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Meaning :
Performance appraisal is a method by which the job performance of an employee is evaluated (generally in terms of quality, quantity, cost, and time) typically by the corresponding manager or supervisor. It is the process of obtaining, analyzing and recording information about the relative worth of an employee. Performance appraisal is an analysis of an employee's recent successes and failures, personal strengths and weaknesses, and suitability for promotion or further training.
Performance Appraisal :
Definition : Indian National Institute of personnel management
Performance Evaluation is a technique of assessing as impartially as possible , the attributes, strengths, weakness and attitude of individual employee in relation to his job.
Example
Always Inefficient
Usually inefficient
Usually efficient
Always efficient
Ranking Methods
Ranking is a performance appraisal method that is used to evaluate employee performance from best to worst. Manager will compare an employee to another employee, rather than comparing each one to a standard measurement. The rater simply ranks employees from high to low on a given performance dimension. The employee who is given the first rank is regarded as the best while the one with lowest rank is regarded as the worst. The rank of the individual tells where exactly he stands and how many people are below and above the individual.
Example
Employee A Judge 1
1 3 4 2
Comparison Method
A better technique of comparison than the straight ranking method, this method compares each employee with all others in the group, one at a time. Comparison are made between two people at a time , and a judgment is made about which of the pair is superior. Final conclusion are drawn on the basis of the number of times each person was selected as the better of the pair.
Employees
Deepak Ravindra Umesh Virendra Ramesh
Scoring :
Employees Deepak Ravindra Umesh Virendra Ramesh No. of times name squared 4 3 1 2 0
Example
Forced Distribution method
Advantages of MBO
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Increases motivation Reduces role conflict Early identification of problems Feedback Organizational planning
Disadvantage of MBO
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Developing a BARS
Assesses employees behaviors instead of other characteristics Identifying important job dimensions Creating statements describing a range of desired and undesirable behaviors (anchors) Set scales for anchors
Identify critical incidents Select performance dimension Retranslate the incidents Assign scales to incidents Develop final instrument
Peer Appraisal
In this method of performance appraisal , the employees are asked to assess their own abilities and job performance. They have to also evaluate their strength and weakness. the central idea behind self rating is that no one knows an individual better than the individual himself
Disadvantage
Unreliable Mutual understanding Conflict and ill will
Self Evaluation
The main thought behind this method of appraisal is that an employee s are asked to assess their own abilities and job performance . They also evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. The central idea behind self rating is that no one knows an individual better than the individual himself.
Disadvantage
Lenient Overestimation
360-Degree Feedback
360 Degree Feedback is a system or process in which employees receive confidential feedback from the people who work around them. A 360-degree feedback is a performance evaluation process that gather performance information from multiple people, including ones subordinates , peers , supervisors and customers. 360-degree aims at providing more accurate employees performance by providing feedback from different sources. In India too large organization such as Reliance Industries, Infosys, Godrej soaps, Wipro have started using this system to evaluate the performance of their employees.
360360-Degree Feedback
Question arises?
Why do we measure performance? Effective performance appraisal systems How do we measure performance?