Prerequisites for a Performance Management System
Performance management can be regarded as a continuous process managing the performances of people for getting desired results. Performance management is beneficial to all the major stakeholders of an organization by clearly describing what is supposed to be done for attaining certain...
Performance Management in Successful Companies: Lessons from Cutting Edge Research
Introduction Continuing with our series of articles on HRM practices in successful companies, this article examines the performance management practices of those companies that have managed to be in the FORTUNE “100 Most Admired Places to Work in” consistently. To put it...
Purpose of Job Analysis
As discussed already, job analysis involves collecting and recording job-related data such as knowledge and skills required to perform a job, duties and responsibilities involved, education qualifications and experience required and physical and emotional characteristics required to perform a job in a...
Performance Improvement Programs and Their Implications for Organizations
What are PIPs (Performance Improvement Plans/Programs)? This article deals with a rather sad aspect of contemporary organizational policies, yet this is an important aspect that affects all employees and the HR function in addition to the line managers. We often hear the...
Public Private Partnership Projects: The Indian Experience
Introduction Infrastructure is crucial to the growth and sustenance of the Indian economy. With the country being a developing one which is just now beginning to enter the trajectory of economic growth that would catapult it into the league of developed countries,...
Techniques for Assessment of Performance and the Factors Affecting Assessments
A performance management process involves an assessment or an analysis of what has been achieved and forms a basis for career planning, potential development, performance agreements and development plans like Douglas Mc. Gregor suggested that emphasis should be on analysis and not...
Steps in Personal Development Planning Process
Personal development is no rocket science and one really needs to have patience and believe in oneself. There is no specific formula and you can’t expect miracles to happen all of a sudden. Personal development requires meticulous planning and careful analysis. As...
Perform or Perish
The sportsmen are well aware of the perform or perish culture. Each match, each tournament can make or break a career, whether it is the American soccer or European football, cricket, NBA or something else. Extreme competition and consistent high performance under...
Preventing Relapse for a Training Program
‘People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well neither does bathing – that is why we recommend it daily’ said Zig zagler. One of the strong objections to the usefulness of training is that the impact of training programs doesn’t last longer...
Performance Management – Integral Component of Talent Management
Performance management is an integral component of talent management that is aimed at ensuring that organizational goals are being met effectively and efficiently through individual and collective performance. It can thus encompass an individual employee, a department, a team, or even a...
