...Performance Management Systems Managing employee performance is essential for employers. The process is to help establish a motivated workforce that understands what needs to be achieved at the organizational level. Performance management is about aligning the organization and employee’s skills, competency, and development plans with an emphasis on improvement, learning, and development so that the business strategy involves creating a high performance workforce (PeopleStreme, 2013). Employee performance contains certain components that make it work, it supports employee motivation and assists in capitalizing company performance and employee contributions. The components that comprise the performance management systems are clear easily understandable job descriptions, aligning employee and organizational goals and priorities, manager and employee cooperation, gathers input from employees, and allows for frequent feedback. Ultimately performance management systems give management the information for decisions on promotions, salary increases, and layoffs or terminations (Roberts, 2012). The job description is very important in performance management because it is the basis for the other components. The job description is used by human resources in order to recruit appropriate candidates; if the job description is not up to par then the organization will not have the right person in the position. The prospective employee may be affected because they can become disappointed...
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...review Haier’s performance management system. How does it work? What concerns do you have about the system and process? Haier’s performance management system is an integration of Japanese management philosophy, American innovation as well as some aspects of traditional Chinese culture. Haier’s performance management system works due to the following key characteristics: Haier’s performance management system is very specific. Employees are clearly aware of the expectations that are required of them as well as the rewards or punishments that ensue according to their performances. For instance, the OEC principle which stands for Overall, Every, Control and Clearance dictates that each employee must finish all tasks planned for the day before leaving work. Employees are thus held accountable to the specific goals they set with their supervisors daily and are clear of what they are supposed to achieve. Moreover, employees are also aware of the three-phase system relating to the lowest performing 10% of employees after each review. In addition, Haier’s performance management system works due to employees’ acceptability of the fair and transparent practices. In Haier, transparent performance appraisals involve all employees regardless of hierarchal status. This is evident in the racetrack model, which allows all employees to compete for job opening and promotions. Promotions are awarded based on capabilities and not interpersonal network. Thus, Haier’s performance based management...
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...Unit 8: Analysis 1: System Performance File system fragmentation, sometimes called file system aging, is the inability of a file system to lay out data sequentially. File system fragmentation increases disk head movement, or seeks, which are known to hinder throughput. It is projected to become more problematic with newer hardware due to the increasing disparity between sequential access speed and rotational latency of consumer grade hard disks, on which file systems are usually placed. File system fragmentation has less of an impact on newer solid state drives because there is no mechanical seek time involved like rotating media; however, additional non-sequential I/O operations impacts system performance and many file system architectures consume additional internal resources when fragmentation is present. A process is software that performs some action and can be controlled by the user, by other applications, or by the operating system. The operating systems controls and schedules processes for execution by the CPU. In a multi-tasking system, the operating system must arrange the execution of various processes so the user believes several things are happening at once. This is complicated by the CPU, which can handle only one task at a time. Even newer CPUs, with multiple cores, are limited. Each core of a CPU can still handle only one task at a time. Each process has a status associated with it. Many processes utilize no CPU time until they get some sort of input (such...
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...the second one and replace with a five space file. Since all five can’t fit within the two spaces, we put two into the space and put the rest at the end. This is called fragmentation. Fragmentation can affect all files, including system files. As a result fragmentation will affect all window system. As a normal user, the hard drives will fragment over time and activities such as updates or installation and deletion of programs can cause major fragmentation. It will cause the performance to degrade over time. The different processes running in the background i.e. window explorer, all take an allotted amount of RAM to perform at optimum levels. More free RAM means that the essential processes that are running have more priority of the space and the CPU. When you begin to run your RAM to its limits, the essential processes and even the non-essential processes begin to lag due to the overtaxing of the CPU and RAM. Technically RAM does not have any influence on the processor performance, but it does have an influence on how much processes or technically instructions that processor can read. So a greater amount of RAM memory means that more instructions fit into that memory and therefore, bigger programs can be loaded at once. Allowing the operating system to work with a multitasking concept, where we can run multiple programs at once. To explain how it works, you have 128MB of RAM on your computer and you would have slowness as it has to load a piece of that program, then it has to...
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...What is a Performance Management System(PMS)?Performance management systems is an organized and systematic way of progress review, goal setting, communication, recognizing and rewarding achievement, providing feedback for better performance and implementing employee development programs. It is a continuous process, which is carried out right from the time when an employee joins an organization till the time he or she leaves . Performance management in HR is aimed at improving the overall corporate performance by enhancing individual performance within the framework of a team. It pushes for optimum performance by setting the right expectations, communicating effectively, defining clear roles, and setting achievable objectives. To enable the employees towards achievement of superior standards of work performance. Performance management is a process by which managers and employees work together to plan, monitor and review an employee’s work objectives and overall contribution to the organization. More than just an annual performance review, performance management is the continuous process of setting objectives, assessing progress and providing on-going coaching and feedback to ensure that employees are meeting their objectives and career goals. Objectives To help the employees in identifying the knowledge and skills required for performing the job efficiently as this would drive their focus towards performing the right task in the right way. Boosting the performance of the...
