AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION: IAMTECH SIERRA LEONE AS A CASE STUDY

Human Resource Management (HRM) plays vital role in educational institutions. HRM is an essential ingredient for changing the scope and dynamism in evaluating worker’s performance. Performance appraisal permits institution to supervise their employee’s performance relating to competencies, punctuality, pedigree and potentials. Ignoring effective performance appraisal system results to low work output. Institutional objectives can be achieved by effectively applying performance appraisal system with diverse positive outcomes and diligently monitoring both academic and administrative staff of the Institute of Advanced Management and Technology (IAMTECH) Sierra Leone. Effective performance management and appraisal system has ultimately improved staff performance and influenced their potentials in thinking, and doing work. Importantly, it brings benefits to employer and employee by creating a plain level ground for both parties. Furthermore, performance appraisal system delivers a complete assessment of staff performance at IAMTECH. However the researchers established dissatisfaction with some appraisal processes, such as management not backing the appraisal process, authorities are not questioned for not completing their appraisal process on time, and the absence of performance appraisal workshop/seminar/training provided to the staff at IAMTECH and more importantly, the performance appraisal system is done yearly at IAMTECH. IAMTECH uses rating scale, descriptive system and management by objective methods to evaluate their employees. Noting that management by objective is the most widely used method and hence, our method of effective performance appraisal system has created positive influence on job performance at IAMTECH.