A STUDY ON PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SPINNER PIPES MINOR PROJECT REPORT

SUBMITTED INPARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

SUBMITTED BY

MOHANAN. K.K. Reg. No. JMAHMBE 008

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Dr. K.T MARKOSE M.Com, M.Phil, Ph.D. Lecturer Selection Grade

School of Management Studies University of Calicut Dr. John Matthai Centre Aranattukara, Thrissur 2009-2010

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT DR. JOHN MATTHAI CENTRE ARANATUKARA, THRISSUR CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr. Mohanan. K.K. is a bonafide student of School of Management Studies, Thrissur and the project entitled A Study on Performance Appraisal system in Spinner Pipes is a bonafide record of the project independently done by her in partial fulfillment for the award of the Masters Degree in Business Administration of University of Calicut. I further certify this is worth submitting for the award of Masters Degree in Business Administration Dr. K.P. Muraleedharan School of Management Studies Regional Campus Dr. John Matthai Centre Aranattukara, Thrissur Place : Thrissur Date :

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT DR. JOHN MATTHAI CENTRE ARANATUKARA, THRISSUR

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Mr. Mohanan. K.K. is a bonafide student of School of Management Studies, Thrissur and the project entitled A Study on Performance Appraisal system in Spinner Pipes is a bonafide record of the project independently done by her in partial fulfillment for the award of the Masters Degree in Business Administration of University of Calicut. I further certify this is worth submitting of University of Calicut. I further certify this is worth submitting for the award of masters degree in business administration. Dr. K.T. Markose M.Com, M.Phil, Ph.D Lecturer Selection Grade.

DECLARATION

I Mohanan. K.K. is a student of School of Management Studies, Dr. John Matthai Centre, University of Calicut, Aranattukara, Thrissur hereby declare that the project report on A Study on Performance Appraisal system in Spinner Pipes in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of Master of Business Administration of Calicut University, is a bonafide work carried out by me for a period of six weeks under the guidance of Dr. KT. Markose Lecturer Selection Grade, Commerce Department, Vimala College, Thrissur. I further declare that this project report has not previously formed the basis for the award of any degree, diploma, fellowship, associatinship or other similar title of recognition. Mohanan. K.K. Vth SEM MBA Student School of Management Studies Dr. John Matthai Centre University of Calicut Aranttukara Place : Thrissur Date :

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The successful completion of this project was made possible through the direct and indirect co-ordination of various persons for whom I wish to express my appreciation and gratitude. First and foremost I would like to thank almighty for making me capable to do the work successfully. My deep sense of gratitude, regards and thanks to Dr. K.P. Muraleedharan, the coordinator, school of Management Studies, Dr. John Matthai Centre, Regional Campus, Aranttukara, Thrissur. I am grateful to Dr. K.T. Markose, for his valuable and timely guidance and motivation to my project. My sincere thanks to Mr. Georgekutty (Finance Manager) and all the employees of Spinn Pipes, Peringandoor for their kind co-operation and support. I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to all my friends who gave moral support to me during this venture. Last but not least, ackinowledge my family members for their inspiration and whole-hearted support. I am well aware that my words are insufficient to acknowledge the due support and encouragement that has been bestowed upon is MOHANAN. K.K.

ABSTRACT
In todays competitive world the performance appraisal system carrying the vital role in an every organization. The prime objective of the performance appraisal system is to appraise the employees job performance in an organization. A performance appraisal program will help the employees in developing their processional skill, to meet the companys objectives and goals, ultimately contribute to the companys button line. The aim of the study is to evaluate the employees performance, identifying the current performance of the employees and the important skills that they need to develop to become more productive. The present performances of the employees are discussed and data were collected from the employees through the questionnaire and are analysed here. The study was done at Spinner pipes with special reference to Performance appraisal system. The study periods were 14 days. From the whole population, 60 employees were chosen as sample for data collection. All the necessary data were collected from the selected sample using questionnaires. In general a study was done to identify the different activities of the Spinner pipes its department, the overall organization structure and the performance appraisal system followed in Spinner pipes. The study was conducted to know the opinions of employees in Spinner pipes and to know about the present performance appraisal system, suggestions, and problems faced.