Beyond Meritocracy: 6 Ways IT Employee Performance Evaluations Are Changing
It's easy to forget how social media can play a role in evaluating employee progress as well. One strength of tools such as SuccessFactors (from SAPSAP) is the capability to track how employees collaborate and solve problems. Alles zu SAP auf CIO.de
Rowan says social media is a great way to monitor and track the employee "wins" for an organization. However, TwitterTwitter and FacebookFacebook aren't as useful for tracking performance problems, as failures are rarely posted in public. Alles zu Facebook auf CIO.de Alles zu Twitter auf CIO.de
"While social media is all great in theory, it's my opinion that traditional appraisals won't go away altogether soon," she says. "Instead, new means will augment but not replace."
John Brandon is a former IT manager at a Fortune 100 company who now writes about technology. He has written more than 2,500 articles in the past 10 years. You can follow him on Twitter @jmbrandonbb. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline, Facebook, Google + and LinkedIn.
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