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Business Definition for: Appraisal

Wiktionary Definition for: Appraisal

  • A judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one for loan or taxation purposes.

Additional Resources

Performance Appraisal System
The Performance Appraisal System is an integral part of performance management within DOI. Revision to the law allows each agency to develop one or more performance appraisal systems for employees covered. The agency appraisal system, in this case the DOI Performance Appraisal System, establishes agency wide policy for the application...
Tags: Performance, Agency, Appraisal, Performance Appraisal System, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 1998-11-18
Performance Management And Appraisal
The presentation distinguishes between job criteria and performance standards and discusses criterion contamination and deficiency. It identifies the two major uses of performance appraisal the advantages and disadvantages of multisource (360Ú) appraisal. It also identifies the nature of behavioral approaches to performance appraisal and management by objectives MBO and discusses...
Tags: Performance, Appraisal, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Al addresses lack of appraisal requirement in EPA's 'All Appropriate Inquiry'
"Linkage of the appraisal being prepared for other purposes to All Appropriate Inquiry is simple, reasonable and cost efficient," wrote the Appraisal Institute in addressing the Environmental Protection Agency's recent proposed All Appropriate Inquiry rule, which does not currently require an appraisal be performed to ascertain fair market value.
Tags: appraisal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2004-09-22
Striding Toward A Successful Performance Appraisal Exercise
One of the most difficult internal processes that HR has to face every year, once or twice, is employee appraisal. The appraisal process in an organization requires lots of resources both financial and manpower. On other hand, it also offers organizations an excellent opportunity to analyze the strengths and weaknesses...
Tags: Performance, Appraisal, Zebra Networks, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2008-01-01
Secrets Of Performance Appraisal: Lessons From The Best
What's the biggest secret about performance appraisal? It's this: performance appraisal actually works! Too many companies remain in denial about the benefits that a well-executed performance management system generates. They may articulate the importance of transforming their stale, "Best-effort" culture into a tough-minded, results-driven one, but fail to fathom that...
Tags: Performance, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2000-05-01
Performance Management
Performance appraisals, the one organizational right that is universally despised. The performance appraisal system in most organizations is broken. While most of the human resources profession concentrates on trying to improve the performance appraisal process. Performance appraisal, however, is now being seen as the inherently wrong thing to do, and...
Tags: Performance, Speakers Platform, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2003-01-01
Performance Appraisal
Performance appraisal is the periodical, formal evaluation of employee performance for making career decisions. These presentation talks about HR functions affected by performance appraisals, fair employment practices applied to performance appraisal, ways to employers protect themselves against bias claims, criteria for compliance, conducting performance appraisals, critics of performance appraisal, approaches...
Tags: Performance, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Performance Appraisal
From the executive summary: ‘After employee selection, performance appraisal is arguably the most important management tool a farm employer has at her disposal. The performance appraisal, when properly carried out, can help to fine tune and reward employee performance.’ The paper discusses the purpose of performance appraisal and discusses the...
Tags: Performance, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2003-01-01
Performance Appraisal For Civil Service Employees
From the executive summary: ‘Performance appraisal provides a periodic review and evaluation of an individual's job performance. Although the appraisal forms may only be completed once a year, the job of performance appraisal is continuous and requires effective communication on both the part of the supervisor and the employee. The...
Tags: Supervisor, Performance, Appraisal, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2003-12-01
Home Appraisals: Make Sure You Read Them by Phoebe Chongchua
Every lender requires one, but sometimes sellers and buyers don't always look them over carefully. And in some cases, buyers and sellers don't see their appraisals at all because they are asking the wrong person for the report. The owner of McKinzie Metro Appraisal says that the only person an...
Tags: Appraisal, Realty Times
White papers 2006-07-17
Harris County Appraisal District - Tips For A Successful Property Tax Protest
