THE INFLUENCE OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY IN ORGANIZATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED WHO OFFICES IN EAST AFRICA

Globally, governments and companies spend billions of Shillings yearly on employee performance evaluation. This study sought to establish the effects of performance appraisal on employee productivity focusing on a case study of World Health Organization. The main objective of this study was to establish the effects of performance appraisal on employee productivity in the World Health Organization focusing on Kenya Country Office, Garissa suboffice, Somalia and Sudan offices based in Kenya. Descriptive design was adopted in this study. Regression analysis was done to establish the effects of performance appraisal on employee productivity. From the findings, the study concluded that organizations should appraise their employees often through utilized targets, accomplishments, organization goals, time management and efficiency for performance measure purposes as it would lead to increased in employee’s productivity. The study concludes that organizations should establish and adopt performance appraisal systems to aid in providing opportunities to the management in identifying staff training needs, help employees meet performance targets, offer poor performers a chance to improve, help employees on time management through planning and setting of deadlines, enable managers to make informed decisions about promotions and assignments based on applicable facts, improve employee’s synergies. The study recommends that organizations should appraise the staff to enhance employees’ productivity.