“An empirical study on effectiveness and satisfaction level of employees towards performance appraisal system in Amazon”

Effective appraisal system serves not only to determine how well an employee is working at his or her job, but also to decide on the ways to improve his/her performance. It describes the general policies and factors for the administration of performance in an agency. An appraisal program is a combination of specific procedures, methods, and requirements for planning, monitoring and rating performance. Traditional and modern methods are applied to evaluate the performance of the employees. Some of the supreme methods in this regard are: confidential reports, graphics scale, paired comparison, free essay method, straight ranking, critical incident method, group appraisal, assessment Centre, 360-degree performance appraisal, and management by objectives and behaviorally anchored rating scales etc. Many employers value the need for a performance appraisal process for workers but some question the effectiveness of this common management tool. Employee performance appraisal is one of the most critical functions of a manager and is a basic expectation of any one in a supervisory role. For Amazon, the purpose of employee performance appraisal is to provide a systematic evaluation of the employee's contribution to the organization. The performance appraisal itself should emphasis on behaviors and outcomes as related to job responsibilities. These are factors that can be changed with effort. Effort must be made to avoid making judgments related to traits. Traits are basic elements of personality and are not easily changed through supervision. This study is an effort to study the effectiveness and Satisfaction level of Employees towards Performance Appraisal System in Amazon. Researchers have used Z-Test to analyze the data for reaching to conclusion.