EMPLOYEE APPRAISAL SYSTEM

Employee Appraisal System



Employee Appraisal System

Introduction

All the organizations opt for a system that enables them to review the performances of their employees. The human resource department in the organization is responsible for developing such systems that help in calculating the performances of the employees. As a human resource director, I have identified some elements of performance appraisal to develop a system.

Purpose and Benefit

The performance appraisal system enables an organization to measure the skills and the abilities of the employees working for the organization. The main purpose of performance appraisal is to evaluate the performances of the employees. Employees who perform well are then rewarded with various monetary and non-monetary rewards. However, the employees who do not perform well are provided with feedback and steps are taken to improve their performance. This is done by training these employees and by supporting them to enable them to perform better.

Since employee evaluation is done through the performance appraisal system, it tells the management about the strengths and weaknesses of every employee. Therefore, with reference to their strengths and weaknesses the employees are assigned with tasks. This enables employees to perform better as they are assigned those tasks in which they have a core competency. However, there are many kinds of ways in which performance appraisal can be conducted. Depending on the industry and its characteristics, performance appraisal system has to be designed (Beam, & McFadden, 1998).

Elements of Good Appraisal Systems

In order to develop a satisfactory performance appraisal system, there is a criterion that must be considered before the system is developed. Some of the most essential elements are mentioned below.

Setting Objectives

Performance expected from the employees should be defined, and employees must be made aware of these objectives. This is important because the management itself should know what they are looking for. Similarly, ...