Performance Appraisal as a Tool for Increased Productivity in the Nigerian Public Service

Abstract

The importance of performance appraisal in enhancing worker's Motivation and productivity cannot be over stressed. Performance appraisal of employees has the advantage of helping an organization to position the workforce in the jobs for which they are best suited and thus leading to improved productivity and increased productivity. This paper examines performance appraisal as a tool for increased productivity in the Nigerian Public Service. The study builds its theoretical framework from Max Webber's concept of bureaucracy which is one important medium of actualizing productivity in the Nigerian Public Service. It adopts ex post facto research. Data is obtained from primary sources and explained using content analysis. The result from discussion shows that performance appraisal cannot yield maximum productivity if there are no regular check-ins of staff performance, aligned objectives to employees and a fixed time for feedback, to crown it all a time-totime reward and recognition, remuneration scheme should not be set up, and this will place the Nigerian public service amongst the best in the world.