Performance Appraisal and Career Development

Performance judgement and calling Development Ms. Garima Gupta (Assistant Professor, MBA& axerophtholPGDM) Banshi congregation of Institutions, Bithoor, Kanpur ABSTRACT The paper focuses on the roles that be played by the employee, the conductor and the employer in thinkning, guiding and developing the employees course and points out that estimation works as a motivating tool for the same as it improves employees speculate cognitive process by identifying strengths and weaknesses and determining how their strengths, may be best utilized within the makeup and weaknesses be overcome.It throws light on the fact that people wants to choose occupations, callings and a career that makes mind in terms of projected future demand for various types of occupation the co.uk/hrm-352/ executeance estimation system supports the employees to become aware of their soulal skills, interests, screwledge, motivation and other characteristics which help to identify their career related g oals and establishes action computer programs to attain goals, research is through with(p) to line up out the employers role and excessively his career culture responsibilities, that depends on how long the employee has been with the firm, it is the employer only who serves as a mentor to helps the person learn that ropes are important , it focuses on the importance of employer that it is only he who contributes in a haughty way to the employees career & angstrom tallyes the persons strength & weaknesses with the feasible career way and believes that tuition is star of the important step that helps to improve the organization career planning process. Performance appraisal It is defined as the method of judicial ratiocination the relative worth or the ability of an employee in playing his tasks. It lets the employee greet how he is performing (whether his performance is meeting the bunch standard or not) and helps him to improve his performance if absent. It is gen erally carried out to evaluate the employees performance and also to develop him by capitalizing his strengths and overcoming the weaknesses. Who will appraise The Appraisal lot be done by one or by the gang of pursual 1. Employer(Supervisor) 2. Peer 3.High Level Manager 4. Customer 5. Subordinate 6. Self-Appraisal Appraisal&8212&8212&8212&8212-A Motivating tool to develop Employees flight and improving cheat performance&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212by identifying Employees strength and Weaknesses It has been noticed that appraising the employee helps a lot in improving his performance it helps to know that whether the employee is meeting the set standard or not if not then what are the lacking areas in which he is not able to perform tumesce, in tramp to overcome this the weaknesses of employee are identified and proper steps are taken to improve them & utilize his strengths effectively.Employers Role in I dentifying persons Strengths and weaknesses It is the employer who keeps an eye on the employees during his job performance it is only he who assign the task and duties to the employees after identifying the employees area of interest, his abilities and competencies in performing the task, he is the one who notices that how well the employee is performing and also notices the points where employee does not perform well during the whole performance Appraisal and evaluation process the employer comes to know to a greater extent(prenominal) or less the strengths and weaknesses of the employee and ask the employee to overcome his weaknesses as they may prove to be obstacle in the path of his career development ,it is the employer who advises the employee to match his strengths and weaknesses with the probability and threats prevailing in the organization to achieve the career growth . The Employer should find out that how long the employee is staying with the organization and whether the skills and interest of the employee are meeting with the job post or not.If not than it is the sole responsibility of the employer to help employee in overcoming his weaknesses by guiding and providing suggestions in developing required skills in the employee, as the employer serves as the mentor to the employee in boosting up their morale and inhibiting confidence in them so that they can move forward in their career and move on them according to their wishes. A positive contribution is required from employers side. Employees strength and weaknesses identified by the Employer By continuously monitoring the activities performed by the employee and also by evaluating employees performance the employer brings out following Strengths and weaknesses in the employee- STRENTHS 1. Level of Education 2. Sound job knowledge . Work follow up 4. Positive personal characteristics 5. Excellent communication skills 6. Problem solving abilities 7. aggroup building characteristics 8. Sound judgment and decision making abilities 9. A right Initiator 10. Controlling and Delegating Abilities WEAKNESSES 1. overlook of grittyer Education train 2. In tolerate job knowledge 3. Lack of work experience 4. minus personal characteristics 5. Lack of communication skills 6. Low problem solving abilities 7. Lack of team building characteristics 8. Lack of lumbering judgment and low decision making abilities 9. Lack of Initiative characteristics 10. Low delegating and Controlling abilitiesThough strengths are the internal positive aspects of employees, which should be capitalized whereas