Question:
a) Give two definitions of performance management.
b) Explain the elements of a performance management system using the Storey & Sisson 1993 model.
c) ‘Performance management is a way of translating corporate goals into achievable objectives that cascade down throughout the organisation to produce optimum results ‘(IRS Management Review1996). Discuss this statement.
d) Explain the rhetoric's and realities of performance management in your own organisation and discuss what can be done to improve things.