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You can purchase our new book, Performance
Management, published by Mcgraw-Hill, by going to Amazon.com
(click on logo below). For more information about the book click
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Also available: A Critique of Performance Management
- Why Doesn't It Work, by Robert Bacal. To order use the order
form or go to Amazon.com by clicking the logo.
Why is This Site Necessary?
Because despite decades
of work, and hundreds of books and thousands of hours of training, here
is the situation regarding performance appraisal and performance management:
Most...yes most companies
have performance management systems that don't work very well, and cost
more to run than they return.
Managers hate to do them
and procrastinate to avoid doing them.
Most employees hate them
with a passion.
Most systems used don't even
provide protection from discrimination law suits, or suits re: unlawful
dismissal, although most managers believe their performance management
system protects them.
Most systems are an empty
paper chase that damages management credibility.
Badly implemented performance
management and appraisal is WORSE than nothing.
WE NEED to refocus on performance
management and to return to it's essentials. That is to see the performance
management and appraisal process as:
A communication
process between two people that needs to be flexible and meets the needs
of the manager, the company, AND the EMPLOYEE, so all can work in partnership
to improve work performance, unit performance and company performance.
What's Here?
You will find some different
ideas about performance management and appraisal. You will find:
articles critiquing how performance
management is done in the real world
discussions of alternative
approaches to appraisal, performance planning, etc
an opportunity to join our
email discussion list on performance management and appraisal
a set of definitions and
terms connected with performance appraisal and management
free chapters from two books
on performance management
A Critique
of Performance Management - Why Doesn't It Work"
Performance
Management - A Briefcase Book (soon to be released by McGraw-Hill)
You probably will find much
more, since this site will be updated often. Notice of new material will
be posted on the email discussion list we sponsoer (you can join below). Who Is This?
This site is presented by Bacal & Associates as
a public service. CEO, Robert Bacal is author of the two books listed above
on performance management and appraisal. Bacal & Associates can advise
companies as to how to go about modifying their performance management
systems to "cut the crap", and get them to work, and to use them to create
work partnerships. We also do conference speaking on a number of topics
related to why performance management systems fail, and what to do about
it. You can contact us at rbacal@escape.ca,
or by phone at (204) 888-9290.
To Join our free email discussion list
on Performance Management and Appraisal use the handy tool below:
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For information
about the newly released book: Performance Management,
written by Robert Bacal, and published by McGraw-Hill, click on the
cover image below:
Performance
Management & Performance Appraisal CAN Work
