%0 Journal Article %T Diseˋo del proceso de evaluaci車n del desempeˋo del personal y las principales tendencias que afectan su auditor赤a %A S芍nchez Henr赤quez %A Jorge %A Calder車n Calder車n %A Viviana %J Pensamiento & Gesti車n %D 2012 %I Fundaci車n Universidad del Norte %X we present a detailed analysis of the various stages of a performance evaluation process and the main human resource trends and those generic trends that are related to the performance evaluation, which directly affect the conduct of an audit. the methodology is based mainly on literature and article reviews which were published in specialized publications. the results of this research are presented with a broad definition of performance evaluation, referencing mainly contemporary authors, and we continue with a theoretical and a graphic presentation of the evaluation process. subsequently, the major trends affecting human resource management are described, as well as performance evaluation, making a comparison between past and future visions of a series of concepts related to the evaluation, and concluding with contemporary references to concepts related with audits of performance evaluation. %K trends %K auditing %K performance evaluation. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1657-62762012000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en