Human resource management in performance appraisal

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                                                                              GROUP 6

                                                          Shumaine Lyons

                                                          Indira Lakhram

                                                          Charles Kumi Oheme

                                        Jean Kumar

                      Introduction Of Performance Appraisal

The history of performance appraisal dates back to the early 20th century, it is traced to the pioneering time and motion studies of guy name Taylor.  Performance appraisal began as simple methods of income justification. It was used to decide whether or not the salary or wages of an individual employee was justified. What is a performance appraisal? Performance appraisal is a measurement of specified areas of an employee’s performance. It tend to view the an employee’s work performance as a yearly ritual in which a manager or supervisor fill out form of each of their employees in their department, then it is presented on an one on one (manager, subordinate, or supervisor) with the employee. In an appraisal, managers are instructed to discuss an employee performance. It would include area that is positive and negative (areas that needs improvement).  In an appraisal managers must conduct performance appraisals as one of their administrative duties. There are some advantages and disadvantages when it comes to performance appraisal. Some advantages that performance appraisal can be helpful for are helping managers and employees focus on the goal and achievement of an organization, for example, giving the company a good names when it comes to promotion, hiring process and incentive. It also helps the organization motivate people and link rewards to their employees. For instance, company rewarding employees for prefect attendance, team leadership, and etc….  the disadvantages of performance appraisal can become to be judgmental issues base on an employees’ race, sex, religion, and etc… causing to lead into unlawful legal problem. Some managers shouldn’t base their opinion or criticism on an employee performance leading it to be unfair, defensible and accurate.

Appraisal can be identifying a poorer performance of an employee who may require the need of some counseling, demotion, dismissal, or a decrease in pay. Some company must be aware of laws that can prohibit them from dismissing or decreasing pay of an employee.

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In a performance appraisal an interactive between a subordinates and supervisor should be examined and discussed with the subordinate with view to identify their weakness and strengths as well as opportunities for improvement and skill development. This type of appraisal should be a periodic interview process that takes place annual or semi-annual.    

Benefits of Appraisal

It is a simple fact that most of us dislike performance appraisals and reviews.  Managers and employees often feel awkward and uncomfortable.  Employees in particular do not like the process of being judged and usually disagree with the outcomes. Yet, many ...

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