4You’.
Rahul says it’s quite clear whether any particular employee of the company is doing their
job properly or not, as they monitor, observe and give them feedback regularly. Being a
small company Rahul feels a formal appraisal process is of no use because they (both Rahul
& Priyanka) can keep in touch with every employee on a regular basis. Priyanka on the other
hand feels that sitting down and giving formal feedback will reinforce what employees are
doing right and get them to modify things they may be doing wrong. Now, they want you,
their management consultant to advise them on what to do.

A a. What performance appraisal problems will ‘Writing4You’ encounter if they continue on the
course of not using formalized performance appraisals? 

b. What guidelines would you recommend to ‘Write4You’ partners for developing an effective
appraisal system?