Approaches to Performance Appraisal   
  1. Old Performance Appraisal Approach  
  This  approach  is  dated  back  to  20th  century.  Performance  appraisal  is 
  basically to assess the justification of payment for employees.
   
  2. Contemporary Performance Appraisal  
  This approach introduced structured formal performance appraisal system 
  through which subordinate’ performance is appraised by his supervisor that 
  usually takes place as designed by the organisation. 
               Methods of Performance Appraisal   
    I.   Individual appraisal, group appraisal and other methods
    II. Traditional and modern methods   
                                                     
       Individual Appraisal Methods
 Rating scale
 Checklist method
 Forced choice method
 Critical incident method
 Field review method
 Performance test and observation method
 Annual confidential reports (ACR)
         Group Appraisal Methods
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   Factors and points method 
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   Ranking method
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   Paired comparison method
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   Forced distributions
       Traditional Appraisal Methods
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   Self-appraisal
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   Appraisal by results or management by objectives (MBO)