By Dale Farris - Knowledge Point produces an assortment of professional HRD management applications, including Descriptions Now, People Manager, Performance Now, and Policies Now. Here is an independent review of the various components of Knowledge Point, which includes Performance Now - for doing performance appraisals. (Added: 25-Jul-2005 Hits: 221 )

By Knowledgepoint - The movement towards software-aided performance management continues to accelerate. With software-aided performance management, thousands of organizations have dramatically increased the effectiveness of their existing performance management process without adopting an entirely new philosophy. This ease of implementation, combined with a significant reduction in training and administrative costs, easily justifies the cost of the purchase within the first year of implementation. Widespread acceptance coupled with the increasing recognition of total performance management and development as a key factor in reaching business objectives, make it clear that software-aided performance management is here to stay. And the question for performance-focused organizations is not if, but when, they will implement this empowering technology. (Added: 27-Jul-2005 Hits: 127 )

By Workforce - Ideally, performance-appraisal software streamlines the evaluation process, reduces paperwork, and encourages objectivity. But the gains aren't givens. Managers have to spend some time tailoring the systems to their own workforces. If they don't, says Gene Drumm, senior partner with the Vector Group, Inc. in Denver, "it's a more efficient way of doing a bad process." (Added: 3-Dec-2002 Hits: 281 )