Employee Appraisals

Appraisals provide companies with vital information needed to evaluate an employee’s current or past performance relative to his or her performance standards. An appraisal process therefore involves setting work standards, assessing the employee’s actual performance relative to the work standards, and providing feedback to the employee with the aim of motivating that person to eliminate performance deficiencies or to continue to perform above par. (pg 690, Human Resource Management)
Deciding what to include in a performance evaluation system can be frustrating, but experts advise keeping the process and paperwork as simple as possible. Some information that should be part of the appraisal process is listed below.
* Goals should be set and agreed upon by both the manager and the employee.
* Metrics for measuring the employee's success in meeting those goals should be clearly articulated.
* The goals themselves should be flexible enough to reflect changing ...