Performance Appraisal Strategies

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This chapter focuses on broad review of various literature and models on the research topic. The researcher consulted books, articles, and journals from EBSCO library, search engines and other relevant sources. These materials provide an insightful depth in the study thereby demonstrating the efficacy of developing an effective performance appraisal strategy as a tool for enhancing employee motivation. Key words: Performance Appraisal, Motivation, performance management, human resource management and Chevron Nigeria. 2.2 MOTIVATING THE WORK FORCE According to Flippo (2002), “Motivation is the process of attempting to influence others to do their work through the possibility of gain or reward. Motivation implies that one person, in organization…show more content…
Secure understanding and acceptance. Step 1: Establish Work, Objectives and Standards You need two types of objectives, work and standards: continuing and time-limited. Continuing objectives establish the overall purpose and define the most important results that must be accomplished to achieve that, purpose. Continuing work identifies the work that must be done to achieve the continuing objective. Specific objectives identify the time-limited and specific results necessary to achieve continuing objectives. They are also used to correct deficiencies that arise in working -toward continuing objectives and standards. In each case, standards provide evidence that the objectives are being achieved. Objectives are found in most planning systems. In some cases they result from a combination of Management by Objectives (MBO) and Strategic Planning. If you use the Allen Position Planning system you will have an integrated set of plans and the work necessary to achieve them, which greatly simplifies your task. Your position charter defines your long-term, continuing key work and key objectives and standards. Your action plan will provide short term measurable plans which contain specific objectives and accompanying specific standards, together with programs, schedules and specific…show more content…
You should be alert to two potential danger areas in assessing performance. We’ve already mentioned the attempt to add people up. There is also the reluctance to assess inadequate performance. 1. You can’t add people up. Performance is not an entity. You cannot summarise it adequately with a single number, nor can you rank the effectiveness of people by ranking their appraisal scores. The objective of the appraisal process is not to arrive at numerical ratings, but rather, to use the ratings to identify the critical few performance deviations that give rise to most of the poor performance and to help people improve in these areas. Your objective is not to end up with a score or grade, but rather, with a list of significant actions that the person been appraised is committed to undertake to improve performance. The score or grade is useful only to the extent it helps accomplish
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