Continuing the Performance Management Process
Chapter 2 Performance Management Process
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Overview
Prerequisites
Performance Planning
Performance Execution
Performance Assessment
Performance Review
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Overview of Performance Management Process
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Prerequisites
Knowledge of the organization’s mission and strategic goals
Knowledge of the job in question
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Knowledge of Mission and Strategic Goals
Strategic planning
Purpose or reason for the organization’s existence
Where the organization is going
Organizational goals
Strategies for attaining goals
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Mission and Goals
Cascade effect throughout organization
Organization Unit Employee
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Knowledge of the Vision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLwietqZ0F0
Why was a compelling vision important to Ford’s turnaround?
How was the vision related to the company’s issues?
Is having a vision in and of itself sufficient? Why or why not?
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Knowledge of the Job
Job analysis of key components
Activities
Tasks
Products
Services
Processes
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Knowledge of the Job (Continued)
KSAs required to do the job
Knowledge
Skills
Abilities
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Work Analysis
Use a variety of tools
Interviews
Observation
Questionnaires (available on the Internet)
Data collected from
Job incumbents
Supervisors
Individuals responsible for creating a new job
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Work Analysis Follow-Up
All incumbents should
Review information
Provide feedback
Rate tasks and KSAs in terms of
Frequency
Criticality
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Rater Biases
Rating of frequency and criticality of tasks and KSAs is susceptible to:
Self-serving bias
Social projection and false consensus bias
Carelessness consensus bias
These biases exaggerate the importance of certain tasks & KSAs based on the KSAs that incumbents have
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Rater Training
Web-based training: Structure
Takes only about 15 minutes
Establishes common point of reference via largely 5 steps
In the 5 steps, participants basically practice their rating skills
As a result, reduces exaggeration of the importance of certain task and KSAs
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Rater Training (Continued)
Web-based training: 5 steps
1. Defines the rating dimensions
2. Defines the scale anchors
3. Describes behaviors indicative of each rating dimension
4. Allows raters to practice their rating skills, and
5. Provides feedback on the practice
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Job Description
Job duties
KSAs
Working conditions
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Generic Job Descriptions
Occupational Informational Network (O*Net)
http://online.onetcenter.org/
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Snapshot of O*Net for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
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Performance Planning
Results
Behaviors
Development Plan
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Performance Planning: Results
Key accountabilities
Specific objectives
Performance standards
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Company Spotlight
Discover credit cards made performance planning a key part of its strategic plan
Steps include:
Assigning HR professionals to attend business meetings
Classroom and online learning for managers
Employee meetings to agree upon metrics, create action plans, and follow up with evaluations and ratings
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Key Accountabilities
Broad areas of a job for which the employee is responsible for producing results
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Specific Objectives
Statements of outcomes
Important
Measurable
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Performance Standards
“Yardstick” to evaluate how well employees have achieved each objective
Information on acceptable and unacceptable performance, such as
Quality
Quantity
Cost
Time
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Performance Planning: Behaviors
How a job is done
Includes a discussion of competencies
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Competencies
Measurable clusters of KSAs
Critical in determining how results will be achieved
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Performance Planning: Development Plan
Areas for improvement
Goals to be achieved in each area of improvement
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Performance Execution: Employee’s Responsibilities
Commitment to goal achievement
Ongoing requests for feedback and coaching
Communication with supervisor
Collecting and sharing performance data
Preparing for performance reviews
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Performance Execution: Manager’s Responsibilities
Observation and documentation
Updates
Feedback
Resources
Reinforcement
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Performance Management Process Summary: Key Points
Ongoing process
Each component is important
If one is implemented poorly, the whole system suffers
Links between components must be clear
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Quick Review
Prerequisites
Performance Planning
Performance Execution
Performance Assessment
Performance Review
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