APPRAISAL OF EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA'S PUBLIC SECTOR

Abstract

The central focus of every public organization is to realize a signicant increase in the
level of productivity. Attaining this all-time goal is determined by the performance of the
employees who handle the services of the organization. This implies that the productivity
of any organization depend on the considerable extent to which its employees perform
their assigned responsibilities in the organization. Employee's performance appraisal is
one of the parameters used by the management to measure and improve the performance
of the employees. The paper employed survey research design method; The population of
the study consist both academic and non academic staff of the polytechnic amounting to a
total of 1450 population and arrived at 440 using Krecie and morgan (1970) table for
determining sample size, Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources.
Questionnaires were distributed to the targeted population and oral interviews were also
conducted with the respondents. Simple random sampling technique was used in
determining the sample size. The data collected were analyzed using regression. It was
discovered that employee's performance appraisal exercise play a vital role in boosting employee's productivity in public sector. It was also found that the
increase in the level of productivity in public sector depend largely on employee's
performance. In the end, it was recommended that organization's management should
give emphasis on employee's performance appraisal exercise that will cover wide range
areas such as on the job and off the job appraisal, employee's attitude to work and
annual performance evaluation. Management should introduce new approach to
employee's performance appraisal that is capable of boosting employee's productivity,
such as Management by Objectives.