How is the performance appraisal meeting conducted?
Most often, it is the immediate supervisor or manager who is called upon to conduct the performance appraisal meeting. What happens next may well depend upon the personalities of the manager and the employee who is being evaluated. Most workers are interested in their manager’s appraisals of them. If the worker thinks he’s doing a good job, he’d like to know whether management agrees. If she’s doing a poor job, she may wonder whether the boss shares that opinion and whether anyone has any helpful suggestions. If he thinks he’s doing pretty well, but his supervisor disagrees, the employee usually will appreciate the chance to make improvements before he loses the job. But no one likes to hear bad news, and the manner in which criticism and suggestions for improvement are made can be effective or not. While the performance appraisal interview is a formal moment in which communication on the matter of job expectations and fulfillment can be initiated in a non-crisis atmosphere, all too of
