Ongoing Appraisal

For some managers performance appraisal is a once-a-year event that provides an opportunity to catch up with members of their team to discuss performance and career aspirations. Appraisal, however, should not be a once-a-year event. It should be the culmination of work carried out by both the manager and the appraisee over the full appraisal period – usually 12 months. This course considers why appraisal should be a continuous cycle of activity aimed at improving performance and achieving agreed objectives. It also enables the learner to understand the part ongoing appraisal play in organisational performance management. The duration of this course is 20 minutes and can be completed over multiple sessions. By the end of this course you will be able to: •Describe the part ongoing appraisal plays in organisational performance management • Know how ongoing appraisal works - Understand the performance management process