Performance Evaluations As indicated within the following website, http://www2.hawaii.edu/~trishami/650.html, there have been many downfalls with respects to performance evaluations despite all the efforts put into such evaluations to ensure their effectiveness. In "Effective performance appraisals," by Brian Gill, the author notes that a number of major problems have arisen within numerous organizations upon the performance evaluation process. Such potential problems include situations in which the a supervisor gives either excellent …showed first 75 words of 959 total…

…showed last 75 words of 959 total…a plan for success within the organization. The employee should be comfortable with the process and instead of feeling threatened should be included in the entire process. The feedback of each employee should be considered and ratings should be dispersed based on a set of criteria specific to the goals assigned to each individual employee. References: Gill, Brian, "Effective performance appraisals," American Printer, v221 n5 (72), 1998. Retrieved on September 3, 2004 from http://www2.hawaii.edu/~trishami/650.html.