Does Your Appraisal Form Work? Harnessing the ability to evaluate, not only corporate performance, but individual employees’ is monumental in the overall success of both. Designing and implementing the appropriate system, including appraisal forms, are major contributors to the overall accomplishments of employees’ to the mission, goals, and strategies of an organization. Presented is an analysis of the UC Berkeley’s Appraisal form, including components present in the current form and changes to be made, modules absent and reasoning why they must be in existence on such forms including destructive consequences for not having them present.
Performance Appraisal Forms In order to put any performance evaluation into writing, a performance appraisal …show more content…
Each component is relevant to the overall success of any performance appraisal and all documentation associated with the process. Deficient areas of the performance appraisal form leads employees feeling that the process was unfair and did not represent their real performance and management has a piece of paper that will be useless in the management and development of any employee.
Components Present but Need Changes An analysis of UC Berkeley’s appraisal form reveals that there are a number of components presented, with some necessary changes needed. As offered by Bernardin (2007), “only by keeping an appraisal system finely tuned will it enable managers to have a rational basis for makins sound personnel decision…” (p. 191). As such, a comprehensive appraisal form should include some basic and standard information in order to become a useful tool.
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This information is helpful during the review conversation between the employee and the manager when discussing the increase or lack thereof. It is this type of transparency that helps employees feel as though they are being treated fairly when determining compensation. Providing information about the next scheduled evaluation helps both the employee and the manager understand the timeline for development and or improvement. As stated by Mathis and Jackson (2003) “both employees and managers know that performance will be reviewed on a regular basis, and they can plan for performance discussion” (p. 346). This type of information and feedback is important to the development of the employee and consistent alignment with the organization’s mission, values, and goals.
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Performance Appraisal Forms In order to put any performance evaluation into writing, a performance appraisal …show more content…
Each component is relevant to the overall success of any performance appraisal and all documentation associated with the process. Deficient areas of the performance appraisal form leads employees feeling that the process was unfair and did not represent their real performance and management has a piece of paper that will be useless in the management and development of any employee.
Components Present but Need Changes An analysis of UC Berkeley’s appraisal form reveals that there are a number of components presented, with some necessary changes needed. As offered by Bernardin (2007), “only by keeping an appraisal system finely tuned will it enable managers to have a rational basis for makins sound personnel decision…” (p. 191). As such, a comprehensive appraisal form should include some basic and standard information in order to become a useful tool.
Basic Employee …show more content…
This information is helpful during the review conversation between the employee and the manager when discussing the increase or lack thereof. It is this type of transparency that helps employees feel as though they are being treated fairly when determining compensation. Providing information about the next scheduled evaluation helps both the employee and the manager understand the timeline for development and or improvement. As stated by Mathis and Jackson (2003) “both employees and managers know that performance will be reviewed on a regular basis, and they can plan for performance discussion” (p. 346). This type of information and feedback is important to the development of the employee and consistent alignment with the organization’s mission, values, and goals.
Competencies and