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PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
- The measurement of employee
performance
Purposes:
1. To influence, in a positive manner,
employee performance and development
2. To determine merit pay increases
3. To plan for future performance goals
4. To determine training and development
needs
5. To assess the promotional potential of
employee
Ways of Appraising Performance:
1. Rating Scale Method where each trait /
characteristic to be rated is represented
by a line or scale on which the rater
indicates the degree to which the
individual
possesses
the
trait
/
characteristic.
2. Essay Method where the evaluator
composes statements that best describe
the person evaluated.
3. Management by Objectives Method
where
specific
goals
are
set
collaboratively. Individuals, are then,
evaluated on the basis of how well they
have achieved the results specified by the
goals.
4. Assessment Center Method where one is
evaluated by persons other than the
immediate superior. This method is used
for evaluating managers.
5. Checklist Method where evaluator
checks statements on a list that are
deemed to characterize an employees
behavior or performance
6. Work
Standards
Method
where
standards are set for the realistic worker
output and later on used in evaluating the
performance
of
non-managerial
employees.
7. Ranking Method where each evaluator
arranges employees in rank order form
the best to the poorest.
8. Critical-incident Method where the
evaluator recalls and writes down specific