Title: Evaluate employees.
Course: Make It Your Business (12151-18) > Section: Staffing a Business

Evaluation of employees of the business should include

- preparing a basic organizational chart for employees
- developing an evaluation method that is performance-based and objective
- addressing the employee’s accomplishment of job tasks
- addressing the employee’s quality of work habits
- addressing the employee’s comments and/or concerns
- reinforcing the employee’s strengths
- offering constructive criticism to help the employee improve
- recommending areas for improvement
- recommending the means for improvement
- presenting evaluation results to the employee
- following up on application of the employee training to improve job performance.

One should regard the following tips when performing an evaluation:

- Be specific.
- Spell out exactly what employees will have to do to achieve the goals and standards set for them.
- Give deadlines.
- Be realistic.
- Be honest.
- Be complete.
- Evaluate performance, not personality.
- Listen to the employees.

Process/Skill Questions

- Why is evaluation important to employee development?
- What methods of evaluation are appropriate for this business?
- How can employers best communicate performance-improvement needs to employees?
- Why is highlighting employee successes as well as areas for improvement important during evaluations?
- How can allowing the employee to self-evaluate affect job performance?