Performance appraisal system in organizations

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

9 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

03/17/2009

Category :

Business & market

Sub category :

Human resources

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Summary :

Introduction
Performance appraisal
1. Concept of performance appraisal
2. Objectives of performance appraisal
3. Parameters of performance appraisal
4. Evaluation process of performance appraisal
Methods of performance appraisal
1. Traditional methods
2. Modern methods
Bibliography

Abstract

appraisal of performance is widely used in society. Parents evaluate their children, teachers evaluate their students and employers evaluate their employees. However, formal evaluation of employees is believed to have been adopted for the first time during the First World War. At the instance of Walter Dill Scott, the U.S.Army adopted the 'Man to Man' rating system for evaluating military personnel. During 1920-930, hourly paid workers in industrial units were evaluated on the basis of rating scores. This early appraisal system was called "Merit Rating". In the early 50s, performance appraisal techniques began to be used for technical, professional and managerial personnel. Since then, tremendous changes have taken place in the concept, techniques and philosophy of employee appraisal.

performance evaluation or performance appraisal is the process of assessing the performance and progress of an employee or a group of employees on a given job and his potential for future development. It consists of all formal procedures used in working organizations to evaluate personalities, contributions and potentials of employees. It is the process of obtaining, analyzing and recording information about the relative worth of an employee. performance appraisal and merit rating are used synonymously. But strictly speaking, performance appraisal is a wider term than merit rating. In merit rating, the focus is on judging the caliber of an employee so as to decide salary increment. It is designed primarily to cover rank and file personnel.