PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

HR and the Performance Appraisal Process

HR and the Performance Appraisal Process

The essential part of work for all managers in any organization is to do performance appraisal of all employees and rate the resources accordingly. This function is very important. It is very necessary for all the managers to know the importance of the performance appraisal system as it is as important as the financials of any company. If the employee performance is not up to the date or not satisfactory then it may have a huge impact on company financial and other aspects as well. To maintain any organization performance appraisal should be given its due importance (Moag, 2007). The research will be aimed at looking at these issues in detail.

The human resources deaprtment has to ensure that the performance management policy of the company is designed in such a way that it is upto the standards of the company and employees. This gives meaning to the fact that the employees are recognized for their valuable contributions, and gives a system to develop the improvement of the employee and company performance (Mohrman et.al, 2001, p.357-375).

To achieve these goals, managers need to recognize organizational objectives to be achieved, converse personal and organizational goals to employees that support the overall strategic mission and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) goals of the Department, monitor and evaluate employee performance, and use performance as a basis for appropriate personnel actions, including rewarding noteworthy performance and taking action to improve less than successful performance (Moorhead, 2002).

The most difficult task of hr department is the performance appraisal method. The performance appraisal method can be made effective with the help of employee participation. If their feedback is taken then it would be better. It will increase their motivation and will lead to job satisfaction. Clear picture of performance must be provided to all the employees so that they know that the performance appraisal method is fair and true. In this research the researcher has tried to give a brief idea of performance appraisal method and how it should be made more effective (Munz, 2001). The goal setting role is also discussed. Through short term and long term goals employees will achieve the mission. Goals actually lead to the vision of the organization.

The nature of appraisal

The aspect of nature of appraisal has been described by the writer in this section and that include content and process. The content refers to what is appraised and process refers to how it is appraised (Najafbeygi, 2007). Although a very fine line differentiates both for example when we relate both to the self awareness of the individual employee, both content and process may overlap.

Content of Appraisal

The researchers says that the in the coming future all organizations will focus on the content of appraisal. Content of appraisal would be an integral part of performance appraisal to judge the individual performance on the ground of achievements and goals of the individual. Even though there is not theoretical work ...