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Review and appraisal of individual performance
Performance appraisal
2.1 The purposes of appraisals
Appraisal is normally a formal process by which the progress,
performance, results and sometimes personality of an employee are
reviewed and assessed by his or her immediate supervisor.
The purposes include:
Benefits to individuals
 Providing a basis for
remuneration for the coming
period
 Ensuring that work of
particular merit is
recognised
 Providing a forum for the
employee to voice concerns
about work areas
 Establishment of what is
expected of the individual in
the coming period and how
the employee will be
assessed
 Identification of training and
development needs
Benefits to organisation
 monitoring of human resource
selection processes against
results
 identification of the best
candidates for promotion etc.
 identification of problems with
the job that had not been
previously realised
 helping to formulate the
training plan
 helping to formulate a human
resources plan e.g. are staff
over-worked?
improvement of communication

between managers and
subordinates
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