Performance Management Books By Robert Bacal

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Employee Ranking Systems The Cenek Report - Journal - Forced Ranking Forces Fear

By na - A must read for anyone interested in how the ranking of employees, and rank and yank affects companies over the longer haul. These comments were written by an Amazon Top 10 reviewer in extolling Dick Grote’s new book, “Forced Ranking: Making Performance Management Work.” What’s striking about the reviewer’s comments is that he or she apparently sees no connection between forced ranking.................. and Enron’s implosion! Was any of the chicanery that occurred at Enron directly attributable to a work culture that endorsed pugilistic contests and organizational Darwinism at all costs? ^new (Added: 27-Jun-2006 Hits: 185 )

By Scullen, Bergey et al - This supposed research article purports to present data to support the use of rank and yank in organizations. It's not based on looking at real companies at all, but is simply a computer simulation, based on a computer model that may or may not be accurate. Take the conclusions with a grain of salt. ^new (Added: 27-Jun-2006 Hits: 420 )

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