BUS 303
Performance Appraisals
The University of Arizona Global Campus
BUS 303: Human Resources Management
Performance Appraisals
Human Resource Management (HRM) is the management of people in a company or
organization to maximize the organization's productivity. The overall purpose of Human
Resources is to ensure that the organization can achieve success through people (Nandhini &
Vimala, 2020). The HRM process consists of eight functions whose purposes are to attract,
retain, and motivate qualified employees. These functions are strategic HR planning, job
analysis and job design, attracting and recruiting talent, selection and job fit, performance
appraisal, training and development, compensation, and benefit administration. (Youssef, 2015).
This paper will focus on the performance appraisal function. Performance appraisals are a way to
evaluate an employee's work performance. This paper will discuss how performance appraisals
are a function of HR and management. It will analyze the basic components of an effective
performance appraisal and explain how it contributes to organizational goals and objectives. It
will explain the advantages of performance appraisals and how they can contribute to effective
training and development. Finally, it will explain the potential forms of discrimination based on
labor laws and regulations when conducting performance appraisals.
For a performance appraisal, the employee’s manager assesses the employee’s
performance and then provides feedback to the employee (Youssef, 2015). Many employees
don’t realize the role that HR has in the performance appraisal function. They believe that their
team management is fully responsible for performance appraisals, and HR is only involved if an
employee’s performance is poor and corrective action is required. However, performance
management is one of the critical responsibilities of HR. HR is responsible for planning and
executing the performance appraisal system used by their company. They are also responsible
Performance Appraisals
The University of Arizona Global Campus
BUS 303: Human Resources Management
Performance Appraisals
Human Resource Management (HRM) is the management of people in a company or
organization to maximize the organization's productivity. The overall purpose of Human
Resources is to ensure that the organization can achieve success through people (Nandhini &
Vimala, 2020). The HRM process consists of eight functions whose purposes are to attract,
retain, and motivate qualified employees. These functions are strategic HR planning, job
analysis and job design, attracting and recruiting talent, selection and job fit, performance
appraisal, training and development, compensation, and benefit administration. (Youssef, 2015).
This paper will focus on the performance appraisal function. Performance appraisals are a way to
evaluate an employee's work performance. This paper will discuss how performance appraisals
are a function of HR and management. It will analyze the basic components of an effective
performance appraisal and explain how it contributes to organizational goals and objectives. It
will explain the advantages of performance appraisals and how they can contribute to effective
training and development. Finally, it will explain the potential forms of discrimination based on
labor laws and regulations when conducting performance appraisals.
For a performance appraisal, the employee’s manager assesses the employee’s
performance and then provides feedback to the employee (Youssef, 2015). Many employees
don’t realize the role that HR has in the performance appraisal function. They believe that their
team management is fully responsible for performance appraisals, and HR is only involved if an
employee’s performance is poor and corrective action is required. However, performance
management is one of the critical responsibilities of HR. HR is responsible for planning and
executing the performance appraisal system used by their company. They are also responsible
