Beside recommendations, it is in the authority of district managers to decide on intra-district postings, to conduct supervision and performance appraisals, and to conduct in-service training [ 59- 62].
Civil service regulations state that performance appraisals should be conducted annually.
When asked about the frequency of conducting performance appraisal, 77.3% reported conducting annual performance appraisal for all of their employees in the hospital (see Table 3).
If each goal is assigned a percentage weight, then appraisers are likely to conduct performance appraisals as though they are solving an arithmetic problem.
The performance appraisal was mainly conducted by THCs; in other words, THCs act as both the player and the referee during the process of performance appraisal.
Guidelines being published today would reassure employers they will still be able to conduct performance appraisals and fairly dismiss staff found to be no longer capable of doing their jobs effectively, said Davey.
In addition, as Team Leader, I am responsible for the day-to-day management of the other production editors in the team, from authorising days off to arranging training and conducting performance appraisals.
The remaining hospitals did not report conducting performance appraisals.
Although conducting performance appraisals is a requirement of the Lebanese hospital accreditation program, our findings imply that not many hospitals recognize its importance for employee retention yet.
However, occasional errors occur, therefore supervisors should conduct periodic performance appraisals and make necessary corrections to ensure patient, CHW, and community safety.
