Multidisciplinary Research Vol.2 Issue 6‚ June 2012‚ ISSN 2231 5780 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AS EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION MECHANISM IN SELECTED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN KUMASI‚ ASHANTI REGION OF GHANA DR. KOFI OSEI AKUOKO* *Vincent de Paul Kanwetuu‚ Department of Sociology and Social Work‚ Faculty of Social Sciences‚ College of Art and Social Work‚ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology‚ Kumasi‚ Ghana. ABSTRACT Performance appraisal system (PAS) has been viewed by academics and human resource
Premium Human resource management Performance appraisal Motivation
INTRODUCTION Organizational Development (OD) has become more and more important for today’s organizations because the world is moving so fast that organizations have to find ways to be more effective‚ more innovation‚ more customer-driven‚ and more agile. Cumming and Worley (1997) define organizational development as “a process that applies a broad range of behaviour science knowledge and practices to help organizations build their capacity to change and to achieve greater effectiveness”. Therefore
Premium Change management
INTRODUCTION Performance Appraisal is the process of identifying‚ measuring and developing human performance in organizations and tries to: ➢ Give feedback to employees to improve subsequent performance. ➢ Identify employee training needs. ➢ Document criteria used to allocate organizational rewards. ➢ Form a basis for personnel decisions-salary (merit) increases‚ disciplinary actions‚ etc. ➢ Provide the opportunity for organizational diagnosis and
Premium Sampling Human resource management Board of directors
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE NUS Business School Department of Management and Organisation MNO3303 Organizational Effectiveness Course Instructor : A/P Chung Chi-Nien Session : Semester 1‚ 2012/2013 Aims and Objectives This course aims to introduce students to the field of organization theory -- which incorporates concepts from various disciplines such as management studies‚ sociology‚ psychology‚ political sciences and economics to study organizations. The course is designed
Premium Organization Organizational studies Organizational studies and human resource management
Performance Appraisals: Advantages and Disadvantages BUS303: Human Resources Management Instructor: Rhonda Bunce 8/13/12 When doing anything meaningful‚ humans have a natural desire to know how they are performing. In particular‚ if they are doing a job‚ they need to know if they are doing horrible‚ great‚ or somewhere in between. One of the best potential ways of providing this feedback is through the use of performance appraisals. By definition‚ “performance appraisal is the process through
Premium Management Cost Strategic management
Organizational skills are vital when attempting to achieve goals‚ complete projects and build a career. The organizational process helps to attain goals‚ facilitate specialization and coordination‚ define formal relationship‚ avoid omissions‚ overlapping and duplication‚ as well as establish channel of communication. What exactly does it mean to be organized? Literally‚ organized can be defined as . In my opinion‚ being organized means you know where you’re currently at as well as knowing where
Premium Management Time management Organization
Managing performance 1. what is? Involves the identification—what areas of work should be exam‚ should focus on performance that affects organizational success measurement—the centerpiece‚ all managers in the organization must maintain comparable rating standards. and management—is the overriding goal of any appraisal system. Take a future-oriented view of what workers can do to achieve their potential in the organization. Must provide feedback and coach them to higher level of performance of
Premium Psychology Employment Behavior
recruitment 12 8.0 Conclusion 13 9.0 References 16 ANNEX A. NDSQ Performance appraisal (iniciated in Nov 2012) 17 Executive Summery Human Resource management refers to the policies‚ practices‚ and systems that influence employees’ behavior‚ attitudes‚ and performance. There are some important human resource practices which are shown in figure 1‚ that influence the company performance. | |Strategic HRM
Premium Human resource management Human resources
designed to direct members toward some important organizational goal). A. Command groups (a group determined by the connections between individuals who are a formal part of the organization---Those who legitimately can give orders to others). — Typically consists of a supervisor and his/her subordinates. Example: A vice president of marketing and her regional marketing directors. B. Task groups (formal organizational group formed around some specific task).
Premium Decision making Group dynamics
Ethics Assignment 1. Is whistle blowing violation of positive duty to the employer/organization? Under what conditions an employee can justify such violation? How exactly is the duty of loyalty owed to the employer/organization weighed against the duty to the public and larger society? Whistle blowing may not always result in negative outcomes for the company/organization. It may also be done in order to identify the flaws present in the current organizational structure which allow people to
Premium Management Decision making Organization