Principles of Supervision

Appraising employee performance on a regular basis has an important influence on an employee's performance. Coaching is an ongoing task that gives employees instruction and suggestions. Promotion of employees is generally based on recognition of past performance.

Please respond to all of the following prompts:

• What is the purpose of a performance management system? How does appraising, coaching, promoting, and compensating employees fit into the system?
• What are some of the factors that most frequently are included on employee performance appraisal forms?
• Why should performance appraisal forms include space for supervisors to write comments about the employee being evaluated?