General Applications | Specific Purpose |
Developmental Uses | ∎ Identification of individual needs ∎ Performance feedback ∎ Determining transfers and job assignments ∎ Identification of individual strengths and developmental needs |
Administrative Uses/Decisions | ∎ Salary ∎ Promotion ∎ Retention or termination ∎ Recognition of individual performance ∎ Lay-offs ∎ Identification of poor performers |
Organisational Maintenance/Objectives | ∎ HR planning ∎ Determining organisation training needs ∎ Evaluation of organisational goal achievement ∎ Information for goal identification ∎ Evaluation of HR systems ∎ Reinforcement of organisational development needs |
Documentation | ∎Criteria for validation research ∎ Documentation for HR decisions ∎ Helping to meet legal requirements |