Performance Management -- Basic Concepts
(regarding performance of organizations, subsystems, processes or employees)
© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting,
LLC.
Adapted from Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development
Simply put, performance management includes activities to ensure that goals are consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner. Performance management can focus on performance of the organization, a department, processes to build a product or service, employees, etc. Information in this topic will give you some sense of the overall activities involved in performance management. Then you might enhance your understanding by reviewing closely related library topics referenced from the sidebar.
Sections of This Topic Include:
What
Do We Mean by "Performance"?
Performance
Management in Perspective (different things to different people)
Overall
Goal and Basic Steps
Key
Terms
Performance
Plan (for organizations, subsystems, processes or employees)
Performance
Appraisal (for organizations, subsystems, processes or employees)
Development
Plan (for organizations, subsystems, processes or employees)
Performance
Management: Benefits and Concerns
Performance
Management During Rapid Change
Performance
Measurement: Guidelines, Myths and Examples
General Resources
General Resources
Performance Management Resources
Zigon
Performance Group - extensive list of sources
Human Performance
Technology
Listing of performance management articles
Performance Management Manual, NIA(Example of Performance Management in the public sector)
Dealing With Employee Performance Issues
5 Tips To Effective Workforce Performance Management
Top Performance: Who are Your Top Performers?
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
For the Category of Performance Management:
Related Library Topics
Recommended Books
For Your Own Performance Management, See
Personal Productivity
-- Recommended Books
For Employee Performance Management, See
Supervision -- Related
Books
For Group Performance Management, See
Facilitation and Teams
-- Recommended Books
For Organizational Performance Management, See
Organizational
Development -- Recommended Books
For Nonprofit Organizational Performance Management, See
Nonprofit Capacity Building -- Recommended Books
General Information -- Books About General Topic of Performance Management
The topic of performance management can be scoped to individuals/employees, groups and organizations. Regardless of the scope of the process, there are many aspects in common. The following books are useful about these many common aspects. For books on a specific scope of the process, see the above recommended links.
To get more information about each of the following practical books, just hover your cursor over the image of the book. A "bubble" of information will be displayed. You can click on the title of the book in that bubble to get more information, too.