Harris County Appraisal District assesses property and that value sets your property tax amount. Reducing your property taxes is relatively simple but requires a modest commitment of time. Your other option is to hire a property tax consultant. Basic steps to reducing the property tax assessment set by Harris County...
Tags: Appraisal, O'Connor & Associates, Harris County Appraisal District, Property Tax, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance
White papers 2007-12-01
Employee Performance Appraisal: Tips For Developing An Effective Employee Performance Appraisal
Nearly every person who has held a job is aware of the employee performance appraisal. The vast majority of employees dread them, and simply hearing the words "Employee performance appraisal" can provoke anxiety in both supervisors and employees. Unfortunately, there is much negativity attached to the process, but, if done...
Tags: Employee, Performance, Associated Content, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2007-01-26
Mastering Workforce Performance Appraisal
This report describes how to implement performance appraisal best practices for maximum impact on workforce performance and human capital development. Three key sets of best practices are vital to building and maintaining a valuable performance appraisal system: carefully choosing performance criteria, training performance appraisers for better accuracy and creating employee...
Tags: Performance, Workforce, Performance Management, Performance Appraisal, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2004-07-02
Travis Central Appraisal District - Tips For A Successful Property Tax Protest
Travis Central Appraisal District assesses property and that value sets your property tax amount. Reducing your property taxes is relatively simple but requires a modest commitment of time. Your other option is to hire a property tax consultant. Basic steps to reducing the property tax assessment set by Travis Central...
Tags: Appraisal, O'Connor & Associates, Travis Central Appraisal District, Property Tax, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance
White papers 2007-12-01
Dallas Central Appraisal District - Tips For A Successful Property Tax Protest
Dallas Central Appraisal District assesses property and that value sets your property tax amount. Reducing your property taxes is relatively simple but requires a modest commitment of time. Your other option is to hire a property tax consultant. Basic steps to reducing the property tax assessment set by Dallas Central...
Tags: Appraisal, O'Connor & Associates, Dallas Central Appraisal District, Property Tax, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance
White papers 2008-01-01
The new URAR and independent contractor status. (uniform residential appraisal report)
In the new Uniform Residential Appraisal Report URAR, the supervisory appraiser certifies that "I directly supervise" and "am taking full responsibility for the appraisal and appraisal report." This article discusses the effect these two phrases may have on the employer-employee relationship or independent contractor status in the appraisal business. The...
Tags: appraisal, Internal Revenue Service, tax, worker
Research articles 1994-10-01
Evaluating Your Most Important Asset: The Employee Performance Appraisal Process
This article is about the employee performance appraisal which enables one to identify, evaluate and develop an individual's performance. It is a tool to encourage strong performers to maintain their high level of performance and to motivate poor performers to do better. Other important benefits of a formal appraisal process...
Tags: Asset, Performance, Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers 2001-09-01
Performance Management Process Checklist
Performance appraisals, performance reviews, appraisal forms, whatever one wants to call them, let's call them gone! As a stand-alone, annual assault, a performance appraisal is universally disliked and avoided. After all, how many people in the organization want to hear that they were less than perfect last year? How many...
Tags: Performance, Performance Management, Performance Appraisal, Team Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
White papers
Options For Continuing An Appeal Of Your Travis Central Appraisal District Assessed Value
Travis Central Appraisal District uses mass appraisal to value over 1.6 million property accounts annually. Informal and Appraisal Review Board ARB hearings are available to resolve disputes in market value and unequal appraisal. While most protest (i.e. appeals) are resolved during the administrative hearings informal and ARB, there are thousands...
Tags: Appraisal, O'Connor & Associates
White papers 2007-12-01
Fannie Mae clarifies "Intended User"; Appraisal Institute provides input
Addressing concerns of appraisers over the "intended user" elements of its latest Uniform Residential Appraisal Report, Fannie Mae has issued a clarifying statement, based in part on input received from the Appraisal Institute. Mark Simpson, Fannie Mae's director of property standards said, "Recognizing that there may be confusion in the...
Tags: Fannie Mae
Research articles 2005-09-22
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