Getting ahead: performance management

2018-08-07Organizations are continuously looking for a way to improve the development of their employees and the results of their work. Many organizations rely on performance reviews as the means of evaluating their employees. However, with every perceived improvement in the process of performance evaluations, there tends to be a downside. This paper examines the impact of performance evaluations on organizations. In particular the paper sought to understand how the results of a performance evaluation within a technology company helped or hindered opportunity within the organization. The study surveyed managers within the organization and conducted focus groups with their direct reports. The goal was to identify similarities and differences between each group’s perception of the performance evaluation process and how fair it was