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Performance Management: the facilitation of high achievement by employees. Performance management involves enabling people to perform their work to the best of their ability, meeting and perhaps...; Performance Management definition on BNET »

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Wanna Show Managerial Determination? Cross Your Arms: The Find: If you're stuck with a challenging problem and looking for an extra dose of perseverance, simply crossing your arms might help. The Source: "The Effect of Arm Crossing on Persistence and Performance," a new study in the European Journal of Social Psychology, cited in the...; Tags: Research, Arm, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-05-14
The Performance Manager: Turning Information into Higher Business Performance: Research by McKinsey Quarterly confirms what most have known intuitively for some time: all jobs have become more and more information-intensive--less linear and more interactive, less rule-based and more collaborative--while at the same time employees are expected to do more in less time. While technology has helped in part, it...; Tags: Cognos Inc., Performance, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-01-01
Trade Deficit Down as Coal Exports Surge: Australia has rebounded from its worst ever trade deficit as resource exports recover from the devastation of the Queensland floods.The nation's export performance is set to sizzle in coming months - with economists even predicting an eventual trade surplus - as Asian nations pay more for key commodities.The trade...; Tags: Coal, Australia, Economist, Surplus, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, AAP; News items 2008-05-06
The Laws of Power 6-10: There are some behaviours that high PQ political quotient managers display repeatedly, like default settings in their mindset. They can be described as the 10 laws of power. Here are 6-10. 6. Be selectively unreasonable When you accept excuses, you accept failure. High PQ managers know...; Tags: Manager, PQ, Performance Management, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, Jo Owen; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Guide To Retaining Your Top Talent: Linking Goals, Measurement, And Rewards To Drive Business Performance: Motivating, rewarding, and retaining top performers is a key business objective for any business that seeks to successfully maintain or exceed growth expectations. The challenge lies in effectively aligning employee goals with organizational objectives, automating performance appraisal processes, and linking them with complex compensation policies or time-based incentive plans at...; Tags: Talent, Incentive, Compensation, Performance, Softscape Inc., Performance Appraisal, Performance Management, Team Management, Benefits, Sales Force Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Sales; White papers 2008-03-01

Performance-Enhancing Drugs at Work: An Ethics Poll: Is the asterisk coming to the business world? The use of performance-enhancing drugs has clogged up the sports world for the last couple of years, but steroid and human growth hormone are not the only way to get a chemical advantage. What about the brain drugs, those...; Tags: Business ethics, Performance management, William Baker, ethics, performance; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Sales Performance Management: Chris Cabrera, CEO of Xactly Corporation, explains why sales performance management is the "holy grail" of post-sales data and why companies need it to improve sales performance.; Tags: Performance, Sales Strategy, Performance Management, Sales Force Management, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Video; Videos 2008-05-05
How to Become a CEO, in Three Easy Steps: The Find: An HR consultancy has laid out the key skills for each rung on the career ladder, providing a road map for managers on their way up. The Source: The recent "Pulse on Leaders" study from Personnel Decisions International PDI. The...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Personnel Decisions International; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Enodis Says Adjusted Pretax Profit Up 6 Percent: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Food equipment maker Enodis ENO, which has agreed Illinois Tool Works's ITW 1.03 billion pounds bid, posted a 6 percent rise in first-half underlying profit on Tuesday. Enodis, which makes fryers and grills for fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's MCD, said...; Tags: Pound, Enodis, Food & Beverage, Performance Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Illinois Tool Works Inc., McDonald's Corp.; News items 2008-05-13
Sales Performance Management and Compensation: Chris Cabrera, CEO of Xactly Corporation, talks about how sales compensation plans drive behavior and improve performance. Xactly sells on-demand sales performance management solutions.; Tags: Compensation, Performance, Sales Compensation, Xactly Corporation, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Video; Videos 2008-05-01
G4S Upbeat But Shares Dip on Placement Move: By Kim McLaughlin COPENHAGEN (Reuters UK) - Anglo-Danish security services firm G4S GFS said on Tuesday its underlying performance was slightly ahead of management's expectations and that it was confident about its 2008 performance. But shares in the world's top guard and security firm fell ...; Tags: Acquisition, Growth, Performance, G4S, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Performance Management, Security; News items 2008-05-13
U.S. First-quarter Growth Stronger Than Forecast: WASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The U.S. economy grew at a slightly stronger pace than forecast as 2008 began, helped by inventory-building that tempered a steadily deteriorating housing sector and less vigorous consumer spending. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday that gross domestic product or GDP...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Rate, GDP, GDP Figure, Performance Management, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Food & Beverage, Human Resources; News items 2008-04-30
Great Expectations Lead to Great Performance: The Find: When managers have high expectations for employees, they're three times more likely to get superior performance. The Source: Research from Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Management. The Takeaway: If you want exceptional results, forget cracking the whip and running down...; Tags: Performance management, Leadership, Jessica Stillman, Tel Aviv University, performance; Blog posts 2008-04-30
3 Signs Of A Dysfunctional Company: Smaller businesses are both more susceptible and harder hit by the ripple effects of dysfunction. With a close-knit staff, it's easy to make allowances for people's tempers or bad moods or refusal to take responsibility. But, sooner or later, that kind of thinking catches up with you and the business....; Tags: Microsoft Corp., barrier, performance; White papers
5 Ways To Manage The Prima Donna: Prima donnas are those employees who swagger into meetings, convinced that rules are made for everyone else. They dispense tons of advice and ideas, but when it's time to jump into the trenches to dig, they're otherwise engaged. The prima donna is often the person who is very good at...; Tags: Performance management, Microsoft Corp., performance, worker, job; White papers
The Challenge: Improving the Performance of Oil Well Pumping Units: OXY USA, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, provided five oil wells at their Bemis Oil Field in Ellis County, Kansas. With the price of oil declining and their oil wells maturing, oil drilling companies in Kansas were faced with energy costs for pumping oil which at times exceeded 50...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Kansas, oil, performance, industry; Case studies
Modernization of Electrolysis System at MagCorp Reduces Costs and Waste: MagCorp formerly Amax is the oldest primary magnesium producer in the United States; the company has provided high-quality magnesium metal ingots to the world market since 1972. To improve the MgCl2 cell-feed purity and electrolyzer performance, MagCorp initiated two separate upgrade projects during the 1990s. The success of this project...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, team, performance; Case studies
Operations and Maintenance Control Allows School District to Maximize Performance of New High School Campus: Fort Atkinson High School is situated on 75 acres and includes a 261,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art main building, football/soccer stadium, practice fields and tennis courts. Integrate the new high school into the community to ensure proper utilization by social, athletic, cultural and educational groups. Operate and maintain all systems and equipment...; Tags: Performance management, Johnson Controls Inc., performance; Case studies
The Upgrading of a Historic Facility: Milwaukee's historic City Hall, built in 1885, is the anchor of the city's three-building downtown campus. Nearly 3,500 employees currently occupy these buildings. Upgrade downtown facility to direct digital controls DDC, while preserving the building's historical integrity. Provide technicians with high-tech equipment to improve building performance. Install a Metasys building...; Tags: Johnson Controls Inc., performance; Case studies
Hines Buildings-Phoenix, Arizona: Hines Buildings Earn US EPA/DOE Energy Star Label for Buildings: Hines is a privately owned real estate firm, founded in 1957 and headquartered in Houston, Texas. The building was designed to meet ASHRAE Standard 90.1, which sets performance standards for energy use, indoor air quality, and outside air ventilation. An important part of controlling the building's energy usage is the...; Tags: American Standard Inc., Trane, real estate, performance, computer; Case studies