PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AS A TOOL FOR ACHIEVING HIGHER EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY

42 PAGES (13003 WORDS) Public Administration Project
ABSTRACT
This project work is on the Performance Appraisal as a tool for achieving higher efficiency and productivity in National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency, Kaduna the problem investigated by this study focus on the performance which is not up to the expectation. The Aim of the study is at analyzing the impact of performance appraisal as a tool for higher efficiency in the performance of staff of the Agency, which is geared towards the objectives of How?, what are urgency and need for performance appraisal, examining the reaction of staff toward the appraisal and finally making suggestion on how to improved the performance of the staff. However, the data for the study were generated from both primary and secondary sources which includes; observation, interview, journals, questionnaire etc. the instruments employed  for the analysis of the data collected were quantitatively, qualitatively using simple Percentage. It was realized after the analysis of the data that performance appraisal has a strong impact on the efficiency and higher productivity of staff in NSRMEA, Kaduna. However, it was recommended that the Agency should ensure that performance appraisal assessing be carried out with due process so as the future training and development programmes will be done with care and diligence, selection process for training should be based on merit and related to the problem on ground and there should be a level of consistency in the rate of determining the yardstick for performance appraisal this is all to ensure higher productivity and efficiency.
 
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page  
Declaration 
Approval page 
Dedication 
Acknowledgement 
Abstract 
Table of content
 
CHAPTER ONE 
General Introduction 
1.0introduction 
1.1Background of the Study  
1.2Statement of the General Problem  
1.3Objective of the Study 
1.4Statement of Hypothesis  
1.5Significance of the Study  
1.6Scope and Limitation of the Study  
1.7Historical Background of NSRMEA, Kaduna 
 
CHAPTER TWO
Literature Review 
2.0 Introduction 
2.1Concept of Performance Appraisal 
2.2Elements Of Performance Appraisal  
2.3Role of Performance Appraisal  
2.4Stages of Performance Appraisal  
2.5Method of Performance Appraisal  
2.6Purpose of Performance Appraisal  
2.7What an organization Appraises in its Employees   

CHAPTER THREE 
Research Methodology
3.0Introduction 
3.1Research Design  
3.2Research Population   
3.3Sample Size and Sampling Techniques   
3.4Method of gathering data  
3.5Justification of Methods used 
3.6Method of data Analysis 
3.7Justification of instrument used 

CHAPTER FOUR
Presentation of Data and analysis 
4.1Introduction 
4.2Section A  (Biodata) 
4.3Section B (Data Presentation & Analysis)    

CHAPTER FIVE 
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations  
5.1Summary  
5.2Conclusion 
5.3Recommendation   
Bibliography