Performance Appraisal At Amber Limited

Presented By:
Imad Ur Rehman
Sandeep Bhatt
Amarbir Singh
Amrit Pal Singh
Mrinal Khatri
Mujeeb Ul Rehman
 Amber Limited
Multinational Pharmaceutical company
Incorporated in 1940
 First setup (Manufacturing ) at Ankleswara
Amber Limited is Figured in top 20 companies in business world
list of ‘Best Employees’
Expanded into Pharmaceutical (1950) & Medical Devices (1960)
Consumer Division Located In Pune
50 subsidiaries with operation in 20 countries across 3 continents
(Europe, North America & South Asia
The Company is Listed in National Stock Exchange And was
Recently Listed in New York Stock Exchange With an annual turn
over of Rs 250 cr. It is a Fortune 700 company
The company strength stands For 6000 employees, with about 500
employees located at company headquarters in Mumbai , 30% of the
employees are Women.
It was also Voted as ‘Most preferred employer for women’
 The HR department is a strategic function at
Amber Ltd. The function is headed by the
Executive Director (HR) who is also a member of
the organization's strategic planning team.

 Thetotal strength of staff in the HR department at

headquarters is 70.

 Mr Patel was appointed as the Director,

performance and career management group in
1996.

 He found that the firm continued to use a

traditional performance appraisal system.
 The appraisal form consisted the job factors
and the behavioural factors.
 It was filled up by the superior and signed by
the subordinate in the presence of the superior.
 Changes in appraisal form:

 Specific performance objectives

 Behavioural standards
 Salary and promotion recommendations
Based
Q1:Evaluate the “Annual performance review” as
it was implemented in 1997.Do you think the
modifications introduced in the performance
review system in 1999 at Amber Ltd helped it to
become more performance-oriented?
Annual Performance Review in 1997:
Specific Performance Objectives
Behavior Standard
Salary and Promotion Recommendations
Modification introduced in the
performance review system in 1999 are:
On the basis of ratings in part 1 of the
performance appraisal form, all the
employees were classified into three
categories
Where as part 2 of the form continued to
used for identifying areas of
improvement.
Q2: Do you think Mr Das's reaction is justified?What
problems do you see in the current performance review
system at Amber Ltd more effective?

Performance appraisal on the basis of

 Previous performance.
Experience in current company.
Q3:Do you think that implementing a competency
based performance management system will
help Amber Ltd overcome some of the
problems of the current performance review
system?

 Uncertain environments.
 Qualitative/process service jobs.
 Changing organisational strategy.
Q4:Give suggestions for making the current
performance review system at Amber Ltd
more effective?
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