Advice and Suggestions

By na - The best performance reviews let managers and employees communicate -- share ideas, opinions, and information. Unfortunately, most traditional reviews put managers into the position of uncomfortable judges, ostensibly telling employees how their work either fit the bill -- or didn't. Possibly because of this, most traditional reviews are no better than the manager's off-the-cuff judgements, and some may be illegal. Because of these problems, new types of reviews are coming into play. Most require that evaluations be done not for raises, promotions, or bonusses, but for growth, development, and communication. The most important aspect in every case is communication between the employee and other people, instead of one-way communication, for higher performance. (Added: 24-Jan-2006 Hits: 2089 )

By na - Fairly short suggestions on conducting the performance review meeting, starting with greeting, summary, and going through strengths, weaknesses, feedback, salary and closing. (Added: 5-Aug-2004 Hits: 3169 )

By Mohan Bangaruswamy - Performance appraisal is an integral part of the performance management system writes Mohan Bangaruswamy, explaining how a balanced and holistic approach greatly benefits an organisation (Added: 22-Jan-2006 Hits: 1527 )

By TGCI - Ten part article (parts are short) focusing on how to use employee evaluation techniques in non-profit organizations. Useful stuff! (Added: 4-Mar-2005 Hits: 1296 )

By Robert Bacal - Many managers stop doing appraisals when pay is no longer dependent on them. If you are an employee, should you worry about that? Here's the answer. (Added: 23-Oct-2006 Hits: 1149 )

By na - Training managers to perform effective and consistent evaluations is essential, since both managers and employees often are uncomfortable discussing performance. The training should include warning supervisors to refrain from the following eight common errors that can distort and even invalidate the evaluation process (Added: 13-Aug-2005 Hits: 1042 )

By Carla Joinson - Creating the right performance appraisal system for your organization can help ensure that appraisals are done correctly, fairly and on time. (Added: 11-Feb-2005 Hits: 1154 )