People and Organisations

Performance Appraisal Performance Appraisal is defined as a systematic process which the personality and performance of an employee is assessed by the supervisor or manager,  against predefined standards, such as knowledge of the job, quality and quantity of  output, leadership abilities, attitude towards work, attendance, cooperation, judgment, versatility, health,initiative and so forth. It is also known as performance rating, performance evaluation, employee assessment, performance review. Performance appraisal is carried out to identify the abilities and competencies of an employee for future growth and development. It is aimed at ascertaining the worth of the employee to the organization in works. Performance Appraisal is a part of performance  management.  It helps in gaining the competitive edge, by improving the performance level of the employees working in the organization, making rational decisions regarding hike in salaries, promotio...

The Five Stages of  team Development Each and every team goes through the five stages of team development. The first four stages introduced by Bruce Wayne Tuckman and its called Tuckman’s stage. These stage are functioning effectively together and delivering high quality results. In 1997 Tuckman jointly with Marry Anne Jensen added fifth stage to the above for stages. These five stages are 1.Forming 2. Storming 3.Norming 4.Performing 5.Adjourning Stage 1: Forming This stage take place the team meets each other first. In the first meeting team members introducing each other. They share information about each of them. And also they try to understand each other. They are effectively feeling each other how they work together. In this stage team leader should guide the team to work together and it is responsibility of the leader. Stage 2: Storming The team starts work together, they move in to the storming stage. This stage is un avo...

Employee Expectations To Improve employee retention and engagement in any organization need to understand of the employee expectations and what is the best way to how to address them in the modern business. I will be help to identify what employee want really in the modern business world. According to SHRM, the top five contributors to job satisfaction in 2017 were *Respectful treatments of all employees at all levels. *Compensation/Pay, over all *Trust between employees and senior management *Job security *Opportunity to use skills and abilities in work. The followings are illustrative examples of employee expectations. On boarding The expectation that employee will be provided with everything they need to do their job from the first day. An employee who is left to their own devices without assistance in navigating a new organization may quickly become disappointed. For example, getting days or weeks to grant system access. Hygiene F...

Learning Styles and Learning Cycle David Kolb's introduced his learning styles model in 1984. It was two levels and four separate learning style. “Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. (Kolb,1984.P.38) The experiential learning style Kolb’s experiential learning style have for stage *concrete experience- Doing/ Having experience *Reflective Observation-Reviewing/ Reflecting the experience * Abstract Conceptualizations-Concluding/ Learning from the experience *Active Experimentation-Planning/Trying Out What you have learnt Kolbi has been identified four learning styles in these stages. These styles highlight conditions under which learners learn better. These styles are *Assimilators       -Learn better when presented with sound logical theories to consider *Converges          -Learn better when provided practical applications of...