Approval process in performance managent

we need to understand a bit better the standard process for approving appraisal documents in performance management....
1. who is the default approver for appraisal documents?
2. how is the document sent for approval? is there a standard pushbutton that does that? is this in the Appraisal document WD4A application?
3. what is the difference between statuses 'approved' and 'closed approved'
4. is the status flow like this: completed->approved->closed approved?
thanks,
Tiberiu
Edited by: Tiberiu Sasu on Dec 1, 2010 1:11 PM

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Tiberiu Sasu wrote:
> 1. who is the default approver for appraisal documents?
> Edited by: Tiberiu Sasu on Dec 1, 2010 1:11 PM
this is completely controlled by who you let move the document on the status flow from In Process to completed. Generally it is the appraiser, i.e. the manager.
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Tiberiu Sasu wrote:
> 2. how is the document sent for approval? is there a standard pushbutton that does that? is this in the Appraisal document WD4A application?
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> Edited by: Tiberiu Sasu on Dec 1, 2010 1:11 PM
all of this is controlled on the status flow tab in phap_catalog when you are at the template level for config.
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Tiberiu Sasu wrote:
> 3. what is the difference between statuses 'approved' and 'closed approved'
> 4. is the status flow like this: completed->approved->closed approved?
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> Edited by: Tiberiu Sasu on Dec 1, 2010 1:11 PM
approved, and closed approved are really up to you from a design perspective and how you want the flow to work. within the status flow tab you could do something like:
in proces -> completed - Is only allowed by appraiser
Completed -> Approved - is only allowed by higher level manager
Approved -> closed approved - is done by the employee as an acknowledgment

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