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...Performance Appraisal System Discussion – Part I Team D University of Phoenix Human Capital Management – HRM 531 Scott Beck August 30, 2010 Abstract As a group, it was discussed the means of converting an individual appraisal system into an appraisal system for team application. In discussion, the points considered include: a) differences between the two appraisal systems, b) difficulties of evaluating team performance, c) unique needs of a team appraisal system, and d) team motivations and expectations. Performance Appraisal System Discussion – Part I Learning Team D requested individual performance appraisals from each learning team member. Following a review of four submitted, it was agreed to move forward with Metin Natzli’s submission. The selected performance appraisal lends itself well to the 360 degree view approach. Each team member evaluates the team, from their own perspective, and the supervisor provides the final evaluation using the same form. Use of the standardized form allows for ease in comparison and grade compilation. The performance review measures the job-relevant strengths and weaknesses of the newly created sales team. Team members access the form electronically through Interclean’s intranet. As each team member moves through the form, answers are saved and transmitted to the supervisor upon completion. All fields require an answer prior to advancing to the next section; this ensures a thorough evaluation. Results...
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...London’; Prentice-Hall. 8th Ed. Harris. G. (1998) ‘A comparison of Employees Attitudes Towards the Appraisal System’. Public Personnel Management, Vol. 17 (4); 443-458. Circular REF. NO. MSPS/2/8A VOL. XII (22) dated 13th July, 2011 from the Office of the Prime Minister; Ministry of State for Public Service. Clinton, O. (1992) ‘Why Performance Appraisal Still Fails’: Journal of System Management UK. Conger, J.A.D Finegold &Lawler (1998) ‘Appraisal Boardroom Performance’, Harvard Business Review. Devries, D. L. (1983) ‘Viewing Performance Appraisal with a Wide Angle Lens’, An Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Davis, R. (1995) ‘Choosing Performance Management’, A Holistic Approach Journal, CUPA Publication, New Delhi India. Dr. thesis Gerald. Dissertation for partial fulfillment of the Degree Dr. of Philosophy (PhD) P. 67-84. Fletcher, C. (1997) ‘Performance Appraisal and Career Development’. London; Hutchinson. Ghorpade, M.C (1995), ‘Creating Quality Driven Performance Appraisal System: Executive Commentary, Academy of Management Executive 9 (1). Harries, G. (1998), ‘A Comparison of Employees Attitudes Towards the Appraisal System. Public Personnel Management. Vol. 17 (4); 443-458. His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya, during the announcement of the Evaluation results of the Performance of Public Agencies at KICC, Nairobi on 16th June, 2011 Kabarak University (2010) (African Journal of Business...
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...A Summer Training Project Report On “ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM IN DSCL” Submitted for partial fulfilment of requirement for the award of degree Of Master of Business Administration Of R.A. PODAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR Session 2011-13 Supervision by: Submitted by: PREETI JHALA 08/8874 MBA(SM)Sem III 2013 FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN Acknowledgement “Life is a journey to excellence. Every mile stone that one reaches during this eternal journey is only with the guidance, help and support of near and dear ones and reaching the end of this report of mine is no exception.” I hereby, take the opportunity of expressing my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to MR. TULI , Sr. Manager (HRD) DCM SHRIRAM CONSOLIDATED LMITED, the organisation without whose guidance, support and help, this study could not have been accomplished. I offer my sincere thanks to all the employees of DSCL because without their critical support...
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...System Performance How do fragments do and can affect your file and disk performance? The impact of fragmentation on system performance differs based on the usage of the fragmented files. For example, a single infrequently used Microsoft Office document is unlikely to have an impact on overall system performance. However, fragmentation of a paging file, which provides virtual memory to all applications on a system, will likely have a more noticeable impact. Desktop Storage • Storing files downloads and programs on your desktop will affect the performance of your computer. Spyware • Spyware is another major factor affecting computer performance. Spyware is malicious software that attaches itself to your computer in various ways to advertise, monitor your Internet behaviors or collect personal information. System Registry • All Windows computers have a system registry that stores the settings of all software and hardware on the computer. The accumulation of these unused files will affect the performance of your computer. Disk Space • Every time you visit a Web pages through your Web browser the page is cached for easy access the next time you visit the page and a temporary Internet file is created on your computer. These files over time can clutter your hard drive and affect the performance of your computer. While there is little dispute among IT professionals regarding the impact of disk fragmentation on system performance, no independent guidelines exist to recommend...
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...Analysis of an Appraisal System Submitted to Professor Kaushik Choudhury By Aravind Mahendran, Mansi Makhijani, Nakul Paruthi, Nikhil Abhishek Mishra, Shishir Kumar 3.04.2015 Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P., 201314 ABSTRACT Appraisal is a continuous yearly exercise done by the HRD department of any organisation to evaluate the performance of the employees. It is a very important tool which can motivate employees to perform better and gain respect in an organisation. This project tries to find out the effectiveness of an appraisal system in today’s corporate culture and also tries to find out the loopholes in it which causes its failure. INTRODUCTION When a company makes any investment it evaluates...
