Performance Appraisal System

Running Head: Performance Appraisal System of IBM

Performance Appraisal System of IBM

Introduction

Performance Appraisal is the processes to ascertain the worth of employees in a given time in the organization through acquire, scrutinize and recording information about them. It helps to motivates the employees and also helps for comparative analysis of to compare their past and present performance, so that, they can provide their better productivity towards organization as well as their self growth. (DeCenzo & Robbins 1999)

Performance Appraisal in IBM

In the competitive era, IBM focuses on employee satisfaction because of satisfy employees provide their best efforts to the organizational growth by providing customer satisfaction. IBM provides monetary and non monetary benefits to their employees on the basis of their performance. (Take This Job and Love It, 1992) IBM focuses on team work rather than peer pressures that enhance the motivation towards the organization.

IBM believes on their traditions. IBM has its own culture, values, traditions, history, practices and rules and regulations for whole employees. Performance Appraisal system of IBM shows their unique culture. According to this Walton E. Burdick, Quality employees play a vital role in this competitive environment to achieve the organizational goals. (Take This Job and Love It, 1992)

Thomas Watson (Founder of IBM) stated that creativity and values of an individual makes an organization. An organization success depends on their employees’ performance. Louis V. Gerstner (Former chairman & CEO IBM) focused on flexible and innovative consistent performance appraisal system. (Jun & Hong 2008, pp. 12-18)

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