Global Journal of Management and Business Research, A: Administration and Management, Volume 21 Issue 12

A Study on the Performance Appraisal by Advinar Technology Pvt. Ltd. in Thiruvananthapuram District Neethu S Gopinadh Abstract- Performance appraisal has gradually more become part of a strategic approach to integrating HR activities and business policies and may now be seen as a general term covering a diversity of activities during which organizations request to assess employees and develop their capability, improve performance, and distribute rewards. A performance appraisal system embodies the tools and actions used by taught assessors in conducting the evaluation of employees. A random survey involving 200 human resource employees of the Advinar Technologies was carried out from January to July 2021. Participants from each Department were selected using simple random sampling (SRS) and the survey was supplemented by structured questionnaire adopted from literature reviews. The collected data was entered into SPSS Software version 20.0 and was cleaned and analyzed. Descriptive analyses of variance and Binary logistic regression and Cross tabulation with Chi-Square was used. The results were summarized as crude and adjusted odds ratios at 95% confidence intervals. The findings show that there was Impact of Performance Appraisal on Employee Productivity in Advinar Technologies Pvt. Ltd. I. I ntroduction of the S tudy he success of an organization is based on the numerous factors but still employees are the most vital factor which affects the organization’s performance. Organization can achieve its goal effortlessly if its human resource is satisfied with their job. Hence the human resource plays a fundamental task in achieving the organization’s intention was investigated by Elizabeth Renju Koshy (2014). The employees become a significant factor in any organization as they are the heart of the company. Organization simply cannot achieve their goals and objectives without them. The organizations are virtually compelled to put their best foot forward. The scarce input has to be channelized in the best possible manner. This is where the contribution of human resources is going to make a big difference. The material and financial resources must be put to productive use. And this is possible only when an organization is able to attract and retain talent. Appropriate rewards and Growth opportunities must be put in place. Superior performance must be singled out Author: Research Scholar, Banasthali Vidyapith Rajasthan, India. e-mail: naielucie@gmail.com and valued by appreciation and their contributions must be rewarded in proper way. All this could happen only when the organization is able to set challenging targets, measures the actual performance, identify the gap and find innumerable ways and means to improve employee productivity consistently. Measuring the job relevant strengths and weakness of individual term working in an organization through annual EPA plans is simple but insufficient to have a thorough study of the Individual. Organizations need to go a step further to ensure that their employees perform well consistently. This is where performance management counts, because it demands will power and commitment of people striving harder and harder to meet the strategic aims of a company daily. An EPA is a systematic and periodic process that assesses an individual employee’s job performance and productivity in relation to certain pre-established criteria and organizational objectives. Other aspects of individual employees are considered as well, such as organizational citizenship behaviour, accomplishments, potential for future improvement, strengths and weaknesses, etc. expressed by Subba Rao P. Among all the creations on earth, man is the supreme gift of God. Indian culture and values and affirm the dignity of man. It is the man, the individual who is the centre, the finest and the best of the creations. “There is nothing greater than man”. These were the words of wisdom spoken by Bheesma to Yudhishthra, after the former fell on the tenth day of the battle of Mahabharata. Every human being is unique. There is a spark in them that spark contains unsuspected potentialities. According to Mathis and Jackson reveals that EPA is a systematic evaluation of personnel by higher authorities, supervisors and other familiar persons. Appraisals are essential for making many administrative decisions like selection, training, promotion transfer, wage and salary administration, termination etc. EPA is a systematic and an objective way of judging the relative worth or ability of an employee in performing his task. EPA helps to identify those who are performing their assigned tasks well and those who are not and the reasons for such performance Subba. Rao. P (2010) Human Resource Management, Himalaya Publishing House New Delhi. Robert L. Mathis and John H. Jackson (2010) Human Resource Management, T 41 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXI Issue XII Version I Year 2021 ( ) A © 2021 Global Journals