Showing papers on "Performance management published in 1988"
TL;DR: In this article, the author's ideas about the meanings of human performance, success and failure are discussed and the process of managing performance is sketched, and fourteen significant issues associate performance with success, success, and failure.
Abstract: This article begins with the author's ideas about the meanings of human performance, success and failure. The process of managing performance is then sketched. Fourteen significant issues associate...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify three "C's": effective leadership, involvement and good employee communications, stress on performance management, appropriate reward systems and training and development, and highlight the importance of people competence, commitment and capacity for change.
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TL;DR: There appears to be no one best method of performance appraisal but there are certain common elements in all effective methods as discussed by the authors, such as clear performance goals, quantified levels of performance must be clear, personal rewards should be tied to organisational performance, supervisor and employee should identify ways to improve the latter's performance and implement a plan together, feedback should be provided to the appraiser, and the system must comply with all legal requirements.
Abstract: There appears to be no one best method of performance appraisal but there are certain common elements in all effective methods — clear performance goals, quantified levels of performance must be clear, personal rewards should be tied to organisational performance, supervisor and employee should identify ways to improve the latter's performance and implement a plan together, feedback should be provided to the appraiser, and the system must comply with all legal requirements.
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TL;DR: The need and importance of setting performance standards is described; together with the problem of many varied initiatives being taken in an uncoordinated fashion, the role of Regional Health Authority in formulating an integrated strategy is proposed.
Abstract: The need and importance of setting performance standards is described; together with the problem of many varied initiatives being taken in an uncoordinated fashion. The role of Regional Health Authority in formulating an integrated strategy is proposed.
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01 Nov 1988
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TL;DR: In this paper, the performance management and recognition system (PMRS) is described and assessed, and a prognosis for PMRS's future is given, along with other public sector experience to identify the probable success of managerial merit pay.
Abstract: Pay-for-performance programs have become increasingly popular in recent years. The federal government introduced a merit pay system for managers under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. The failure of the system led to its reform in 1984. The current program, the Performance Management and Recognition System (PMRS), is described and assessed. The paper offers a prognosis for PMRS's future. Other public sector experience is reviewed to identify the probable success of managerial merit pay.
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TL;DR: The behavioral approach has been used to find the causes and/or antecedents (e.g., motivation and attitudes) which result in an individual employee's expense of effort aimed at achieving performance.
Abstract: Academics and practicing managers have, and continue to search for ways to improve organizational performance. One way of improving performance is called the behavioral approach. This approach has traditionally attempted to find the causes and/or antecedents (e.g., motivation and attitudes) which result in an individual employee's expense of effort aimed at achieving performance. In this search there has been a tendency to embrace approaches that have made exciting claims, e.g., promised to radically improve overall performance overnight. Unforunately, this "quick fix" mentality still exists in many managers and consultants. Far too often, "quick fix" solutions are used by managers who want to get recognition and impress their peers and by academics seeking publications by creating new concepts, even if the new concepts are simply new words (e.g., intrapaneurship) rather than demonstrable performance improvement techniques. In recent years, the human resource management literature has been littered with s...
9 citations
01 Aug 1988
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "uniformity" in the literature.http://www.documents.tresume.com/
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01 Apr 1988
7 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the relationship between quality and management in higher education, and propose a framework for analysing judgements of institutional and managerial performance, and provide a basis for considering the connections that may exist between management performance and institutional performance.
Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between quality and management in higher education. It considers the nature of management, the meanings ascribed to management and related concepts such as leadership, and the appropriateness of these concepts in the context of higher education. These preliminary considerations provide a basis for considering the connections that may exist between management performance and institutional performance. In addressing these issues, the paper aims to confront such questions as: what part does management play in ensuring high quality institutional performance? to what extent can judgements about management performance be separated from judgments about institutional performance? and so on. This necessitates consideration of how these kinds of performance can be judged, and the paper offers frameworks for analysing judgements of institutional and managerial performance.
01 Aug 1988
10 Oct 1988
TL;DR: A testbed for metropolitan area network technology and broadband communications was implemented with service nodes interconnected by an implicit token-passing dual bus built with a single-mode fiber-optic transmission system currently operating at 140 Mb/s.
Abstract: A testbed for metropolitan area network technology and broadband communications was implemented with service nodes interconnected by an implicit token-passing dual bus built with a single-mode fiber-optic transmission system currently operating at 140 Mb/s. The management of the network is performed by centralized manager software supporting configuration management, fault management, performance management, and accounting management. A graphic window-based human interface is provided for a network administrator to access the monitoring and analysis tools. Network management is based on a hierarchy of management domains, each with logically independent domain managers. >
TL;DR: The scope of OSI management includes the overall management of seven-layer OSI systems, the management of each layer, and the communications among OSI system management entities and between peer layer management entities.