As known, the human resources' responsibilities have become more essential and diversified due to the importance of controlling directly the productivity and the set objectives of the organization.
The organizational progress contains physical materials (direct and indirect materials) and human efforts (labors, management, finance..etc), and in order to achieve the objective and obtain a maximum productivity and benefit such factors should be "mixed" appropriately and ultimately.
Waste should be avoided to the best possible, and it could be:
- Wasting time, that means the efforts of employees are not "invested" properly.
- Wasting materials, that means the funds of company are being misused.
However any kind of wasting is considerable lost and an improper act, and it is very important that management controls and watch any level of wasting.
In addition the performance of the employees is the key of how the "assets" of company are being used.
Employees deal with machineries and devices, and perform certain tasks of labors and production's process.
Employees get affected and influence by many factors (social, emotional,…), inside and outside the company.
Employees are in contact with other employees and other people; social and work life.
Employees have different reasons to work (money, security, insurance, promotion and leadership ..etc)
Employees have different levels of professionalism, skills, education, information and intelligence
Therefore the performance of employees should be under the "light spot", and management should watch their performance and evaluate it in order to take the right decisions, like: training – promotion- suspension –firing – warning – bonus …etc
It is not a difficult mission to do the appraisal; Yes it is sensitive and it requires certain type of decisions and strategies to implement and use the best and effective appraisal form or pattern.
Not to Mention here that employee appraisal could be done by:
- The appraise itself (an employee evaluate his peer/co-worker)
- The appraiser who is the supervisor or manager, and who evaluate the employee
- Appraisal form or face to face appraisal
- An agent or orgnization
While employee performance evaluations are rarely any supervisor's favorite task, there's no getting around the fact that employees’ performance, or lack thereof, can make or break any company. Not reacting when employees are underperforming puts a company at risk of failing to meets its goals and ultimate objectives.
Employee performance appraisals, when used effectively, can be tools for identifying and alleviating potential obstacles for and inspiring employees to aim for new heights in performance.
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