QUESTION 13- Outline the importance of giving feedback.

Feedback is a type of communication and a way to give information of how well employees are doing the work and how they might improve. It can be brief feedback, short verbal comments.

• Feedback to employees will improve their performance at work.
• Feedback helps to identify low performance.
• Feedback helps the employee to comply with the company goals, visions and code of conduct.
• Feedback helps the employees to be motivated at work.
• Delivering effective feedback to employees concerning their performance so that they can work at their fullest potential.
• Feedback makes sharing of suggestion and ideas and can identify the training needs and opportunity.
• Feedback provides timely and specific information about employee’s performance may include positive constructive feedback.
• Feedback provides also alignment between employees and company’s goal and objectives and communicates the performance standard and expectations.
• Accepting feedback from others can make you learn and improve from your mistakes so that you can perform the work better.
• In the other case, employee’s feedback is very important because it will keep management updated about the organisation strengths and weakness.

Example:

Positive Feedback in work: Well Done / Very Good...etc

Corrective/Constructive Feedback in work: Can do better / Much room for improvement.