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Business English Lesson – Advanced Level's archive Employee Performance Appraisal 1.. Performance appraisal usually takes the form of a periodic interview in which the work performance

Business English Lesson – Advanced Level's archive

Employee Performance Appraisal

1 Performance appraisal usually takes the form of a

periodic interview in which the work performance of the

subordinate is examined and discussed, with a view

identifying weaknesses and strengths as well as

opportunities for improvement and skills development

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2 In many organizations — but not all — appraisal results

are used, either directly or indirectly, to help determine

outcomes

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prize

reward

3 That is, the appraisal results are used to identify the

better performing employees who should get the majority

of available pay increases, bonuses, and

promotions

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merit

seniority

service

4 By the same , appraisal results are used to

identify the poorer performers who may require some form

of counseling, or in extreme cases, demotion, dismissal or

decreases in pay

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5 Organizations need to be aware of laws in their country

that might restrict their capacity to employees or

decrease pay

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6 Whether this is an appropriate use of performance

appraisal — the assignment and justification of rewards

and penalties — is a very uncertain and matter; few

issues in management stir up more controversy than

performance appraisal

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7 There are many sources — researchers,

management commentators, psychometricians — who

have expressed doubts about the validity and reliability of

the performance appraisal process

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8 Some have even suggested that the process is so

inherently that it may be impossible to perfect it

(Derven, 1990)

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flawed

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9 At the other , there are many strong advocates of

performance appraisal; some view it as potentially "the

most crucial aspect of organizational life" (Lawrie, 1990)

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10 Between these two views lie various schools of belief;

while all the use of performance appraisal, there are

many different opinions on how and when to apply it

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