Understanding Competency Based Performance Appraisals

If you are a manager, the system sends a message to you when an employee appraisal is ready for you to review. You use the Current Performance Appraisals program (P087712) to locate the appraisal and perform the review.

Depending on the company policies and how the system is set up, the system might also send a message to the employee that a performance self appraisal is due. However, you can begin the appraisal review immediately and then make any necessary adjustments to the appraisal when you review the employee self appraisal. When the employee completes the self appraisal and submits it, you can then review the appraisal and any diary entries that might be attached to it.

Depending on how the processing options are set up, you might be able to change the system ratings for job competencies, employee competencies, and the summary rating. You can also change the summary rating for a job competency, and the system automatically re-rates each of the employee competencies.

You can use the top note area on the appraisal form to record any comments that apply to the review. When you select a specific job or employee competency for review, the notes area applies only to the appraisal that you are reviewing and the competency that you select. You can add separate notes for each job and employee competency.

The lower note area on the appraisal form can contain a defined competency description to help you understand and work with job competencies. The notes that the system displays are based on the user profile. For example, you can set up different notes for managers and for employees. These options might be available:

Human Resources view
Manager view
Employee view