Performance Appraisal and Employee Performance at the Gomoa West District Assembly

Abstract

The study sought to examine the effect of performance appraisal on employees’ performance at Gomoa West District Assembly. Data for the study was obtained from staff of Gomoa West District Assembly in Apam. A sample size of 80 respondents was used for the study. The specific objective of the study was to examine the performance appraisal systems; the challenges associated with staff performance appraisal system being used; and the effect of performance appraisal on employees’ performance at the Gomoa West District Assembly. A semi-structured was developed to elicit information from respondents. The study employed simple random sample in the selecting of the target group. The regression model was used to examine the actual contribution of performance appraisal on employee performance. Further, the study exposed the impact of motivation on organizational performance as improving employees’ level of efficiency, helping employees to meet their personal goals, increase employee satisfaction, and helping employees to increase revenue mobilization. The study recommended that, to generate higher levels of satisfaction with performance appraisal, management of the Gomoa West District Assembly must ensure that specific learning goals are set for staffs, better learning aids are employed and effective assessment of knowledge and skills acquired are conducted during training of staffs. It is relevant for management of the Gomoa West District Assembly to employ strategic measures to improve feedback system. This is because feedback in itself could be a motivational influence towards their capacity building. Also, performance appraisal should directly link to training and development of the weakness of the appraisal. Thus, based on the outcome of the appraisal, employees should be trained to develop their potentials in their areas of specialisation.