A Reflection on Monitoring and Evaluation Processes in the Context of Job Evaluation Programme: An Analytical View
Muhammad Ali EL-Hajji

Abstract
Looking at the overall monitoring and evaluation processes show that not only a logical relationship exists between the two but, to an extent, there is an organic relationship present as well. In addition, the type and degree of the contribution made to the programme by these processes serve to make it as professional and appropriate as possible. Moreover, these processes enable the programme to assess its ability to ensure that a proportionate degree of fairness and equity is maintained. This in turn supports the right of the employee to question the results obtained and to formally appeal against those considered to be unsatisfactory. The need for the job evaluation process to be open and transparent (as opposed to a hidden system operating behind closed doors) cannot be overstated. For if the results then fail to reflect or represent what had been originally planned then at least these will be there for all to see. Consequently, the employee will be less likely to suspect that this was a clandestine movement with a hidden agenda whereby the workforce were led to believe one thing whilst management had entirely other ideas. In big organizations, both monitoring, evaluation strategies and processes are planned and designed to be interconnected for the intended purposes they serve (though technically each is its own entity). Nonetheless, in practice, both monitoring and evaluation can be seen as a reference against which the programme is seen to be appropriate and responsive to predetermined objectives.


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