Advantages of Performance Appraisal

       1)  SWOT Analysis : 

Performance Appraisal gives a complete idea of the employee's strength, weaknesses and based on that their opportunities and threats.

(2)  Career Planning : 

On the basis of one's own SWOT analysis, an employee can have his career plans.

(3)  Suitable Placement : 

Performance appraisal enables a company to give suitable placement to an employee based on their talents and skills. 

(4)  Self-Development : 

Performance Appraisal is very much a positive activity which enables an employee to know his own weaknesses and also enables him to remove their weaknesses and lead to self-development. 

(5)  Effective Training Programme : 

Training programmes can be drawn out on the basis of the needs of employees to remove their weaknesses. 

(6)  Sound Personnel Policies : 

Personnel policies for promotions, transfer must be sound and objective. Performance Appraisal provides valuable information and reliable data for such decisions. 

(7)  Employee – Employer Relations

It will be healthy if performance Appraisal information will be used for personnel management. This will minimize grievances and improve confidence in the management. 

(8)  Higher Employee Productivity :

 Employer morale will be high because there can be a system of rewards for employees with higher performance. This will improve organization productivity. 

(9)  Performance Appraisal 

It will help in potential human resource planning.