Performance Evaluation Process: Problems and Suggestions to be More Meaningful and Effective
An important part of being an effective manager is the performance evaluation process. Read Time to Scrap Performance Appraisals?, which explains some of the problems with the performance evaluation process and offers some suggestions on how to make this process more meaningful and effective. After reading the article, think about your last performance evaluation (or a school-related evaluation). In your initial post, describe this evaluation. How did you feel walking out of that meeting with your manager or professor? Was it meaningful and effective? Did you have a clear understanding of your performance? Did you understand your goals and objectives?
Next, consider the "new keys to success" discussed in the article. Address the following additional questions in your initial post: Could your evaluation have been made clearer to you? Which "keys to success" would have assisted in your situation? Why?
In responding to your peers, compare and contrast the various uses or potential uses of the "keys to success."
3-1 Discussion: Performance Reviews: Improve the Process to Make it Meaningful
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Performance appraisal is crucial to good management. The article "Time to Scrap Performance Appraisals?" discusses the issues with standard performance evaluations and how to improve them (Bersin, 2013). Walking out of my last performance evaluation with my manager at my former work, I experienced mixed feelings. The standard annual evaluation gave me some insights into my performance, but I felt it could have been more relevant and successful. My manager reviewed my prior year's accomplishments and areas for growth during the performance evaluation. I felt that the procedure was restrictive and detached from my daily work. The assessment focused on measurable measures rather than my softer talents and team dynamics contributions. As I left the meeting, I had a general idea of my performance but wanted a more detailed appraisal. My goals and objectives were clear during my last performance appraisal, but the measurable measurements overwhelmed them. The evaluation procedure