What is Performance?
Performanceis what is expected to be delivered by an individual or
a set of individuals within a time frame. What is expected to be
delivered could be stated in terms of results, tasks and quality, with
specification of conditions under which it is to be delivered.
Performance of an individual in organizational setting is defined as
the output delivered by an individual in relation to a given role
during a particular period of time under the set of circumstances
operating at that point of time
Appraisal Process –Steps in PA
Objectives of appraisal
Establish performance standards
Communicate job expectations/performance standards
Design appraisal programme
Formal vs Informal appraisal
Whose performance should be rated?
Who are raters?
What should be rated?
When should the assessment be done?
Measurement of performance
Comparison of performance with the standards
Discussing the performance results with the employees
Use of appraisal data
Problems of rating/appraisal
Leniency or severity error
Central tendency
Halo error/effect
Stereotyping
Favouritism
Primacy effect
Recency effect
Spill over effect
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Challenges/ Issues inPerformance appraisal
Lengthy & time consuming process
Lack of clarity regrading performance expectations
Inadequate support from line managers
Less focus on discussing performance results
Less frequency of conducting performance reviews
Lack of synchronization between performance
appraisal system and other HR sub systems
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A systematic processfor improving
organizational performance by
developing the performance of
individuals and teams.
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
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PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PERFORMANCEMANAGEMENT
Focus is on performance
appraisal and generation of
ratings
Focus is on performance
management. Emphasis is on
performance improvement of
individuals, teams and the
organizations
Annual exercise Continuous process
Designed and monitored by
the HR department
Designed by the HR department but
to be monitored by the respective
departments
Static process Dynamic process
Limited approach Comprehensive approach
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Trends in PerformanceManagement
Across the world, firms are replacing annual reviews with frequent, informal check-
ins between managers and employees.
Technology companies such as Adobe, Dell, Microsoft, and IBM have led the way.
They’ve been joined by a number of professional services firms (Deloitte, Accenture).
Without question, rethinking performance management is at the top of many
executive teams’ agendas, but what drove the change in this direction? Many
factors. In a recent article, a Deloitte manager referred to the review process as “an
investment of 1.8 million hours across the firm that didn’t fit our business needs
anymore.”
Accenture learned that 75% of its review process was devoted to talking
about employees, leaving only 25% for actually talking to them.
Source: The Performance Management Revolution by Peter
Cappelli, And Anna Tavis – Harvard Business Review
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DELOITTE
Deloitte has focusedon simplifying its performance
management process. All managers answer four future-
focused statements about every team member, at the end of
every project (or once per quarter for long-term projects).
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These four statements,together known as a ‘Performance Snapshot’, are as follows:
1) Given what I know of this person’s performance, and if it were my money, I would award this
person the highest possible compensation increase and bonus. This features a five-point scale
from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree” and measures overall performance and a person’s
unique value to the organization.
2) Given what I know of this person’s performance, I would always want him or her on my team.
This uses the same five-point scale and measures ones’ ability to work well with others.
3) This person is at risk for low performance. Using a yes/no responses, this identifies problems
that might harm the customer or the team.
4) This person is ready for promotion today. This asks for a yes/no response, measuring potential.
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The PerformanceSnapshot is complemented by regular
‘check in’ conversations between managers and staff.
Their aim is to make it as easy for managers as possible to
assess performance. A further business driver was to save
time and money since their previous approach reportedly
saw around two million hours spent on form filling,
meetings and arguing back and forth over ratings.
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ADOBE
•Adobe discarded performancemanagement forms and
questionnaires and now doesn’t have a formal rating or
ranking system. They expect managers and employees
to undertake a continuous process of feedback and
improvement (known as ‘Check-In’).
Their approach is shaped by three underlying
principles:
1) Managers are to convey clearly what is expected of
each team member
2) Everyone is expected to give and receive feedback in
a constructive way
3) Check-In should provide opportunities for
professional growth
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PMS at Google
Monthly performance check-ins (part of regular 1:1 meetings
that also comprise other themes such as career development,
coaching, etc.
Annual Upward Feedback Survey, a feedback review where
managers are reviewed by their direct reports
Meritocracy, or compensating people unequally, based on their
perceived performance
Focus on OKRs (Objectives and Key Result Areas)
The employee starts with a self-assessment, which is followed by
peer-reviews, whose authors are only visible to managers
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Calibration
After all datahas been collected, in the form of self-reviews
and peer-reviews and results achieved are understood,
managers draft a rating for their employees, based on the
following scale:
Needs improvement
Consistently meets expectations
Exceeds expectations
Strongly exceeds expectations
Superb
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Outputs
After therating is closed, managers go on to hold two
meetings: one where feedback is given, taking into account
peer reviews and managers’ impressions of their
employees, and another where compensation and
promotion decisions are communicated.
The two conversations are held in different meetings and
at least a month apart from each other in order to ensure
their quality.