Abstract
Strategic leaders at the helm of their corporate ships conceptualize the link between corporate comradely and uniformity amongst managers. These insightful leaders operate under the premise that their most valuable resource is their people. Because HR management practices facilitate people's efforts to successfully select and especially to use the firm's strategies; it is tantamount that employees feel that they are valued and are operating on a level playing field. It is the responsibility of the strategic level of management to determine what the standard operating procedures are and to clearly communicate them to create a culture that reflects the corporate spirit. According to Strategic Management, "[o]ne form of non-substitutable capability is the ambiguity with in the corporate culture that causes a sense comradely throughout the company. It is for this reason that HR is charged with overseeing and regulating the procedures set forth by the corporation in its mission" (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2005). The employee appraisal process is perhaps the most profound form of employee communication and validation offered by employers. This process alone determines compensations, above bass pay incentives, promotions/demotions and certain fringe benefits?that other wise would not be accessible by the workforce. Because this process literally drives the direction of an employees' career?It is imperative that the process be approached in a purely legal, objective and ethical manner.
HR Annual Evaluations
Introduction
Human resources is the anchor of an establishment, no matter how automated a company professes to be?without the human influence nothing is possible? ...