Organisations exist to attain certain goals and objectives through unified team
efforts of management and executives.Performance of a business or a company is
an amalgam of various activities performed by it in different areas of
operations.While appraising or assessing the performance of the company,a fair
evaluation should be made regarding the efficiency and effectiveness of the
concern in these areas of operations.The important areas of performance
appraisal include: production,cost trends and sales,profitability,funds
management,financial strength,working capital, value added, fixed assets, social
performance,liquidity and productivity.Indian manufacturing sector in
liberalised era presents thought-provoking research papers in the field of
corporate performance evaluation.The subject matter of the book is structured
around six important areas