Improving Performance Appraisal at Zubias Threading: A Report

This report focuses on the performance appraisal system at Zubias Threading, identifying challenges and proposing solutions to enhance employee engagement and organizational success. The report begins by emphasizing the importance of effective performance appraisal for employee dedication and satisfaction. It then analyzes the current issues faced by Zubias Threading, particularly challenges in employee retention due to ineffective appraisal approaches. The core of the report offers recommendations to improve the appraisal system, including fostering positive relationships between managers and employees through management by objective, enhancing relationships between part-time and full-time workers, and implementing a behaviorally anchored rating scale alongside essay evaluation. The report concludes by summarizing how these recommendations can improve the performance appraisal system, leading to increased employee satisfaction and organizational improvements in terms of earnings, profit, equity, and return on assets.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Recommendations for improving performance appraisal in Zubias threading..........................2
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
Performance appraisal is considered as the key to organizational success, as effective
performance appraisal helps in employee engagement and dedication. Effective performance
appraisal allows the organizations to be aware of the needs and expectations of the employees
thereby, taking a step in fulfilling those (Rummler & Brache, 2012).
Findings
According to the given study, it has been seen that the company has been facing
challenges in retaining their employees due to ineffective performance appraisal approaches.
This report provides suitable recommendations of improving the performance appraisal
Zubias threading so that the parlour is able to achieve the targets and serve the customers
satisfactorily.
Recommendations for improving performance appraisal in Zubias threading
Positive, respectful and friendly behavior between the employees and the managers
are crucial in improving performance appraisal (Kondrasuk, 2012). According to the given
case study, it can be said that conflict between the managers and employees are frequently
noticed within the company that is eventually hampering the performance of the employees.
Therefore, it is recommended that the relationship between the managers and the employees’
needs development, as the positive relationship will help in employee engagement along with
increasing employee enthusiasm and dedication. Additionally, positive relationship between
the managers and the employees will also help in building a positive working environment
along with providing an opportunity for the managers to be aware of the needs of the
employees thereby, taking steps in achieving them. This can be achieved by effective
implementation of management by objective for Zubias threading.

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According to the case study, it can also be seen that there is lack of bonding between
the part-time and full-time workers of the parlor. Therefore, it is recommended that steps are
undertaken to improve the relationship between the employees. The positive and strong
relationship between the employees will help them to create a positive and friendly working
environment with healthy competition (Bernardin & Wiatrowski, 2013). Alongside, the
positive relationship will allow the employee to have each other’s back and achieve the target
of the company. This can be achieved successfully by implementing behaviourally anchored
rating scale within the organization. The behaviourally anchored rating scale is a modern
performance appraisal technique that includes quantifiable techniques and essay evaluation
(Dusterhoff, Cunningham & MacGregor, 2014).
As mentioned by Boachie-Mensah & Seidu (2012), essay evaluation is an effective
way of appraising the performance of the employees initially by the managers by considering
the strength, weakness, behavior, and attitudes. Therefore, implementation of essay
evaluation by Zubias threading is recommended for improving the employee performance
appraisal.
Conclusion
In this report, it can be concluded that the suggested recommendations will help
Zubias threading in enhancing their performance appraisal system. Implementing effective
performance appraisal system will help the company to be aware of the needs of the
employees, the managers as well as the organizations. Therefore, the organizations will be
able to improve the business in terms of earning, profit, equity and return on assets.
Additionally, the aforementioned methods of performance appraisal will allow the
organizations to analyze the performance of the employees’ along with the potential of their
development.

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Dusterhoff, C., Cunningham, J. B., & MacGregor, J. N. (2014). The effects of performance
rating, leader–member exchange, perceived utility, and organizational justice on
performance appraisal satisfaction: Applying a moral judgment perspective. Journal
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Kondrasuk, J. N. (2012). The ideal performance appraisal is a format, not a form. Academy
of Strategic Management Journal, 11(1), 115.
Rummler, G. A., & Brache, A. P. (2012). Improving performance: How to manage the white
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