Blog 01- Employee Performance

Employee Performance

Figure 01: Employee Performance (Source: Internet)

Employees are considered one of the major drivers of an organization. The success or failure heavily depends upon employee performance. Employee performance is defined as the results of employees in terms of process, output, application & success (Nassazi, 2013). Satisfied employees perform well and provide their maximum contribution to achieve the goals & objectives of the organization. Employees’ higher performance is a strength & it positively impacts the company. Performance can be denoted in the development of production, comfortableness, using new technological advancements, or being a highly encouraged employee (Nassazi, 2013). There are some organizations, that may not use a proper approach or method for evaluating employee performance. Due to that, this action considers that creates unclear, ineffective & enigmatic ultimate results (Ahmed, et al., 2013). Assessing employee performance is a complex & complicated task, as it may affect all aspects of employees’ viewpoints & responses. Anyway, it gives a comprehensive view related to the employees’ current status of performance. On the other hand, leaders of the organization should be supportive & assist employees in improving their performance goals & achievements as well as action plans in terms of providing assistance & supervision on how to assign their effort to determine tasks effectively & efficiently (Rodriguez & Walters, 2019). Motivating employees to achieve goals is significant, as it increases their performance & raises the productivity level of the organization as well (Goerg, 2015).

Factors affecting employee performance (Chiu, 2020):

· Positive workplace environment

· Proper training & development

· Higher level of employee engagement

· Competence

· Employees’ improved recognition of their effort

· Tools & equipment to do jobs or tasks well

· Productive workload

· Healthy company culture & morale

· Supportive leadership & effective supervision

Increasing employee performance directly & positively influence increased productivity, strategic goal achievements, success, existence, productivity & profitability of the organization. It is very important to the personal growth & development of employees as higher performance directs employees towards their achievements also. An organization should have a proper performance management system to manage employee performance well. Performance management determines that organizational goals are frequently met in an effective & efficient way and it persuades lifelong education adapted to employees’ development plans & objectives (EK & Mukuru, 2013).

                            Figure 02:Benefits of an Employee Performance Management System 

References

Ahmed, I., Sultana, I., Paul, S. K. & Azeem, A., 2013. Employee performance evaluation: A fuzzy approach. International Journal of Productivity & Performance Management, Volume 62(7), pp. 718-734.

Chiu, R., 2020. 9 Key Factors That Affect Your Employees' work Performance.

EK, K. & Mukuru, E., 2013. Effect of motivation on employee performance in public middle-level technical training institutions in Kenya. International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, Volume 2(4), pp. 73-82.

Goerg, S. J., 2015. Goal setting and worker motivation. IZA World of Labor.

Nassazi, N., 2013. Effects of training on employee performance: Evidence from Uganda (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Issue University of Applied Sciences, Vassa, Finland.

Rodriguez, J. & Walters, K., 2019. The Importance of Training & Development in EmployeenPerformance and Evaluation. World Wide Journal of Multidisciplinary Research & Development, pp. 206-211.