Performance Appraisal as A Yardstick for Promotion in the Federal Capital Development Authority

Abstract

This paper examined Performance Appraisal as a yardstick for promotion in the Federal Capital Development Authority. The objectives of this study are to assess the performance appraisal systems in the Federal Capital Development Authority; to determine the relationship between performance appraisal and promotion, and to examine the challenges of implementing performance appraisal in the Federal Capital Development Authority. In order to achieve this, the paper employed a sampling technique, and the data collected were analyzed using simple percentages. Chi-square was used to test the formulated hypothesis. The study discovered that performance appraisal is not a yardstick for promotion in the Federal Capital Development Authority then concluded and recommended that; there should be a measure in checking the effective implementation of the performance appraisal system in Federal Capital Development Authority; Performance appraisal should be a major yardstick to the promotion of any kind that might take place in the Federal Capital Development Authority; Promotion in the Federal Capital Development Authority should be balanced; the management of Federal Capital Development Authority should find an immediate and lasting solution to any challenge that might arise in the cause of implementing performance appraisal in the Federal Capital Development Authority; and the right minds and brains in terms of competences and skills should be allowed to carry out the implementation of the performance appraisal in Federal Capital Development Authority