The research work is titled performance appraisal as a tool for employee development in Wapco
Lafarge Plc. The objectives of this research is to identify whether the open appraisal system
enhances employees training, determine if confidential appraisal leads to employee development,
to ascertain if performance appraisal enhances employee empowerment and to investigate if semisecret
and semi-open system of appraisal allows for delegation. The questionnaire method was
used in the collection of data relevant to the research. Two hundred and twelve members of staff
of Wapco was selected as sample size for this research. The questionnaires’ where analyzed using
simple percentage and hypotheses were tested using regression on the statistical package for the
social sciences SPSS.
It was discovered and concluded that the open appraisal system enhance employee’s training in
WAPCO and the confidential appraisal does not lead to employee development. It was also
concluded that performance appraisal does not enhances employee empowerment and that the
semi-secret /semi-open system of appraisal allows for delegation.
It was recommended that managers should encourage the open appraisal system for better
performance. The confidential appraisal should not be accepted by organizations because,
employees are unaware of their performance and there is no trust among managers and
subordinate
