Business owners not familiar with human resources development may sometimes confuse the concepts of performance management and performance appraisal. A performance appraisal--sometimes referred to as ...

Many small business owners have a small staff in which everyone feels like family. It can be difficult to "write a report card" for someone you feel very close to. Understand that the employee ...

Dissatisfaction with performance appraisals is pervasive. They are seen as time-consuming, demotivating, inaccurate, biased, and unfair. A McKinsey survey indicates most CEOs don’t find the appraisal ...