Performance appraisal: As a pilot study in the food industries sector (BEYPİ Com)

SUMMARY PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL : AS A PİLOT STUDY ÎN THE FOOD INDUSTRIES SECTOR Keywords: Performance Appraisal, The 360° Feedback System, Human Resources Management. In Human Resources Management the place and importance of performance evaluation has acquired a real meaning and value. Organization as it is widely accepted are a complex social structure in which people are brought together for common aims. The overall performance of all these people creating this social structure constitute the real power of a company. The aim of performance evaluation is to take the whole person into consideration, to reward his successes while at the same time paving the way to bettering him self. The main principle is not to start from employee failures to punish him but rather to start from his successes to reward his good work. The common property of the most successful companies lies in the difference of their human resources management. The most important point that these companies dwell on is not technological, product or economic concerns but the qualities of people and how they work together. The productivity of human resources can only be observed through the formation of a systematic and orderly performance evaluation procedure. In this thesis, performance evaluation, one of the most vital functions of human resources management, has been investigated as a concept, its importance for company management and workers has been stressed. As a pilot study a company in the Food Industries sector has been chosen. In this study 360° performance evaluation system has been chosen as the mode of application. Among the many performance evaluation techniques, the 360° performance evaluation, which provides multiple feedback, provides more objective data about the success and the productivity of the employee. On the other side, this system uses up more time and bureaucracy. Nevertheless, this method plays a more active role in getting more efficient results and more just recommendations. vm