Performance Evaluation

Abstract

When we say “performance” evaluation, we all usually assume what we are talking about. But when we begin to discuss the subject, we often find we are not all dealing with the same thing. There is another side of the problem also — according to a survey of the Bureau of National Affairs, 93 per cent of the firms have performance evaluation programs; yet, only 10 per cent of the personnel executives of those firms felt that their evaluation programs were effective. Perhaps, the reason is due to the fact that performance evaluation is, indeed, not a single technique; rather, it is a term used for a variety of techniques by which superiors, peers, juniors and the individual employees themselves rate, rank, or describe the employees' work effectiveness. The evaluations may be global, but such evaluations tend to be much influenced by a few important factors. More commonly, a number of specific dimensions of behaviour are assessed. This article attempts to provide a factor approach to performance evaluation in an organization.

Citation

Deb, S. (1981), "Performance Evaluation", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053475