weaknesses are the internal negatively charged aspects of employee, which should be improved. It has been noticed that it is actually difficult for us to know about about our weaknesses as we only wish to see our positive sides and tries to ignore our negative aspects, in such situation employer plays very crucial role in identifying our strengths and weaknesses, during Appraisal the employe e also comes across the points where he lacks and tries the way to improve in that area , the Employer emphasizes on the fact that the employee should take steps to develop his, skills, interest, style and pass judgments.An impressing personality also proves to be one of the most important factors for growth, one should inoculate the skills of sharp learning in himself so that it helps employee to know more and more about himself and helps him to improve himself in the areas where the employee is weak. , Which in turn proves to be very much important for the growth of the organization. Following points are very important for employees development- 1. Employers Feedback 2. Areas of Employee Development 3. Praise as well as criticism from the employers 4. give/improve knowledge & skills 5. Maintain sensation of operating environment & organisations command 6. Know & understand scope of responsibilities & duties 7. Give feedback on performance expectations and assessme nt criteria 8.Give feedback on constraints to achieving targets 9. Produce & maintain high quality of output Employee Competency An employee should be good in following points in order to become competent by capitalizing strengths and overcoming weaknesses- 1. He should take a shit sound knowledge about his job profile and his working areas. 2. He should a positive attitude towards the responsibilities and duties assigned to him. 3. He should posses a positive behavior towards his subordinates for the achievement of goals. 4. He Should be strongly motivated nevertheless these competencies can be developed only through a sound Appraisal System that will help to find out the employees drawbacks, which can be improved, y Training and Development. The employee can achieve conquest in his work by matching his own inevitably with the needs of organization. MATCHING INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS ORGANIZATIONALNEEDSINDIVIDUAL NEEDS StaffingMaking career/job choice DevelopmentMa king contribution Leveling offFitting into organization RestaffingUsing Experience Career development is directly linked with Human Development. It ongoes throughout the lifespan of an individual resulting in the individuals growth both in their life and work, it basically refers to shaping your career in a way you wish to. It helps in developing fit employees with best skills, knowledge and behavior.Employers Role in Career Planning, direct and Developing the Employees Career Following steps should be taken Know yourself Who are you? What is your motivational type? What is your personality type? What are your career assets? Assess where you are in relation to where you want to be Identify your strengths and developmental needs Benchmark your goals Planning Create Your Career Development Plan Preparation Have a Career backchat and be Competition Ready By keeping above points in mind following characteristics are developed in the employees by the Employer to plan and develop their career- 1. Employees personal interest and abilities 2.Integrating the employees personal value system with the organizational culture. 3. Developing Team building Skills. 4. The employer to deal with conflicts, grievances, Stress, and emotions provides effectual tips. 5. Developing the feeling of commitment and competence among the employees. 6. Boosting up the employees Career. 7. Creates awareness among the employee about his unique characteristics that makes him different from others. It is the prime responsibility of the employer to take brisk interest in an employees career planning. Promotions in the job through appropriate Appraisal system that brings following points in the employees mind- 1. The employee gains a sense of satisfaction and security. 2.It helps to increase employees loyalty as they feel that the organization not only concerned in its development but also in the development of the employee. 3. The feeling of promotion motivates the employee to develop their personal skills and strength abilities for their personal growth and development. 4. It encourages employees to match their personal goals with the goals of organization for effective and competent working that will yield fruitful results. 5. The employee will take bang-up interest in asking the employer about his strengths and weaknesses and will try to match them with the opportunities and threats of the organization he is working with.Career Development Initiatives A periodic critique should be done by the employer to discuss about the career plan Employer and the manager should take active part in guiding the employees on the issues related to their career development. Job Rotation should be done so that they may understand the variations in their responsibilities. An effective performance appraisal plan should be done to help employee know about their lacking areas part employees in identifying their skills, interest and values. Helping employees in developing their care er goals found on the needs of the organization. Relating employees current performance with future potentials. 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