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- Facilitation of communication: communication in organizations is considered an
essential function of worker motivation It has been proposed that feedback from PAs aid
in minimizing employees' perceptions of uncertainty. Fundamentally, feedback and
management-employee communication can serve as a guide in job performance.
- Goal setting and desired performance reinforcement: organizations find it efficient to
match individual worker's goals and performance with organizational goals. As provide
room for discussion in the collaboration of these individual and organizational goals.
Collaboration can also be advantageous by resulting in employee acceptance and
satisfaction of appraisal results.
- Performance improvement: well-constructed PAs can be valuable tools for
communication with employees as pertaining to how their job performance stands with
organizational expectations. "At the organizational level, numerous studies have reported
positive relationships between human resource management (HRM) practices "and
performance improvement at both the individual and organizational levels.
- Determination of training needs: "Employee training and development are crucial
components in helping an organization achieve strategic initiatives". It has been argued
that for PAs to truly be effective, post-appraisal opportunities for training and
development in problem areas, as determined by the appraisal, must be offered. PAs can
especially be instrumental for identifying training needs of new employees. Finally, PAs
can help in the establishment and supervision of employees' career goals.
- Justifiable bases for such actions as separations, transfers, promotions etc.
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