Performance Appraisal
EFFICIENCY OF EXISTING PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM FOR OFFICERS IN SRI LANKA NAVY
BY
LCdr (ASW) TR DANIEL
PGD in Defence Management
Naval and Maritime Academy
(Accredited to General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University)
DECLARATION
I declare that this dissertation contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university or equivalent institution, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief, contains no material previously submitted or written by any other person, except where due reference is made in the text of this Dissertation.
I carried out the work described in this under the supervision of Captain (ND) KJ Kularathne, RSP,Psc,MSc(D&SS)
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TR DANIEL
7001
COMMENTS OF THE SUPERVISOR
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KJ KULARATHNE,RSP,Psc,MSc(D&SS)
Captain (ND)
Sri Lanka Navy
ABSTRACT
Sri Lanka Navy is one of the largest organization in Sri Lanka with nearly 55000 men & women are working to date .SLN is not only one of the largest, but also diverse as more than 20 major professions are cohesion to form this organisation. Officers form the backbone of this large organisation; SLN and better performance of officers is a necessity to achieve organisational goals. Therefore performances of the officers are evaluated to identify, encourage, measure, improve, and reward their performances. At present, a single performance appraisal form (Nav 206) is used to evaluate commissioned officers of all ranks from Acting Sub Lieutenant to Rear Admiral. This research will be carried out to study the efficiency of existing performance appraisal system for officers in Sri Lanka Navy.
Key words – Performance Appraisal, Human Resource Management, Ranking
BY
LCdr (ASW) TR DANIEL
PGD in Defence Management
Naval and Maritime Academy
(Accredited to General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University)
DECLARATION
I declare that this dissertation contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university or equivalent institution, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief, contains no material previously submitted or written by any other person, except where due reference is made in the text of this Dissertation.
I carried out the work described in this under the supervision of Captain (ND) KJ Kularathne, RSP,Psc,MSc(D&SS)
........................................................ Date:..........................
TR DANIEL
7001
COMMENTS OF THE SUPERVISOR
..................................................... Date ........................................
KJ KULARATHNE,RSP,Psc,MSc(D&SS)
Captain (ND)
Sri Lanka Navy
ABSTRACT
Sri Lanka Navy is one of the largest organization in Sri Lanka with nearly 55000 men & women are working to date .SLN is not only one of the largest, but also diverse as more than 20 major professions are cohesion to form this organisation. Officers form the backbone of this large organisation; SLN and better performance of officers is a necessity to achieve organisational goals. Therefore performances of the officers are evaluated to identify, encourage, measure, improve, and reward their performances. At present, a single performance appraisal form (Nav 206) is used to evaluate commissioned officers of all ranks from Acting Sub Lieutenant to Rear Admiral. This research will be carried out to study the efficiency of existing performance appraisal system for officers in Sri Lanka Navy.
Key words – Performance Appraisal, Human Resource Management, Ranking
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