Performance Appraisal

What is Performance apprisal ??? Lets see

Performance Appraisal is a formal exercise in which an organization makes an evaluation form, of its employees, in terms of contributions made towards achieving organizational objectives and / or their personal strengths and weaknesses, and in terms of attributes and behaviors demonstrated for meeting whatever objective the originations may consider relevant. It is the process of evaluating the performance of employees in terms of job requirements. It is the systematic evaluation of the individual with respect to his performance on the job and his potential for development.

According to Dale Yoder, “ Performance appraisal refers to all formal procedures used in working organizations to evaluate personalities and contributions and potentials of group members.”

In the performance appraisal systems there is scope to identify the difference between the organization’s expectations and the individual’s performance. Area relating to knowledge, skills, attitude and behavior on the job, which need change, can be specifically assessed in the systems. The identification comes from the employee himself or out of a discussion between the employee and senior who prepare the appraisal.

The main objectives of the performance appraisal are as follows: -

1.To enable each employee to understand his role better and become more effective on the job.
2.To understand his own strength and weakness with respect to the role in the organization.
3.To identify the development needs of each employee.
4.To improve relationship between the superior and the subordinate through the realization that each is dependent on the other for good performance and success.
5.To serve as mechanisms for improving communication between the superior and his subordinates. The subordinates come to know of the expectation of their superiors. They are able to communicate their difficulties and problems in accomplishing their assigned tasks to their superiors. This enables the superiors and the subordinate to jointly try to solve their problems for better accomplishment of tasks.
6.To provide an opportunity to the employee for introspection, self-evaluation and goal setting so that he remains on the path of development.
7.To enable every employee to internalize the norms and values of the organizations so that an organizational identity on the path of development.
8.To prepare employees for higher jobs by continuously reinforcing development of behavior and qualities for these higher-level positions.
9.To be an instrument for creating a positive and healthy climate in the organization that moves people to give their best and enjoy doing so.
10.To help in a variety of personnel decisions by generating relevant data on each employee periodically.
11.To maintain a record of each employee’s performance for the purpose of determining the wage structure, salary level and compensation package.


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