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Employee Evaluation Systems

Employee evaluation systems (i.e. performance appraisal systems) have consistently and historically have been used as an integral tool for businesses, especially in regards to the development of enhanced human resources management. These methods of employee valuation serve as overall work force indicators for both the human resources department and the company in general. Such methods of valuating an employee and their associated performance have been historically utilized for the basis of such human resource management decisions as pay increases, job functions expansion or decrease, overall company attitude, etc.

Traditionally, employee reviews were have been based upon a system in which a supervisor solely rates a subordinate. In theory, this system could ultimately lead to an unclear picture of an individuals overall performance, especially when the various aspects of what compromises an individual's day to day functions are taken into consideration. As Banks and Murphy theorize (Banks,1985), "Organizations continue to express disappointment in performance appraisal systems despite advances in appraisal technology. Appraisal reliability and validity still remain major problems in most appraisal systems." It is sentiments such as these that have led to the utilization and implementation of a hybrid appraisal system. This hybrid is most often a combination of a traditional assessment program being used in conjunction with a more contemporary method, generally one that has basis in the multi-rater system.

Multi-rater systems have been steadily gaining popularity over the past thirty years, since their inception because they are believed, and often times have theoretically proven, to provide a less biased, less judgmental evaluation of an individual's performance within the workplace. It has been theorized by Kirksey (Kirksey,1994) that by using both internal and external sources of input a company can thus generate a mor...

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