Developing a Performance System

Developing a Performance Appraisal System A performance appraisal system is “the process by which a manager or consultant examines and evaluates and employee’s work behavior by comparing it with preset standards.” (www.businessdictionary.com, n.d.). Performance appraisals are conducted to determine who needs more training, who will be promoted, demoted, retained, or fired. Performance appraisal is helpful because it can promote better understanding of employee’s roles, and it gives an understanding of strengths and weakness of the employee, identifies development need, establish common ground between the employee and the supervisor, increase communication, and provides an opportunity for individual goals. The elements that should be present in an appraisal system are planning, monitoring, developing, rating, and rewarding. Planning is when performance expectation goals are set for the organization that the employees have to achieve. Monitoring means watching the employee and giving feedback of their performance. Monitoring provides the chance for the manager to check how well employees are meeting their goals. Developing gives the employee a chance to perform through training, assigning certain assignments that will introduce new skills, improve work process and a chance to introduce the employees to new skills. Rating gives a manager the chance to evaluate an employee’s performance against the performance plan that the organization has set. Also, ratings help the manager keep up with what positions the employee need more training on, as-well-as help to assign task and promotions. Rewarding is when the manager recognizes the employees for their performance and behavior. Rewarding an employee can be a simple “thank you,” as-well-as giving employee’s time off with pay and cash bonuses. The purpose of a performance appraisal system is “so that the employee keeps a check on his or her work right from the first day of the job.”
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