As a new strategy this year, HighLo Company is having its managers evaluated by the members of their teams. This decision was made to give employees an opportunity to anonymously share information about how they are being managed. HighLo most likely has not considered that this type of performance evaluation has which disadvantage?
A. Friendship has the potential to bias ratings.
B. Subordinates find the situation of being both rater and ratee uncomfortable when the evaluations are made for administrative decisions.
C. Subordinates have power over their managers, thus putting the managers in a difficult situation.
D. Subordinates do not have adequate opportunity to observe a manager's interactions and behavior.
E. Subordinates tend to focus only on aspects of their manager's performance that are measured, neglecting those that are not.
Answer: C
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