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At the beginning of this course, I identified performance management and appraising employee performance as two topics of interest to me. The connection between these two topics was evident to me from the start; however I can now see how they connect too many other aspects of my role as a supervisor. At the onset of this course, an increase in negative employee behaviour was my main reason for selecting performance management, more specifically discipline, as an area that could be improved on. However, I failed to see how my weaknesses and the organizations lack of policy were contributing to the employee’s discontent. My first goal was to create and implement a discipline policy and, using the knowledge gained through this course as
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However, I failed to recognize that the company’s outdated policies and job descriptions would need to be revised. Taking the time to properly define the current role and responsibilities of the box office positions has created a strong foundation and will help to ensure the success of the appraisal process when it is implemented.
At this point, the box office job description has been rewritten and is aligned with the positions current responsibilities, and I have identified the performance indicators that will be used to appraise employee performance. Setting the expectations and measures has been challenging in some ways. For example, tracking response times to emails is easily done, as there is an electronic record of these communications. However phone calls are not tracked electronically, which makes it difficult to identify the average response time to phone messages. Because of limited resources, our organization is not able to implement an electronic tracking system to provide this information, which means that the messages and call return times will be logged manually in the message log. This will require ongoing cooperation from the staff, and to obtain their commitment, I have communicated the importance of this initiative and explained how it relates to the organizations goals.
Overall, the knowledge that I have been able to apply to my work is having a positive
Performance appraisal systems play an important part in the process of performance management (Cascio, 2006) and toward ensuring consistency and fairness; this proposal recommends Kudler Fine Foods to use of the current performance appraisal system for evaluating individuals within the sales team.
An effective performance appraisal system strives for as much precision in defining and measuring performance dimensions as is feasible. Some of the major problems with the Darby appraisal system are:
When doing anything meaningful, humans have a natural desire to know how they are performing. In particular, if they are doing a job, they need to know if they are doing horrible, great, or somewhere in between. One of the best potential ways of providing this feedback is through the use of performance appraisals. By definition, “performance appraisal is the process through which employee performance is assessed, feedback is provided to the employee, and corrective action plans are designed.” (Youssef, 2012) If properly designed and administered, a performance appraisal can provide a great benefit to the
One of the most important things in a company or organization is the performance appraisals that are given to the employees, some management and upper management. A performance appraisal can give so much information not only to the employer but also to the employee. There are many different types of performance appraisal out there, also because every job is different the performance for the different. A performance appraisal is important in any company because the employee knows how they are doing well as the management staff. Performance appraisal are also great because it shows it an employee need additional training or show improvement in certain areas that they was having trouble in also if they are ready to go to the next step like a promotion or a raise.
Officer Wiles, this is your annual Employee Performance Appraisal. I have not been your supervisor for this entire evaluation period. This appraisal reflects the observations made by myself as well as Sgt. Mellott B0058 and Sgt. Malast B1962 and includes input from your Employee Performance Notes. During this period you have been assigned to Lower Buckeye Jail on Shift 2.
Performance Management “aims to improve organisational, functional, unit and individual performance by linking the objectives of each” Stone (2013). In order to gain this control, information and a formal review process is required in order to determine individual employee performance. This is when Performance Appraisal is then utilised. Stone (2013) defines performance appraisal as an overall measure of organisational effectiveness. He describes performance appraisal as being “concerned with determining how well employees are doing their job, communicating that information to employees, agreeing on new objectives and establishing a plan for performance improvement”. In an organisational context performance appraisal aims to improve the effectiveness of individual employees which will in turn result in improved business performance and promote the achievement of its objectives. Stone (2013) provides two main objectives of performance appraisal systems as “to provide information for making personnel decisions involving compensation, promotion, discipline or termination” and “to provide feedback to subordinates for improving performance.
Performance appraisals are used to rate several things in organizations in regards to employees and their performance. There are several types of performance appraisals that can be given. The textbook mentions three different types of data that performance appraisals collect. The types of data include trait data, behavioral data, and outcome data. Three types of performance appraisals that will be discussed further are the unstructured method, 360-degree feedback, and the grading and checklist method.
The process of conducting performance appraisals plays a crucial role in helping employee to meet job-related objectives. This process can largely be conducted through informal and formal settings but is mainly dependent on communications. Actually, the effectiveness of the performance appraisal process is dependent on communications to a large extent. The informal performance appraisal process is carried out in the daily operations of an organization since informal discussions take place and offer immediate performance feedback (Richman, 2011).
The components of the instrument that is necessary for the motivation of the workforce are the performance descriptors and the results section. Indeed, performance descriptors should be in a way that they clearly, accurately and unambiguously describe how the employee performs. If
With reference to different types of performance appraisal, discuss how effectively performance appraisal meets the needs of the employer and the employee.
Employee management is a key concept for organisations this is because it helps them to achieve goals and targets. It is noticed that reward management serves as the major strategy that is used by the human resource management in order to attract and keep hold of competent employees. In addition to this the method, also is the means of developing the performance of employees as it involves implementing
Managers’s play a huge role in performance evaluation of employees. There are several factors that contribute to how managers assess performance evaluation, these components are orientation, training, development, feedback, and annual performance appraisals (). Human Resource managers are important to the performance appraisal process, because they make sure that the appraisal is fair, detailed, and the managers are handling the appraisals professionally(). In order to properly ensure that the performance appraisals are conducted in a fairly, HR managers need to make sure that the appraisals are non-discriminatory. As an Human Resource manager it is important that the managers who conduct the performance appraisals are properly trained on
My topic is performance appraisal and compensation. This topic is something that we often deal with where I work and there are huge inconsistencies throughout the department. It is also something that I am very passionate about.
Thus, one of the ways I was able to convince Microsoft to change its system was by being genuine in my assessment, communicating clearly, stating the added benefits, I actively sought feedback, and listened, to name a few. Accordingly, Microsoft wanted to know what were the noted differences between the current and suggested systems. Correspondingly, I shared that evaluations would have to be performed more often, the new system would be more flexible, improvement would be a continuous process, the rating system would change, the system would be in accordance with the objectives and goals of the organization, and can be customized per employee, to name a few. Conversely, the appraisal system is a limited stringent approach to evaluating performance, only conducted annually, based upon monetary gain, and is a top-down approach. Lastly, Microsoft wanted me to explain the overall benefits of implementing the new system. Confidentiality and security of the system would be greatly enhanced because of the added benefit of Cloud security methods, the value of the employees would increase because of the continuous performance evaluations and training, this system will provide increased competitive advantage and brand recognition. In addition, the system can provide increased organizational performance, information access, clearly defined objectives and goals, is a
Each year, the respective competent to assess the performance of every employee. In part of employee has changed through the assessment period, under such circumstances, whether employee performance appraisal should be submitted in the employee 's supervisor assessment period. In the performance appraisal process, the latest job description document should be reviewed, if necessary, through the use of human management position talent management package modification process updates.