A normative model for evaluating lecturing personnel at tertiary educational institutions with special reference to the Port Elizabeth Technikon.

Abstract

In this dissertation a study is undertaken of personnel evaluation of lecturing personnel at tertiary educational institutions. References are made to other tertiary educational institutions, but for reasons of confidentiality specific references are made to the Port Elizabeth Technikon in the text of the research document. This dissertation is based on the assumption that no uniform method exists for personnel evaluation for lecturing personnel at the Port Elizabeth Technikon. This assumption was strengthened during conversations with various academic personnel members on different post levels on the subject of personnel evaluation for lecturing personnel at tertiary educational institutions and during which a degree of negativity was detected about this subject. As it is known that various authors in the field of Personnel Administration regard personnel evaluation as an essential part of the personnel administration process, it was decided to embark on a research project on the subject of personnel evaluation for lecturing personnel at tertiary educational institutions. The complexity of the subject of personnel evaluation of professional employees, such as lecturing personnel, was duly recognised from the outset, and as a result thereof it was decided in consultation with the supervisors to do a normative study only, and to design and propose a normative model for evaluating lecturing personnel at tertiary educational institutions. In view of the importance of personnel evaluation in the development and motivation of personnel in organisational structures, it was decided to utilise the potential respondents currently available at the Port Elizabeth Technikon for an empirical study in order to research current attitudes on personnel evaluation at the Port Elizabeth Technikon. Firstly, however, a literature search was embarked upon, describing a theoretical framework for personnel evaluation. Certain normative criteria were extracted from the literature surveyed, and those were used in the empirical survey among lecturing personnel at the Port Elizabeth Technikon that followed the literature search. The research findings of the empirical survey were statistically analysed and reported, and a normative model for evaluating lecturing personnel at tertiary educational institutions was constructed. Certain recommendations were made regarding the research, and possibilities for further study into the subject under discussion were pointed out.