| Abstract: | Employees' performance is the major issues in an organization. This study makes an effort to
address employee’s performance appraisal process and challenges in the case of Addis Ababa
Abattoirs Enterprise. Haw to setting performance appraisal standard, how communicating
performance expectation to employee, how measuring actual performance of employees based
on Predetermined standards, how comparing actual performance with standards, haw discussion
on appraisal result and giving feedback on the employees' performance. The method of the study
was both quantitative and qualitative. Data were collected by the use of questionnaires and
interview from 200 employees according to sample size of target population of enterprise. Data
was analyzed by using SPSS. To interpret the data descriptive (frequency, percentage and mean)
test were applied. Based on finding, the employees gave higher ratings for the business strategic
plan's goals and for establishing performance evaluation standards within their firm. On the
other hand, the respondents' view of the challenges of performance evaluation suggested that
they were below medium, including communicating the standards, measuring
performanceappraisal, comparing actual performance appraisal with standards, giving
feedback, taking corrective action, and challenges of performance evaluation. In conclusion, the
organization couldn't establish an appropriate performance appraisal system and implemented it
properly. Therefore, the performance appraisal process used by an enterprise was not able to
improve organizational performance by improving the employees' performance as expected. The
researcher recommended that the management should do effort to make their employees aware
of the role of the performance appraisal system. The results of the appraisal should be
communicated to the employees and both administrative and developmental corrective actions
should be applied to improve employees’ performance. |
