Different
types of performance appraisals are appropriate for different types of work. Criteria for
judging the acceptability or lack of adequate work completion are measured differently in
different situations, based on the type of labor being assessed and the ways in which appraisals
are conducted.
Performance appraisal is a process by which
organizations evaluate employee performance based on preset standards. The main purpose of
appraisals is to help managers effectively staff companies and use human resources, and,
ultimately, to improve productivity.
The productivity of
an individual engaged in retail sales, for example, is most likely to be based on the number of
units of merchandise sold and/or the amount of profit generated by the individual's sales
efforts. The performance appraisal for such a position may include a tracing of monthly totals
over a period of time and an evaluation of whether or not the employee is increasing the amount
of sales generated over that period.
An educator, on the other hand, may be
evaluated based on the number of students who graduate from high school with a given grade point
average, or after analyzing the scores students achieve on standardized tests. This requires a
very different process of collecting and applying data than the previous
example.
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