By Steve A. Watson - Performance appraisals and reviews work best when employees take them seriously and participate actively. Learn how to motivate your employees to be full participants in the process and work as partners. (Added: 5-Aug-2004 Hits: 539 )

By Steven A. Watson - Getting your employees to take performance evaluations seriously can be tough, especially if the appraisal process has been executed poorly in the past. Here's some advice for helping your team recognise the importance of their evaluations. (Added: 21-Dec-2005 Hits: 299 )

By HR - Most companies, however, either ignore the problem or fire the poor performer without attempting other solutions. terminate a worker is a costly failure, considering the cost of recruitment, selection, training, etc.,says Susan Jespersen, SPHR, adjunct professor at the Business School of Management at Walden University in Port St. Lucie, Fla. There is a better way. Specific management training on handling poor performers can give managers the tools to ferret out the root cause of the performance issues and help their employees turn around their performance. (Added: 1-Dec-2004 Hits: 311 )

By Dennis E. Coates - A large, exclusive retirement community began using performance appraisal several years ago. Although the completed appraisals are kept on file, their only practical use has been to determine the amount of an employee's salary increase. The problem is that managers are given quotas for the increases, so they award ratings more to justify the increases than to record an evaluation of performance. Consequently, many employees complain that their evaluations are inaccurate and unfair. Every year this process stirs feelings of stress, anger and distrust that linger for months. (Added: 21-Dec-2005 Hits: 88 )

By David Martin - Suggestions and advice on how to keep a performance management system working properly. (Added: 15-Aug-2005 Hits: 146 )