Performance Management
Measure and Improve the Effectiveness of Your Employees
Harvard Business Review Press, 2006
Category:
Leadership & Management
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(1)In this summary you will learn
- What performance management is
- Why goals matter
- How to motivate employees
- How to appraise and monitor performance
- How to be a good coach
- How to help an employee who isn’t performing
- How to help employees advance in their careers
Why you should read Performance Management
In corporate life, nothing matters more than employee performance. If people are productive, the organization prospers. If they are not, it does poorly. Your job as a manager is to ensure that your employees do their jobs so well that they consistently meet or exceed their planned goals. This is the essence of performance management, the subject of this manual in the solid Harvard Business Essentials series. This book, written to be concise, clear and easy to read, explains how to organize a performance-management program. The agenda includes setting goals, monitoring work accomplishments, motivating employees, coaching, dealing with problem workers and much more, including numerous clarifying examples. getAbstract recommends this accessible yet highly illuminating book.
About the Authors
The Harvard Business Essentials series, which began in 2002, provides advice, coaching, information and guidance on business topics. Drawing on content from Harvard
Business School Publishing and other sources, these guides provide a practical resource
for readers in a variety of fields. To assure quality, a specialized content adviser closely
reviews each volume.
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