PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE IN PRINCE ABUBAKAR AUDU UNIVERSITY, ANYIGBA

ABSTRACT This project titled ‘Performance Appraisal and Employees Performance in Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba. Human Resources are an important part of any organization. Each employee performs a set of roles and responsibilities which contributes in organization’s overall success. Performance appraisal should ideally act as unbiased evaluation of employees’ performance and thus improve employee motivation, engagement, and productivity. Both multiple regression analysis model and descriptive statistics are employed in the data analysis, to establish the Organization Culture and Employee Performance in Selected SMES in Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba. The objectives of the study are to understand the relationship between performance appraisal and employee productivity in Prince Abubakar Audu University Anyigba, does performance appraisal techniques provide formal management procedure used in the evaluation of work performance in the organization in Prince Abubakar Audu University Anyigba and To establish the extent to which performance appraisal process affects employee motivation in Prince Abubakar Audu University Anyigba. The research design used is The design of the study was descriptive survey, the The instrument for data collection in the study was a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher Both multiple regression analysis model and descriptive statistics are employed in the data analysis, to establish the Organization Culture and Employee Performance in Selected SMES in Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba. This study reveals that salary has a positive but insignificant effect on employee’s performance as the result shows that there is a positive correlation (R= 98%) between value for salary and firms performance. It was concluded that Accounting records plays a vital role in the growth and performance of SMEs to strive. From the empirical analysis, it was discovered that bookkeeping and internal control system is very key to successful running of SMEs to achieve better performance in revenue generation and profit making. It was recommend ed that SMEs should employ competent staff that can handle their financial transactions and also engage a financial consultant on periodic basis bearing in mind the cost implication. This will aid the SMEs in taking decisions that can improve their business performance based on availability and interpretation of their financial report. Small scale business operator units should ensure that complete and accurate business records are kept because they are essential for decision making. This can be ensured by undertaking relevant training and seminars on records keeping. To encourage the adoption of sound accounting system in small and medium scale enterprises, there should be adequate sensitization in form of seminars and workshops from the relevant Accounting professional bodies such as ANAN, ICAN, and CITN to increase the awareness of importance of operating good accounting system to this sector so that they can achieve their objectives.