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Performance Management: The New Realities
MICHAEL ARMSTRONG & ANGELA BARON, 1998
London, Institute of Personnel & Development 16.99
ISBN 0 85292 727 4
This very substantial book is based on research within the membership of the Institute of Personnel and Development. The aim of this process was to identify and explore the new realities of performance management in best practice organisations in the UK. Historically, performance management has developed from merit-rating and performance appraisal, management by objectives, behaviourally anchored ratings scales and performance appraisal. `An effective performance management system aligns individual performance with the organisation's mission, vision and objectives' (American Compensation Association). Hence many companies, with significant variations in culture are developing new systems for the management of performance and developing the capabilities of their people. The academic critiques show how the process is problematic because of its...