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BUS 375 Performance Appraisals Assignment

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Performance Appraisals Assignment
Karla Gomez
BUS 375 Employee Training
Instructor Niccolle Johnson
Ashford University
Submitted August 29, 2016

Performance appraisals have the power to help a company succeed as well as it can lead it to fail. Such are a popular method to help build confidence by giving employees an evaluation on how well they perform the tasks expected. Out of the many types of performance appraisals that exists I tend to spiral more towards a 360-degree feedback. As per our textbook, this multisource feedback method provides a comprehensive perspective of employee performance by using feedback from the full circle of people with whom the employee interacts: supervisors, subordinates, and coworkers. …show more content…

The 360-degree performance appraisal method in my opinion is the best way to go about such appraisals considering that you have the perspective of everyone involved. Such perspective can give you feedback from those in your department and outside of your department. As an employee, I would be interested in understanding how my job is affecting others ability to perform their jobs and so on. As an employer, I would be interested in understanding and knowing how well everyone is working together. “The value of effective performance appraisal systems, in particular 360°feedbacks, is for the overall well-being of all organizations and its importance is being realized by business leaders now” (Banu & Umamaheswari, …show more content…

Many appraisal hosts can see this evaluation as an opportunity to criticize others ways rather that advise them how they can improve if need be. “Another flaw concerns conflicting opinions. Who decides who is right? What’s more, employees stack the deck by choosing their friends to provide feedback” (Vinson, 1996). Such evaluations can be manipulated by those who are friends within the industry. It is important that throughout the preparation of these evaluations the host of the evaluation, in many cases the executives, make it clear that honest answers are welcomed. Way too often employees feel as if they don’t have a choice and as if it is not a good idea to be entirely honest as to how they feel about their peers in order to avoid

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