GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCES OF EMPLOYEES IN A SME

The evaluation of performances, in a broader meaning, is deemed an action or a certain type of cognitive activity whereby an evaluator assesses or estimates the performance of a person in relation to the performance standards settled, as well as his/her mental representation, with his/her own system of values or his/her own conception regarding the performance obtained. The performance evaluation systems are an intrinsic and utterly important part of the management of human resources system, because the evaluation, when it is not done as a mechanical activity, turns out to have a significant influence on the economic/social activity and on the organisational climate within an organization, with direct repercussions on the efficiency increase in general and the productivity in particular.