Performance Modules
Zoho People offers you a variety of performance modules that you can choose from as methods to assess your employees' performance.
Go to Performance > Settings > Performance Modules and enable the modules that you want to employ in your organization.
Goals
Goals are measured ideals for achieving desired results. They serve as targets for performance and are essential for determining employee efforts. An ideal goal should be SMART - Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-based. These goals can also be linked to the jobs that you create in Timesheet.
Skillset
Skillsets are particular abilities that help to perform the job. Examples of specific skill sets include accounting and computer languages. Skillsets can be mapped to various domains. This can be then mapped to employees to evaluate their performance.
KRA (Key Result Area)
Your Key Result Areas are the activities that you must do to fulfill your responsibilities and achieve your business goals. Make sure your KRAs are clear, specific, and measurable. A good KRA includes the ongoing responsibilities of the position and the purpose and benefits of performing these responsibilities. Goals can also be mapped to KRAs and rated.
Competency
This is a combination of knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal attributes that contribute to enhanced employee performance. Examples of competencies include analytical ability, networking, communication, and people management.
Feedback
Giving and receiving feedback is essential for the growth of an organization. The Feedback module helps your employees give and take feedback through three methods - peer to peer, reporting to and 360 degree.
Summary
Summary is a questionnaire that will guide a new manager and an existing manager towards a comprehensive idea about his reportees' performance.