Performance Evaluation
Organizations are in continuous improvement of their human
resources (HR) processes to achieve business excellence, one of the most
critical being employee performance evaluation, which includes assessing
current performance, identifying high and low performers, and providing
feedback to employees (FOGOROS, et al., 2020).
In the field of performance management, Performance appraisal is a
broadly discussed concept. The importance of the performance appraisal systems
depends on the nature of the relevant business environment, which is set up
according to the organizational (Idowu, 2017).
Performance appraisal aims to recognize the current status of
skills of the employees. A standard appraisal system is consist with a
collection of data in which information is gathered from and then transferred
into a real number which is called performance rate. The employees’
contribution towards the organization depends on the evaluation of the relevant
employee’s rating (Shaout & Yousif, 2014).
In order to measure the employees’ contribution towards the
organization, it is most important to have accurate as well as unbiased
appraisal assessment (Shaout & Yousif, 2014). In order to decide on
the employee’s performance level, Employers, HR department or the Managers use
categories such as knowledge in particular area, skills to achieve a goal and
the attitude (Shaout & Yousif, 2014). An efficient performance
management process is recognized as critical since the institutional
development of the organization can be promoted and the personal development of
employees as well (FOGOROS, et al., 2020).
Types of employee evaluation
In the organizational setting, Performance Appraisal plays a major
role in enhancing Employee Motivation. It is helpful to initiate human
behavior, manage the behavior as well as sustain it. “From this context,
Emmerik, Schreurs, Cuyper, and Peters, (2012) argue that the performance
appraisals can be used to motivate employees through rewards such as promotions
and salary increases. Based on Herzberg‘s theory, such rewards are in the form
of extrinsic rewards which can be used to boost performance (Bassett-Jones
& Lloyd, 2005)” (Idowu, 2017).
Performance evaluation and employee’s career path
It is clear that there is a connection between the feedback of the
management and the employee’s career path, (FOGOROS, et al., 2020).
Therefore, in order to gain performance in an organization, some objectives
must be achieved in order to get employee engagement beyond the organization’s
expectations financial and Non financial benefits, promotions and
continuous training are important for the performance of both parties (Salas,
et al., 2017).
References
Anjum, N. & M, R.
M., 2021. Performance Appraisal and Promotion Practices of Public Commercial
Banks in Bangladesh-A Case Study on ACR Method. SEISENSE Journal of
Management, 4(3), pp. 1-16.
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Appraisal and Evaluation. Elsevier Ltd.
FOGOROS, T. E.,
MAFTEI, M., BIȚAN, G. E. & KURTH, B. L., 2020. Study on methods for
evaluating employees performance in the context of digitization. sciendo, pp.
878-892.
Idowu, A. O., 2017.
Effectiveness of Performance Appraisal System and its Effect on Employee
Motivation. Nile Journal of Business and Economics, Issue 5, pp.
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Salas, E., Reyes, D.
L. & Woods, A. L., 2017. The assessment of team performance:
Observations and needs. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Shaout, A. &
Yousif, M. K., 2014. Performance Evaluation – Methods and Techniques Survey. International
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Performance evaluations and rewards go hand in hand. So one of the very popular and effective rewarding method is Employee appraisal method. Managing people and performance has always been a challenge for organisations and managers. Performance planning and review should focus on performance. Performance appraisal systems that gather data for decisions about remuneration, training, promotion and career development are probably trying to do too much: they might end up doing none of these things very well. Simply changing the name and emphasis will not be enough unless performance planning and review is central to the organisation’s total approach to performance management. Performance planning and review should be part of a total approach to performance management. (Rudman, 1995).
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Rudman, R. (1995). Performance Planning and Review: Making Employee Appraisals Work (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003116684
Yes, Naomi. Employee appraisal is defined as a negotiation process. In which the manager and the employee develop a mutual understanding of objectives and reach an agreement, in which the employee commits himself to implement these objectives on the employee’s own responsibility (Seitz, 2012).
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