Correction: question 2

The performance indicators and the position descriptors should be up to date for the performance appraisal to be effective because this will have an impact on the company and on the employees. Up to date and accurate performance appraisals should be available because an employee’ performance and positive feedback will depend mostly on the performance appraisal. If ever the employee’s performance has not been good enough during the year, then training may be provided to the employee so that he can give his best at work and show his potentials. It is therefore very important to have up to date information on the employee’s performance in order for the company to know what measures should be taken while evaluating the employee’s performance that is whether to give the employee promotion prospects because of good performance at work and hard work or whether to give training and coaching to the employee to improve his performance at work and to make the employee become multi skilled in the job process.

Moreover it will help companies to keep record about their employees’ performances and if in case grievances arise at work because of an employee, it will be easier to take immediate actions referring to his performance appraisals.Furthermore, the up to date information will help the company to decide about how much salary should be given to employees depending on their performances at work, whether to increase their salary by looking at their performance appraisal or whether to make the employee do more training in order to meet up the company’s goals and expectations in order to increase the company’s efficiency and at the same time to make the employee become more professional at work. Otherwise grievances may crop up if position descriptions and performance indicators are not up to date, this may therefore have an adverse effect on the company’s efficiency and lead to poor performance at work. There may be unfair discrimination as well because employees who merit being promoted will not be promoted if their performance appraisals have not been up to date and employees who have recently been irresponsible at work may get promotion prospects based on their previous performances, this will therefore prove to be very crucial for the future prospects of the company and may lead to grievances and great confusion in the company.