* Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
** Department of Commerce, G.K.S.M Government College, Tanda Urmar, Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
*** Department of Public Administration, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
**** Department of Public Administration, University School of Open Learning, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Online published on 11 January, 2012.
The performance of an organization is dependent upon the sum total of the performance of its members. The success of an organization will therefore depend on its ability to measure accurately the performance of its members and use it objectively to optimize them as a vital resource. The NIACL is a public sector Company which deals in non-life insurance business. The objective of the paper is to study the existing system of performance appraisal and the perceptions of employees regarding the practices of performance appraisal in NIACL. An effort has been made to provide suitable suggestions for making the system more effective in the company.