ABSTRACT

The study determined the “Effect of Performance Appraisal on Employee Productivity of Selected Banks in Port Harcourt”The specific objectives include to examine the impact of workload evaluation on employee growth,establish the effect of task-base evaluation on organizational effectiveness,establish the effect of self-evaluation organizational efficiency,examine the relationship between performance appraisal and employees’ productivityA structured survey research design was adopted. The study used questionnaire method and simple random sampling techniques.Pearson Moment Correlation using frequency distribution table, and percentages was adopted to analyze the data collected.The major findings of the study reveal that there exists a positive and significant relationship between workload evaluation and employee growth. This is evidenced by coefficient value of 0.685; there exists a positive and significant relationship between task-base evaluation and organizational effectiveness. The coefficient of workload evaluation is 0.544;there exists a positive and significant relationship between self-evaluation and organizational effectiveness. This is evidenced by coefficient value of 0.752;there exists also a positive and significant relationship between performance appraisal and organizational productivity. The coefficient of human resource planning is 0.614; The Sig. value of low quality product of 0.032 is lower than 0.05 acceptable significance level. From the findings and conclusions drawn, the study recommended that employers should conduct interim appraisals as yardstick in checking employee’s performance. Employers should use employee inputs appraisal as a criteria for promotion of workers. Employers should reward employees with high density of performance after conducting appraisals such that business organization continuously improve the effectiveness of their performance appraisal management in order to accelerate their overall performance. And lastly, Total quality management is advocated in the departments of organizations in order to reduce low quality of products and services which reduces customers’ patronage