Adjusting the performance appraisal system to increase the weighting for team participation would directly address the issue of declining employee involvement in team activities. By doing so, the appraisal system would align more closely with organizational objectives that emphasize teamwork and cross-functional collaboration. This adjustment would encourage employees to engage more in team activities, as their contributions to these teams would have a greater impact on their performance evaluations. Behavioral metrics, short-term production results, and rewards for individual productivity goals do not specifically target the issue of team participation and may not effectively reverse the trend of declining involvement in team activities.

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The Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence should be able to motivate and evaluate staff, manage projects and human resources, analyze financial situations, determine and evaluate risk, and employ knowledge management tools and techniques in resolving organizational challenges1.

The Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Handbook and Body of Knowledge (BoK) provide guidelines for adjusting performance appraisal systems to support organizational objectives2.