... Cheshire Building Society. 2. APPRAISAL PROCEDURES * THE APPRAISAL PROCEDURE WITHIN TD TRAVEL GROUP AND HOW IT IS APPLIED * POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THIS PROCEDURE AND HOW IT IS APPLIED Appraisal is the judgment of an employee's performance in a job; based on considerations other than productivity alone. All managers are constantly forming judgments of their subordinates and are in that sense continuously making appraisals; the term is, however, applied in personnel management to a formal and systematic assessment made in a prescribed and uniform manner at a certain time. Like so many other processes in business, appraisals can be a terrific forum for review, development and communication. They are useful because they are two-way, thoughtful and they offer support and motivation. However, they can be a 'tick the box' exercise that is relatively meaningless. Appraisals are meaningless when they are rushed, they're one-way, and they refer to things which are no longer ...

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