What Does an Appraisal Involve?
An appraisal is commonly a formal meeting between you and
the employee where a performance evaluation can be made with
the comments and opinions of both.
The complexity and depth that you go into will relate to
what you are trying to achieve from the appraisal. This will
be outlined further in the next section.
The evaluation is recorded and a copy is kept by yourself
and the employee who will use it as feed-back to act on
anything that has been suggested or commented on. The
evaluation that has been recorded will further be used in
the next formal appraisal to determine the level of
improvement by the employee during that period.
Psychometric reports offer a huge amount of information to
help both individuals and their managers gain a better
understanding of motivations and approaches to work.
Reasons for an Appraisal
There are many reasons why you may deicide that an appraisal
is appropriate and below is a common list for using one:
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To identify any training that may be needed
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To make personal/business objectives clear
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To identify employees that are potential for
promotion
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To review salaries or payment methods
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To identify individual strengths of employees
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To increase motivation
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To develop relations between the employee and the
supervisor
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To improve performance
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To update job descriptions
The main benefits for using an appraisal system are as
follows:
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Gives you an idea of what you should expect from
your employees
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Develops further yourself as a manager (or superior)
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Employees are given feed-back that can be acted upon
to increase their productivity and ability by
eliminating their weaknesses and identifying
strengths
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The supervisors develop a better relationship with
the employees by getting to know them better and
what their job consists of more precisely
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Improves communication in the business