Effective Performance Appraisal

Question

What do you mean by Effective Performance Appraisal?

Answer 1

The performance appraisal system is always questioned in terms of its effectiveness and the problems of reliability and validity. It is always difficult to know whether what is appraised is what was supposed to be appraised. As long as subjective judgment is there this question cannot be answered perhaps, the following steps can help improve the system.

a) The supervisors should be told that they themselves will be evaluated on the basis of how seriously they are performing their duties.

b) To perform assigned task of evaluation in a better way superior should be provided with better training of writing report.

c) To carry out job evaluation studies and prepares job descriptions/roles and prepares separate forms for various positions in the organization.

d) The system should be designed in such a way that it is neither difficult to understand nor impossible to practice.