Any firm or company was created in order to receive material benefits. The level of profitability directly depends on the efficiency of the staff. If you can easily calculate how much profit a sales manager makes, then with such employees as an accountant, a lawyer, things will be a little more complicated. Personnel performance evaluation is a special science that allows you to find out how the activities of each individual employee affect the final result companies. Depending on the results obtained by the company, the company's management can find effective solutions in the field of personnel management.
The personnel appraisal system is based on methods that can be divided into 2 groups:
- business appraisal;
- assessment of the employee's potential.
Potential assessment means an assessment of the possibility of professional and job advancement of the employee. This assessment is made when it is planned to make some changes in the enterprise. Often, in practice, for this purpose, the method of assessment centers is used, which makes it possible to single out from the entire team of several employees capable of occupying managerial positions. Also, to assess the potential of an employee, various tests are used (for professional aptitude, personal, general). Quite rarely, but non-standard methods are used in practice, which include a lie detector, alcohol and drug tests, and others. The interview method, built on a casual conversation, allows you to collect as much information about the candidate as possible.
Business assessment of personnel is aimed at determining the level of compliance of an employee with his place, while taking into account his professionalism and personal qualities. This type of personnel performance assessment is carried out regularly, which allows employees to work on self-improvement. Diagnostics is carried out with particular care in relation to managers, managers and other specialists involved in personnel management. To conduct an individual assessment, questionnaires and tests, a given choice method, a descriptive method are used. A group assessment can also be carried out, which is characterized by such methods as comparison by pairs, classification method, labor force participation rate. A huge variety of options for working with personnel requires specialists in this field, which allowed agencies with a narrow specialization, but high quality of personnel assessment services to enter the market.
