Performance Appraisal and Performance History

Performance Appraisal and Performance History
Performance appraisal is a necessary process in human resource management that helps document the performance of employees, identify areas for improvement, and make promotional and pay increases decisions (Kavanagh et al., 2015). With a performance appraisal system in place, an organization can look at an employee's performance history and make essential decisions to benefit both the individual and the organization. In this sense, a performance appraisal system can predict how the employee will perform in the future because, from the history of their performance, trends of their performance can be identified. For example, suppose the productivity of a particular has been improving for the last six months. In that case, an organization can predict with a high level of certainty that the performance will keep improving. And if there is a deviation from the trend, a supervisor can quickly identify the problem and consequently apply corrective measures. As noted by Id...