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External factors and evaluation of performance

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What external factors influence the evaluation of performance in the workplace?

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Some companies have an excellent grasp of external factors that influence performance in the workplace, but are inconsistent in the evaluation of the performance. The solution here is reliable at paying attention to the operational signs of human capital and workplace realities. These same solutions are experienced daily and difficult to understand without a theoretical perspective of external influence.

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Evaluation of performance can, however, also be characterized as an investment in the evaluated employee's human capital. Evaluation is a particularly salient topic in education, training and development where effectiveness varies substantially and where employee evaluation itself is increasingly a focus of public policy.

The external factors that influence the evaluation of performance in a workplace setting are globalization, demographics changes, and new technology.Factors such as family life can have a direct impact, as can personal problems, distance one has to travel to work, or the salary an individual need to make. The following are subjected to the will of social, economic, political, legal and other external forces, yet they can affect and influence the evaluation of performance in the workplace. For example, how we ...

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