EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT

The problem identified for this applied research project was that the Rural/Metro Fire Department performance evaluation system receives very poor ratings on employee surveys. The purpose was to gather data and information in order to evaluate the existing evaluation tool, and to determine whether a revision is necessary. This research utilized the evaluative research methodology to answer the following research questions: 1. Are performance evaluations necessary? 2. Are there common problems that are associated with administering an evaluation system? 3. What are the desirable characteristics of an employee performance evaluation? 4. Should merit pay be tied to performance evaluations? The procedure used a literature review to gather recent information available on the employee performance evaluation. From the data, two tables were constructed to evaluate the characteristics of the evaluation tool. The major findings of this research indicated that the majority of evaluations conducted in America are done poorly. The prominent factor was poor supervisory training on how to prepare an