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PART D: LEADING AND MANAGING INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS 
 
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C H A P T E R 
TOPIC LIST 
SYLLABUS 
REFERENCE 
1 Performance management and assessment 
D7 (a),(b)
2 The purpose of performance appraisal 
D7 (c),(e)
3 The process of performance appraisal 
D7 (d)
4 Barriers to effective appraisal 
D7 (f)
Performance appraisal
The 
Accountant in Business
syllabus contains key 
management and people issues within its overall 
framework of 'business structure and purpose'. The 
general purpose of performance appraisal is to improve 
the efficiency of the organisation by ensuring that 
individuals within it are performing to the best of their 
ability, by developing their own potential (
Sections 1
and 
2
). This links to training and development in 
Chapter 16. 
This chapter also discusses the process of 
appraisal 
or 
competence assessment 
(
Section 3
): the measurement 
and evaluation of the individual's performance in relation 
to given plans and criteria. Barriers to effective appraisal 
often need to be overcome (
Section 4
).
You should be aware that this is part of a broader process 
of: 

Goal 
setting 

Performance 
monitoring 

Feedback 
giving 

Performance 
adjustment 
This process occurs firmly within an organisational 
context, so that the performance of human resources 
supports the objectives of the organisation. It is therefore 
important that the effectiveness of the appraisal scheme 
is evaluated (
Section 5
).
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