HR Online: Using Technology to Enhance Performance Appraisal
Automated performance appraisal systems offered by several vendors will provide common formats, integration with compensation, and development and succession planning. The systems may use "dashboards" that provide indicators of how the organization's performance is proceeding. Further, online performance assessment can minimize face-to-face meetings and reduce time - perhaps allowing more frequent appraisals. One survey found that about 25% of organizations have automated their performance systems. Those that had done so confirmed that ease of use, time savings, and tracking performance had improved.
Question for Discussion
Why would a company not use performance review software?