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I am writing a performance appraisal report on my subordiante.
Could you tell me what its formal writing pattern is? For example, what should I write in the first paragraph, the second and so on? And could you recommend any online templates or reference for this? Thank you for helping.
Hi Albertino,
I would ask your human resources department first. Most companies do have a format they want you to follow.
If you really have no guidelines, one you may want to consider is what was called start-stop-continue at a place I worked.
Begin with "continue" - what he does well and what you want him to continue doing.
Go on to "stop" - if there is anything the person has been doing that shouldn't continue.
Then "start" - areas for future development.
Thank you so much. I think your suggestion may help a bit. But may i asked if there are any reference materials on the internet in this regard because I want to know more about it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barb_D
try googling how to write a good performance appraisal or sample performance appraisal.
Thank you so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barb_D
BTW. What tense should be used in a performance appraisal report, the present (as a comment on the performance of a subordinate) or the past (as a description of the past performance of a subordinate)?
It will be mixed tenses.
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Barb, thank you so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barb_D
May i ask you one more question?
Let me say the day when I comment on my subordiante's appraisal performance (in the period of 31st March 2006 - 30 April 2007) is 1 June 2007. What I say about him/her is already a past action/event. Isn't it that the past tense should be used here? If not, is it that the report should generally be written in the present, and then use the present perfect* or the past whenever required as shown in your example?
*Am I needed to use the present perfect tense when the action/event is still related to the present, and the past tense when the action/event is completed in the past but does not have any relation to the present? (I am given to understand that something is always in the present tense, as when I mention about my subordinate's personality or something/a fact which is always true, as the sun rises in the east or water boils at 100 degree celsius.)
That's the problem:cry: I still can't get it through. Thanks again.