Orthodox and Radical Critique of Performance Appraisal Process

Every organization has some goals and to achieve those goals organization hire people who can perform as per their standards to enable the organisation achieve its mission and vision. So performance is the key to achieve organisational goals. But to keep records and to analyse the performance, organisation needs to follow a specific processes which is known as “Performance Appraisal”. The important aspect for an organisation is not just to recruit good employees but also to retain them. Good working environment, promotions, career growth, rewards and recognition in return of their good performance will automatically retain the employees with the organisation. It is essential for an organisation to undertake different activities so that their employees feel motivated and give their best to the organisation. To increase employees morale and performance resulting in better productivity, organisations should undertake performance appraisal system. Performance management is one, which links organisations, individual and departmental Continue reading

Organizational Leadership

Organizations play a very important role in societies. From birth to death we deal with organizations, small or large, public or private. Organizations formed by human beings sometimes even control us, dominate society, stifle development or progress, promote growth and change, alter our environmental conditions, and at the same time fulfill our human and societal needs. Their role is multidimensional and dual in nature: they can contribute to the progress and satisfying human needs, but at the same time they can be a major obstacle in fulfilling accomplishments. They are a powerful instrument in governance and the promotion of democratic values. Initially organizations were simple in structure and management, but as they grew larger they became sophisticated and complex in structure and function, requiring managerial skills and techniques beyond the comprehension of many people.  Now here comes the role of the leader who could filter the negative traits and thus Continue reading

Types of Motivation Theories

Motivation is defined as a general term for any part of the hypothetical psychological process which involves the experiencing of needs and drives and the behavior that leads to the goal which satisfies them. In essence, the motivational theories provide explanations as to why people behave the way they do.  These diverse motivation theories helped identify and determine the myriad of factors that drive people to behave in particular ways. There are numerous motivation theories with more than one may of grouping or classifying them. However, the most common one is to classify them according to four general types, namely: need theory; expectancy theory; equity theory; and goal setting theory. These are considered as the formal motivation theories. 1. Need Theories Need theories buttress the assumption that people have psychological needs arising out of, though going far beyond, basic biological drives like hunger, thirst, sex or the avoidance of pain. Continue reading

Importance of Work-Life Balance in Organizations

In today’s world, people have become more focused on their professional life, as they want more finances to manage their things. Most of them want to sustain their professional life as they believe that it grants them freedom for achieving the goals. Most of the people want to achieve the work-life balance as it grants them good amount of peace and satisfaction. The work-life balance helped to bring the goof level of satisfaction among the people leading to the achievement of the goals.  Due to the globalization and digitization, there is increasing pressure on the individuals to be available for the duty 24 hours when required. Such pressure creates misbalance in their professional and personal life making them less productive and energetic to do the chores in the best possible manner. Around 85 percentage of the people working in corporate complain of their inability manage their work and personal life Continue reading

Internal Sources of Recruitment

Internal sources of recruitment seeks applicants for positions from within the company.  In deciding requirement of employees, initial consideration should be given to a company’s current employees, which is concerned with internal recruitment. They include those who are already available on the pay roll of the company. This is important source of recruitment as it provides opportunities for better development and utilization of existing human resources in the organization. The various internal sources of recruitment include: Promotions and Transfers : Promotion is an effective means using job posting and personnel records. Job posting requires notifying vacant positions by posting notices, circulating publications or announcing at staff meetings and inviting employees to apply. Personnel records help discover employees who are doing jobs below their educational qualifications or skill levels. Promotions has many advantages like it is good public relations, builds morale, encourages competent individuals who are ambitious, improves the probability of Continue reading

New Employee Orientation

Human resource management is the focal point of modern day organizations as they gear towards enhancing their competencies in a highly competitive environment. As such, organizations have had to contend with numerous challenges ranging from changing technology to the lack of adequately skilled workers. Strategies, which ensure that organizations perform at their very best are a high-end commodity and all professionals involved are hard at work in order to devise the most effective of them. Human capital is critical in enhancing an organization’s core competency. Therefore, right from the initial stage of recruitment to full assimilation into the workplace, human resource departments ensure that human capital is developed efficiently. Inductions and orientations have become significant in human resource development and a constant feature in most training programs. As the words suggest, such programs serve to acquaint the employee with their new working environments and ensure that they adjust amicably. Definition Continue reading