During the process of transition to the market economy, a series of reforms have been undertaken to improve the performance management in the agricultural sector by using the traditional methods of organizing the didactic, research and innovation process. Because the performance evaluation techniques were technically and morally outdated, the impact of the reforms did not reach the goals set. The need to evaluate the performance of the teachers in the institutions of agronomic higher education creates the necessary premises to achieve a match between the requirements imposed on the job occupied with the professional qualities and skills of the one being evaluated. At the same time it is necessary to provide a motivational system as efficient as possible to raise the individual performance level.