Abstract:
In 2006, the Gemidiriya Foundation (GDF) project had expanded its reach an almost
ten-fold increase within the short span. In line with the expansion the staff (professional
as well as support) recorded a phenomenal growth. In absence of a systematic and
pro-active way to handle HR related matters, the senior staff had to spend a lot of their
time on handling staff matter on individual basis. Also, no attention was being given
to assessing the weaknesses of staff and helping them to overcome their deficiencies.
Considering the rapid growth in size and absence of appraisal and developmental
HR systems, PIPDA imitative was introduced in 2007. Performance Improvement and
Personal Development Appraisal (PIPDA) was implemented with full conformity to
the government management rules and comprehensive scheme with assessment by
objectively verified agreed targets with 360 degrees appraisal system with downward
accountability and results. This made the decisions of the management less judgmental
and took care of the staff’s development. The impact of adopting these innovative HR
practices has been evident in huge improvements in the performance of the project.
Reliability and accuracy of the information collected through functional heads were
questioned due to errors and the lack of in-depth analysis, thus, HR Division had to
get involve with huge documentation work and analysis for PIPDA implementation.
