Performance Management Transformation

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
The Past ◽  
Great Debate ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research

No other talent process has been the subject of such great debate and emotion as performance management (PM). For decades, different strategies have been tried to improve PM processes, yielding an endless cycle of reform to capture the next “flavor-of-the-day” PM trend. The past 5 years, however, have brought novel thinking that is different from past trends. Companies are reducing their formal processes, driving performance-based cultures, and embedding effective PM behavior into daily work rather than relying on annual reviews to drive these. Through case studies provided from leading organizations, this book illustrates the range of PM processes that companies are using today. These show a shift away from adopting someone else’s best practice; instead, companies are designing bespoke PM processes that fit their specific strategy, climate, and needs. Leading PM thought leaders offer their views about the state of PM today, what we have learned and where we need to focus future efforts, including provocative new research that shows what matters most in driving high performance. This book is a call to action for talent management professionals to go beyond traditional best practice and provide thought leadership in designing PM processes and systems that will enhance both individual and organizational performance.

An Introduction to Dynamic Programming

1961 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 261-274
Author(s):  
Brian Gluss
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Programming ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Rand Corporation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research ◽  
General Mathematical Theory

Dynamic programming, a mathematical field that has grown up in the past few years, is recognized in the U.S.A. as an important new research tool. However, in other countries, little interest has as yet been taken in the subject, nor has much research been performed. The objective of this paper is to give an expository introduction to the field, and give an indication of the variety of actual and possible areas of application, including actuarial theory.In the last decade a large amount of research has been performed by a small body of mathematicians, most of them members of the staff of the RAND Corporation, in the field of multi-stage decision processes, and during this time the theory and practice of the art have experienced great advances. The leading force in these advances has been Richard Bellman, whose contributions to the subject, which he has entitledDynamic Programming[1], have had effects not only in immediate fields of application but also in general mathematical theory; for example, the calculus of variations (see chapter IX of [1]), and linear programming (chapter VI).

scholarly journals Management Processes as Antecedents of Organizational Performance: A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ibrahim Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Services Marketing ◽  
Marketing Management ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
And Performance

The purpose of this study is to critically analyse previous studies on management processes as antecedents of organizational performance. The study summarizes the level of understanding as regards the topic presently because of the importance of the information to the performance of organizations. The author searched Emerald, ScienceDirect.com, EBSCO and Google Scholar using a series of combinations of the following keywords: organizational management, performance management, high-performance organizations, management processes, management tools, influences of management processes, strategic management, marketing management, services marketing mix, , business organization and performance. This literature review has shown that performance is critical for the survival of the organization. It has also revealed that strategic management processes, marketing management processes and services marketing are key to organizational performance.

Exploring the art of building a strong performance management system chain

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Performance Management Systems ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
A Chain ◽  
Finnish Firms ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper analyzes how performance management systems (PMS) affect organizational performance by surveying respondents from an eclectic range of Estonian and Finnish firms. PMS initiatives often fail because of their multiple layers, which form a chain that presents multiple breakage opportunities. PMS at a strategic level most significantly elevated organizational performance. Strengthening a PMS chain increased the chances of the PMS exercise succeeding, therefore managers are advised to achieve high performance by checking that all key characteristics are present to construct a strong PMS chain. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

scholarly journals “OTHERWISE I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COPE AT ALL”: A RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE RESIDENTIAL CARE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Silke Birgitta Gahleitner ◽  
Christina Frank ◽  
Heidemarie Hinterwallner ◽  
Katharina Gerlich ◽  
Martha Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Past ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Qualitative Part

Today, residential care for children and adolescents is under scrutiny to a far greater degree than was the case only 20 years ago. Psychosocial trauma approaches — especially in the German-speaking countries — have become far more widespread over the past few years. But how do they in fact work? This was the subject of a recent Austrian research project that looked for “examples of best practice” in a mixed-methods study. The quantitative part of the study comprised symptom-oriented questionnaires. Within the qualitative part of the study semi-structured interviews as well as group discussion were conducted. This article reflects some specific results of the study in the light of theoretical aspects of the psychosocial trauma approach; in Germany, this is also called the “trauma-pedagogical approach”

scholarly journals Compounds of the Methanolic Leaf Extract as Chemotaxonomic Markers for the Campanula Pyramidalis Complex (Campanulaceae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana B. Janković ◽  
Milica M. Drobac ◽  
Dmitar V. Lakušić
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Leaf Extract ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Diode Array ◽  
Diode Array Detection ◽  
The Past ◽  
Detection Analysis ◽  
Array Detection ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Chemotaxonomic Markers

Abstract During the past few years, the isophylloid Campanula pyramidalis complex has been the subject of studies aimed at an improved understanding of the relationships within it. The center of distribution of the C. pyramidalis complex is in the Balkan Peninsula with some smaller parts of the area located in the south Apennines. Although 21 taxa of the C. pyramidalis complex were described, only four species are accepted: C. pyramidalis, C. versicolor, C. secundiflora and C. austroadriatica. In the present study, we propose compounds of the methanolic leaf extract as possible chemotaxonomic markers for the C. pyramidalis complex. Eleven flavonoids and two phenolic acids were detected in leaf extract using high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection analysis. The investigated taxa of the C. pyramidalis complex differ in terms of the composition of the methanolic leaf extract. clustering of investigated taxa is not completely consistent with the previously reported molecular and morphometric data.

