What is Performance Appraisal?
"The term performance appraisal refers to the regular review of an employee's job performance and overall contribution to a company. Also known as an annual review, performance review or evaluation, or employee appraisal, a performance appraisal evaluates an employee’s skills, achievements, and growth, or lack thereof" (Hayes, 2021).
There is no common methodology for successful performance appraisal. It varies from organization to organization.
Performance Appraisal process
Performance planning.
Performance execution progress review.
Performance assessment.
Performance review.
The employee performance appraisal process is crucial for organizations to enhance employee productivity and improve their outcomes. Performance appraisal is the annual process by which an employee's performance and productivity are evaluated against a predetermined set of objectives . Performance appraisals are used to review an employee's performance over a period of time. These reviews are used to highlight the strengths, potential of the assigned role, skills and failures, and weaknesses to improve future performance in order to achieve the desired productivity of the organization.
Benefits of appraisal to employee
Rewards and recognition
Increments, incentives, bonus
Promotion
Nomination for various training programs.
"Performance appraisals are designed to motivate employees to reach and/or exceed their goals. But they do come with a lot of criticism" (Hayes, 2021).
The employees of the organization expect to be properly evaluated for their duties, their contribution to the organization, and their ability, talents as well as the effective performance of their duties. By doing so, employee motivation occurs. They gain more confidence in the organization and increase their interest in the service and commitment they have to make to the organization. It brings many benefits to the organization Such as:
Utilization of resources
Reduce wastage
Reduce grievances, absenteeism, employee turnover, and Indiscipline
Reduce conflicts
Improve productivity
Improve Cooperation
The employee appraisal should be evaluated according to the evaluation procedure of an organization, but the frustration of the employee when it is not evaluated enough. In such a case, the employee's demotivation is diminished.
Key objectives of Employee motivation
To energize towards identified goals, outcomes.
Enable to achieve acceptable performance levels.
To realize the higher potential of individuals.
Figure 3: Employee Motivate
Conclusion
Performance appraisals can lead to unfair evaluations, and employees are judged by their will, not by their accomplishments. It can lead managers to give a scientific rating to weak staff to prevent their relationship from deteriorating. In such a situation employees' demotivation occurs and impact in many ways to overall productivity. Employee appraisals should take place within an organization and should be appropriately evaluated. Maintaining regularity and transparency in employee evaluations promotes employee efficiency and commitment within the organization as well as job satisfaction.
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Motivation is important to a business and its employees. It helps an individual achieve personal goals. A motivated individual will have greater job satisfaction, heightened performance and a willingness to succeed, So the appraisal system provides the supervisor with an opportunity to indicate to employees that the organization is interested in their performance and development and companies should evaluate performance fairly.
ReplyDeleteAppraisal means Setting up a Goal for individual and once the KPI's met it's mean Job satisfaction, and leaders duty is to guide and drive them to complete a satisfied Appraisal on Mid year and year end.
ReplyDeleteAn employee's performance might be used to motivate him to work harder and be more productive. When an employee's goals are clearly stated, his performance difficulties are identified, and career development solutions are in place to help him advance his career, it motivates him to attain those goals.
ReplyDeleteIf an employee not motivated properly towards achieving given targets, you cannot expect a good end product.To motivate your employees, you need to assess them time to time evaluating their performances and reward upon them
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