Industrial Psychology - The importance of performance appraisal.
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Industrial Psychology The importance of performance appraisal Assignment by Konstantinos Tachtsidis After employee selection, performance appraisal is arguably the most important management tool that an employer has. The performance appraisal, when properly carried out, can help to help develop and reward the performance of present employees. The strengths of the performance appraisal are its ability to promote a two-way communication between the supervisor and the person being appraised and to help the employee to take more responsibility for improving his/her performance. In contrast, in the old fashioned traditional performance appraisal, the supervisor acts more as a judge of employee performance than as a coach. By doing so, unfortunately, the focus is on blame rather than on helping the employee assume responsibility for improvement. In today's fast-paced business world, it may seem like a luxury for organizations to spend precious resources for planning, developing and engaging in...


