1. Appraisal Cycle Period
This is the period for which the
appraisal is being held. You do have the option to enter the Start
(From) and End (To) Date for this. If both the date options are not
showing up, kindly try refreshing the page and checking.
2. Process Period
This
the period within which the appraisal is going to be conducted on the
system. For example, if quarterly appraisals are being held in the
company towards the end of every quarter, then the Appraisal Cycle
Period would the Q1 (1st Jan - 31st Mar), whereas the Process Period
would be something like 15th-31st March.
3. Self Appraisal Period
This
is the period within which employees will be able to fill up the
self-appraisal form on the system. Once the period has ended, no one
will be able to submit their self-appraisal. This date will have to be
extended in order to do so.
4. Self Appraisal Template
You
can customise the self-appraisal form that is there on the system as
this is the form that the employees will be filling out. Go to Settings
> Customisation > Forms > Self-Appraisal to customise the same.
5. Review Period
This is the period within which the
reviewers/appraisers will be evaluating the employees and filling out
the performance appraisal form. The review period can only start after
the self-appraisal period has ended.
6. Normalisation Period
You
can choose to give a certain period after the self-appraisal/review has
concluded so that meetings can be held offline, if necessary, to go
through all the reviews, and make any changes on the system, if
required. This period does not affect any aspect of the cycle on the
system itself.
7. What is KRA
KRA stands for Key Result
Area. Every designation/department may have certain key factors which
are used to evaluate the performance of the employee in the
designation/department that he/she is working in. These KRAs can be
added into the system and then tagged to the employees through
Performance > Settings > KRA. Once the KRAs are defined, and if
you choose to include the KRA module in the appraisal cycle, then at the
time of the self-appraisal and performance review, the employees and
the appraisers can rate the KRA of the employee.