Different types of techniques employed in performance appraisals

Abstract

The performance appraisal is a customary process executed by the Human resource departments in all organizations irrespective to the level and hierarchy of the employees for assessment of effectuality and efficiency. It is indeed required as all the employees associated with the company have a diversified attitude to handle the work so through performance assessment employers subsequently provide feedback to employees about their performance and skills in the assignment for the purpose of refining the same according to organization’s need. Performance Evaluation inclines the improvement in the specific work roles, communiqué potentials, help to decide whether training is needed to particular employee to cope up with organizational demand, determining employee potential and aiding employee counseling and at the same time help to determine whether an employee to be promoted or demoted or even remove in case of bad performance and no scope for future improvement. Present paper discussed about few popular performances appraisal techniques which are popular and most commonly used by most of the organizations along with their advantages and disadvantages. Confidential report, essay or free form methology, strayed ranking methologyology, obligated distribution methologyology, graphical or linear rating methologyology, acute incidental methologyology and group assessment review methologyology are some performance appraisal techniques discussed in this paper.