Which of the following refers to systematic evaluation employee's performance against predetermined standards?

Performance Appraisal

The correct answer is option 2- Performance appraisal.

Performance appraisal means evaluating an employee’s current and/or past performance as against certain predetermined standards. The employee is expected to know what the standards are and the superior is to provide the employee feedback on his/her performance. The performance appraisal process, therefore, will include defining the job, appraising performance and providing feedback.

OTHER OPTIONS

• Preliminary Screening- Preliminary screening helps the manager eliminate unqualified or unfit job seekers based on the information supplied in the application forms. Preliminary interviews help reject misfits for reasons, which did not appear in the application forms.

• Recruitment- Recruitment may be defined as the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organisation.

• Promotion- Promotion is a vertical shifting of employees. This practice helps to improve the motivation, loyalty and satisfaction level of employees. It has a great psychological impact over the employees because a promotion at the higher level may lead to a chain of promotions at lower levels in the organisation.