Analysis of Survey of Performance Appraisal Process at Seattle Area Service Center

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide analysis of the SASC performance appraisal system as seen by a number of its participants. Ten surveys were handed out to a representative sample of employees, and nine were returned completed.
The first section of the paper is an analysis of the survey itself: its effectiveness and suggestions for improvements to it. Next is a basic description of the performance appraisal system used by SASC, followed by the analysis of that system as a result of the survey. The last section details how the current performance appraisal system could be improved and made more effective.














Analysis of the Survey
Question 1 I received a timely performance appraisal.
What is the definition of a timely performance appraisal? Is it one that is done to meet a scheduled deadline? Or is it one that is done frequently enough to be of benefit to both the individual being appraised and the orga...