Every organization evaluates the performance of its employees in some way, whether that process is formal or informal, or on a regular cycle or an ad-hoc basis. At a small start-up, feedback is likely to be informal and spontaneous, while larger organizations are likely to have structured systems including competency models, specific evaluation criteria, and a technology platform that enables quantitative and qualitative input to be collected, aggregated and stored.
In Performance Appraisals, Make Context Count
People don’t work in a vacuum.
June 03, 2013
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