Reference no: EM132822228

Confronting the virtual Fear- Employee Performance amidst the pandemic The global pandemic has accelerated digital transformation, and employers alike are reworking the organizational structure and, to a greater extent, the job descriptions of the employees. There is a massive drive to mine data to support a system that can stand in this ever-changing and unpredictable working environment. Working from home, attending to the job and the family can be challenging tasks. Embracing the technical changes and opening up to the use of a variety of tools to monitor business activities and achieving companies' goals is fast becoming the new normal. There is an effort to redesign jobs which begins with examining individual qualifications, the jobs to be performed and gain a direct match of skills and competences to work under these changing conditions. Supervisors and employees are figuring out how to navigate, the bureaucratic wall has fallen, and micromanagement has stepped out the door. There is a race to identify strategies to properly assess employee performance as they continue to produce the outcomes in a different working environment. Work ethic, organizational culture, performance management and assessment systems (PMAS) are some of the critical discussion surrounding managers as they try to capture the contributions of employees. The need exists to regroup, re-examine and redefine jobs while seeking new ways of assessing performance. Put simply, employers, supervisors and subordinates despise the appraisal process which, at times, has several biases and the information is not fed back into the employee development process. To appraise or not to is the question of the day...

Source: Developed by Bobsie Levy for KNOX internal assessment October 2020

A. With your knowledge of Human Resource Management, discuss TWO reasons why job analysis is important to an organization.

B. Outline the first TWO steps in the Performance Appraisal process that is essential in assessing performance.

C. Discuss any TWO problems or challenges that are likely to arise when conducting Performance Appraisals.