Performance Management

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The process of setting goals and objectives, evaluating progress, and providing feedback to improve performance.

Performance appraisal: The process of evaluating and assessing employee performance against pre-defined standards and goals.
Goal setting and planning: The process of setting clear expectations and goals for employee performance and establishing a plan for achieving those goals.
Feedback and coaching: The practice of providing ongoing feedback to employees on their performance, strengths and weaknesses, and coaching them on how to improve.
Employee development: The process of helping employees acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to grow and succeed within their role and organization.
Performance metrics and measurement: The use of data and analytics to objectively measure and evaluate employee performance against key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics.
Performance improvement plans: The process of identifying areas of underperformance and developing a plan to improve employee performance.
Employee recognition and rewards: The practice of acknowledging and rewarding employees for exceptional performance and contributions to the organization.
Leadership and management: The skills and competencies required to effectively manage and lead employees towards achieving organizational goals and objectives.
Communication skills: The skills required to communicate effectively with employees, peers, and stakeholders to ensure clear expectations and understanding of performance expectations.
Human resource management: The various processes and policies related to hiring, training, and managing employees, including employee benefits and compensation.
Goal-Setting: A process where employees and their supervisor discuss and agree on specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals that align with the organization's overall objectives, and track progress towards meeting them.
Performance Appraisal: A formal evaluation of an employee's job performance against pre-set criteria, objectives, and competencies, often done annually or semi-annually, to determine rewards, recognition, and feedback for improvement.
Coaching and Mentoring: A collaborative partnership between an experienced, knowledgeable mentor and a less experienced mentee, to develop skills, knowledge, and abilities by sharing advice, guidance, feedback, and support.
360-Degree Feedback: A multisource feedback process that collects input from multiple raters, including peers, subordinates, supervisors, and customers, to provide a more comprehensive view of an employee's performance and development needs.
Performance Improvement Planning (PIP): A structured plan for addressing performance issues or gaps by identifying the causes, setting goals, creating action steps, and monitoring progress towards improvement.
Career Development: A process of identifying the employee's career aspirations, skills, and interests, and providing opportunities for growth, development, and advancement within the organization.
Succession Planning: A strategic process of identifying and developing the organization's future leaders by assessing their potential, skills and competencies, and preparing them for key roles.
Job Rotation: A training and development approach that involves rotating employees through different job roles or departments to provide a broader perspective of the organization and develop new skills.
Performance-Based Pay: An incentive-driven approach that rewards employees based on their performance outcomes, such as sales volume, customer satisfaction, or productivity levels.
Workforce Analytics: A data-driven approach to performance management that uses analytics, metrics, and KPIs to measure and improve the performance of individuals, teams, and the organization as a whole.
- "Business performance management (BPM), also known as corporate performance management (CPM) enterprise performance management (EPM), organizational performance management, or simply performance management are a set of management and analytic processes that ensure activities and outputs meet an organization's goals in an effective and efficient manner."
- "Also known as corporate performance management (CPM), enterprise performance management (EPM), organizational performance management, or simply performance management."
- "Business performance management is contained within approaches to business process management."
- "Performance management can focus on the performance of a whole organization, a department, an employee, or the processes in place to manage particular tasks."
- "Performance management standards are generally organized and disseminated by senior leadership at an organization and by task owners."
- "Tasks and outcomes of a job, providing timely feedback and coaching, comparing employees' actual performance and behaviors with desired performance and behaviors, instituting rewards, etc."
- "Specialists in many fields are concerned with organizational performance including strategic planners, operations, finance, legal, and organizational development."