What is the difference between performance management and performance appraisals? Performance management requires employees to be extrinsically motivated, whereas performance appraisals require employees to be intrinsically motivated.

Performance management is a fluid process while a typical performance appraisal happens once per year.

Performance management provides one$-$time feedback, whereas performance appraisals give employees constant feedback.

Performance management often results in employee criticisms, but performance appraisals are more defensible.

Performance appraisal is more of a cyclical and fluid process than the single occurrence of performance management.