ABSTRACT
Performance appraisal system(s) is crucial in assessing public sector employees. The drive for
public sector reform for employee’s performance is significant to the measures set out on
targets to organisations main objectives. This quantitative and qualitative study, therefore
sought to investigate the effectiveness of performance appraisal system in the public sector in
Namibia using the Ministry of Works and Transport Headquarters as a case study. The
population of the study consisted of 32 Human Resource Department Officials as the
researcher used single-stage sampling technique as a sampling procedure and questionnaire
was used as the research instrument to collect data from both management and nonmanagement
personnel. The findings established that, all the 32 participants 100% indicated
that, the appraisal system used in public sector in Namibia is based on Manager/Subordinate
appraisal system also 80% of the respondents from non-management personnel and supported
by all the four (4) management personnel mentioned the measures used are not effective. The
study reveal that, monetary reward as appropriate scheme to reward public sector employees
was expressed by 56% of non-management personnel and 44% called for non-financial but
rather recognition and this was supported by three (3) management personnel. Also, 60% of the
respondents asserted that, Management by Objectives (MBO) must be introduced in the
Namibian public of sector. On recommendations, the researcher recommended that, Office of
the Prime Minister should provide extensive education to the public sector employees in
Namibia on the measures to apply on implementing the appraisal system including providing
reward system as well as introduce modern methods of appraisal system such as Management
by Objectives (MBO) as that brings Managers/Subordinates together in decisions that affects
departments and the, public sector organizations as a whole.
TOBIAS, H (2021). An Investigation Into The Effectiveness Of The Performance Appraisal System In The Public Sector In Namibia. A Case Of Ministry Of Works And Transport Human Resource Department At Head Office. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/an-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-the-performance-appraisal-system-in-the-public-sector-in-namibia-a-case-of-ministry-of-works-and-transport-human-resource-department-at-head-office-
TOBIAS, HELENA "An Investigation Into The Effectiveness Of The Performance Appraisal System In The Public Sector In Namibia. A Case Of Ministry Of Works And Transport Human Resource Department At Head Office" Afribary. Afribary, 28 Apr. 2021, https://track.afribary.com/works/an-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-the-performance-appraisal-system-in-the-public-sector-in-namibia-a-case-of-ministry-of-works-and-transport-human-resource-department-at-head-office-. Accessed 08 Oct. 2024.
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TOBIAS, HELENA . "An Investigation Into The Effectiveness Of The Performance Appraisal System In The Public Sector In Namibia. A Case Of Ministry Of Works And Transport Human Resource Department At Head Office" Afribary (2021). Accessed October 08, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/an-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-the-performance-appraisal-system-in-the-public-sector-in-namibia-a-case-of-ministry-of-works-and-transport-human-resource-department-at-head-office-