Performance management is a strategic process that improves employee performance by aligning individual objectives with organizational goals. It involves continuous feedback, development of skills and capabilities, and rewarding employees for achieving targets. The key aspects of performance management are establishing performance standards, measuring and reviewing performance, providing feedback, and developing employees.
2. What Is Performance? Performance means both behaviours and results When managing performance both inputs (behaviour) and outputs (results) need to be considered This is called the ‘Mixed Model’
4. Performance management is: ‘The development of individuals with competence and commitment, working towards the achievement of shared meaningful objectives within an organization which supports and encourages their achievement’. Performance management is: the process of ‘Directing and supporting employees to work as effectively and efficiently as possible in line with the needs of the organization’ (Walters, 3).
5. ‘ Performance management is a strategic and integrated approach to delivering sustained success to organizations by improving the performance of the people who work in them and by developing the capabilities of teams and individual contributors’ (Armstrong and Baron, 4).
6. to establish a high performance culture to focus people on doing the right things To align individual objectives to organizational objectives to develop the capacity of people to meet and exceed expectations Empowering, motivating and rewarding employees to do their best
7. Characteristics of Performance Management continuous and flexible process the primary elements are agreement, measurement, feedback, positive reinforcement and dialogue. based on the principle of management by contract and agreement rather than management by command focuses on future performance planning
8. Concern with outputs, outcomes, process and inputs. Concern with planning. Concern with measurement and review. Concern with continuous improvement.
9. Concern with continuous development. Concern for communication. Concern for stakeholders. Concern for fairness and transparency.
10. Few Concepts The meaning of alignment Managing expectations Discretionary behaviour Performance Agreement
23. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND NON-FINANCIAL REWARDS Performance management and recognition Performance management and the provision of opportunities to achieve Performance management and skills development Performance management and career planning Performance management and job engagement Performance management and commitment
28. HR role Helping employees to develop skills Creates mentors and coaches. Conduct surveys Training events
29. PM Development programme Stage 1: Decide on the business case for introducing performance Management Stage 2: Determine objectives and guiding principles for performance management Stage 3: Get the commitment and active participation of top management and line managers Stage 4: Draw up guiding principles on how performance management should work Stage 5: Define performance management processes and documentation Stage 6: Pilot-test Stage 7: Communicate Stage 8: Plan arrangements for training in performance Management Stage 9: Implement Stage 10: Evaluate
31. Evaluating performance management Performance agreement Objectives Feedback Review Motivation Development Ratings Performance Related pay Documentation Training
32. Performance Appraisal Performance appraisal is a method of acquiring and processing the information needed to improve an individual employee’s performance and accomplishments.
33. Objectives Of Performance appraisal To judge the gap between the actual and the desired performance Helps to strengthen the relationship and communication To diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of the individuals To provide feedback to the employees regarding their past performance. To determine who needs what training, and who will be promoted, demoted, retained, or fired. Provide clarity of the expectations and responsibilities of the functions to be performed by the employees.
35. Administrative purposes Working conditions Promotions Termination Rewards Developmental purposes Improving Performance Strengthening job skills Providing feedback Counseling Training
36. Setting Performance standards Taking corrective standards Comparing standards Communication standards Measuring standards Discussing result
37. Challenges Of Performance Appraisal Determining the evaluation criteria Create a rating instrument Lack of competence Errors in rating & evaluation Resistance
38. Methods of Performance Appraisal Past Oriented Methods Checklist Forced Distribution Rating Scales Field review Paired-comparison Method Straight Ranking Method
39. Modern Methods of Performance Appraisal Assessment Centre Behaviorally Anchored Rating Human Resource Accounting Method 360 – Degree- Performance- Appraisal Method Management by Objectives (MBO)Method
45. Measuring performance at different levels For top level management Degree of organizational growth and expansion Extent of achievement of organizational goals Contribution towards the society Profitability and return on capital employed
46. Measuring performance at different levels For middle level managers Performance of the departments or teams Co-ordination with other departments Optimal use of resources Costs Vs. revenues for a given period of time The communication with superiors and subordinates
47. Measuring performance at different levels For front line supervisors Quantity of actual output against the targets Quality of output against the targets Number of accidents in a given period Rate of employee absenteeism
48. Performance Appraisal as Employee Motivation Mechanism Inaccurate performance Review Increase in salary Deceased Motivation Performance Review No increase in salary Deceased Motivation Accurate Performance Review Increase in salary Motivation
50. Performance management Performance appraisal Joint Process through dialogue Continuous review with on or more formal interview Ratings less common Flexible Process Top Down Assessment Annual appraisal meeting Use Of ratings Monolithic process
51. Performance management Performance appraisal Focus On values & Behaviours as well as processes Less likely to be a direct link to pay Documentation Kept to a minimum Owned by Line Managers Focus On quantified Objectives Often linked to pay Bureaucratic-Complex paper work Owned by HR department