What would be the impact on performance management and performance appraisals without accurate and up-to-date position descriptions and performance indicators?

The staff would not know how to perform their duty correctly and this would directly affect their performance appraisal.

It would also affect:

• The relationship between managers and staff
• The workforce planning
• Wages and salary

It is therefore impossible to conduct any meaningful performance appraisal if the manager does not have an up-to-date position description and performance indicator, because that would lead the appraisal meeting to be off-track as the manager himself will not know what performance plan has been agreed at the beginning. 

The performance indicators (KPIs) will actually give him a hint on the level of performance expected and how effective the results will be.

Managers must carry out regular performance appraisal meetings, but in order to do that well. They must have:

1.     The necessary documents in regards to the job description

2.     They must be aware of the performance indicators and know where to find relative data showing where the indicators have reached.

3.     The manager will have to collect up-dated data with achieved results in order to have an objective appraisal.