Dear Forum,

I feel the employees misunderstood the concept of Appraisal. When we issue appraisal forms immediately they are asking, how much increment shall I get. There are not worried about the individual performance or contribution to the organization.

This is true w.r.to the Managers too who are involved in the employees appraisal. How to bust the myths of appraisal? Can anyone please trhow more light on the actual meaning of appraisal and its procedures.

PA refers to the appraisal of the overall job performance of an executive, which may be equal or exceeding the standards/expectations based on a specific role.

The executive comes to know from the appraisal, what was his performance; what was the expectations from him (Which has to be clearly conveyed to him earlier); & where he stands now. The Postive side & the improvements expected from him are put in front of him. It was an oppurtunity to clarify his role & future expectations from his dept.

hello,

this is true that the concept of appraisal is not clear to the employees as well as managers. Especially in the industries like manufacturing it becomes difficult for HR To make the employees understand the importance of appraisal.

Appraisal is basically :

Performance Appraisal system is a part of ongoing management process, the purposes of which are to:
Provide for systematic planning by allowing the manager to identify critical job elements & objectives.
Conduct a systematic review of employees overall performance & provide constructive feedback.
Provide objective information to guide management decisions on promotions etc.
Establish an objective basis for determining annual performance.

(PROCESS)

1) ESTABLISHING PERFORMANCE STANDARD

2) COMMUNICATING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO THE EMPLOYEES

3) MEASURING ACTUAL PERFORMANCE

4) COMPARING ACTUAL PERFORMANCE WITH STANDARDS

5) DICUSSING APPRAISAL WITH THE EMPLOYEES

6) TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

To burst the myths about appraisal :

HR needs to train and educate its employees:

 as to what exaclty is appraisal

How it is conducted

the process

who all will be involved

Benifits of appraisal like:

helpful in identifying competencies that lack in an employee

In training and development of the employees

in succession planning

to find out the star performers of the organization and work for vretaining them.

can be used to give feedback to the employees as to where they need to improve, which are the areas where they have edge over others. and so on.

Hope this information would be of some help.

Regards,

Kriti