Issues Surrounding the Need for More Frequent Monitoring of Individual Performance in Organizations

Abstract

Empirical guidelines concerning the issues of appraisal timing and frequency are conspicuously absent in the appraisal literature. While frequent evaluation of performance has been assumed to be most advantageous, surveys of practices in the field indicate that formal performance appraisals are completed on a relatively infrequent basis in most organizations. A framework is suggested for implementing Frequent Organizational Resource Monitoring Systems (FORMS) whereby performance related information concerning each individual employee can be collected on a more timely and frequent basis. This paper offers criteria for developing a FORMS package which contains systems appropriate for the evaluation needs of an organization and its members. Further, potential obstacles and resistance which may be encountered when attempts are made to increase the quality, timeliness, and frequency of individual human resource data are addressed.