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Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017

1 online zdroj

ISBN 978-3-319-54235-5 (e-kniha)

ISBN 9783319542348 (print)

Management for Professionals, ISSN 2192-8096

Printed edition: ISBN 9783319542348

Introduction -- The Annual Performance Appraisal System -- Who Are the Customers of Performance Appraisals? -- Relevant Framework Conditions of Performance Appraisals -- Possibilities and Limits of Traditional Performance Appraisals -- Better Alternatives to Performance Appraisal in an Agile Context -- Conclusion and Final Remarks.

This book demonstrates, in detail, why annual performance appraisals might still work in hierarchical environments, but largely fail in agile ones. The annual performance appraisal is one of the world’s most widely used management tools. For many years, it was indeed seen as a pre-requisite for successful leadership and professional management. While most managers and employees have always been sceptical in this respect, those at a strategic level are now also realising it causes more harm than good, and a growing number of leading companies have similarly abolished this approach. One key reason lies in the changing working world, and the quest for greater organisational agility. Companies are moving away from rigid structuring. The arguments are presented objectively but with practical relevance, coherently illustrating the available alternatives for achieving what annual performance appraisals largely have not. ..

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