Office of Human Resources

Performance management is a process that promotes open conversation and honest feedback between employees and managers. This process is intended to:

• Facilitate effective communication between employees and supervisors.
• Ensure employees have a clear understanding of the performance and behaviors expected of them.
• Ensure employees have a clear understanding of how their individual work contributes to achieving the mission of their work unit and institution.
• Ensure employees provide, as well as receive, input into the development of performance goals and ongoing information about how effectively they are performing relative to established goals. 
• Identify and implement opportunities for employee development and discussion of career objectives.

Appalachian State University provides the AppState Careers performance management module as a tool for setting meaningful goals, evaluating employees fairly and consistently across the organization, and developing individual capacity and skill.