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APPRAISING AND
MANAGING
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
• Objectives of performance
1 appraisal
4 • Appraise performance
5 • Performance interview
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3 7
Methods of appraisal
Employees at 3 levels :
1. Individual level
2. Group level –
(i) when there is high group cohesiveness i.e., co-
operation and understanding to accomplish interrelated
tasks. Attempt to evaluate at individual level will –
undermine cohesiveness and promote competition.
(ii) when the interdependence of tasks makes it difficult
to identify individual contribution
3. Both:
(i) individual level – to assess training needs
(ii) group level – for merit pay increases
WHO ARE THE RATERS
WHO ARE THE RATERS?
IMMEDIATE SUBORDINATE can PEERS can evaluate
SUPERVISOR is the assess employee’s facts like
most fit candidate to ability to contribution to
evaluate because communicate, workgroup,
Most familiar with delegate, allocate interpersonal
subordinate’s resources, disseminate effectiveness,
performance info, resolve intra- communication,
If evaluated by
personal conflict, and reliability, initiative.
deal with all fairly. ADV – accurate
someone else,
assessment due to
superior authority
CLIENTS – internal or closeness of working
is undermined relationship
external – direct
Training is linked DIS-ADV – (i)
contact/ use output of
with appraisal ratee -assess interest, friendship and
which is the dependability, animosity (ii)cause
responsibility of innovativeness, conflict (iii) may get
the supervisor. courtesy together and rate
each other high.
WHO ARE THE RATERS?
COMMITTEES consist Employee’s SELF APPRAISAL –
of immediate service employee evaluates his
supervisor and 3-4 determines own performance. ADV
more supervisor that perception of – (i) scope for MBO
have direct contact CUSTOMERS which motivates
with ratee. ADV – which managers. (ii) managers
(i)objectivity in rating ultimately are less defensive. (iii)
(ii) raters at different matter to the best suited when
level observe different organization. executive development
facets of performance. Hence, their is the purpose. DIS-
DIS-ADV – evaluation is ADV – (i) linient
diminishes role of most valid. compared to other
immediate supervisor sources (ii) more viable,
(training needs). TIO N biased and less in
MB I NA
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OF MOST judgment.
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one aspect of the individuals cludes favoritism Perpetual Set
stereotyping an ,
performance influences his d h o s t ility based on occurs when
sex, race, etc. R
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f t h e r e v ie Central Tendency occurs when beliefs.
(recency) o
employees are incorrectly rated near the
Others – misattribution, error of middle or average of the scale. This
wishful thinking, quick fix, false playing-safe attitude of the rater is due to
conclusion, first glance certain doubts or anxieties while assessing.
SOLVING RATER’ WHAT SHOULD TIMING OF
PROBLEMS BE RATED EVALUATION
360 Appraisal
180 Appraisal
Management By Objective
Psychological Appraisal
Assessment Centers
APPRAISE THE PERFORMANCE