Business owners not familiar with human resources development may sometimes confuse the concepts of performance management and performance appraisal. A performance appraisal--sometimes referred to as ...

An employee performance appraisal is a process—often combining both written and oral elements—whereby management evaluates and provides feedback on employee job performance, including steps to improve ...

Although human resources purists point out the numerous distinctions between the two, in practice, performance appraisal and evaluation are used interchangeably. Both refer to a process by which your ...

As the end of the year approaches, many of us are facing the dreaded performance appraisal process that punctuates the year’s end and sets performance goals for the next. It wasn’t long ago that a ...

The focus is shifting from accountability to learning. by Peter Cappelli and Anna Tavis When Brian Jensen told his audience of HR executives that Colorcon wasn’t bothering with annual reviews anymore, ...

Occasionally when I’m with a large group I ask two questions. The first, “Who had a performance review last year?” will result in most hands going up. I follow up by asking, “Who had a really positive ...

If you think that only the boss’s pets and chamchas receive a great appraisal, you’re mistaken. If your work speaks for ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study was designed to simultaneously analyze the influence of mood and interpersonal affect on the performance appraisal process. Results ...

Asking an employee to write a self-appraisal using the company’s appraisal form is a common performance management practice. It’s a deceptively attractive technique. An employee’s self-appraisal and ...