Question

Please explain in details

What are the goals of performance appraisal? How can we make a link between performance appraisal and other HR functions?

Answer 1

Help supervisors to closer monitor their subordinates and do better coaching work
Motivate employees by giving feedback on their way of doing things
Provide reference data for management decisions relating to rise in merit, promotions , transfers, dismissals, etc.

Improve organisation's development by identifying potential promoters and identifying development needs Establish a baseline for personnel decision making and research

Employee performance evaluations are particularly suited for identifying individual training and educational needs. After all, an appraisal is meant to determine how well a person performs his or her job. Deficiencies arising from the lack of individual knowledge or skills are appropriately used to identify traditional training needs; skills are traditionally used to plan educational activities of employees leading to individual promotion or other future career moves
The results of the assessments influence decisions concerning employee training and development (T&D)

Dismissals cause movement outside the organisation, leading to an unplanned vacancy. They represent extreme disciplinary measures and should not be taken lightly .Dismissals should be used as the last resort even if all other efforts have failed because they are costly to an company because a severance package must be provided for each person who has been fired. The evaluation will reveal that there is a significant difference in performance between the target performance and the current one. Corrective measures should be placed in place to account for the performance difference, and this may require some form of training