Evaluating Employee Performance

Evaluating Employee Performance

Introduction

One of the most important tasks of human resources management of an organization is to conduct the evaluation of the performance of the employees. Evaluating the performance of each employee is directed towards determining the effectiveness of its work. It is characterized by their ability to have a direct influence on the activities of some of the structural units of the organization. The result of the employee may affect the goal of the unit or organization. Evaluating the performance of the personnel has the following objectives:

Improving the efficiency of the personnel;

Appointment of an adequate remuneration for the work of staff;

Decision associated with working career employee.

In the practice of the small medium enterprises, the issue of adequate and accurate assessment of the individual employee work still exists (Hartog & Boselie, 2004). This means that the model of labor relations and management of the human factor must be seriously reformed in the direction of significantly better (in order) the use of human creativity. This research paper focuses on the evaluation techniques of two well known organizations and will identify the purpose of the techniques.

Discussion

Generally, the human resources department develops performance evaluations for employees of all departments. This centralization is due to the need to standardize the procedure. Although the personnel department can develop different approaches to senior executives, professionals, managers, supervisors, employees and workers, need uniformity within each category to obtain usable results. Although the personnel department in designing the evaluation system, rarely conducts the evaluation, which in most cases is up to the employee's supervisor.

Techniques for Employee performance Evaluation

Following are some of the techniques which are widely used in national and international companies for the evaluation of employee performance;

Management by objectives

Global Rating

Graphic rating scale

Essay Method

Behavioral anchored rating scales (BARS)

Evaluation Techniques Utilized By Wal-Mart

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