A Methodology for Monitoring and Performance Appraisal in Madhya Pradesh State Forest Development Corporation

Management and organasation go hand is band, and the success or failure of an organisation primarily depends on the Management cadre. It is the motivation, guidance, and control of employees at all levels Which brings success. A good organisation is one where equal opportinuties are available to people to grow and which provides for special rewards to there who do better. It is not enough to expose the weaknesses or shortcomings of employees and to punish them for the same. What is of greater importance is to ensure that employees are rewarded for good work. This Would be possible if there is a forward looking system of monitoring and performance appraisal in an organisation. The Madhya Pradesh State Forest Development Corporation, has during its four years Of existence, pioneered several significant managerial innovationas. The latest is the evolution of a methodology for monitoring and performance appraisal. The methodology for monitoring and performance appraisal has been explained in the paper. It is hased on identification of primary and secondary functions, activities and important parameters for evaluation. Points are to be allotted on the basis of field visits, compilation of data and scrutiny of returns Reports in order to determine ranking of divisions. The merit of the methodology lies in its elasticity and its applicability, with suitable adaptation to all field units down the line or to any other organisation. In MPSFDC it is proposed to evolve a system of rewards and incentives, based on monitoring and appraisal. Considerable importance is attached by the Central Government and State Governments to performance appraisal. As such this paper should be of topical interes. The State Governments could adopt this type of methodology for carrying out performance appraisals of state level Corporations and the Agriculture Ministry could use it for comparing tbe performance of the different Forest Development Corporations is the country.