1. What is the purpose of a performance appraisal?
Performance appraisal means evaluating an employee’s current and/or past performance
relative to his or her performance standards.“performance appraisal,” but appraisal involves
more than forms.It also requires setting performance standards, and assumes that the
employee receives the training, feedback, and incentives required to eliminate performance
deficiencies.Stripped to its essentials, performance appraisal always involves the three-step
performance appraisal process:
● setting work standards
● assessing the employee’s actual performance relative to those standards (this often
involves some rating form)
● providing feedback to the employee with the aim of helping him or her to eliminate
performance deficiencies or to continue to perform above par.
Effective appraisals actually begin before the actual appraisal, with the manager
defining the employee’s job and performance criteria. Defining the job means making
sure that you and your subordinate agree on his or her duties and job standards and
on the appraisal method you will use.
2. Answer the question, “Who should do the appraising?”
