Managing and Measuring Employee Performance by Elizabeth Houldsworth

Managing and Measuring Employee Performance by Elizabeth Houldsworth

What teachers, police, City 'high flyers' along with the majority of the workforce have in common is that their performance is increasingly being managed, monitored and measured. This is for a number of reasons. Within the public sector, the 'Modernising Government' agenda has raised the emphasis on outcomes and measures of success. Within the private sector concern with 'shareholder value' has put pressure on organisations to predict and deliver business improvements. Managing and Measuring Performance examines how attitudes have changed and how performance management approaches have in turn evolved both in terms of sophistication and their degree of integration with people management practice. Looking at the principles and practice of performance management the authors describe the 'typical' performance management cycle, include results of their empirical work and surveys and include numerous case studies in this essential guide to contemporary performance management practice.

"Both theoretical and practical..Well suited to both the student and the practitioner...If you want to bone up on the latest thinking on performance management, you need look no further." Benefits and Compensation International "The authors discuss the secrets of performance management at the worlds most admired companies and use international case studies to illustrate new and future trends." Reference and Research Book News "A refreshing and comprehensive review of performance management. A must for those new in HR looking for some direction and inspiration, as well as for the more established HR practitioner... a timely reminder with some golden nuggets of new ideas." Mark Doughty, HR Director, Global Organization Development, Motorola "Authoritative research and theory - with thorough understanding of practical implications for maximizing the value of the time focused on measuring and managing performance - a great combination!" Julia Warren, HR Director UK, Corporate Centre and Global Service Groups, Reuters "Managing and Measuring Employee Performance manages to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Although written with the HR practitioner in mind, the authors have ensured that there is something for everyone, including some very useful case studies. This could be a one-stop-shop for anyone involved in end-to-end performance management." Diana Breeze, Director of Organizational Development, Sainsbury's "Managing and Measuring Employee Performance provides an evolutionary view of performance management" Library Management, Volume 22, Issue 1-2, 2008 (Emerald)

Dr Elizabeth Houldsworth is a member of the Human Resource faculty at Henley Management College working across a range of qualification and research programmes. She previously worked for a number of years as an HR consultant specialising in performance management. Dilum Jirasinghe is a Managing Consultant with Hay Group (UK). Before joining Hay, she worked in a variety of roles within Corporate Human Resources at Tesco, working in the areas of management development, selection and recruitment and staff research. Prior to that she worked as a Higher Occupational Psychologist in the Metropolitan Police Service where she acted as an internal consultant conducting large-scale projects.

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ISBN 13	9780749444778
ISBN 10	0749444770
Title	Managing and Measuring Employee Performance
Author	Elizabeth Houldsworth
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Kogan Page Ltd
Year published	2006-09-03
Number of pages	240
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