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The Importance of Employee Evaluations
Learn the importance of performance reviews to employees and organizationsPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 5 lessons.
Intermediate Provider : Laura Portolese 5 Lessons · 11m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
There are many advantages to performance reviews for both organizations and for employees. For example, performance evaluations provide an opportunity to discuss an employee’s career goals and can also help them determine any training that might be needed. A performance review may come with rewards for an employee who is doing well, and guidance for an employee who may be struggling. These evaluations can be enormously beneficial for everyone involved, which is why it’s important to know how to perform them.
In these lessons on The Importance of Employee Evaluations, you’ll learn what a performance review is, and why organizations invest time and money to do performance reviews. They’ll help you put yourself in the best mindset to write performance reviews by defining or redefining performance review for you. You will come to know how performance reviews impact employees. And you’ll come away feeling confident about your time investment in performance reviews, with an understanding of the purpose performance evaluation serves to your company.
What You'll Learn
- Define performance reviews and explain their role in organizations
- Describe the benefits an employee and a company receive from a performance evaluation
- Explain why organizations invest time and money in performance reviews
- Identify how performance reviews impact employees
- Recognize the purpose performance evaluation serves to your company
Key Takeaways
- Performance reviews offer advantages to both organizations and employees.
- Performance evaluations provide an opportunity to discuss an employee's career goals and to determine any training that might be needed.
- A performance review may come with rewards for an employee who is doing well and guidance for an employee who may be struggling.
- Understanding the purpose of performance evaluation helps employers feel confident about the time invested in performance reviews.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn in this course?
You will learn what a performance review is, why organizations invest time and money to do performance reviews, how performance reviews impact employees, and the purpose performance evaluation serves to your company.
What topics does the course cover?
The course includes lessons on an Introduction, Defining Performance Reviews, The Impact of Reviews on Employees, The Importance of Employee Evaluations to Business, and a Test Your Knowledge assessment.
Who can benefit from performance evaluations covered in this course?
Performance evaluations can be beneficial for everyone involved, including the organization and employees, since they support career goal discussions, training needs, rewards for those doing well, and guidance for those who may be struggling.
What are the main learning objectives?
The objectives are to define performance reviews and explain their role in organizations, and to describe the benefits an employee and a company receive from a performance evaluation.
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM®)
Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.25
KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).
