Definition of performance appraisal:
- A performance appraisal is a consistent examination of a workers job performance and the contribution that they have made to the organisation overall.
- This can also be known as an annual review, evaluation or performance review, or employee appraisal, a performance appraisal analyses a worker's skills and achievements.
- There are lots of different sorts of performance appraisals and reviews, the most likely being a top-down review. This is a review that a manager will look at.
- Performance appraisals are a way in which can assist workers and managers to develop a plan to improve employees performance through additional training.
