Performance Appraisal

This is the method of evaluating the behavior of the employee in the work spot, including both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of job performance. The main features of performance appraisal are, Performance appraisal is the systematic description of an employee’s job relevant strengths and weaknesses. The main purpose is to find out how well the employee is performing the job and establish a plan for improvement. Appraisals are arranged periodically according to definite plans. It is not a job evaluation but it refers to how well the employee has done the assigned work. It is a continuous process in every large scale organization.

Benchmarking in organization

Benchmarking helps us identify best practice in particular areas of HRM such as development or induction. 'Best practice' has an obvious common sense meaning: literally the methods and techniques ways which produce superior results in HRM. In reality the concept is more problematic. Often it is difficult to demonstrate that a particular initiative produced 'superior' result. Fitz-enz (1993) surveyed 600 large US companies and found that excellent outcomes might be reported by two companies with diametrically opposed HR practices. His conclusion was that the 'best practices' they examined was just 'the visible tip of something much deeper in the organization's management philosophy and system'.

3 Tips For Human Resource Management

Here’s an exerpt from my Nonprofit Operations Toolkit about three Human Resource steps I take in my nonprofit.

1. I keep the organizational personnel manual in compliance with state employment law.

2. I created procedures for hiring new employees, an orientation and training manual for new employees, and a step-by-step procedure for training those new employees.

3. I keep employment records up to date and created a procedure for the standard way information is stored in the employment files.

The items I track in the employment records include: employee attendance, disciplinary warnings, vacation requests, employment hiring forms, and benefit enrollment forms.

This information comes in handy if an employee dispute arises or if I am called before the local Unemployment Insurance Board for a hearing.