Critiques and Criticisms of Performance Management

American Metal Market: Performance appraisal processes scorned.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)

By American Metal M - 90 percent of human resources executives would modify, "totally revise" or even eliminate their current performance appraisal processes (Added: 3-Dec-2002 Hits: 1206 )

Appraisals - the right road but the wrong direction

By NAPTA - Appraisals should form an intrinsic and fundamental part of any business, nurturing personal development and helping to align company strategy. In reality, the appraisal process is often the most ineffective for both employer and employee. Most of us fall down on the same key points %u2013 firstly, the people conducting the appraisals are ill equipped to do so, and are shoe-horned into using a system that they haven%u2019t actually been trained to use properly. Secondly, in most businesses they happen once or maybe twice a year, so all the formal feedback we provide is condensed into just one meeting. Consequently, the process is actually quite stressful for everyone involved and largely ineffective. And that surely misses the point entirely. (Added: 8-Aug-2005 Hits: 1099 )

Are Performance Appraisals Obsolete?

By Bob Nelson - Workplace expert Bob Nelson examines whether performance appraisals are in fact obselete. (Added: 14-Oct-2004 Hits: 1322 )

How performance appraisals send you GAGA

By Leon Gettler - MANY performance appraisal systems are helping to produce dysfunctional organisations, according to a workplace ethics expert. When reading this be alert to mischaracterizations of appraisals and performance management. (Added: 11-Jul-2007 Hits: 691 )

Improving Your Performance Appraisals

By Victor Buzzotta - While this article will help you improve your performance appraisal process, it also provides an excellent explanation of why performance appraisals often go awry. Covers inadequate skills, wrong attitudes and poor process, and what to do about it. (Added: 5-Aug-2004 Hits: 1459 )

Performance appraisals - a double-edged sword

By Norweigan School of Management - Performance appraisals can actually be counter-productive for employees who are in the greatest need of training and further development. This fact is highlighted by Professor Bard Kuvaas from the BI Norwegian School of Management, based on a new research study. (Added: 16-May-2006 Hits: 1450 )

Performance without appraisal

By NA - The notion behind performance appraisal - that workers should be held accountable for their performance - is plausible. However, the evidence suggests that the premise is wrong. Individual behaviour in organisations and thus their achievements are governed more by the system they work in than anything they are able to do. (Added: 24-Apr-2003 Hits: 1198 )