Unit 302
1.1
The purpose of continuously improving your own performance is business is to help improve the overall performance of the business. This will also improve your own job satisfaction and overall employability.
There are three main ways you can improve your own performance. The first is to set aside time with a good manager, who can assess your work and give you advice on how to complete that piece of work. This can be in a formal one to one meeting, where your whole performance is reviewed, or this could be an informal chat at your desk about a specific piece of work.
The second way of improving your own performance is to have an experienced colleague review what you have done. This is helpful because they can use their experience to identify any mistakes and provide pointers on making the work easier and more efficient.
The final way toy could improve your own performance would be to perform a self-assessment. This is where you step back from what you have done so far and decide whether you have completed everything to the correct requirements.
1.2
The purpose of feedback is to provide you with an opportunity to review and improve your overall performance in the workplace. Feedback can either be positive or negative, and gives you the chance to improve your performance and set targets for the future. Organisations can provide employees with feedback in formal feedback sessions or through an appraisal system.
Setting targets is an important part of the feedback process because they give you a clear idea of what you are aiming to achieve. These targets must always be realistic, relevant to you, written down and achievable without help from colleagues.
1.3
Evaluating your own work allows you to identify the areas that need to be improved. This can be done by looking at specific areas of your work and deciding whether you have completed them to a satisfactory standard.