Performance Management (HR Fundamentals series, 8) - Softcover

Ashdown, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749469978 ISBN 13: 9780749469979

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2014

Synopsis

<p>In today's competitive and challenging workplaces, it is more important than ever to get the best out of our people. Effective performance management is at the heart of organization success, delivering able, motivated workers, who are aligned to the organization's values and goals. This book takes us on a journey from a broad, holistic exploration of performance management, into a deeper "how do we do this and add real value?" approach to managing the core activities of performance management, such as objective-setting and giving feedback. It takes a firmly practical stance, providing guidance and ideas both for human resource practitioners and line managers who want performance management to be valuable for the organization and its employees. Drawing on the author's practical experience of working in HR, this book contains case studies, interviews and activities to support the reader in applying their learning in the workplace.<br><br><b><i>Performance Management</i></b> is part of the brand new <i><b>HR Fundamentals</b></i> series, offering practical advice to HR professionals starting out in their career, completing CPD training or studying for their professional qualifications with the CIPD.</p>

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About the Author

<b>Linda Ashdown</b> is an Assessment Manager at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and an HRM consultant through her own company Ashdown-Jones HR Ltd. She is also an Associate Lecturer at Portsmouth University Business School, specialising in performance management and employee engagement, and previously lectured at MOL and Hampshire Business School at Farnborough College of Technology. Prior to this, she was on the board of a multinational advertising company as HR Director.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749469978
• ISBN 13: 9780749469979
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216