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Assessment of Performance Appraisal Practice: The Case of Major General Mulugeta Bulli Technical College By Kebede Michael Mekane Yesus Management and Leadership College Department of Leadership and Development Studies

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Acknowledgement First and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my advisor Instructor Gerba Abdisa for his invaluable effort, without which the completions of this paper would have been impossible. Secondly, I would like to extend my heartfelt to my Instructor Melese Mekasha(Ph.D in South Africa university of Pretoria) for his priceless support from the beginning of my work. Similarly, I should be allowed to acknowledge the entire of the staff members The Mekane Yesuse Leadership and Management College for their contribution in my behavioral change. Similarly, I should be allowed to acknowledge the management committee and the community of the Major General Mulugeta Bulli Technical College which without any reservation allowed me to gather information of all sorts and willingness to the interview and discussion. And finally.I would like tothank God and my parents and friends who inspired a lot for the completion of the project.

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MEKANE YESUS MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES BACHELORS DEGREE IN LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

ASSESMENT OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PRACTICE: THE CASE OF MAJOR GENERAL MULUGETA BULLI TECHNICAL COLLEGE BY KEBEDE MICHAEL LE 014 Approved Examiners _______________________
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Declaration I,Kebede Michael, hereby declare that this research project work entitled “Assessment of Performance Appraisal Practice: The Case Of Major General Mulugeta Bulli Technical College” is my original work and has not been used by others for any requirements in any other places and sources of materials used in this project have been duely acknowledged.

Name: Kebede Michael Signature Place and date of submission: Mekane Yesus Management and Leadership College June_____2012 This project has been submitted for examination with my appropriate approval as college advisor Name: Gerba Abdisa Signature__________________________ Date_____________________________

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List of Tables Table 1: Demographic Characteristics of Respondents Table 2: Perception of staff members on policy and procedure of PA. Table 3: Perception of staff members’ on the PA link with Vision, Mission & Value Table 4: Perception of staff members’ on the appropriateness of the PA Table 5: Perception of staff members’ on process of PA Table 6: Perception of staff members’ on the appropriateness of PA criteria’s Table 7: Perception of staff members’ on planning of PA result expected Table 8: Perception of staff members’ on PA elements Table 9: Perception of staff members’ on fairness of PA Table 10: Perception of staff members’ on PA result uses Table 11: Perception of staff members’ on responsibility of conducting PA Table 12: Perception of staff members’ on time schedule of PA Table 13: Perception of staff members’ on providing feedback of PA Table 14: Perception of staff members’ on the awareness of PA criteria Table 15: Perception of staff members’ on right to appeal PA result Table 16: Perception of staff members’ on participation PA criteria development Table 17: Perception of staff members on the incorporation factors of performance appraisal Table 18: Perception of staff members on errors observed

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List of Acronyms BARS-Behavioral Anchored Rating Scale MOND-Ministry of National Defense MBO-Management by Objective NCO-Non Commissioned Officer PA-Performance Appraisal VMVG-Vision Mission Value Goal

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TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page

Acknowledgement--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------i Table of contents----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ii List of tables--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------iii Acronyms ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------v Abstract -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------vi

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.8.3.1 1.8.3.2 1.8.4 1.8.5 1.8.6 1.9 1.10

CHAPTER ONE 1.THE PROBLEM AND ITS APPROACH Background of the study Statement of the study Objectives of the study General objective Specific objective Significance of the study Limitation of the study Scope of the study Limitation of the study Research design and methodology Research design Source of data Sampling techniques and sample size Sampling techniques Sample size Data collection tools Procedure of data collection Data analysis techniques Definition of operational terms Organization of the paper

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2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5.1 2.5.2 2.6 2.7

CHAPTER TWO 2.REVIEW OF LITERATURES Meaning and definition of performance appraisal Purpose of performance appraisal Characteristics and criteria of effective performance appraisal Types of performance appraisal Methods of performance appraisal Traditional performance appraisal method Modern performance appraisal method The process of performance appraisal Challenges to effective performance appraisal

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CHAPTER THREE 3.PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA Profile of College Demographic characteristics of respondents Analysis and interpretation of data Perception of staff members on factors of performance appraisal Perception of staff members on the incorporation factors of performance appraisal Perception of staff members on errors observed on the performance appraisal

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CHAPTER FOUR 4.SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Summary Conclusion Recommendations

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