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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WEB-BASED

EMPLOYEES APPRAISAL AND ASSESSMENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(A Case Study of Federal University of Technology, Owerri)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of contents

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Background of the study

1.3 Statement of the problem

1.4 Aim and Objective of the study

1.5 Significance of the study

1.6 Scope of the study

1.7 Limitation of the study

1.8 Definition of terms

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CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Introduction

2.1 Review of related literatures

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 System Analysis and Design

3.1 Introduction

3.2 System Analysis

3.2.1 Detailed Definition of the Problem

3.2.2 Feasibility Study

3.3 Methods of Data Collection

3.3.1 Interviewing

3.3.2 Observation

3.3.3 Review of Existing System Procedure

3.3.4 Evaluation of Forms

3.4 Problem of Existing System

3.5 Data Preparation

3.6 User Preparation

3.7 Objective of the New Design

3.8 Systems control

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3.9 System requirement

3.9.1 Software Requirement

3.9.2 Hardware Requirement

3.9.3 People

3.10 Program Structure

3.10.1 Modularity

3.10.2 Top-Down Program Design

3.11 System flowchart

3.12 Overview of the proposed system flowcharts

3.13 Program Flowchart

3.14 File Maintenance Module

3.15 Main Menu Specification

3.15.1 Output Specification

3.15.2 Input Specification

3.15.3 File and database Specification

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 Introduction

4.1 Justification of Programming Language

4.2 Implementation Details

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4.2.1 Coding

4.2.2 System Testing

4.2.3 Training and Retraining of Staff

4.2.4 File Conversion

4.2.5 Changeover Procedure

4.2.6 Commissioning

4.2.7 User Manual

4.2.8 Maintenance Details

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary, Recommendations, and Conclusion

5.1 Summary

5.2 Recommendations

5.3 Conclusion

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

CHAPTER ONE
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1.1 INTRODUCTION

The success of any organization depends on the quality and

characteristics of its employees. The employees become a

significant factor in any organization since they are the heart of

the organization. Organizations simply cannot achieve their

goals and objectives without them. However, it is a fact that

any employee for that matter needs something to induce him

or to look forward to so that he is motivated to work at the

best interest of the organization. This indeed was indicative of

the more strategic approach to Appraisal and Assessment

Management policies which sought to connect the aims of the

organization to the performance of the individual. The

organization’s key aims, goals, and objectives become an

embedded part of the process in the performance management

and communicated through the performance appraisal process.

Performance appraisal is “an approach which involves

managers making a top-down assessment and rating the

performance of their subordinates at an annual performance

appraisal meeting”.

1.2 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

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Performance management systems, in various forms, have

been employed for nearly two millennia. In the third century

AD, the Chinese were not only using performance appraisal

systems but were critiquing each other’s biases in their

evaluations of their employees (Murphy and Cleveland, 4;

Evans, 3). During the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century,

factory managers became aware of the importance of their

employees’ performance on their production outputs (Grote

and Grote, 3; Murphy and Cleveland, 4). The development of

the philosophy of performance evaluation systems in America

has been attributed to such researchers and philosophers as

Peter Drucker and Douglas McGregor, who developed ideas of

management by objectives (MBOs) and employee motivation

(Evans, 4; Murphy and Cleveland, 3). Spiegel reported in 1962

that by the early 1960s more than 60% of American

organizations had a performance appraisal system. The

system’s popularity stemmed from the Army’s implementation

of a performance management system for its officers (Murphy

and Cleveland, 3). Since then, researchers have continued to

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develop theories of how different performance evaluation

methods can contribute to the success of the organization.

1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

In assessing employees, managers are required to make

judgments about an employee’s performance and capabilities.

Such judgments are naturally subject to potential bias in favor

of some and against others. There are many statistics showing

how prejudice may affect the promotional prospects of some

groups.

Another problem is the effect that negative criticism can have

on performance if not done electronically to satisfy the

employees. Whenever staffs are given criticism, they react

defensively to the criticism and try to blame others for their

shortcomings. They will also become demotivated.

Interestingly, praise given during the process had little impact

on performance.

