BLOG - 4 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION.

 

BLOG - 4 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND EVALUATION.

                                                         Figure 1 - Performance Appraisal

Performance evaluation is defined as a procedure in which managers or immediate supervisors systematically assess an employee's personality and performance against established attributes such as skillset, role expertise, technical know-how, attitude, timeliness, and so on.

The word "performance appraisal" refers to the process of evaluating an employee's job performance and overall contribution to the firm on a regular basis. A performance assessment, also known as an annual review, performance review or evaluation, or employee appraisal, assesses an employee's abilities, accomplishments, and growth, or lack thereof. (Hayes and Adam, 2021).

According to Armstrong, (2006) Performance appraisal as a technique for identifying what employees in the organization will need to accomplish in order to achieve the job's purpose and meet new challenges.


Five Elements of Healthy Performance Review.

1.         Regularity.

Performance feedback should be given on a regular basis to make it less stressful and to contain more than just a summary of how they performed over the previous twelve months.

Employees will have a better chance to learn, progress, and possibly modify their work approach if they receive immediate, detailed feedback opposed than hearing about their performance several months to a year later.

 

2.         Focus on Goals.

A healthy performance review process includes more than just feedback; it's also a great time to set goals and create expectations. Another reason why the review process should be done more frequently is because of this. Rather than waiting until a formal review to modify strategy, you can put new ones in place as soon as present goals are completed or exceeded. This will protect your team members from becoming bored or frustrated, and will help them stay focused on critical business goals.

Meeting to discuss an employee's performance and goals can assist you as a leader understand their path and how you can steer them, as well as how you can align their talents and interests with your team's shared goals.


3.         Two-way Conversations.

One of the many reasons the typical performance review is ineffective is the lack of two-way communication — more than anything, the employee just wants it to stop because they may feel belittled, irrelevant, or unheard. Spend time talking about how your employee thinks about their personal performance as well as how they see you as a leader. Inquire about their opinions on the company's present mission and objectives. Encourage them to make decisions and listen to their suggestions. Put what they say into action as much as possible so they know your interest in their perspective isn't merely academic. This kind of communication is more appropriate for today's workforce.

 

4.         Balanced Feedback.

Even a poor performer must recognize how their talents benefit the organization, where they are making progress, and where there is room for development.

Likewise, giving just positive criticism (even to an exceptional performance) isn't useful. Positive and negative criticism should be balanced in a healthy evaluation. Only by pushing people above their perceived limits can they grow, and an ambitious employee will seek out a manager who is willing to do just that.


5.         Performance Based Incentives.

If you want to improve performance, creating a system of goals and evaluation criteria is a good start. However, until there is a benefit or incentive attached to achievement, your employees will never feel intrinsically motivated to develop. You won't see much improvement if the only reward for above-average effort is their manager's approval.

Make sure that each employee's performance is linked to a monetary reward or incentive. It depends on the available funds, but it may be a gift card to a quarterly incentive, or even a permanent rise for the highest-performing personnel.

 

Conclusion

Employee performance should evaluate in an effective manner to identify the position of employee. To achieve organization’s set target employee performance is very much important. By performing a healthy evaluation review, employee standard can be identified and required structure changed can be done accordingly.


References…

Daoanis, L.E., 2012. Performance Appraisal System: It’s Implication to Employee Performance. International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 2(3), pp.55-62.

Hayes, Adam, 2021. Investopedia. [Online] 
Available at: https://www.investopedia.com/what-is-a-performance-appraisal-4586834
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Halcom, J. B., 2017. Achievers. [Online] 
Available at: https://www.achievers.com/blog/five-elements-of-a-healthy-performance-review-process/
[Accessed 02 May 2022].





Comments

  1. Even a poor performer must see how their skills serve the organization, where they are improving, and where there is space for improvement.

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  2. Each and every employee should be evaluated to decide on whether they should be rewarded or revived to develop and derive the maximum output.. You have clearly explained the elements of healthy performance review. all the best !

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  3. Performance of employees are ultimately the performance of organization. Therefore, the performance Evaluation is utterly important to an organization. Your article very well explains the importance of effective Performance evaluation. All the best.

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  4. Appraisal is a very important element to identify if the employee is in track. An article on how it should be is great.

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  5. Workplace performance should be evaluated. This assessment tells what the position is an employee. by this decisions can be taken easily for the future of the organization. Article tells us more on workplace performance appraisal - All the best

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  6. Performance Appraisal is the systematic evaluation of the performance of employees and to understand the abilities of a person for further growth and development. All the best

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