Performance Management: Putting Research into Action

Foreword

Performance management is one of the cornerstones of Human Resource practice in organizations. No matter where you work, how big or small your organization or how simple or complex the business model, effective performance management is a key requirement if you have any number of employees. It all begins with performance management. Specifically, what are the jobs we need our employees to do, how do we measure their performance in these jobs, and how do we design and implement systems to reinforce performance standards that have been set?

So, before an organization can even begin to think about the more lofty practice areas like individual assessment, talent management, or succession planning it must be able to nail the basics of ...