Performance Appraisal and Employee Development in The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation And Rural Development, Accra

Abstract

ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of performance appraisal on employee development at the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development. The study adopted the causal research design. Structured questionnaires were sent via Google form link to the participants. 130 participants were issued with the questionnaire but 121 returned their completed questionnaires, thus providing a 93.08% response rate. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistical techniques were employed for the primary data analysis. It was found that workers at the Ministry perceive performance appraisal as being moderately effective. It was also unccovered that there is a moderate linear association between execution evaluation and worker development. It also emerged that performance appraisal accounts for a statistically significant weak improvement in employee advancement. In light of the discoveries, it is suggested that the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development ought to proceed with the execution of execution evaluation as with regards to this observational review if the essence of such intervention is to improve employee development.