Evaluation Culture and Capacity in Romanian Public Institutions (original) (raw)
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The current economic crisis, manifested in the entire world, highlights the need for sustained involvement of the local and regional authorities in each country, in conceiving and implementing Community policies (which already exist at European level) having an essential role in implementing the economic plans achievement. This view was shared by all European Union Member States, of which Romania is part, since 2007. Therefore, the economic crisis which is reflected in the Romanian society today, requires prompt and sustained intervention by the authorities in the execution of the economic recovery plan, implying the community strategies, due to sharply budgetary expenses cut, which is found in all European countries. In order to achieve this major objective, the Romanian authorities should have qualified and properly motivated personnel through an adequate remuneration, according to the training, skills, responsibilities and especially individual performance obtained at each position, as it happens in most developed countries of the European Union. In this context, this study approaches the issues related to the performance evaluation of the public sector's employees. Considering the fact that strengthening and developing the human resources segment is a strategic goal of the Romanian administration for the period 2008-2013, which will lead to modernizing it and making it more efficient (at both central and local level), the personnel performance evaluation, at the organizational level represents a fundamental activity from the human resources' management perspective.
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Performance evaluation is an important activity of human resources management with which we determine the degree to which employees of an organization fulfill their duties or responsibilities, by assessing their behavior, level of training and performance. For this reason the employee performance appraisal is the basis of the rewards system of motivation, to improve performance and identify strengths and weaknesses of the employee. Professional performance evaluation study in Cluj-Napoca City Hall was based on a survey among executive public officials, applying a questionnaire to provide a large amount of information and a great power of generalization. Through the study we proposed three hypotheses of work with reference to some changes from the last performance appraisal, the correlation between the grade obtained and the degree of fulfillment of work tasks, determining the type of interview style as a stage of the assessment process. The results of the study confirm the first two hypotheses and refute the third hypothesis, confirming that the style used mainly in the performance evaluation process is "Share", style through which the manager involves the subordinate in solving problems and, consequently in yielding the best results.