This article reviews the principles of writing good standards that can be used effectively to appraise employee performance of those elements. Analytical Results and Specifications Definition . If other levels of performance are used by the appraisal program, writing standards for those levels and including tem in the performance plan is not required by is encouraged so that employees will know what they have to do to meet standards higher than Fully Successful. General Measures . The standards should be written in terms of specific measurers that will be used to appraise performance.
Quality refers to accuracy, appearance, usefulness, or effectiveness.
Quantity addresses how much work is produced. A quantity measure can be expressed as an error rate, such as number ore percentage of errors allowable per unit of work, or as a general result to be achieved. When a quality or quantity standard is set, the Fully Successful standard should be high enough to be challenging but not so high that it is not really achievable. Timeliness addresses how quickly, when or by what date the work is produced. The most common error made in setting timeliness standards is to allow no margin for error.