{"id":2402,"date":"2011-07-12T06:47:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T06:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourhrworld.com\/formats\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2011-07-12T06:47:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T06:47:30","slug":"critical-incident-method-of-performance-appraisal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourhrworld.com\/formats\/compensation-and-benefits\/critical-incident-method-of-performance-appraisal\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Incident Method of Performance Appraisal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>1.\u00a0 Definition of Critical incident method<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 Critical incident is a method used for many sectors.<br \/>\n\u2022 Critical incident method- Recording of events by appraiser. An incident is critical when it illustrates what the employers has done or failed to do<br \/>\n\u2022 The critical incidents for performance appraisal is a method in which the manager writes down positive and negative performance behavior of employees throughout the performance period.<br \/>\n\u2022 Each employee will be evaluated as such and one\u2019s performance appraisal will be based on the logs that are put in the evaluation form.<br \/>\n\u2022 The manager maintains logs on each employee, whereby he periodically records critical incidents of the workers behavior.<br \/>\n\u2022 At the end of the rating period, these recorded critical incidents are used in the evaluation of the workers\u2019 performance.<br \/>\n\u2022 The critical incidents file of performance appraisal is a form of documentation that reflect all data about employee performances.<\/p><div class=\"69eb924294c115e6505da44099e8df92\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0867779017855679\";\r\n\/* 300x250, created 4\/20\/11 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1035864135\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4>2.\u00a0 Disadvantages of critical Incident<\/h4>\n<p>This method suffers however from the following limitations:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Critical incidents technique of evaluation is applied to evaluate the performance of superiors rather than of peers of subordinates.<br \/>\n\u2022 Negative incidents may be more noticeable than positive incidents.<br \/>\n\u2022 It results in very close supervision which may not be liked by the employee.<br \/>\n\u2022 The recording of incidents may be a chore for the manager concerned, who may be too busy or forget to do it.<br \/>\n\u2022 The supervisors have a tendency to unload a series of complaints about incidents during an annual performance review session.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourhrworld.com\/formats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Critical-incident-method-of-performance-appraisal.doc\">Click Here To Download Critical Incident Method of Performance Appraisal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0 Definition of Critical incident method \u2022 Critical incident is a method used for many sectors. \u2022 Critical incident method- Recording of events by appraiser. 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