Multi source feedback based performance appraisal system using Fuzzy logic decision support system

In Multi-Source Feedback or 360 Degree Feedback, data on the performance of an individual are collected systematically from a number of stakeholders and are used for improving performance.The 360-Degree Feedback approach provides a consistent management philosophy meeting the criterion outlined previously.The 360-degree feedback appraisal process describes a human resource methodology that is frequently used for both employee appraisal and employee development.Used in employee performance appraisals, the 360-degree feedback methodology is differentiated from traditional, top-down appraisal methods in which the supervisor responsible for the appraisal provides the majority of the data.Instead it seeks to use information gained from other sources to provide a fuller picture of employees' performances.Similarly, when this technique used in employee development it augments employees' perceptions of training needs with those of the people with whom they interact.The 360-degree feedback based appraisal is a comprehensive method where in the feedback about the employee comes from all the sources that come into contact with the employee on his/her job.The respondents for an employee can be her/his peers, managers, subordinates team members, customers, suppliers and vendors.Hence anyone who comes into contact with the employee, the 360 degree appraisal has four components that include self-appraisal, superior's appraisal, subordinate's appraisal student's appraisal and peer's appraisal .The proposed system is an attempt to implement the 360 degree feedback based appraisal system in academics especially engineering colleges.