Difference B/w Pms & Performance Appraisal???

Hi All,
Could u pls help me out regarding the difference between performance management system & performance appraisal. wat are the main steps/ procedure in PMS ????????
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Kripsha:confused:

what is the difference between the perfomance appraisal & performance management system. iam mba student. iwant to do project work on this topics. please giv me reply as well as possible

Pms is basically Performance management system that is to manage the employees performance. It follow the pdca cycle- Plan, Do, Check, Act.
whereas Performance Appraisal is the appraisal of employees that is there evaluation, increments. Its basically a part of PMS.:icon10:

Hi,
Performance Appraisal is done with a view to analyze the strength and weakness of an indiviudal and Peformance Management means providing training to improve the individual skill sets and there by making an individual a perfect Professional

Performance appraisal is evaluating the performance of the employee on the basis of some parameters and criteria by the supervisor while Performance Management is the overall development system for the employee to improve his performance starting with setting targets and goals for employee, measuring the performance on periodic basis, evaluating the performance with fixed targets, improving the same if required by giving proper motivation, training, incentives etc.:-P

Can u Further help me in understanding this process of Performance Management because my Project is based on pms and i m completely unaware of this stuff