Population and Resources

1968 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-52
Author(s):  
P. R. Cox ◽  
C. J. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
English Language ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
General Character ◽  
The Past ◽  
Original Intention ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research

The attention of actuaries was directed to problems of population and resources in part of a paper read to the Institute in 1956. The general character of these problems has not changed during the past eleven years. Our understanding of the matters at issue has become deeper, however, as the result of new research. One way and another, a great deal has been written on the subject—sometimes revealing less about population than about the writer's philosophy or beliefs. In the English language alone, several hundred new references have been added to the list in recent years, and many of these have been read by the authors, whose original intention was to write a critical review of the latest literature. Recent writings are so diversified over a wide area of inquiry, however, that sharp disagreements are relatively few. In these circumstances, an expository treatment seems more appropriate than a critical appreciation of controversies, though ranges of views on particular topics can be discussed.

scholarly journals Kulturoznawcze rozdroże

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1(3)) ◽  
pp. 95-102
Author(s):  
Adam Nobis
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Recent Period ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Specific Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research

THE CROSSROADS OF CULTURAL STUDIESThe article provides an overview of proposals for understanding cultural studies, including its methodology and the subject of research. Over the past few decades, this discipline has come to comprise a multitude of different cultural approaches, which differ not only in words and their meaning, but also in what they relate to. The multiplicity of research of various phenomena, specific research methods, languages, as well as new theoretical findings are mezzo and micro concepts. This is a particular order of things. While previous theoretical proposals of understanding the discipline and its subject can be compared with the formulation of “grammars” of the languages of various cultural studies, the most recent period is characterised by the emergence of new research practices, described in different languages. Among these new languages are also those for which “grammars” have not yet been created.

scholarly journals A bibliometric analysis of IL-35 research from 2009 to 2018

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xulong Cai ◽  
Chenrong Zhou ◽  
Li Zhou ◽  
Qiaolan Xu
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Document Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Infectious Tolerance ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
New Research ◽  
Medical University

Background Interleukin-35 (IL-35) is a recently discovered cytokine that plays a role in immune suppression and has therefore been the subject of a great deal of research. A bibliometric analysis of the global research concerning IL-35, however, is rare. Objectives The aim of this research was to assess the international scientific output of IL-35 research and explore its hotspots and frontiers from 2009 to 2018 by bibliometric analysis. Methods Publications about IL-35 research from 2009 to 2018 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). Citespace V was used to analyze years, journals, countries, research institutions, areas of exploration, research hotspots, and trends of publication. Results We retrieved a total of 416 publications and observed a trend of publications increasing over the past decade. Original articles (351) were the most frequently occurring document type. The largest number of publications belonging to one country and one institution, respectively, was China (202) and Tianjin Medical University (17). Trending keywords may indicate frontier topics, including “infectious tolerance,” “autoimmune,” and “central nervous system.” Conclusion This study provides valuable information on the study of IL-35 so that researchers may identify new research fields.

scholarly journals From the History of Conferences on the Machine and Mechanism Science

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. I-VII
Author(s):  
J. Wojnarowski
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Classification Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Synthesis Of Mechanisms ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Machine Systems ◽  
The Stability ◽  
New Research

Abstract In the course of the past sixty years of the Polish Committee for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (PC TMM) 24 scientific and didactic conferences have been held. The subject matter of these conferences, generally organized every other year, comprised problems of the classification, analysis and synthesis of mechanisms, the dynamics of machine systems, investigations concerning self-excited vibrations, the stability of the systems, the control of machines and biomechanics. The numbers of submitted papers as well as the number of participants substantiate the need of organizing such conferences, their importance and the activity of the Polish Committee of TMM for the purpose of creating a platform for the presentation and discussion of new research methods in the domain of mechanisms, machines, biomechanics and mechatronics.

Sustainable goal setting: a large-scale case in management practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (8) ◽  
pp. 1087-1104
Author(s):  
Carl Deschamps ◽  
Jan Mattijs
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Environment Change ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to give evidence of effective, large-scale, and time-sustained goal setting through the use of performance indicators (PIs) in managing a fairly large and decentralized social-security organization, despite indications that the motivational effects of goal setting are hard to sustain in the long term. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze five years of monthly organizational performance data across 30 regional offices and five activities to identify the links between PIs and productivity. Findings The authors identify correlations that demonstrate a cycle where low performance scores on indicators increase productivity in the next period, but high performance decrease it, thus renewing the cycle. Research limitations/implications While long-term gains in the productivity are not the direct product of goal setting, the close relationship between goals and productivity illustrates the motivational potential of communicable targets and close feedback that led to a culture of performance within the organization. Practical implications The case studied demonstrates how a performance management system can be designed and managed so that long-term fatigue is avoided while maintaining a dynamic workforce that adapts in the face of environment change by increasing its efforts as needed. Originality/value This paper answers a call to connect management control studies with managerial work done in practical settings.

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