Performance Appraisal and its Effectiveness at Hawassa University

Performance appraisal system is always of imperative concern of any organization while managing its human resources. The need of performance appraisal concerning academic staff compels Universities to have systematic performance appraisal systems, in order to administer, evaluate and enhance performance. Author has undertaken Hawassa University, as a case study in the present research. Findings have shown that absence of a written policy framework on the subject, lack of self-appraisal and regular face of face feedback from Head of the Departments (HoDs) to their subordinates, lack of orientation to students on their role in this system, too much weightage to students evaluation and equal weightage given to all the variables in the feedback form are the potential hindering factors for performance appraisal systems of the case study University. Researcher has also explored various suggestive solutions, after discussing the potential concerns of academic staff regarding said factors. This study will not only contribute in performance appraisal research but can also be an effective study for considering potential issues and challenges while implementing performance appraisal system

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Dr Vimal Kumar Sharma was born on 21 Jul 1972 in Rampur, India. In April 1991, he joined Indian Air Force. In 2007, was awarded PhD in HRM from Bridgewater University, London. In Oct 2010, resigned from Indian Air Force and since then serving as Asst Prof (HRM) in Hawassa University, Hawassa (Ethiopia). Area of research interest : HRM & OB.