"Why do organizations seem to redesign their performance appraisal 'system' every few years?"

We may be able to gain some insight into this question by asking employees and managers how they feel about the organization’s performance appraisal system. From our own research, we found that only 40% of all employees, 44% of management, and only 36% of RNs believe their organization’s performance management system does a good job of measuring their performance. Put another way, three-fifths of all employees believe that their performance management system does an average to poor job of measuring their performance. Further, when asked about their organization’s reward systems, only 9% stated that they believe their organization does a good job of rewarding employee contribution.