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...Performance Appraisal As A Positive Part Of The Performance Management Process An Organization is a combination of various talented people in different areas of work, who are joined together for attaining some common objectives. It demands the co-operation and the co-ordination from the part of its employees. Once the employee has been selected, trained and motivated, he is then appraised for his performance. Performance appraisal is the step where the management finds out how effective it has been at hiring and placing employees. The strength of any organization is its people. If people are attended to work properly they can recognize their talents by developing their capabilities and utilizing them appropriately, organizations are likely to be dynamic and grow fast. Ultimately the varieties of tasks in any organizations have to accomplish by the people. Some of them may have capabilities to do certain tasks better than other tasks. And some of them may not have capabilities to do the task assigned to them. In this situation one of the important activities we conduct by any organization is the Performance Appraisal. Performance appraisal as a positive part of the performance management process has come a very long way in the history of human resource management. Performance appraisal is one of the central pillars of the performance management which is directly related to the organizational performance and have a direct and significant impact on the employee and the company...
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...then known as Malaysian Airways Limited and later on, as Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA) in 1966. The airline company scored a revenue of S$100 million back in 1968. In 1970s, two entities known as SIA and Malaysian Airline system emerged from the split of MSA, and ever since then, SIA experienced growth as the company focuses on its operations. According to World Airline Awards (2014), Singapore Airlines is ranked third in the global airline ranking. The airline has earned an outstanding reputation with its high quality service provided to their customers, thus further strengthen the airline’s premier position in the tight competitive market. 2.0 Review of the Organisation’s Reward Strategy and Performance Management System 2.1 Performance Appraisal System In the effort to evaluate the quality of employees’ performance relative to the standards of the company, Towards Optimal Productivity (TOP) is a scheme launched by SIA together with Singapore Airlines Staff Union (SIASU) to recognize and rewards good performance through its performance-based culture framework for Singapore based employees (Singapore Air, 2013). Rewards such as promotions, merit awards and career growth are part of a further improved and extensive appraisal system carried out by TOP. Workplace Improvement and Innovation Scheme (WINS) is...
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...Developing an Effective Performance Management System Performance Management Model The Performance Management Model “is an integrated process of defining, assessing, and reinforcing employee work behaviors and outcomes. Performance management includes: practices and methods for goal setting, performance appraisal, and reward systems” (2009, p. 421) The Performance Management Model brings goal setting, performance appraisals and rewards together with three contextual factors of business strategy, workplace technology, and employee involvement. “Business strategy defines the goals and objectives, policies, and intended relationships between the organization and its environment to compete successfully, and performance management focuses, assesses, and reinforces member work behaviors toward those objectives and intentions.” (2009, p. 422) Workplace technology refers to goal setting, performance appraisals and rewards either at the individual or group level, depending on if the work assignment needs to be performed by the individual or the group. However, it should be noted that even when the work is group-based, it will still be in part dependent on the individuals within the group to complete the overall work assignment. Rather, each group member will have their own individual tasks to manage that will benefit the group’s work assignment overall. Lastly, employee involvement refers to whether the goal setting, performance appraisal, and reward systems require the input from...
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...NT 1110 Unit 8 System Performance When addressing system performance an element that is often overlooked is disk fragmentation, even on a brand new system with plenty of RAM and a high end processor the performance of the hard disk may be a bottleneck causing performance issues. When you format a hard disk the process divides the disk into sectors, the file system groups the sectors into clusters which is the smallest unit of space available for holding a single file or part of a file. If you save a file on a freshly formatted disk the information would be written in contiguous clusters and since the clusters of the file are physically adjacent to each other the components of the hard disk work very efficiently pulling the data in one operation. The problem is hard disks do not stay organized very long. When you add data to an existing file the file system has to allocate more clusters for storage and typically these clusters end up in a different location on the disk. As files are deleted it creates gaps in the arrangement of the contiguously stored files and as you save new files the file system uses up all of these bits of free space resulting in new files being scattered all over the disk in noncontiguous pieces which results in performance issues because the disk heads have to spend more time moving from cluster to cluster before they can read or write data. Process load and the number of running process affect system performance because each process running...
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...What are the effects of a fragmented file system on disk performance? Even on a brand new system with plenty of RAM and high-end processors, the performance of the hard disk may be a bottleneck causing system performance issues. It takes time to load large data files into memory - issues become particularly noticeable when dealing with movies, video clips, database files or .ISO image files which may easily be several gigabytes in size. On a freshly formatted disk, these files load fairly quickly. Over time, however you may start to notice performance degradation - caused by disk fragmentation. How does process loads and number of running processes affect system performance? If too many processes are trying to run at once, there are not enough resources. This is when things start to slow down. How does adding more motherboard RAM improves virtual memory performance? It's been proven that adding more memory to a computer system increases its performance. If there isn't enough room in memory for all the information the CPU needs, the computer has to set up what's known as a virtual memory file. In so doing, the CPU reserves space on the hard disk to simulate additional RAM. This process, referred to as "swapping", slows the system down. In an average computer, it takes the CPU approximately 200ns (nanoseconds) to access RAM compared to 12,000,000ns to access the hard drive. A greater amount of RAM memory means that more instructions fit into that memory and, therefore, bigger...
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