Overview of Performance Appraisal and Future Prospects
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performance appraisal; balanced scorecard; KPIs.Abstract
In modern enterprise management, performance appraisal is a crucial tool for measuring employee performance, motivating personal capability improvement, and facilitating the achievement of corporate strategic goals. This paper reviews the theoretical foundation, key influencing factors, and main methods of performance appraisal, analyses the current status of domestic and international research in this field, and discusses future development trends. The paper first defines the concept of performance and emphasizes the central role of performance appraisal in corporate human resource management. It then explores individual and organizational factors affecting employee performance, as well as two core performance appraisal methods: the Balanced Scorecard and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) method. The paper notes that foreign performance management theory and practice are more mature, while domestic research is developing rapidly. Finally, it looks forward to how big data and artificial intelligence technologies will make performance appraisal more intelligent and personalized, and how future appraisal will tend towards continuous feedback and multi-dimensional evaluation.
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