Question

Discuss any four purposes of performance appraisal. 

Answer 1

Following are the four purposes of performance appraisal:

• To provide a record of each employee’s performance for deciding wage increments and rewards.
• To identify the weaknesses of employees so that suitable training and development programs may be required to remove such weaknesses.
• To judge whether the employees are performing their jobs at the desired levels.
• To make employees aware of their performance so as to motivate their self-development.