1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The new web-based system for appraisal and assessment

management will improve on the existing system by:

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1. Measuring employees’ inputs

2. Allowing other employees and management to vote the

best employee

3. Allowing measurement of results and outcomes.

4. Allowing general view of assessment results

5. Reducing bias to the minimal.

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The Web-based Appraisal and Assessment Management

System can be used to manage the Human Resource of the

Federal University of Technology Owerri, with regards to the

appraisal and assessment of her employees. The system will

cover areas like data structure, system analysis, and design,

file management, and database management.

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The Web-based Appraisal and Assessment Management

System has held confidentiality, integrity and availability to be

the core principles of information security. In the research work

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carried out, the following are some of the benefits the

organization will derive from the new system designed.

Confidentiality: The system attempts to enforce

confidentiality by detecting double registration during

performance and assessment voting, and use it to track

sensitive information.

Integrity: In an information system, integrity means that data

cannot be modified undetectably. So, the system designed

enables data protection from unauthorized users.

Availability: For any information system to serve its purpose,

the information must be available when it is needed. The

appraisal system developed is made available for remote voting

from authenticated employees within the cadence of FUTO.

Authenticity: The data captured in the new system makes

appraisal assessment authentic, as no two persons can share

the same data. Improper manipulation is reduced to its

minimum.

1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

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The research work is limited in various capacities:-

Time given for this research work was too short; hence I was

unable to widen the scope of the research. Only few offices and

staff could be approached physically and during data collection

thereby limiting the number of staff interviewed. Furthermore,

many potential limitations were encountered during the process

of this project work. These are;

i. insufficient library materials for the research work,

ii. the cost of paying for computer hour,

iii. lack of power supply, and

iv. Insufficient information from the case study.

1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS

Web Browser: A web browser (commonly referred to as a

browser) is a software application for retrieving,

presenting and traversing information resources on

the World Wide Web. An information resource is

identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI/URL)

and may be a web page, image, video or other piece

of content. Hyperlinks present in resources enable

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users easily to navigate their browsers to related

resources.

Servers: A server is a system (software and suitable computer

hardware) that responds to requests across a

computer network to provide, or help to provide, a

network service. Servers can be run on a dedicated

computer, which is also often referred to as "the

server", but many networked computers are capable

of hosting servers. In many cases, a computer can

provide several services and have several servers

running.

Web: The connection of different computers to share

resources i.e. the internet.

URL: A uniform resource locator abbreviated URL (also

known as web address, particularly when used with

HTTP), is a specific character string that constitutes a

reference to a resource. In most web browsers, the

URL of a web page is displayed on top inside an

address bar.
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Apache: The PHP translation engine. The Apache HTTP

Server, commonly referred to as Apache, is a web

server application notable for playing a key role in

the initial growth of the World Wide Web.

PHP: Hypertext Processor; A server-side scripting

language, used for web designing and web

programming. PHP is a server-side scripting

language designed for web development but also

used as a general-purpose programming language.

HTML: Hypertext Markup Language used for content

presentation.

Website: A website, also written as Web site, web site, or

simply site, is a set of related web pages served from

a single web domain.

JavaScript: JavaScript (JS) is an interpreted computer

programming language. As part of web browsers,

implementations allow client-side scripts to interact

with the user, control the browser, communicate

asynchronously, and alter the document content that

is displayed.
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Ajax: Ajax an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and

XML is a group of interrelated web development

techniques used on the client-side to create

asynchronous web applications.

MySQL: MySQL officially, but also called "My Sequel" is (as of

July 2013) the world's second most widely used

open-source relational database management system

(RDBMS).

Localhost: In computer networking, localhost means this

computer. It is a hostname that the computer's

software and users may employ to access the

computer's own network services via its loopback

network interface.

XAMPP: XAMPP is a free and open source cross-platform web

server solution stack package, consisting mainly of

the Apache HTTP Server, MySQL database, and

interpreters for scripts written in the PHP and Perl

programming languages.

SQL: Structured Query Language is a special-purpose

programming language designed for managing data

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held in a relational database management system

(RDBMS).

Client/Server: The client–server model of computing is a

distributed application structure that partitions tasks

or workloads between the providers of a resource or

service, called servers, and service requesters, called

clients.

Client: A client is a piece of computer hardware or software

that accesses a service made available by a server.

CSS: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet

language used for describing the look and formatting of a

document written in a markup language.