Less Emphasis on Rating Wyatt learned that more and more organizations are moving away from assigning employees an overall rating. By the same token, they also found that organizations are committed to a strong link between pay and performance and they intend to strengthen that link. Without ratings, the language used in performance appraisals becomes more important. Observations need to be clear and concise. Now help managers create effective evaluation text and are flexible enough to either utilize ratings or leave them out of the process.
Some systems don t support a rating system at all.
What s more, they can generate large amounts of disconnected thoughts that must be edited down and woven together to effectively communicate performance observations. Many automated performance management systems exclude employee involvement in the review process. However, KnowledgePoint has developed licensing programs that allow organizations to let employees use the software to participate in the process. From setting goals to tracking their own performance to sharing self-reviews online with managers and team members, this kind of approach fosters a greater sense of understanding and ownership among employees. Already, the movement towards software-aided performance management is unprecedented.