This document discusses performance appraisals, including what they are, their objectives and process. Performance appraisals are used to evaluate how well employees perform their job duties and involve setting standards, measuring performance against those standards, and providing feedback. They have several objectives such as employee development, organizational control and improving performance. The performance appraisal process involves setting standards, communicating them, measuring and comparing performance to standards, discussing results, and taking any necessary corrective actions. The document also outlines advantages like promotion decisions, compensation and employee development, and disadvantages like rater biases.